Tony Secunda

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Tony Secunda
Birth nameAnthony Michael Secunda
Born(1940-08-24)24 August 1940
music publisher
Years activeEarly 1960s–1995
LabelsVarious

Anthony Michael Secunda (24 August 1940 – 12 February 1995)

Pretenders
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Life and career

Secunda was born in

Fire Brigade" – and of course the Harold Wilson affair!"[5]

The latter referred to Secunda's most controversial stunt, in which a

record to a charity of Wilson's choice – a ruling which they tried unsuccessfully to overturn after Wilson's death in 1995.[6] The Move were unnerved by the experience, and fired Secunda as their manager shortly afterwards.[3]

In 1969 Secunda helped organize and finance the band Balls with Trevor Burton (formerly of the Move) and singer Denny Laine from the Moody Blues. The group was not successful.[3]

In 1971, he became manager of T. Rex and helped Marc Bolan to set up his own record label, T. Rex Wax Co, through EMI.[3] After parting company with Bolan, he managed Steve Peregrin Took, Bolan's former musical partner,[7] Steeleye Span, Motörhead, and Marianne Faithfull; the latter a short run experience which ended with a cash payoff, after Faithfull decided his management style was not suited to her needs.[3] Secunda discovered Chrissie Hynde and placed her on a retainer, so she could leave her day job and concentrate on writing music.

In the mid 1980s, Secunda moved to

music publishing and promotion, and developed an interest in the ecology and green issues.[3] He started a literary agency in Tiburon, California, publishing the biographies of bands and musicians, where he died of a heart attack on 12 February 1995, at the age of 54.[2]

Tony is sometimes confused with his older cousin, Daniel Secunda, also active in the music business in London and New York over the same period. Daniel worked with artists such as

Heads Hands and Feet, the Heartbreakers amongst many others. He was a director of latter-day Track Records and subsequently gained rights to some Track recordings, releasing Shakin' Stevens, Marc Bolan and Jimi Hendrix
albums on his own Media Motion label.

References

  1. ^ "eFortress.com". Users.efortress.com. Archived from the original on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d Thedeadrockstarsclub.com – accessed 27 March 2012
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Chris Welch (22 February 1995). "Obituary:Tony Secunda". The Independent. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  4. ISBN 978-0-7119-0465-1
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  5. ^ [1] Archived 2 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ISBN 0-85112-072-5
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  7. ^ "The story of Steve's association with Tony Secunda, the sessions recorded in his basement flat and the 1972 NME interview with Charles Shaar Murray". Stevetook.mercurymoon.co.uk. 14 October 1972. Retrieved 3 January 2012.

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