13 Facts About Simon Napier-Bell

Simon Robert Napier-Bell was born on 22 April 1939 and is an English record producer, music manager, author and journalist.

Simon Napier-Bell has written two memoirs about his own experiences in the music industry.

Simon Napier-Bell attended Durston House in Ealing, and then later a primary school at Perivale.

Simon Napier-Bell then attended Harrow County School for Boys and Bryanston School in Dorset.

Simon Napier-Bell oversaw the entry of Jimmy Page into the group and produced the group's next single, "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago", considered one of the most avant garde rock records of the time.

Simon Napier-Bell managed John's Children, who were better known for their ability to shock rather than for their music, and who were thrown off a major tour of Germany for upstaging The Who, with an act that included running round the audience throwing feathers in the air and whipping each other with chains.

Simon Napier-Bell teamed up with Ray Singer to produce records for various artists including the Scaffold, Peter Sarstedt, Forever More and lesser known acts, Plus and Brut.

Simon Napier-Bell persevered with them through five lean years to eventually help make them one of the most influential groups of the early 1980s.

Simon Napier-Bell went on to manage the duo Blue Mercedes, who had one worldwide hit, "I Want To Be Your Property".

Simon Napier-Bell arranged for the defunct pop group Boney M to reform and had all their old tracks remixed by Stock Aitken Waterman.

Simon Napier-Bell terminated his directorship of the company in 2016 but remains a consultant.

When Japan broke up, Simon Napier-Bell wrote his first memoir, You Don't Have To Say You Love Me, about his experiences in the music business in the 1960s.

Simon Napier-Bell is CEO of the Pierbel Group, which offers music management and consultancy, and is originating producer of Raiding the Rock Vault, the No 1 rated music show in Las Vegas, and Raiding the Country Vault, in Branson, Missouri.