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Allen Klein: The Man Who Bailed Out the Beatles, Made the Stones, and Transformed Rock & Roll
Allen Klein The Man Who Bailed Out the Beatles Made the Stones and Transformed Rock Roll Author:Fred Goodman Nominated for the Kirkus Nonfiction Prize — ?In this balanced, fascinating, and well-written biography, Goodman gives [Allen Klein] credit where it?s due.? ? Kirkus Reviews, starred review — ?Fred Goodman makes this world come alive, and any fan of rock or insider tales of the music industry will be in heaven reading about this fascinating, troubl... more »ing character.? ? Judd Apatow, Omnivoracious
The story of notorious manager Allen Klein, revealing new, behind-the-scenes details about some of the biggest rock bands in history
Allen Klein was like no one the music industry had seen before. The hard-nosed business manager became infamous for allegedly catalyzing the Beatles? breakup and robbing the Rolling Stones, but the truth is both more complex and more fascinating. As the manager of the Stones and then the Beatles?not to mention Sam Cooke, the Who, Donovan, the Kinks, and numerous other performers?he taught young soon-to-be legends how to be businessmen as well as rock stars. In so doing, Klein made millions for his clients and changed music forever. But Klein was as merciless with his clients as he was with anyone else, earning himself an outsize reputation for villainy that has gone unchallenged until now. Through unique, unprecedented access to Klein?s archives, veteran music journalist Fred Goodman tells the full story of how the Beatles broke up, how the Stones achieved the greatest commercial success in rock history, and how the music business became what it is today.« less