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Jul 6, 2009 · The Beatles. 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 ...
Paul McCartney’s smile is strictly for show. It was 46 years ago this month (the date was February 3, 1969) when the Beatles hired Allen Klein to be the band’s manager. The Beatles’ fledgling Apple Corps was “bleeding money.”. The man hired to replace deceased manager Brian Epstein, Brian’s brother Clive, seemed to prefer to run the ...
Jul 5, 2009 · Allen Klein, the brash music mogul whose five-decade career included stints as the business manager for the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, died Saturday in New York. He was 77. Klein died after a ...
Feb 9, 2016 · A reputation for toughness goes a long way in the music business. Allen Klein’s Christmas card came with the inscription: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, ’cause I’m the biggest bastard in the valley.”. Seven years after his death at the age of 77 and fifty since he came to prominence ...
Allen Klein, the youngest of four children was born in Newark, NJ in 1931. As a teenager, he worked at several jobs while attending evening classes including one at Essex County News where he learned about distribution. Ultimately, he graduated from Upsala College in East Orange, NJ with a degree in accounting.
Aug 17, 2015 · Then there was Allen Klein. When it came to bad-ass managers, Klein was the man you wanted on your side, especially if you were an artist who believed your label or your publisher owed you money.
Nov 3, 2015 · And like most people with a passing knowledge of the two greatest British bands, I thought I knew how poisonous was the American financial figure named Allen Klein. Goodman’s book provides a far ...
