Ken Mansfield was an American record producer who was the manager of Apple Records in the United States.
19 Facts About Ken Mansfield
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Ken Mansfield was a high-ranking executive for several record labels, as well as a songwriter, author of seven books and a Grammy and Dove Award-winning album producer.
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Ken Mansfield's fourth book, Stumbling On Open Ground, is a Thomas Nelson Publication.
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Ken Mansfield penned his sixth book, the novel, "Philco", by Post Hill Press and his seventh book, "The Roof: The Beatles' Final Concert", by Post Hill Press.
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Ken Mansfield was born in Pennsylvania on October 14,1937, the son of a sawmill worker and housewife.
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Ken Mansfield was promoted quickly and was one of the first young American executives the Beatles worked with since their ascension to stratospheric stardom.
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Ken Mansfield's age made him more accessible to the Beatles, who soon invited him to become a member of their inner sanctum.
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In 1967 when the Beatles decided to form their own corporation, they turned to Ken Mansfield to run their record division and named him the US Manager of Apple Records beginning in 1968.
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Ken Mansfield joined his four new bosses setting up the worldwide launch of Apple Records and the US management of subsequent projects such as The Beatles, Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road, Let It Be and Hey Jude.
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Ken Mansfield is easy to recognize as he was the only one on the roof that day wearing a white coat.
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Ken Mansfield saw the writing on the wall and moved over to MGM Records as its vice president in charge of marketing and artist relations.
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Williams saw things differently and Ken Mansfield resigned over the dispute.
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The personal relationship between Jennings and Ken Mansfield grew so close that one time the singer asked Ken Mansfield if it would be OK to list him as next of kin on his emergency medical records.
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Ken Mansfield produced The Flying Burrito Brothers, David Cassidy, Don Ho, Nick Gilder, Sam Neely, Byron Berline and Sundance, as well as David Geffen's boy band OXO before closing down his Hollywood enterprise Hometown Productions Inc and making his way to Nashville in the 1980s.
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Ken Mansfield produced the legendary Imperials and the Gaither Vocal Band's 1991 album, Homecoming.
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The new millennium brought additional creative rewards to Ken Mansfield, who penned The Beatles, The Bible and Bodega Bay in 2000.
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Ken Mansfield published his fifth book, Rock and a Heart Place, on May 1,2015.
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In 2018, Ken Mansfield published two books with Post Hill Press, the novel, "Philco" on May 29,2018, and "The Roof: The Beatles' Final Concert" on November 13,2018.
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Ken Mansfield died on November 17,2022, at the age of 85.