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Paul Raymond (15 November 1925 – 2 March 2008), born Geoffrey Anthony Quinn, was an English strip-club owner, publisher of pornography, and property developer who was dubbed the "King of Soho". [1] [2]
Mar 5, 2008 · The self-styled "King of Soho", Paul Raymond was a self-made millionaire and pioneering sex mogul whose x-rated career spanned seven decades from coy post-war striptease to the hardcore world...
An impresario, publisher and property tycoon for more than 50 years, Paul Raymond made a fortune from bringing pornography out of the back streets and turning it into an acceptable — or at least accepted — part of British life.
Paul Raymond (publisher) was an English publisher, businessman, and property developer. He was born on 15 November 1925 in Liverpool, England. He was the founder of the Paul Raymond Organisation, which became the largest private entertainment and property company in the United Kingdom.
Men Only is a British magazine title that originated in 1935 as a pocket-sized men's magazine. It became a standard-sized pin-up magazine in the 1950s and was relaunched in 1971 by Paul Raymond Publications as a soft-core pornographic magazine . Publication history. 1935–1965: Pearson. Men Only cover, March 1944.
Meanwhile, in swinging London, a club owner named Paul Raymond, proprietor of the Raymond Revue Bar in Soho, was entering the publishing world. In 1964, he launched King, but it failed, ceasing publication after two issues. In 1971, however, he took over the adult title Men Only, and went on to publish Razzle and Mayfair. The rest is history.
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Paul Raymond (15 November 1925 – 2 March 2008), born Geoffrey Anthony Quinn, was an English strip-club owner, publisher of pornography and property developer who was dubbed the "King of Soho".
