Ken Mansfield
Author, Record Producer
1937 –
Who is Ken Mansfield?
Ken Mansfield is the former U.S. Manager of Apple Records, a high-ranking executive for several record labels, songwriter, the author of four books and a Grammy and Dove Award winning album producer.
Since the 1960s, Mansfield has been associated with an array of notable performers including The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Waylon Jennings, James Taylor, Roy Orbison, Don Ho, the Imperials, Tompall Glaser, Harry Nilsson, Glen Campbell, Buck Owens, Lou Rawls, Andy Williams, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Eric Burdon, Badfinger, Ray Stevens, Jackie Lomax, The Four Freshmen, Judy Garland, Dolly Parton, David Cassidy, Nick Gilder, Claudine Longet, and Jessi Colter. In the 1970s, he helped popularize the Outlaw movement in country music by producing Waylon Jennings' number one album, Are You Ready for the Country as well as the crossover number-one hit "I’m Not Lisa" by Jessi Colter. In 2000, the former record executive-turned-producer embarked on a literary career with The Beatles, The Bible and Bodega Bay. His follow-up, The White Book - The Beatles, the Bands, the Biz: An Insider's Look at an Era, was released in 2007. Mansfield's third book, Between Wyomings, was released on June 9, 2009.
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- Born
- Oct 14, 1937
Noxen Township - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- San Diego State University
- University of Idaho
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on July 23, 2013
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