Phil Solomon (music executive)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Philip Raymond Solomon |
| Born |
27 April 1924 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 10 April 2011 (aged 86) Bournemouth, Dorset |
| Occupation(s) |
Music promoter, pop manager, record producer |
| Years active | fl. c. 1950s–1970 |
| Labels |
Decca Records, Major Minor Records |
| Associated acts |
The Bachelors Them The Dubliners David McWilliams Twinkle |
Philip Raymond ("Phil") Solomon (Belfast, 27 April 1924 – Bournemouth, 10 April 2011) was a Northern Irish music executive and businessman. He managed artists like The Bachelors, Them and The Dubliners, founded Major Minor Records and was co-director of Radio Caroline.
Phil Solomon was the younger son of a Jewish family in Belfast. Several family members had ties with the music business. His father Maurice and Uncle Harold Peres founded Solomon and Peres in the early 20s. Both Maurice and Harold Peres became two of the biggest shareholders of Decca Records, his brother Mervyn founded Emerald Music, an independent record label, specialising in Irish, Scottish and Celtic music.
Solomon started his career in the 1950s as a publicity agent for the Northern Irish singer Ruby Murray, who reached the top of the UK Singles Chart with "Softly, softly" in 1955. Together with his wife Dorothy, whom he had married in the early 1950s, he also handled the publicity for concert tours by artists like Jimmy Shand, Jim Reeves, Mr. Acker Bilk, Chris Barber and a number of jazz and dance orchestras.
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