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| 1 | Founded ABKCO Records in 1961 in New York City. |
| 2 | He is survived by his sister, Naomi Klein; longtime female companion, Iris Keitel; his wife Betty Klein; two daughters-Robin and Beth Klein; a son Jody Klein; and four grandchildren. |
| 3 | Convicted of tax fraud in 1979 and served two months in prison for failing to report income from sales of promotional records by The Beatles and other groups. |
| 4 | Although he had lived with a girlfriend for years, he never divorced his wife. |
| 5 | The Rolling Stones grew so infuriated with Klein--whose company still owns an enormous chunk of their 1960s songs--that Mick Jagger once chased him down the hall of a posh hotel. |
| 6 | Candid and earthy by nature, especially when it came to business. Once held a press conference at Apple, during the fight for Northern Songs (in which music publisher Dick James had recently sold his shares to ATV) in 1969; one London newspaper remarked that the conference "must have set some kind of record for unprintable language." |
| 7 | When his health began to decline, his son Jody Klein assumed control of much of ABKCO. |
| 8 | Klein's mother died when he was less than a year old; his father (a kosher butcher of Hungarian descent) left Klein and his two sisters in the care of an orphanage. |
| 9 | First came to note in the late 1950s, when Klein's review of Bobby Darin's accounts turned up $100,000 unpaid in royalties and session fees. (Darin soon received his payments, and Klein his first notoriety, alongside Darin's thank-yous.) |
| 10 | Studied accounting in his teens; became expert at mentally calculating figures, without resorting to paper. |
| 11 | Paul McCartney was the only Beatle who never signed a management agreement or contract with Klein, though he posed with Klein for photos at a pretend "contract signing" in 1969. John Lennon, Ringo Starr and Yoko Ono were also present; the photos appear in Anthony Fawcett's Lennon biography.) |
| 12 | Clients included Donovan, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé, The Animals, Connie Francis, Herman's Hermits, Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones and three of The Beatles. |
| 13 | As manager for three of The Beatles, Klein only received a percentage of their increased revenues; had their company Apple Corps continued to lose money, Klein would have been paid nothing. |
| 14 | Renegotiated The Beatles' record contract with EMI in 1969; got them the highest royalty rate ever paid to an artist at that time. Also responsible for the release of "Something"/"Come Together" as a single, to get the group some needed cash. |
| 15 | Was responsible for bringing Phil Spector onboard The Beatles' Let It Be (1970) movie/album project, to remix and post-produce the soundtrack. |
| 16 | Helped George Harrison organize and produce the Concert for Bangladesh (The Concert for Bangladesh (1972)). A minor blunder of Klein's tied up a portion of the proceeds, through a years-long tax investigation. (The money was eventually released to UNICEF.) |
| 17 | Ended his involvement with The Beatles in 1977 for a settlement of £3 million; dissolved his last management ties to John Lennon and Yoko Ono while visiting their New York apartment that year. |
| 18 | Parodied by John Belushi as "Ron Decline" in The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) . |
| 19 | Bought the publishing company which owned the song "He's So Fine" in the late 1970s, during its plagiarism suit against George Harrison over the similar-sounding "My Sweet Lord"; Klein effectively "switched sides" in the suit, which continued into the 1990s, and Klein ultimately lost. |
| 20 | Klein's company ABKCO still owns the copyrights and masters to the old Cameo/Parkway Records catalog, including many 1950s and 1960s R&B and rock hits ("The Twist" by Chubby Checker, "So Much In Love" by The Tymes). |
| 21 | The production/distribution company ABKCO Films was a division of ABKCO Industries, Inc.. |
| 22 | "ABKCO" stands for "Allen & Betty Klein and Company". |
| 23 | In February of 1969, Cameo-Parkway changed its name to "ABKCO Industries Inc." ("ABKCO" for short). |
| 24 | On September 16, 1968, the stockholders of Cameo-Parkway approved its acquisition of Allen Klein & Co., Inc.. |
| 25 | In July of 1967, acquired a controlling interest in Cameo-Parkway Records, Inc. |
| 26 | Founded Allen Klein & Co. in 1957; incorporated it in 1965. |
| 27 | Father of Jade Klein and designer Jennifer Klein. |
