Defries and MainMan have received multiple awards for their achievements in the music industry. One of four children born to Edward and Lily Defries,...

unreleased until 1983 when Tony Defries, Mellencamp's former manager, released the album on his own MainMan label. Defries was attempting to capitalize...

Signing on with David Bowie's manager, Tony Defries, Mellencamp travelled to New York City to cut this first album. DeFries would also go on to produce the album...

David Bowie and James Williamson of The Stooges while working under Tony Defries as a publicist for MainMan, Bowie's management company. She also appeared...

Defries, partner in the law firm Goodwin Procter Joel Defries (born 1985), British-born presenter Robert Defries (1889–1975), Canadian physician Tony...

success of the single, Defries sought to extricate Bowie from his contract with Mercury, which was set to expire in June 1971. Defries felt that Mercury had...

Woodmansey. Not long after, Bowie fired his manager and replaced him with Tony Defries. This resulted in years of litigation that concluded with Bowie having...

vocals into the other, with little regard for balance or tone quality. Tony Defries, the head of Bowie's management company MainMan, informed Pop that the...

release, so he was eager to write for other artists. While Bowie's manager Tony Defries worked on signing the band with CBS Records, Bowie met with Watts a few...

Bowie's relationship with his manager Tony Defries. It also meant an expensive musical theatre project concocted by Defries, titled Fame, that was financed...

effort to ensure RCA promoted the album extensively, Bowie's manager Tony Defries was determined to make the cover as costly as possible. He insisted on...

Left to right: Dana Gillespie, Tony Defries and David Bowie at Andy Warhol's Pork at London's Roundhouse in 1971...

while. Within his own entourage, Bowie had told only his then-manager Tony DeFries and one member of his band, Mick Ronson. Near the end of the evening...

Josephine Baker" and hoping to sign her to MainMan, run by his manager Tony Defries. He founded a soul-influenced trio called The Astronettes, featuring...

and "Andy Warhol" around this time, which inspired Bowie's new manager Tony Defries to look into securing a new record contract, eventually signing him to...

they could use on tour. After Bowie's manager Tony Defries ended his contract with Mercury Records, Defries presented the album to multiple labels in the...

million copies combined, Defries said that sales did not provide Bowie with enough income to afford the house. In spite of Defries, Bowie bought the house...

exhausted from the extensive touring schedule. His manager at the time, Tony Defries, was negotiating for larger royalties with Bowie's music publisher and...

1982 expiration of his 1975 severance settlement with his old manager Tony Defries. Although RCA was willing to re-sign, alongside Columbia and Geffen Records...

play featured Jayne County as "Vulva," Cherry Vanilla as "Amanda Pork," Tony Zanetta as a Warhol-analogue called B. Marlowe, Geri Miller as Josie, Cleve...

and Defries, his new manager, was facing prior contractual challenges. In August 1970, Visconti parted ways with Bowie owing to his dislike of Defries and...

in 1974 and 1975, Mellencamp met Tony DeFries of MainMan Management, who was receptive to his music and image. DeFries insisted that Mellencamp's first...

the production company established in 1972 by David Bowie's manager, Tony Defries. It was only available for a few years by direct sale and only through...

Bowie kept the rejection letter on his wall at home. His former manager, Tony Defries, also tried preventing its release due to his royalty settlement in the...

tracks "Life on Mars?" and "Andy Warhol" inspired Bowie's new manager, Tony Defries, to look into securing a new record contract for Bowie, eventually signing...

time, Bowie fired Pitt due to continuing managerial disputes and hired Tony Defries as his new manager. David Bowie has continued to attract mixed reviews...

Moran as Terry Jones Anthony Flanagan as Dr. Reynolds Julian Richings as Tony DeFries Aaron Poole as Mick Ronson James Cade as Marc Bolan Jeremy Legat as Woody...

multiple sold-out shows. They re-negotiated their fees with Bowie's manager Tony Defries, but this caused a rift in the band. The final leg of the tour covered...

hit song (the David Bowie-penned "All The Young Dudes") and sharing Tony Defries' MainMan Management "family" with rising superstar David, Hunter offers...

inspired by the television series Bewitched. Of the video, his manager Tony Defries said: "It's a bit ethereal, not a straightforward band doing their numbers...