Died On This Date (July 17, 1996) Chas Chandler / The Animals; Managed Jimi Hendrix
themusicsover Chas Chandler
December 18, 1938 – July 17, 1996
Chas Chandler wore many hats throughout his music career. During the early ’60s, he co-founded the Animals with Alan Price and Eric Burdon, playing bass for the band. After the group broke up, he got into artist management, his famous client being Jimi Hendrix. Later, he produced records for Slade and Nick Drake while running his own recording studio and eventually starting his own label, Barn Records. In his later years, Chandler helped develop the Newcastle Arena, which opened in 1995. Chandler died of a heart condition on July 17 of the following year.
Stu Sobol began his career at retail, working for Wherehouse Records in Van Nuys, California. In later years, Sobol went into artist management, establishing his solid with Spivak Sobol Entertainment and later, The Firm after the two companies merged. Over his twenty year career in management, Sobol oversaw the careers of Seether, A Perfect Circle, Yellowcard, Vanessa Carlton, and Zach de la Rocha. Sobol also served on the City of Calabasas Traffic And Transportation Commission. He died of complications from pneumonia on July 10, 2008. He was 50.
Allen Klein was a record company executive and powerful artist manager during the 1960s. Known as a ruthless businessman, many artists benefited from his abilities to get them better record deals and higher royalties. His client list included 
