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Fact #60665

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Barry Dickins is born in East Ham, London, UK. He is the son of Percy Dickins, founder of the New Musical Express newspaper and initiator of the first UK pop chart. Barry will go on to become a powerful music agent and promoter, representing Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Diana Ross and many others though his company ITB [International Talent Bookers], while his brother Rob Dickins will become Chairman of Warner Bros Music Group and the BPI in the 1980