[1] His initial role at Atlantic was as a writer and photographer continuing to review concerts on the weekend for the Inquirer and commuting from New York.
Kalodner brought Jimmy Page and Sammy Hagar to success as solo artists and was responsible for the musical collaboration Coverdale•Page as well as the formation of supergroup Damn Yankees.
He followed Aerosmith to Columbia Records in the 1990s, where he also worked with Cher, Santana, Journey, Manowar, Chicago, Heart, Iron Maiden, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Ted Nugent, REO Speedwagon, Mars Electric, and the Black Crowes among others.
Kalodner considered that the best example of his contribution to an artist's success was his role in Aerosmith's 1993 Get a Grip album, for the reasons that "... first of all, I made them rerecord the whole record completely.
[1][4] He then sold most of his industry awards and RIAA record plaques to Scott Roderick, the president of Rock-N-Roll Warehouse, donating the proceeds to the City of Hope cancer research center.