Simon Napier-Bell
| Simon Napier-Bell | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Simon Robert Napier-Bell 22 April 1939 Ealing Common, west London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Pop manager, author, journalist |
| Spouse(s) | Yotin Chaijanla (m. 1972) |
| Website | Official website |
Simon Robert Napier-Bell (born 22 April 1939) is an English music manager, author and journalist. At different times, he has managed artists as diverse as The Yardbirds, John's Children, Marc Bolan, Japan, London, Ultravox, Boney M, Sinitta, Wham!, Blue Mercedes, Alsou and Candi Staton, among others.
Napier-Bell attended Durston House in Ealing and then later a primary school at Perivale. He then attended Harrow County School for Boys and Bryanston School in Dorset. Whilst at Bryanston he formed the school's first jazz band. When he left school at age 17, it was with the idea of becoming a professional musician, preferably in America. A year later, unable to get a visa to the United States, he emigrated to Canada.
When he returned to England he worked as an assistant film editor. With a thorough knowledge of music, he soon progressed to being a music editor and landed the job of working with Burt Bacharach on What's New Pussycat, re-editing the score Bacharach had written for it. Later, he also scored, wrote and edited music for Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush (1967), a film directed by Clive Donner.
In 1966, Dusty Springfield approached Napier-Bell and Vicki Wickham to write an English lyric to an Italian song she'd heard at the Sanremo Festival, composed by Pino Donaggio. The result was "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me", which became Springfield's first number one hit.
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