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Allen Klein (December 18, 1931 – July 4, 2009) was an American businessman whose aggressive negotiation tactics affected industry standards for compensating recording artists. He founded ABKCO Music & Records Incorporated.
Nov 12, 2021 · Allen Klein, John Lennon and Yoko Ono on 29 April, 1969. Klein was representing Lennon in negotiations over control of shares in the Beatles' Northern Songs company (Image credit: C. Maher/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Image)
Mar 25, 2008 · The notorious and pugnacious manager of artists including The Rolling Stones and Sam Cooke, Allen Klein took control of The Beatles' business affairs in 1969, following the death of Brian Epstein.
Jul 5, 2009 · Allen Klein, a music executive who managed the business affairs of Sam Cooke, the Rolling Stones and, for a short time, the Beatles, and who was both admired and feared...
Jun 26, 2015 · “No one wanted or needed to manage the Beatles as much as Allen did,” Fred Goodman writes in his biography Allen Klein: The Man Who Bailed Out the Beatles, Made the Stones, and...
Jul 29, 2015 · Growing up a Beatles and Rolling Stones fan, Allen Klein was a name you heard, and always in relation to something nefarious. He was the man reputed to have broken up the Beatles and robbed the...
Aug 17, 2015 · Allen Klein: The ‘rogue’ businessman who fought rock royalty. Klein was known as the man who broke up the Beatles and robbed the Stones. Was there more to it than that? Expand. Ringo Starr points...
Jul 29, 2015 · The Current. Music journalist Fred Goodman turns the story of Allen Klein, rock's most famous accountant, into a page-turning drama about one of the most important non-musicians that shaped rock history.
In the music business, Allen Klein is both an icon and an enigma. While he has never sought the spotlight for himself, his company, ABKCO Music & Records Inc. has become one of the leading independent treasuries of copyrights and master recordings.
Jul 5, 2009 · Allen Klein, the brash music mogul whose five-decade career included stints as the business manager for the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, died Saturday in New York. He was 77.
