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Article: THE SOUND OF MUSIC.(Rodney Bingenheimer, Mayor of the Sunset Strip)
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- WWD
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- December 11, 2003
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LONDON -- He has spent a lifetime on the sometimes cozy -- and often lonely -- edges of celebrity, playing Davy Jones' double on "The Monkees" television series, attending recording sessions with the Beach Boys, playing bass with Rod Stewart on "Top of the Pops," and sleeping in Neil Young's garage when the parties ended and he couldn't find a bed.
He is the man to thank for getting major British bands from the Sex Pistols to Coldplay onto American radio waves, and was instrumental in getting David Bowie his first recording contract with Mercury Records. His name is Rodney Bingenheimer -- L.A.'s Sunday late night KROQ listeners know him as Rodney on the ...