Ken Mansfield has had more experiences in his lifetime than most people even dream about. He is a Grammy award winning record producer, a songwriter, a music industry executive, and an author. He has left a huge footprint in the music industry over his lifetime and his list of artists that he has worked with reminds me of looking through a best-of album over the last few decades. As his website states:
“Ken found himself propelled into the center of a rock and roll whirlwind when the Beatles asked him to be the US Manager of their Apple Record label as well as acting as their personal liaison between the UK and the US. When the Beatles breakup seemed inevitable he moved on to become a Vice President at MGM Records and then President of a CBS label.”
Ken has written a number of books including, “The Beatles, The Bible and Bodega Bay,” which is the only book ever approved by the Beatles outside of their own Anthology. I even found an interesting tidbit about him on Wikipedia:
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