Andrew Loog Oldham
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| Background information | |
| Born | 29 January 1944 |
| Origin | London, England, UK |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, manager, impresario and author |
| Associated acts | Rolling Stones, Small Faces, Marianne Faithfull, PP Arnold, the Nice, Charly García, Los Ratones Paranoicos |
Andrew Loog Oldham (born 29 January 1944) is an English record producer, talent manager, impresario and author. He was manager and producer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 to 1967, and was noted for his flamboyant style.
Oldham's father, Andrew Loog, was a United States Army Air Forces lieutenant, a Texan of Dutch descent, who served with the Eighth Air Force. Loog was killed in June 1943 when his B-17 bomber was shot down over the English Channel: he was buried at the Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium. Oldham's Australian mother, Celia Oldham, was a nurse and comptometer operator. He attended the Aylesbury School for Boys, Cokethorpe School in Oxfordshire, St Marylebone Grammar School and Wellingborough School in Northamptonshire.
A self-proclaimed hustler who spent teenage summers swindling tourists in French towns, Oldham's interest in the pop culture of the 1960s and the Soho coffeehouse scene led to working for Carnaby Street mod designer John Stephen and later as an assistant to then-emerging fashion designer Mary Quant. Oldham became a publicist for British and American musicians and for producer Joe Meek. Among his projects were stints publicizing Bob Dylan on his first UK visit and the Beatles for Brian Epstein in early 1963.
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