Jonathan King
b. 6 December 1944, London, England. While studying for his finals at Cambridge University, King hit the charts in 1965 with his plaintive protest song Everyone's Gone To The Moon. That song has been a radio hit ever since. Although the catchy follow-up Green Is The Grass failed, the English student was already revealing his entrepreneurial talents by discovering and writing for others. Hedgehopper's Anonymous gave him his second protest hit with It's Good News Week, while King next took on Manfred Mannwith an unsuccessful cover of Bob Dylan's Just Like A Woman. A perennial pop columnist and socialite, he impressed Decca Records’managing director Sir Edward Lewis who took on his talent-spotting services. King discovered, named and produced Genesis’ first album, but the group soon moved to Tony Stratton-Smith’s Charisma label. King, meanwhile, was releasing occasionally quirky singles like Let It All Hang Out and another Dylan cover Million Dollar Bash. He was also an inveterate pseudonymous hit maker, heavily involved in such studio novelty numbers as the Piglets’ Johnny Reggae, Sakkarin's Sugar Sugar, the Weathermen's The Same Old Song and St. Cecilia's Leap Up And Down (Wave Your Knickers In The Air). 
In 1972, King launched UK Records, best remembered for its hits courtesy of 10cc rather than the label boss's latest wealth of pseudonyms, which included Shag (Loop Di Love), Bubblerock (Satisfaction), 53rd And 3rd (Chick-A-Boom), 100 Ton And A Feather (It Only Takes A Minute) and Sound 9418 (In The Mood). He also scored a major hit in his own name during 1975 with the summer smash Una Paloma Blanca. Despite his array of unlikely hits, King had many failures and as a label manager could do little with the careers of either Ricky Wilde or the Kursaal Flyers. Apart from the odd witty parody such as his reading of Cat Stevens’ Wild World, juxtaposed to the provocative tune of the Pet Shop Boys’ It's A Sin, King has worked hard maintaining a high-media profile via newspaper columns, radio appearances and his BBC television programme, ENTERTAINMENT USA.Always controversial, King thrives on conflict and remains a lively member of the music business.