From the Beatles to Elton John and the Rolling Stones,�Tony King has been a confidante and creative muse for�some of the world's greatest artists. Now, for the first�time, he tells his story.
The Tastemaker charts the singular life of a man who has been at the beating�heart of music's most iconic moments for over sixty years.
Leaving school and starting his career at Decca Records in 1958 at the age of�sixteen, Tony King would soon find himself becoming close friends with Elton�John, rekindling John Lennon and Yoko Ono's relationship, mediating a�quarrelsome Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and spending time with Freddie�Mercury in his final days - a far cry from his childhood days in Eastbourne.
Living in an era of seismic social, technological and cultural transformation,�King experienced these defining moments as a stalwart in London and New�York's gay scenes. Alongside his heady life in showbusiness, he was witness�to the AIDS crisis and its devastating consequences: the death of family, the�death of friends and the stultifying weight of responsibility in being called�upon to hold things together.
At once profound and suffused with Tony King's disarming warmth and unparalleled�charisma, The Tastemaker paints an intimate portrait of a music�legend and captures the unpredictable world he stamped his indelible mark�upon.
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