[3] He joined Bill Buchanan in the publishing firm Monument Music in 1955,[4] taking sole control the following year and launching Madison Records soon afterwards.
The labels had success in the early 1960s with records by Joey Powers, Ronny & the Daytonas, Del Shannon and Lee Dorsey, before moving into the soul and R&B market in the late 1960s with distribution deals for such leading producers as Papa Don Schroeder, Allen Toussaint, and Thom Bell.
He issued records by rock and pop musicians such as The Box Tops, The 5th Dimension, David Cassidy, The Partridge Family and Tony Orlando, and set up several subsidiary labels including Philly Groove.
[6] He then set up the Private Stock label, releasing records by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, David Soul, Starbuck and others.
[5] In 1978, Uttal closed Private Stock and moved to London, England, where he worked in the film industry.