Died On This Date (April 7, 1981) Kit Lambert / Managed The Who
themusicsover Kit Lambert
May 11, 1935 – April 7, 1981
Kit Lambert was the son of British composer, Constant Lambert. After a stint in the army he returned to Britain to work in film. He teamed up with director Chris Stamp to make a documentary about an unknown band. That band was the High Numbers who would later become better known as the Who. The film would never be finished as Lambert decided to manage the Who instead. It was Lambert who convinced Pete Townshend to move on from their simple pops songs and start to create the more complex sounds that would result in their classic Tommy album. The resulting success of the Who ultimate lead to the demise of their relationship with Lambert who was eventually replaced. The ’70s were not good to Lambert as he continued to deal with a substance abuse problem. At one point he was made a Ward of the Court in order to avoid prison on drug charges. Because of this, he barely saw any money from the fortune that was made of off his productions of Who and Jimi Hendrix albums. Kit Lambert died on April 7, 1981 of a cerebral hemorrhage he suffered after falling down the stairs at his mother’s house.
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