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      • Klein became one of the most powerful figures in music world in the 1960s. Known for his tenacity in tracking down royalties and getting better record deals, he garnered clients including Sam Cooke, Bobby Darin and Herman's Hermits. But he was most famous for signing on the Rolling Stones and then the Beatles.
  1. Jul 29, 2015 · In his new book, Allen Klein: The Man Who Bailed Out The Beatles, Made The Stones, and Transformed Rock & Roll (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, respected journalist Fred Goodman peels back the curtain...

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    Shortly after the recording of Rock And Roll Circus, Allen Klein read a comment by John Lennon that financial problems at Apple Corps would leave them “broke in six months”. The Beatles had been without a manager since Epstein died in August 1967. Although NEMS, headed by Brian’s brother Clive, had looked after the day-to-day running, and Paul McCa...

    After The Beatles split up, Allen Klein assisted John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the making of the Imagine film, and helped George Harrison organise the Concert for Bangladesh. The concert’s financial arrangements led to a breakdown in relations with the former Beatles. Rather than arrange payment and agree amounts with UNICEF beforehand, Klein had wai...

    An interesting footnote concerns George Harrison’s 1971 hit ‘My Sweet Lord’. Harrison was sued by Bright Tunes Music due to the song’s similarity to The Chiffons’ 1963 song ‘He’s So Fine’. Although he said he “wasn’t consciously aware of the similarity”, he was later found to have “unintentionally copied” elements from the song. Allen Klein support...

  3. Feb 3, 2016 · On Feb. 3, 1969, they officially hired Allen B. Klein to be their manager. Following the August 1967 death of Brian Epstein, the Beatles' finances were controlled by Epstein's brother Clive.

  4. The most infamous manager of the rock and pop era, Allen Klein looked after the affairs of the Rolling Stones and the Beatles in the Sixties and early seventies.

  5. Nov 12, 2021 · Namely the extent of McCartney's opposition to Allen Klein and its role in the band's disagreements in the early '70s after their split.

  6. Jul 5, 2009 · July 4, 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...

  7. Jun 26, 2015 · A new biography examines Allen Klein's life and career, including how he wooed John Lennon and spurned Paul McCartney.

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