Andrew Loog Oldham (born 1944) is a British rock and roll producer, impresario and author. He was best known as the manager of The Rolling Stones in the 1960s, taking a flamboyant style inspired by his role model and friend Phil Spector. 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... An impresario is a manager or producer in one of the entertainment industries, usually Music or Theatre. ... The Rolling Stones are a British rock group who rose to prominence during the 1960s. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... Harvey Phillip Phil Spector (born December 26, 1940) is a highly influential American record producer who turned out some of the best-known popular music of the 1960s and 1970s. ...

A celebrated and self-proclaimed hustler who spent teenage summers swindling tourists in French resort towns, Oldham's interest in the emerging British pop culture of the 1960s and the Soho coffeehouse scene lead to odd jobs working for Carnaby Street mod designer John Stephen and later as an assistant in Mary Quant's shop. He then became a press agent for several British and American rock'n'roll singers, and found himself doing some London PR work for Brian Epstein, who was still working out of Liverpool trying to push the Beatles's career nationally. He was then tipped off by a journalist friend to check out a young R&B band called The Rolling Stones and almost immediately (with business partner Eric Easton) took over their management duties from promoter Giorgio Gomelsky. The band soon signed a record deal with Decca, whose interest was sparked when George Harrison recommended the Stones to A+R head Dick Rowe, a.k.a. "The Man who Turned down the Beatles." Mary Quant (born February 11, 1934) is an English fashion designer, one of the manBold textBold texty designers who took credit for inventing the miniskirt and hot pants and the bum hole. ... Brian Epstein: The Beatles manager and a force behind the groups early success. ... The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, I Want To Hold Your Hand. ... The Rolling Stones are a British rock group who rose to prominence during the 1960s. ... It has been suggested that Decca Music Group be merged into this article or section. ... George Harrison, MBE (February 24, 1943 – November 29, 2001) was a popular British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer, and film producer, best known as a member of The Beatles. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...

Notable Oldham moves that helped propel the group included:

• ownership of master tapes, which Oldham would then lease to Decca (a trick picked up from Spector);
• running into an inebriated John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who gave him their barely finished song "I Wanna Be Your Man" which became an early Stones hit;
• forcing the Stones to learn how to write their own material;
• and setting up the Stones' image as "bad-boy" counterparts (who rarely wore uniforms and cursed, smoked and even urinated in public) to the squeaky-clean Beatles. Welcome headlines like "Would you let your sister go with a Rolling Stone?" and Oldham's Clockwork Orange-inspired rants on the back of Stones's albums, encouraging fans to mug blind beggars for record-buying funds, cemented the image.

Oldham also discovered Marianne Faithfull at a party and decided to make her a singer, giving her Jagger and Richards' "As Tears Go By" to record. As his acts' fame and success increased, Oldham thrived on a reputation as a garrulous, androgynous gangster who wore garish makeup and dark shades but relied on his hulking driver/bodyguard to threaten business rivals. John Winston Lennon (later John Ono Lennon) (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980) was best known as a singer, songwriter, poet and guitarist for the British rock band The Beatles. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born June 18, 1942) is a British singer, musician and songwriter, who first came to prominence as a member of The Beatles. ... I Wanna Be Your Man is a song by The Beatles from the album With the Beatles, sung by Ringo Starr. ... The Rolling Stones are a British rock group who rose to prominence during the 1960s. ... A Clockwork Orange book cover A Clockwork Orange is a science fiction and dystopian 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess, and forms the basis for the 1971 film adaptation by Stanley Kubrick. ... Marianne Faithfull on the cover of her album A Secret Life Marianne Faithfull (born December 29, 1946 in Hampstead, London, England) is a British singer and actress whose career spans over four decades. ...

He developed his studio talents not only by producing with the Stones, but also with his Andrew Oldham Orchestra projects, in which various Stones, and London session players, would record pop covers or instrumentals of songs in the Stones and Spector catalogue. These records were suddenly rediscovered in the 1990s, when the Britpop band The Verve used a string loop based on Oldham's orchestral arrangement of "The Last Time" as the backing for their smash hit "Bitter Sweet Symphony;" in the ensuing court battle, all songwriting royalties for the Verve track were eventually awarded to Jagger and Richards. Britpop was a British alternative rock and cultural movement which gained popularity in Great Britain in the mid 1990s, characterised by the prominence of bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s. ... The Verve were a British rock and roll band of the 1990s, originally formed in Wigan, England in 1989 by vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury. ... The term loop, in its general sense, refers to something that closes back on itself (such as a circle or ring). ... Bittersweet Symphony is a song by the band The Verve, appearing on their third album, Urban Hymns. ...

