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In 1952 successful songwriter Buck Ram, and Jean Bennett, a hopeful
girl singer from Missouri, began an entertainment management
company that created the #1 group of the 50's - The Platters. For
thirty-eight years Personality Productions kept a roster of fifteen
or more artists at all times including The Flares, Peter Breck,
Bert Convey, Sugar and Spice, Morton Downey, Jr., The Pengiuns, The
Colts, The Blockbusters and Benny Joy. These pages are a collection
of press releases, office notes, correspondence and Jean's
Personality Pluggers covering a few of those acts. They begin in
1952 and continue through 2013. This collection shows how the first
international superstar group in music was created - before
computers, the internet, facebook, power steering, and super
highways with rest stops using nothing but a telephone, mimeograph
sets and a manual typewriter. This is how Rock began to Roll
The Who: In The City is an exciting new book that has never been
attempted before. The book tells the unique story of one of rock
and rolls greatest bands and their personal history with the city
of London. All four original members of The Who were born and grew
up in London and this book documents the facts and figures of this
time and then adds to the story further by taking the reader on an
amazing journey through all of the bands London concerts and gigs
across a fifty year period. The story is further brought to life
with contributions from friends and fans of the band and these
include Kenney Jones (Small Faces and The Who), Jim McCarty (The
Yardbirds), Steve White (The Style Council/Paul Weller) and Peter
'Dougal' Butler (Keith Moon's PA). The book also includes other
London places of Who related interest, such as their hang-out's,
homes and where they got their hangovers. Additionally there are
features, that serve as a walking tour for any serious Who fan
visiting London and these include locations relating to the band
like the Goldhawk Club and Quadrophenia (the movie) and many more
from around city.Ian Snowball is the author the best-selling Keith
Moon: There Is No Substitute, That's Entertainment: My Life In The
Jam (Rick Buckler of The Jam's autobiography) and Thick As Thieves
(Personal Situations With The Jam). Ian is also donating 50% of his
royalties for this book to the Teenage Cancer Trust, a charity that
Roger Daltrey is a patron of.
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