Simon Napier-Bell

The legendary music impresario and producer of bands like The Yardbirds and Wham! tells his life story in a series of mesmerisingly candid vignettes. Sour Mouth, Sweet Bottom: Lessons from a Dissolute Life is the book Simon Napier-Bell's fans have always hoped he'd write. From 1940s London, where he listened to wartime hits like 'Mairzy doats and dozy doats' in...

Let legendary rock manager Simon Napier-Bell take you inside the (dodgy) world of popular music—not just a creative industry, but a business that has made people rich beyond their wildest dreams. The Business describes the evolution of the music industry from 1713—the year parliament granted writers ownership over what they wrote—to today, when a global, £100 billion industry is controlled...