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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Kim_FowleyKim Fowley - Wikipedia

    Kim Vincent Fowley(July 21, 1939 – January 15, 2015) was an American record producer, songwriter and musician who was behind a string of noveltyand cultpop rocksinglesin the 1960s, and managed the Runawaysin the 1970s. He has been described as "one of the most colorful characters in the annals of rock & roll", as well as "a shadowy cult ...

  2. www.imdb.com › name › nm0288831Kim Fowley - IMDb

    Kim Fowley was born on 21 July 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for American Graffiti (1973), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and RocknRolla (2008). He was married to Kara Wright and Cynthia Helen "Cindy" Wheelon.

  3. Jul 27, 2005 · In 1975 The Runaways, featuring the teenage Joan Jett, kicked their knee-high leather boots into the balls of the male-dominated rock scene. 30 years on, Fowley reflects on the impact the group he managed and moulded have had. “Nobody had ever done that before. I wanted a bunch of girls who could play rock’n’roll.

  4. Jan 17, 2015 · Kim was also one of the most caring people in the universe." Fowley's career ranged from promoter to musician to manager to record producer. In the 1970s, he launched the all-female rock band The Runaways, a rarity at the time, thus introducing the world to a then-teenage Joan Jett. "Kim was a friend, he taught me so much," Jett tweeted on ...

  5. May 25, 2010 · Veteran record producer and songwriter Kim Fowley’s musical creation, The Runaways, has been the subject of a full length feature movie starring Kristen Stewart of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” fame as guitarist Joan Jett and Dakota Fanning as lead singer Cherie Curie. Actor Michael Shannon, an Oscar nominee for “Revolutionary Road ...

  6. Jan 20, 2015 · Kim Vincent Fowley was born on July 21, 1939, in Los Angeles, the son of two B-movie actors: Shelby Payne, who played a cigarette girl in “The Big Sleep,” and Douglas Fowley, best known for ...

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  8. Jan 16, 2015 · Fowley was an orphan of Hollywood. His mother, a struggling actress, abandoned him to foster homes repeatedly. He suffered from polio as a child and the disease marked him physically and emotionally.

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