
Episode 150: “All You Need is Love” by the Beatles
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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A Novel by Robert Stigwood
robert stigwood had no qualifications and worked in the metal foundry that converted photos into printing plates for the adelaide news. He'd become engaged to a girl who was going off to work in france, and they'd made arrangements to meet in paris in summer 19 55. Stigwood decided at the last minute not to turn up himself. By that point he'd figured out he was gay and headed off to the u k. After spending a while working as an unsuccessful manager of a reparatory theatre in norwich,stigwood came upon another plan for success in the entertainment industry. He wanted actors who could sing, singers who could moddel and so on
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