Simon Napier-Bell

Simon Napier-Bell (born 22 April 1939, Ealing Common, West London, England) has undertaken many jobs in the music industry, including bandboy, manager, producer, songwriter, journalist and author and gourmet. But he is best known as manager, and at different times has managed artists as diverse as The Yardbirds, John's Children, Marc Bolan, Japan, London, Asia, Ultravox, Boney M, Sinitta, Wham!, Blue Mercedes, Alsou and Candi Staton.