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My Take
Kim Fowley is one of the great wild cards of rock history, and I mean that as a compliment. He's been called one of the most colorful characters in the annals of rock and roll, and also a shadowy cult figure outside the mainstream, which captures the contradiction perfectly. He churned out novelty and cult pop singles through the 1960s, then famously assembled and managed the Runaways in the 1970s. Born in Los Angeles in 1939 and gone in 2015, he was a behind-the-scenes operator rather than a star. I find these scene architects far more revealing than the acts they pushed into the spotlight.
Overview
Kim Vincent Fowley (July 21, 1939 – January 15, 2015) was an American record producer, songwriter, and musician who was behind a string of novelty and cult pop rock singles in the 1960s, and managed the Runaways in 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 figure well outside the margins of the mainstream".
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kim Fowley
- Name (Japanese)
- キム・フォーリー
- Reading
- きむ・ふぉーりー
- Born
- July 21, 1939 – January 15, 2015
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rabbit
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- musician / singer / songwriter / record producer / talent manager
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- University High School
- University
- University High School
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.