Simon Napier-Bell: The Guv’nor
Original Airdates: Feb. 2-5, 2024
TVC 636.3: Legendary record producer, music manager, author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker Simon Napier-Bell joins Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter for a look back at the music scene in London during the Swinging Sixties. Simon’s books on the music industry include Black Vinyl, White Powder, Sour Mouth, Sweet Bottom, I’m Coming to Take You to Lunch, and You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, a rollicking look at Simon’s early career in the music industry that also bears the title of the international hit record that Simon and Vicki Wyckham wrote together in 1966 for Dusty Springfield. Simon’s latest film, The Real George Michael, is available now for viewing on demand on Amazon Prime and other platforms across the U.S. and Canada.
Simon Napier-Bell on Diane & Nicky and Wham!’s Historic Tour of China
Original Airdates: Feb. 2-5, 2024
TVC 636.4: Legendary record producer, music manager, author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker Simon Napier-Bell talks to Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter his years managing Diane & Nicky (the first interracial pop duo) and John’s Children and the events that led to Wham!’s historic 10-day visit to China in 1985. You can read Simon’s Substack column for free at Substack.com/@simonnapierbell
Simon Napier-Bell, Vicki Wickham, and “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me”
Original Airdates: Feb. 9-12, 2024
TVC 637.2: Legendary record producer, music manager, author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker Simon Napier-Bell joins Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter for Part 2 of a conversation that began last week about the music scene in London during the Swinging Sixties. Simon’s books on the music industry include Black Vinyl, White Powder, Sour Mouth, Sweet Bottom, I’m Coming to Take You to Lunch, and You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, a rollicking look at Simon’s early career in the music industry that also bears the title of the international hit record that Simon and Vicki Wickham wrote together in 1966 for Dusty Springfield. Topics this segment include how Simon became a music manager almost by accident; how he and Wickham came to adapt “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me” from an Italian love song; and how Elvis Presley reinvented “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me” when he performed it in 1970.
Simon Napier-Bell, Burt Bacharach, and Tom Jones
Original Airdates: Feb. 9-12, 2024
TVC 637.3: Legendary record producer, music manager, author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker Simon Napier-Bell talks to Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter about how Tom Jones came to record the title song for What’s New Pussycat (1965) and how Simon convinced Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni to cast The Yardbirds in Blow-Up (1966).
You can read Simon’s Substack column for free at Substack.com/@simonnapierbell
Simon Napier-Bell on what the music industry is really about
Original Airdates: Feb. 9-12, 2024
TVC 637.4: Legendary record producer, music manager, author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker Simon Napier-Bell talks to Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter about The Scotch at St. James, one of the most elite clubs in London in the Swinging Sixties. Simon’s books on the music industry include Black Vinyl, White Powder, Sour Mouth, Sweet Bottom, I’m Coming to Take You to Lunch, and You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me. Simon’s latest film, The Real George Michael, is available now for viewing on demand on Amazon Prime and other platforms across the U.S. and Canada.
