The tastemaker : my life with the legends and geniuses of rock music /
by King, Tony.
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BookPublisher: London : Faber & Faber, 2023Description: 320 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780571371938 (hbk.) :; 0571371930 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 920 KINSubject(s): King, Tony | Sound recording executives and producers -- Great Britain -- Biography | Rock musicians -- Anecdotes | Biography | Biography | Music | Popular music | Biography & non-fiction prose | Autobiography: arts & entertainment | Social & cultural historySummary: '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 in Eastbourne.
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 920 KIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003113166X | |||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Formby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 920 KIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003112807X |
'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 in Eastbourne.
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