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Allen Klein
Allen Klein was an American businessman whose aggressive negotiation tactics affected industry standards for compensating recording artists. He founded ABKCO Music & Records Incorporated. Klein increased profits for his musician clients by negotiating new record company contracts. He first achieved monetary and contractual gains for Buddy Knox and Jimmy Bowen, one-hit rockabillies of the late 1950…
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business · American businessman and talent manager (1931–2009) · record producer · talent agent · entrepreneur · talent manager · film producer · music executive · also Allen Klein, Klein
Born 18 December 1931 · Died 4 July 2009 · Q324737
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Klein's son and the Rolling Stones returned the credits and royalties to Richard Ashcroft of The Verve
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2009· 1 entry
Died 2009-07-04.
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2008· 1 entry
Jodorowsky released the films in Europe and was sued by Klein
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2004· 1 entry
The same year ABKCO received a Grammy Award for a Sam Cooke documentary, Legend, Klein fell and broke bones in his foot, requiring surgery
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2003· 1 entry
Klein negotiated with Steve Jobs to make ABKCO's Rolling Stones songs available on iTunes
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2002· 1 entry
The Stones' album Forty Licks and the Licks Tour, celebrating the band's 40th anniversary, incorporated songs owned by ABKCO
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1988· 1 entry
Klein began managing Phil Spector's business affairs, including his publishing and recording assets
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1987· 1 entry
Klein made ABKCO a privately held company
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1986· 1 entry
When the introduction of compact discs brought great profits to the music industry, relations began to improve between Klein and the Stones
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1984· 1 entry
Jagger and Richards sued to break their publishing agreement with ABKCO because of non-payment of royalties
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1981· 1 entry
That Klein still had a fiduciary responsibility to Harrison and should not be allowed to profit from his acquisition of Bright Tunes
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1979· 1 entry
The jury found Klein not guilty of the felony charges but guilty of a single misdemeanor charge for false statements on his 1972 tax return
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1977· 1 entry
Klein and ABKCO's former head of promotion, Pete Bennett, were each charged with three felony counts of income tax evasion for 1970, 1971, and 1972, and related misdemeanor counts of making false statements on their inco
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1975· 1 entry
More lawsuits and negotiations resulted in a $1 million payment to the Stones for non-payment by Klein of songwriting royalties, and the release of four Rolling Stones albums, including Rock and Roll Circus and Rolled Go
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1974· 1 entry
Negotiations over royalties led to a payment of $375,000 to the Stones and ABKCO's release of an additional Rolling Stones album, Metamorphosis
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1972· 1 entry
Klein alleged that some of the songs on Exile on Main Street had been composed while the Stones were still under contract with ABKCO
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1971· 3 entries
John Lennon directed Klein's attention to El Topo, a surrealist western by Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky
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The Stones sued Klein over U
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Because of the alleged similarity of his song "My Sweet Lord" to "He's So Fine", which had been recorded by the Chiffons in 1963 and was owned by Bright Tunes Music
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1970· 1 entry
On the occasion of needing to negotiate a new contract with Decca, Jagger announced that Loewenstein would replace Klein as manager
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1969· 1 entry
Met with Lennon, who retained Klein as his financial representative, and the next day met with the other Beatles
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1968· 2 entries
But not released until 1975 by United Artists)
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Klein very profitably bought out Oldham's share in the band for $750,000
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1967· 1 entry
Klein produced four films in the Spaghetti Western genre, a lean-and-mean style of cowboy movie with taciturn heroes and explosive violence
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1965· 2 entries
That Klein had been withholding since August 1965)
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For example, was deposited into a company that Klein had established, and the fine print of the contract did not require Klein to release it for 20 years
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1964· 3 entries
And his widow sold Cooke's remaining rights to Klein
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Klein became the American business manager of Mickie Most, a former singer who was the producer of hits for the Animals and Herman's Hermits
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Klein approached the Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, with an offer for the Beatles to sign with RCA for $2 million
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1963· 1 entry
Klein began a business partnership with Jocko Henderson, an urbane black disc jockey who had daily radio shows in both Philadelphia and New York City
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1961· 1 entry
Klein did accountancy work for an independent film, Force of Impulse, and formed lasting relationships that he turned to for many film projects of his own
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1957· 1 entry
And was hired by a Manhattan accounting firm, Joseph Fenton and Company
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1951· 1 entry
And served as a clerk typist on Governors Island, New York
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1931· 1 entry
Born 1931-12-18.
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