Blackhill Enterprises was a
rock music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States an ...
management company, founded as a partnership by the four original members of
Pink Floyd (
Syd Barrett,
Nick Mason,
Roger Waters and
Richard Wright), with
Peter Jenner
Peter Julian Jenner (born 3 March 1943) is a British music manager and a record producer. Jenner, Andrew King and the original four members of Pink Floyd were partners in Blackhill Enterprises.
Early career
Peter Jenner is the son of Willia ...
and
Andrew King.
Blackhill were the organisers of the first
Hyde Park free concerts.
After
Syd Barrett left Pink Floyd, the partnership was dissolved, and Jenner and King continued Blackhill to manage Barrett.
Following Blackhill's eventual dissolution, both Jenner and King continued to work in music management.
They also managed:
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Marc Bolan
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(who met his wife, June Child, while she was working as Blackhill's secretary)
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Edgar Broughton Band
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Career
The band started their career as a blues group under the name of The Edgar Broughton Blues Band, playing to a small following in the region around t ...
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The Clash
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Ian Dury
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Roy Harper
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Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias
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Kevin Ayers
Kevin Ayers (16 August 1944 – 18 February 2013) was an English singer-songwriter who was active in the English psychedelic music movement. Ayers was a founding member of the psychedelic band Soft Machine in the mid-1960s, and was closely assoc ...
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Bridget St John
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*The Action (until they became Mighty Baby in January 1969 and parted company with Blackhill Enterprises).
["Where The Action Is" by Jane Shepherd 2012]
References
Music companies of the United Kingdom
Pink Floyd
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