Stan Polley
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BadfingerWhile in America in April 1970 scouting prospects for a tour, manager Bill Collins was introduced to New York businessman Stan Polley. Polley eventually signed the group to a business management contract in November 1970. Although Polley's... In this article: Badfinger, Joey Molland, Stan Polley, Pete Ham, Apple Corps, Bob Jackson, Tom Evans, Warner Brothers, and Ass |
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Al Kooper
...Survivor (1998). The latter includes indictments against manipulators within the music industry, including his one-time business manager , Stan Polley. His status as a published author enabled him to join (and act as musical director of) the...
In this article: Al Kooper, Bob Dylan, Mike Bloomfield, Tom Wilson, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Like a Rolling Stone, Super Session, Rock Bottom Remainders, and Stephen Stills
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Peter Ham
...Anne had a son, Blair, from a previous relationship. Ham's suicide note was accusatory toward Badfinger's business manager, Stan Polley. It read: "Anne, I love you. Blair, I love you. I will not be allowed to love and trust everybody.
In this article: Peter William Ham, Badfinger, The Beatles, Billboard, Without You, Apple Corps Ltd, and Warner Bros
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Lou Christie
...stint with Columbia Records in the late 1960s, Christie teamed up with Buddah Records (a move prompted by his business manager Stan Polley) and bubblegum music record producer Tony Romeo and had a surprise Wall of Sound constant uptempo...
In this article: Lou Christie, MGM, Rhapsody, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., Lightnin' Strikes, London, UK, and Twyla Herbert
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Stan Polley
...garment industry. He began artist management after he met Christie in the mid 1960s. It was through his association with Christie that he met and began working with other artists in the New York and Los Angeles entertainment fields. It was...
In this article: Lou Christie, Badfinger, Charles Calello, Sandy Linzer, Al Kooper, New York, and Escrow
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Ass (album)
...assigning the individual copyrights of his songs selected for Badfinger albums to Apple Music after production. Badfinger's then-manager, Stan Polley, attempted to use Apple's lack of a publishing agreement with Molland to block release of...
In this article: Ass, Badfinger, Apple, Joey Molland, Apple of My Eye, UK, Tom Evans, Badfinger, and Chris Thomas
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Badfinger (album)
...released by the band on the Warner label. As Badfinger was completing work on its last album for Apple, Ass '', Badfinger's manager, Stan Polley, signed the band to a three-year, six-album deal with Warners. As a result, shortly after the...
In this article: Badfinger, Ass, Warners, Pete Ham, Apple Records, Without You, Rolling Stone, and Chris Thomas
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Stanley H. Polley (born Bronx, NY 1922), is a retired entertainment manager from the 1960s and 1970s. His clients included rock band Badfinger, musician Al Kooper, singer Lou Christie, singer-producer Hank Medress, arranger Charles Calello, composer Sandy Linzer, WABC disc jockey Bob Lewis, among others. Polley's career was marred by accusations of impropriety from several of the artists whom he managed.
Polley served in the U.S. Army before beginning his managerial career in New York's garment industry. He began artist management after he met Christie in the mid 1960s. It was through his association with Christie that he met and began working with other artists in the New York and Los Angeles entertainment fields. It was around 1968 that Polley first formed a company called Five Arts Management, that included Christie, Kooper, Calello, Linzer and Lewis. He formed new companies to house future artists he secured, including composers Irwin Levine and Larry Brown. In 1970, Polley formed a company called Badfinger Enterprises, Inc. as a management arm for the British rock group Badfinger, which had no American representation at the time.
Beginning in 1971, and reported in the New York Times, a Senate Investigation Committee conducted hearings regarding New York State Supreme Court Justice Mitchell D. Schweitzer on allegations that he had accepted bribes at various times in the 1950s. Polley was named during the hearings as the intermediary between unnamed crime figures and Schweitzer. In July, convicted stock manipulator Michael Raymond told a U.S. subcommitee that Polley was "well connected with organized crime." Most of Polley's American clients said they were already suspicious of their manager by this point, but the publicity of the hearings convinced several to sever ties with him.
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