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 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 is responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... An impresario is a manager or producer in one of the entertainment industries, usually music or theatre. ... The Rolling Stones, mid-60s. ... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Phil Spector Harvey Phillip Phil Spector (born December 26, 1940) is a highly influential record producer who turned out some of the best-known popular music of the 1960s and 1970s. ...

Oldham fulfilled three roles for the Stones. He was their manager, their record producer and their primary publicist. With his flair for publicity, he led the Stones to international fame. Problems with drug abuse led to the sale of his interest in the Stones to Allen Klein in 1966. Oldham would then set up Immediate Records and take over management of The Small Faces. After they split up, he helped put together Humble Pie, featuring Steve Marriott of the Small Faces. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Allen Klein (born December 18, 1931) is a business manager. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... 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. ... Small Faces album cover For the Scottish movie Small Faces, see Small Faces (movie). ... To eat Humble Pie is to be proven wrong after having strongly expressed your opinion. ... Steve Marriott (January 30, 1945 in Bow in 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... 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. ...

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. ... Sir Mick Jagger Sir Michael Philip Mick Jagger (born 26 July 1943 in Dartford, Kent, England) is a British rock musician, actor, writer, songwriter, record and film producer and businessman. ... Brian Jones, creater of The Rolling Stones. ... Pygmalion is a play written by George Bernard Shaw written in 1913. ... A drug is any substance that can be used to modify a chemical process or processes in the body, for example to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, enhance a performance or ability, or to alter states of mind. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Oldham wrote a biography of ABBA in the 1970s and two autobiographies, Stoned (1998) and 2Stoned (2001). Biography (from the Greek words bios meaning life, and graphein meaning write) is a genre of literature and other forms of media like film, based on the written accounts of individual lives. ... ABBA (clockwise from top: Benny, Björn, Frida, Agnetha) on the cover of their album The Definitive Collection (2001) ABBA (1970 - 1982) was a Swedish pop music group. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... Autobiography (from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write) is biography, the writing of a life story, from the viewpoint of the subject. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...