Larry Parnes

Laurence Maurice Parnes (3 September 1929 – 4 August 1989) was a British pop manager and impresario. He was the first major British rock manager, and his stable of singers included many of the most successful British rock and roll singers of the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Larry Parnes
Background information
Birth nameLaurence Maurice Parnes
Born3 September 1929
London, England
Died4 August 1989 (aged 59)
London, England
GenresManager, promoter
Years active1954–1981

Parnes' reputation was later damaged by testimony from many of the artists he managed in the late fifties and early sixties who alleged they were exploited.

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