Harvey Brownstone Interviews Simon Napier-Bell, Legendary Music Producer & Manager, Author, “Sour Mouth, Sweet Bottom: Lessons from a Dissolute Life”

Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Simon Napier-Bell, Legendary Music Producer & Manager, Author, “Sour Mouth, Sweet Bottom: Lessons from a Dissolute Life” 

About Harvey's guest: 

Today’s guest, Simon Napier-Bell, is one of the most highly accomplished people in the entertainment industry we’ve ever had on our show.   

He’s a successful songwriter, whose works include the lyrics to “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me”, which became a huge hit for Dusty Springfield and Elvis Presley.   

He was a great record producer.  He was the manager for many top music artists, including the Yardbirds, Marc Bolan, Japan, Wham, George Michael, Sinead O’Connor, Boney M, and many more.   

He’s written 6 books, starting with, “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me”, about his experiences in the music business in the 60’s.  Then came, “Black Vinyl, White Powder”, a fascinating, disturbing exposé of the impact of the drug culture on the British music business.   Next came “I'm Coming To Take You To Lunch”, the story of how he took Wham! to Communist China, making them the first Western rock group ever to play there.  He then wrote a history of the popular music business, entitled, “The Business”.   After that, came “50 Years Legal: Welcome to our Liberation”, marking 50 years since the UK decriminalized homosexuality.   

Most recently, he’s released an absolutely delicious memoir entitled, “Sour Mouth, Sweet Bottom: Lessons from a Dissolute Life”, an unforgettably frank, funny and fascinating collection of episodes from his remarkably unconventional life.    

If that weren’t enough, he’s also directed 4 highly acclaimed documentary films, entitled “To Be Frank”, in honour of what would have been Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday; “50 Years Legal” the companion film to his book by the same name, “27: Gone Too Soon”, about the infamous “27 Club”, that includes music stars like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Amy Winehouse, all of whom died at the age of 27.    

And his most recent film is entitled, “George Michael: Portrait of an Artist”, the definitive feature documentary of George Michael's life.   

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