Frank Fenter

Frank Fenter
Frank Fenter c. 1976
Background information
Birth name	Frank Fenter
Born	(1936-02-25)February 25, 1936 Johannesburg, South Africa
Origin	Johannesburg, South Africa
Died	July 21, 1983(1983-07-21) (aged 47) Macon, Georgia
Genres	Southern Rock, Rhythm and Blues and British Rock
Occupation(s)	impresario, music manager, record executive , record label co-founder and partner, record producer, actor
Years active	1958–1983
Labels	Capricorn Records, Atlantic Records, Fast Forward Productions, Zip Code Productions, Chapell Music Publishing Co., Liberty-Imperial Record Publishing, ARC/Chess Music.
Associated acts	Yes, Led Zeppelin, King Crimson, Vinegar Joe, Aretha Franklin, Sonny and Cher, Bobby Darin, Bill Kimber, Les Fleur de Lys, Gordon Haskell, Graham Dee Sharon Tandy, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, The Allman Brothers, The Marshall Tucker Band, Elvin Bishop, Wet Willie, Sea Level, Dixie Dregs, Billy Thorpe, Dobie Gray, Stillwater, Eric Quincy Tate, Percy Sledge, White Witch, Jonathan Edwards, Priscilla Coolidge, Elkie Brooks, Martin Mull, Alex Taylor, Livingston Taylor, Maxayn, Captain Beyond, Cowboy, White Witch, The Cooper Brothers, Billy Joe Shaver, New Riders of the Purple Sage and Lee Roy Parnell.

Frank Fenter (February 25, 1936 - July 21, 1983) was a music industry executive.

Fenter was the first Managing Director of Atlantic Records for Europe, where he helped discover and get signed to Atlantic late-1960s British Invasion groups, including Led Zeppelin and the progressive rock bands Yes and King Crimson. Frank Fenter was also instrumental in introducing and breaking Rhythm and Blues music across Europe, with such artists as Otis Redding and Sam and Dave. He went on in the 1970s to be a co-founder, co-owner, partner and Executive Vice President of Capricorn Records, the label identified with Southern Rock, led by The Allman Brothers, The Marshall Tucker Band, Wet Willie and Elvin Bishop. In 2014, Frank Fenter was posthumously Inducted into The Georgia Music Hall of Fame.

Frank Fenter was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and moved to London, England, in 1958, at the age of 22, initially determined to become an actor. Fenter's acting career included a feature role in the BBC's 1963 The Big Pull; in 1964, he produced, co-wrote and acted in Africa Shakes, the first South African rock movie, which featured Fenter's music act Bill Kimber and the Couriers. The movie was the first to have an interracial cast in Apartheid South Africa.