As the Stones' manager, record producer and their primary publicist, Oldham led them to international fame. Problems with drug abuse led to the sale of his interest in the Stones to Allen Klein in 1966. Drug abuse has a wide range of definitions, all of them relating to the use, misuse or overuse of a psychoactive drug or performance enhancing drug for a non-therapeutic or non-medical effect. ... Allen Klein (born December 18, 1931) is a business manager. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

Oldham's role as a svengali also led to tensions with Mick Jagger. Jagger had been happy to have Oldham's input and direction in the earlier part of their relationship. Oldham pushed for Jagger to be the leader and focal point of the band - over Brian Jones - and this helped Jagger gain confidence. However in a parallel to the Henry Higgins/Eliza Doolittle relationship in Pygmalion, once Jagger became successful he became resentful of Oldham's role as a mentor and svengali. Oldham's increasing drug use and erratic personality compounded the difficulties. After Oldham departed as manager/producer in late 1967, relationships between Oldham and the Stones were strained for several years. In subsequent years Oldham's relationships were repaired with all the Stones, except Jagger. The two have never reconciled. Svengali is the name of a fictional hypnotist in George Du Mauriers 1894 novel, Trilby. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Brian Jones, creater of The Rolling Stones. ... Pygmalion is a play by G. Bernard Shaw, written in 1912 and first staged in English in 1914. ... Recreational drug use is the use of psychoactive drugs for recreational rather than for working or for medical or spiritual purposes, although the distinction is not always clear. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Oldham then set up Immediate Records, one of the first independent record labels in the UK, releasing work by PP Arnold, Chris Farlowe and the Small Faces. Oldham also, voluntarily and out of his own admiration for the work, helped publicist Derek Taylor publicize the British release of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album by taking out ads in the music trades praising the album. Oldham was so entranced by the LP that he enlisted songwriter Billy Nicholls to record a British response, which became the largely forgotten album Would You Believe?. After the Small Faces split up, he helped put together Humble Pie, featuring Steve Marriott of the Small Faces. In the 1970s, he lived and worked in New York City, Connecticut, Texas and finally Colombia, where his current wife is from. Immediate Records was a British record label, started in 1965 by Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham, concentrating on the London based British blues scene. ... Chris Farlowe is an English singer and one-time amateur boxer. ... The Small Faces were a British rock and roll band of the 1960s, led by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane with Kenny Jones and original organist Jimmy Winston. ... Derek Taylor (1932-1997) is best known as the press agent for the hugely popular rock band, The Beatles. ... The Beach Boys 1976 album 15 big ones The Beach Boys are a pop music group formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, whose popularity has lasted into the twenty-first century. ... Pet Sounds is the title of the 1966 album recorded by American pop group the Beach Boys. ... Billy Nicholls is a British Rock/Blues artist, whom first gained fame in the 1960s while still a teenager with his Pet Sounds influenced album, Would You Believe. ... For the hard rock band of the same name, see Humble Pie (band). ... Steve Marriott (January 30, 1947 in Bow, London – April 20, 1991 in Essex) was a British rock and roll singer, songwriter and guitarist who also worked as a juvenile actor in his youth; he appeared in an early London stage production of Oliver! with Ian Carmichael, and featured in two... The Small Faces were a British rock and roll band of the 1960s, led by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane with Kenny Jones and original organist Jimmy Winston. ... Nickname: The Big Apple Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... Official language(s) English Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 48th 14,371 km² 113 km 177 km 12. ... Official language(s) None. ...

Oldham wrote a biography of ABBA in the 1970s and two autobiographies, Stoned (1998) and 2Stoned (2001), in which he and other contemporary music figures recount his glory days as an impresario as well as his dark days struggling with addiction and manic depression. In recent years, he's become an outspoken advocate of Narconon and its parent organization, the Church of Scientology, which he says helped him to kick his longstanding drugs habit. He currently has a show on Sirius Radio. Sir Thomas Malory wrote the most famous fictional biography of the Middle Ages with Le Morte dArthur about the life of King Arthur. ... ABBA (1972–1983) were a Swedish pop music group. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... An autobiography (from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write) is a biography written by the subject or composed conjointly with a collaborative writer (styled as told to or with). The term dates from the late eighteenth century, but the form is much older. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Manic depression, with its two principal sub-types, bipolar disorder and major depression, was first clinically described near the end of the 19th century by psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin, who published his account of the disease in his Textbook of Psychiatry. ... Narconon is not associated with Narcotics Anonymous which is sometimes abbreviated Narcanon. Scientologys Narconon is a rehabilitation program for drug abusers in several dozen treatment centers worldwide, chiefly in the United States and western Europe. ... Official Scientology Cross Symbol The Church of Scientology was founded in 1954 by the late author L. Ron Hubbard. ... Sirius Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) is a satellite radio (DARS) service in the United States that provides 65 streams (channels) of music and 55 streams of sports, news and entertainment. ...