- Jill Carrington
Jill Carrington (born 1956 in
Virginia Water ,Surrey ) is an English businesswoman, working in the music industry during the '80s and '90s. She helped to develop the careers of artists and bands such asDuran Duran , Queen, Paul Weller,Talk Talk ,Tina Turner ,Van Morrison andPet Shop Boys , whom she managed for 9 years.Career
Carrington's first job was in a pet shop, but at nineteen she became a temp receptionist at
K-Tel Records. Within ten years she was marketing manager ofEMI , and soon after was asked to runParlophone . She was then appointed marketing director ofPolydor Records , before becoming the Pet Shop Boys' second manager from 1989 to 1998. The albums "Behaviour", "Discography", "Very", "Alternative" and "Bilingual" were released by Pet Shop Boys while she managed them. Interestingly, her successor as Pet Shop Boys' manager was another woman who had worked at EMI, Mitch Clark.See also
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Pet Shop Boys External links
* [http://www.petshopboys.co.uk Official Pet Shop Boys Site]
*imdb name | id=1139817| name=Jill CarringtonReferences
* cite book
last=Heath
first=Chris
coauthors=Philip Hoare
title=Pet Shop Boys Catalogue
year=2006
publisher=Thames & Hudson
id=ISBN 0-500-51307-4
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