Louis Benjamin
Louis Benjamin | |
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| Born | Isaac Louis Benjamin 17 October 1922 Mile End, London, England |
| Died | 20 June 1994 (aged 71) London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Show business executive, impresario |
| Years active | 1930s-1989 |
Isaac Louis Benjamin (17 October 1922 – 20 June 1994) was a British entertainment business executive and theatre impresario. Among other leading positions between the 1960s and 1980s, he chaired Pye Records, was a managing director at ATV and at the London Palladium, and organised the Royal Variety Performances.
Biography
He was born in
Second World War. After returning to Britain he resumed work for Moss Empires, becoming an assistant manager at the London Palladium, and then general manager at the Winter Gardens in Morecambe in 1953. In 1959, he was put in charge of Pye Records. Despite an initial lack of musical expertise, he revived the company's status with such stars as Petula Clark, The Kinks, Sandie Shaw, The Searchers, and Donovan, and set up the successful Golden Guinea line of budget records.[1][2]
In 1975, while remaining at Pye, he was appointed by
He retired in 1989, and died in London after a period of illness in 1994.[1][2]