| There is one book on the Sixties I can't wait to read | | | | with acts like Pink Floyd. Dexter also took up |
| when it finally comes out. Jeff Dexter is in the | | | | residency at Middle Earth Club in Covent Garden with |
| process of writing his memoirs and I predict this will | | | | John Peel but did not accept an offer to join BBC's |
| be the seminal book on the Sixties and Seventies | | | | Radio One. |
| thriving music scene. Born Dexter Jeffery Bedwell on | | | | From 1968-73 Dexter promoted and presented rock |
| August 15th 1946 in Lambeth London, Dexter started | | | | shows at the legendary Roundhouse in Chalk Farm, |
| out as a dancer and singer, progressing to be a | | | | mainly under the Implosion banner. Dexter helped |
| well-known DJ, promoter, rock band manager, record | | | | organize and host nearly all the major festivals, |
| producer, club host and events organiser. | | | | including many of the free concerts in Hyde Park. He |
| Jeff Dexter has made almost every move in and | | | | also re-branded Eric Clapton & Friends as Derek & |
| around the entertainment industry. Starting with | | | | The Dominos. Dexter hosted and arranged most of |
| Mecca Dancing in 1961, he was a dancer & singer | | | | the acts that appeared at the 1971 Glastonbury |
| with Cyril Stapleton's Orchestra at London's Lyceum | | | | Fayre. He also Managed the band America, and also |
| Ballroom, where he was banned for obscenity after | | | | co-produced their first album that made number one |
| doing The Twist on the dance floor. Dexter was also | | | | in the States, as did their first single for Warner |
| a band boy when on the road, which entailed looking | | | | Brothers Records. |
| after all the props, extra instruments & sheet music. | | | | Between the years 1973-79, Dexter managed and |
| During his days at the Lyceum, Dexter became a | | | | produced numerous artists, negotiated deals with |
| Disc Jockey and MC on the Record Hops, working | | | | Atlantic Records (Isaac Guillory), Warner Brothers |
| with Ian "Sammy" Samwell, and also Jimmy Savile | | | | (Peter Sarstedt, BIM) and EMI (Alfalpha), and Sire |
| (then the Ballroom Manager at Leeds Locarno). | | | | Records (Hawkwind). Dexter also tour managed in |
| Dexter also worked with many other dance bands, | | | | the UK, USA and Europe, ran the merchandising |
| and in other London venues, began and presenting | | | | concessions for many acts and his own music |
| the new beat bands. | | | | publishing company. |
| Dexter helped take Britain's first mobile record hop | | | | During 1979-81, Dexter moved between Milan and |
| on the road in February 1962, beginning at Greenwich | | | | New York, worked with well-known Italian groups |
| Town Hall followed by other regular promotions in | | | | and made disco records, but also worked with some |
| Brighton and Croydon. He also became a partner in a | | | | of his favourite musicians. |
| record promotion company with Tony Calder. The | | | | In 1981-83, he moved back to the UK in order to |
| first record they promoted together was Love Me | | | | manage a hot new band called BIM (Cameron McVey |
| Do. Dexter gave up his singing career after he had to | | | | was on vocals, and Andy Harley on keyboards), and |
| follow Ike & Tina Turner at the Hammersmith Palais. | | | | signed them to Arista Records, then to Warner |
| Dexter and Samwell hosted many late night record | | | | Brothers Records. Dexter then started promoting |
| shows at night clubs in London's West End, including | | | | retro record shows in West End clubs, and during |
| The Flamingo in Wardour Street, The Roaring | | | | 1983-89 he promoted a regular club, called The 2I's in |
| Twenties in Carnaby Street, and The Crazy Elephant | | | | Tottenham Court Road at the Empire Rooms, |
| in Jermyn Street. | | | | worked with Time Out, organised music & |
| In 1966-7, Dexter worked as the host and DJ at | | | | entertainment at large corporate parties. |
| Tiles Club in Oxford Street presenting all the soul & | | | | In1990, Dexter began managing rock bands again, |
| pop acts including the late Otis Redding. He presented | | | | took on new partnerships, made several records, and |
| the lunch time record shows, immortalised in Tom | | | | spent far too much time & money! He Joined a |
| Wolfe's book Noonday Underground. Dexter then | | | | group of old friends to bid for a radio license, and |
| started The Jeff Dexter Light & Sound Show with | | | | joined a consortium with the aim of re-launching |
| the emerging underground and psychedelic scene, | | | | shows at the Roundhouse. |