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Bowie came in touch with Leslie Conn, who ran Doris Day's music publishing company and was a talent scout for the Dick James Organisation. [2] Conn booked The King Bees for a wedding anniversary party, but with loud RnB on the setlist, Conn stopped the gig after only 10 minutes.
Jun 5, 2024 · Known more for the “Washing Machine Wars” than battles for chart supremacy, Bloom instead introduced The King Bees to Leslie Conn, a music publisher who became the group’s de facto manager.
The songwriting on this track is credited to Leslie Conn, who ran Doris Day's music publishing company and was The King Bees' manager and promoter for some months in 1964.
In 1964, frustrated by his band-mates' limited aspirations, Bowie left The Kon-rads and joined another band, The King Bees. He wrote to the newly successful washing-machine entrepreneur John Bloom inviting him to "do for us what Brian Epstein has done for the Beatles - and make another million".
Davie didn’t get the money, but he did get a telegram next day from John Bloom giving the phone number of artist’s manager Leslie Conn. Davie got in touch, was rewarded with a booking at Bloom’s wedding anniversary party. “We were a dismal failure”, recalls Davie.
Bowie came in touch with Leslie Conn, who ran Doris Day’s music publishing company and was a talent scout for the Dick James Organisation. Conn booked The King Bees for a wedding anniversary party, but with loud RnB on the setlist, Conn stopped the gig after only 10 minutes.
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