Barrow, Tony
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Name (Latin)
Barrow, Tony
Other forms of name
Barrow, Anthony Frederick James, 1936-2016
Date of birth
1936-05-11
Date of death
2016-05-14
Field of activity
Journalism
Public relations
Occupation
Journalists
Public relations personnel
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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MARC
Sources of Information
- Guardian WWW site, viewed May 19, 2016(Tony Barrow; Anthony Frederick James Barrow, publicist and journalist, born 11 May 1936 in the Merseyside town of Crosby; died 14 May 2016; press officer and publicist for the Beatles; after Brian Epstein's death in 1967 and the Beatles' decision to form the Apple company the following year, Tony Barrow set up his own PR firm to represent such acts as the Bay City Rollers and the Kinks; also specialised in publicising European tours by American singers such as Andy Williams and the Jackson Five; in the 1980s, Barrow returned to journalism, and for some years he was editor in chief of publications for the Midem organisation, which holds annual trade fairs in Cannes for the music and television industries; author of several books, notably his 2006 memoir of the Beatles years, John, Paul, George, Ringo and Me)
- Lewis, V. Music and maiden overs, 1987:t.p. (Tony Barrow) jkt. (PR man and show-business journalist; contributor to Stage)