Hunky Dory (Who Knew?)

The best I can remember from twenty years at the heart of '60s and '70s rock and pop

Laurence Myers (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2019
B&B Books (Verlag)
978-1-912892-29-7 (ISBN)

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Hunky Dory (Who Knew?) is an engaging and amusing memoir penned by legendary business advisor, music business executive, film producer, theatre producer, and still working octogenarian Laurence Myers.

WHAT A STORY!

WHAT A LIFE!

A FASCINATING MEMOIR FROM A LEGENDARY MUSIC BUSINESS EXECUTIVE WHO...

Signed the little-known David Bowie...

Owned the Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust albums...

Looked after the The Rolling Stones...

Helped reorganise The Beatles' Apple Corp...

Worked with Mickie Most on The Animals, Herman's Hermits, Donovan, Jeff Beck, and Lulu...

Managed The Tremeloes, The New Seekers, and The Sweet...

Masterminded a landmark court case that disrupted music publishers exploiting songwriters including Elton John...

Started GTO Records, the company that signed Donna Summer, Billy Ocean, The Walker Brothers and Heatwave...

AND WHO...

Had dinner with John Lennon...

Tea with Colonel Parker...

Left Led Zeppelin's cash in a safe and lost the key...

Threw Rod Stewart out of his office...

Turned down chances to manage Queen and Andrea Bocelli...

Almost tempted Stevie Wonder away from Motown...

And foolishly allowed Iggy Pop to stay in his house!

WHO KNEW?

Erscheinungsdatum	07.05.2019
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
ISBN-10	1-912892-29-4 / 1912892294
ISBN-13	978-1-912892-29-7 / 9781912892297
Zustand	Neuware