Andrew King (music manager)
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Andrew King is a music manager, formerly for Blackhill Enterprises
Blackhill Enterprises
Blackhill Enterprises was a rock music management company, founded as a partnership by the four original members of Pink Floyd , with Peter Jenner and Andrew King....

, where he co-managed Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...

 and others.

King, Peter Jenner
Peter Jenner
Peter Jenner is a British music manager and a record producer. Jenner, Andrew King and the original four members of Pink Floyd were partners in Blackhill Enterprises.- Early career :...

 and the original four members of Pink Floyd were partners in Blackhill Enterprises. After Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett , born Roger Keith Barrett, was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter, best remembered as a founding member of the band Pink Floyd. He was the lead vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter during the band's psychedelic years, providing major musical and stylistic...

's departure from Pink Floyd in 1968 Jenner and King broke up with Pink Floyd and continued as managers for other British rock bands.

Acts he has managed since the dissolution of Blackhill in the early 1980s include Ian Dury
Ian Dury
Ian Robins Dury was an English rock and roll singer, lyricist, bandleader and actor who initially rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and New Wave era of rock music...

.

He is winner of 2006 BACS Gold Badge Award and board member for the Performing Rights Society.

Personal

He has three children, a son and two daughters. His daughter, Ianthe, attended Oxford University.
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