Liverpool charity Mandela8 have announced a legend of the UK Black music scene as their newest trustee.
Les Spaine emerged as one of the most important British club DJ’s of the 70’s with residencies at The Pun Club and the legendary Timepiece Club in Liverpool before moving onto a career in the music industry working for EMI and Motown.
In the 70’s and 80’s he worked with such legends as Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Ritchie, The Commodores, Rick James, Jermaine Jackson, Smoky Robinson, Billy Preston, Syreeta & many more before transitioning to Capital Records.
Here he continued working with the top of the industry, including artists such as Melba Moore, David Bowie, Tina Turner, Frankie Beverley & Maze, Dr Hook, Craftwork, Bob Segar & The Silver Bullet Band to name a few.
He then left to set up his TV and Radio Promotion Company, LSP Promotions, which promoted hits by Five Star, Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five’s, Sophia George, Phyllis Nelson, Pavarotti, Man to Man meet Man Parrish, Atlantic Starr, Phil Everley, Johnny Nash, Coolio & many other pop, soul and reggae hits in the UK charts in the 80’s and 90’s.
Best Sounds Management followed, which guided & managed Aswad throughout their most prolific period of hits such as ‘Don’t Turn Around’, ‘Give a Little Love’ and the best-selling album, ‘Distant Thunder’.
More information on Mandela8 can be found at mandela8.org.uk.