When 22-year-old accountant Harvey Lisberg heard the Beatles' 'Please Please Me', he had an epiphany: he could be Manchester's answer to Brian Epstein.
He had a musical ear, a knack for numbers and a gambler's instinct for taking a punt. Within a year he had taken his Salford neighbours, Herman's Hermits, to number one with 'I'm Into Something Good'. Soon, Hermania was a global phenomenon.
Harvey had found his vocation.
In this uproarious, frank and moving autobiography, he reveals the excesses of life on the road with Herman's Hermits; the frustration of championing unknowns Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber; the highs and lows of managing the brilliant 10cc; the utter madness of looking after snooker bad boys Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins and Jimmy 'Whirlwind' White... and much, much more.
'Harvey came along and turned us into stars. He believed in us when no one else cared.' Peter Noone, Herman's Hermits
'Harvey was one of the very first to recognise potential in Andrew and myself. He spotted 'Joseph' as a winner way before it became one.' Sir Tim Rice
'He virtually invented modern management. In terms of the UK's music history, there really is no one like Harvey.' Tony Wilson
- ISBN13 9781913172886
- Publish Date 30 March 2023
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Omnibus Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Language English