1. Claude Nobs was the founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival.
10 Facts About Claude Nobs
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Claude Nobs later went to New York, where he met Nesuhi Ertegun, the then-president of Atlantic Records.
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Claude Nobs met Roberta Flack and invited her to the Rose d'Or de Montreux.
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Claude Nobs quickly transformed his festival into an international gathering place for lovers of jazz.
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Claude Nobs saved several young people who had hidden in the casino, thinking they would be sheltered from the flames.
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Claude Nobs, who had served as a volunteer fireman, knew that the casino was not actually a safe place and acted immediately to get them out.
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Also, on the inner liner of the original album, Claude Nobs' picture was the only one labeled with a name other than the band members.
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In 1973, Claude Nobs became the director of the Swiss branch of Warner, Elektra and Atlantic.
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In 2005, during the referendum campaign on registered partnership in Switzerland for same-sex couples, Claude Nobs came out publicly to support the new law.
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On 24 December 2012, Claude Nobs had an accident while cross-country skiing in Switzerland and fell into a coma.