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- The son of Jewish immigrants from Hungary, Klein founded his firm Allen Klein & Co. in the late 1950s before the label evolved into ABKCO Music & Records in New York. The independent label holds the copyrights to music by the Rolling Stones, Sam Cooke, the Animals, the Kinks, Chubby Checker, Bobby Womack and hundreds of others.
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Allen Klein (December 18, 1931 – July 4, 2009) was an American businessman whose aggressive negotiation tactics affected industry standards for compensating recording artists. He founded ABKCO Music & Records Incorporated.
In the music business, Allen Klein is both an icon and an enigma. While he has never sought the spotlight for himself, his company, ABKCO Music & Records Inc. has become one of the leading independent treasuries of copyrights and master recordings.
Jul 5, 2009 · Allen Klein, a music executive who managed the business affairs of Sam Cooke, the Rolling Stones and, for a short time, the Beatles, and who was both admired and feared for his reputation as a...
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Jul 29, 2015 · At the height of his power in the ‘60s and ‘70s, he handled business affairs for the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, earning both groups millions of dollars they would have never seen otherwise,...
Jul 5, 2009 · Music manager Allen Klein, whose clients included the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, died Saturday after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease, his publicist said. Klein was 77.
Jul 6, 2009 · Infamous record label owner Allen Klein, who played a key role in the demise of the Beatles and also nabbed control of some of the Rolling Stones’ best-known songs, died in New York on Saturday...
Mar 25, 2008 · Allen Klein. The notorious and pugnacious manager of artists including The Rolling Stones and Sam Cooke, Allen Klein took control of The Beatles’ business affairs in 1969, following the death of Brian Epstein. Born in America on 18 December 1931, Klein was the son of Jewish immigrants from Budapest.
