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Let's Make Lots of Money: My Life as the Biggest Man in Pop
Tom Watkins
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Description for Let's Make Lots of Money: My Life as the Biggest Man in Pop
Paperback. Tom Watkins is the famously entertaining pop Svengali with killer commercial instincts and prodigious talent for design who propelled the Pet Shop Boys, Bros and East 17, among others, to global stardom. In this book, he takes us through his extraordinary and colourful life into the inner-circle of 80s pop-culture. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; 3JJPR; AVGP; BGFA; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
LONGLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC PRIZE 2017 The coke-fuelled mania behind pop's greatest successes Tom Watkins is the famously entertaining pop Svengali with killer commercial instincts and prodigious talent for design. He propelled the Pet Shop Boys, Bros and East 17, among others, to global stardom, all whilst maintaining a savage hedonistic lifestyle and a stellar art collection. His fingerprints are all over British pop, and he's decided the time has come for a tell-all autobiography about the business behind the stars that shaped your life in the 80s and 90s. ... Read more
LONGLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC PRIZE 2017 The coke-fuelled mania behind pop's greatest successes Tom Watkins is the famously entertaining pop Svengali with killer commercial instincts and prodigious talent for design. He propelled the Pet Shop Boys, Bros and East 17, among others, to global stardom, all whilst maintaining a savage hedonistic lifestyle and a stellar art collection. His fingerprints are all over British pop, and he's decided the time has come for a tell-all autobiography about the business behind the stars that shaped your life in the 80s and 90s. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Virgin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753541975
SKU
V9780753541975
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About Tom Watkins
Music mogul, design visionary, businessman, cultural commentator and art collector Tom Watkins was born in post-war Blackheath, South-East London. He started his career working for Terence Conran and Rodney Fitch before taking his passion for design into music. His influence can been seen all over 80s pop-culture, on the album sleeves of Wham, Grace Jones, Art of Noise and Frankie ... Read more
Reviews for Let's Make Lots of Money: My Life as the Biggest Man in Pop
A highly enjoyable memoir, the book's depiction of Eighties excess is an absolute must...
Classic Pop
Outspoken and unapologetic ... gossipy, refreshingly frank and disarmingly insightful, this entertaining biography is packed with stories and anecdotes ... Music to our ears
Attitude
Unapologetic and outspoken ... [a] hugely entertaining tell-all biography. Gripping and ... Read more
Classic Pop
Outspoken and unapologetic ... gossipy, refreshingly frank and disarmingly insightful, this entertaining biography is packed with stories and anecdotes ... Music to our ears
Attitude
Unapologetic and outspoken ... [a] hugely entertaining tell-all biography. Gripping and ... Read more