The Tastemaker
My Life with the Legends and Geniuses of Rock Music
$29.23
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
3 December 2024
Summary
The Tastemaker charts the singular life of a man who has been at the beating heart of music’s most iconic moments for over sixty years. Leaving school and starting his career at Decca Records in 1958 at the age of sixteen, Tony King would soon find himself becoming close friends with Elton John, rekindling John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s relationship, mediating a quarrelsome Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and spending time with Freddie Mercury in his final days - a far cry from his childhood days …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780571371952 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0571371957 |
| Author: | Tony King |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 3 December 2024 |
| Weight: | 255g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 128mm x 198mm |
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Tony King
Tony King started his career in the music business at Decca Records in 1958 before going on to become the youngest promotion man of the time. After setting up Immediate Records with Andrew Loog Oldham, he was approached by Sir George Martin’s independent production company to do promotion for his artists and others in the company, including the Beatles and Cilla Black. In 1970 he joined Apple Records as general manager, continuing to work with the Beatles before becoming executive vice-president of Elton John’s label, Rocket. He worked with Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones for almost three decades and, since 2011, has worked as Elton John’s creative director, among many other things.
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