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Peter Grant (music manager)
Peter James "G" Grant (5 April 1935 – 21 November 1995) was an English music manager. Grant managed the popular English bands the Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, and Bad Company, among others, and was also a record executive for Swan Song Records. Grant has been described as "one of the shrewdest and most ruthless managers in rock history".〔( Australian Broadcasting Corporation ) - Triple J Music Specials - Led Zeppelin (first broadcast 12 July 2000)〕 He is widely credited with improving pay and conditions for musicians in dealings with concert promoters.〔Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon (1997) ''Led Zeppelin: The Concert File'', London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4, p. 145.〕
==Early life==
Grant was born in the south London suburb of South Norwood, Surrey, England. His mother Dorothy worked as a secretary. He attended Sir Walter St John School in Grayshott before the Second World War, and completed his schooling at Charterhouse School in Godalming after the evacuation. After the war Grant returned to Norwood until leaving at the age of 13, when he became a sheet metal factory worker in Croydon. He left that job after a few weeks and obtained employment on Fleet Street delivering photographs for Reuters.
Grant was soon attracted to the entertainment industry, and worked as a stagehand for the Croydon Empire Theatre until 1953, when he was called up for national service in the RAOC, reaching the rank of corporal.〔''Led Zeppelin In Their Own Words'' compiled by Paul Kendall (1981), London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-86001-932-2, pp. 17-18.〕 He worked briefly as an entertainment manager at a hotel in Jersey before being employed as a bouncer and doorman at London's famous The 2i's Coffee Bar, where Cliff Richard, Adam Faith, Tommy Steele and others got their start.〔Mick Wall (2008), ''When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography Of Led Zeppelin'', London: Orion〕 Australian-born professional wrestler Paul Lincoln, who also co-owned the 2i's bar, suggested Grant appear on television and gave him the opportunity to wrestle under the titles "Count Massimo" and "Count Bruno Alassio of Milan," using his 6 ft 5 in frame to good effect.〔 This kindled his enthusiasm for acting, and he was hired by film studios as a bit part actor, stuntman and body double.
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