The acclaimed author of BLACK VINYL WHITE POWDER and YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME takes us on a Far Eastern pop adventure as he tries to take Wham! behind the bamboo curtain.
In the 1960s Simon Napier-Bell managed the Yardbirds and co-wrote Dusty Springfield's huge hit 'You Don't Have To Say You Love Me' (also the title of his first book - 'The classic hidden history of Sixties pop' Jon Savage). He subsequently managed Marc Bolan, Japan, and Wham! as well as many other laughably less successful groups. www.simonnapierbell.com
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