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Simon Napier Bell: the Dodgy Business of Popular Music: Elvis Presley

Published November 19, 2014 | By skrufff
"When Colonel Parker booked him into Vegas, a middle-class middle-aged audience gave him an ice-cold reception – “like a jug of corn liquor at a champagne party”, said Newsweek....." Continue reading →

Simon Napier Bell: the Dodgy Business of Popular Music: The Birth of Black (Pop) Music

Published November 11, 2014 | By skrufff
In New York, Harlem had become the capital of black America. It attracted black intellectuals and artists from across the country. “The world’s most glamorous atmosphere,” said young Duke Ellington when he first visited...... Continue reading →

Simon Napier Bell: the Dodgy Business of Popular Music: The Beginning of Records . . .

Published November 6, 2014 | By skrufff
Thomas Edison was born in Ohio in 1847. At age fifteen he began to study telegraphy, four years later he got a job with Western Union where he invented a device to electrocute the cockroaches in the office...... Continue reading →

Simon Napier-Bell’s Secrets of Superstar (DJ) Success

Published October 15, 2014 | By skrufff
“Let's face it - the whole thing is a façade. Being strictly underground is playing safe - you have your niche market and it will keep you in gigs and money to live........" Continue reading →

Simon Napier-Bell on Reaching His 100% Crowd-funding- I Wouldn’t Recommend It.

Published October 5, 2013 | By skrufff
"I don't think I'd go through it again. And I don't think I'd recommend crowd-funding whole-heartedly to new artists. It can be tough and confidence sapping......." Continue reading →

Simon Napier-Bell: Meeting Marc Bolan (T Rex)

Published September 24, 2013 | By skrufff
I first met Mark when he knocked on my front door in 1965 around seven in the evening, with a guitar slung round his neck and a beguiling smile. “Are you Simon Napier-Bell, the manager of the Yardbirds?” I owned up to it. “Well I’m a singer songwriter and you ought to manage me too......" Continue reading →

Simon Napier-Bell On Tour With Mark Bolan (T-Rex)

Published August 28, 2013 | By skrufff
    Simon Napier-Bell: “In the 70s I happened to be in Tokyo when Marc Bolan was there on tour. I was no longer managing him but he suggested I come along with the band to Osaka to see his show there. We went on the midnight bullet train and the band members boarded the [...] Continue reading →

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