MUSICIAN

Peter Grant

1935 - 1995

Photo of Peter Grant

Icon of person Peter Grant

Peter Grant (5 April 1935 – 21 November 1995) was an English music manager, best known as the manager of Led Zeppelin from their creation in 1968 to their breakup in 1980. With his intimidating size and weight, confrontational manner, knowledge and experience, Grant was able to procure strong and unprecedented deals for Led Zeppelin, and is widely credited with improving pay and conditions for all musicians in dealings with concert promoters. Grant has been described as "one of the shrewdest and most ruthless managers in rock history". Born and largely brought up in the south London suburb of South Norwood, England by his mother, he worked variously as a stagehand, bouncer, wrestler, bit-part actor, and UK tour manager for acts such as Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent and the Animals, before getting involved briefly in band management with the Nashville Teens and the Yardbirds. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Grant is the 1,401st most popular musician (down from 1,291st in 2019), the 3,816th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,393rd in 2019) and the 235th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Peter Grant by language

Loading...

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Peter Grant ranks 1,401 out of 3,175. Before him are Frank Thomas, Trevor Bolder, Steve Aoki, Simon Gallup, Jack Irons, and Edo de Waart. After him are Taylor Hawkins, Wynton Kelly, Rhoma Irama, Gordon Haskell, Mike Dirnt, and Igor Cavalera.

Most Popular Musicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Peter Grant ranks 342. Before him are Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Ronald Lacey, Tarcísio Meira, Michael Chapman, Lewis Arquette, and Víctor Benítez. After him are Mario Camus, Christina Pickles, Mary Oliver, Simon Leys, Johnny Mathis, and Ahmad al-Ghashmi. Among people deceased in 1995, Peter Grant ranks 237. Before him are Riccardo Carapellese, Erich Hof, Carlos Lapetra, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Vladimir Ivashov, and Robert Stephens. After him are Boris Ponomarev, Mary Wickes, Ashapurna Devi, Jack Finney, Robert Parrish, and Karl Warner.

Others Born in 1935

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1995

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Grant ranks 3,817 out of 8,785. Before him are Helen Fielding (1958), Aneka (1947), Michael Green (1946), Cenwalh of Wessex (601), Jeremy Wade (1956), and Robert Stephens (1931). After him are Sheena Easton (1959), Francis Godwin (1562), John Evans (1823), Kenneth Cranham (1944), Rhona Mitra (1976), and Dorothy Holman (1883).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Peter Grant ranks 235. Before him are Nigel Kennedy (1956), Delia Derbyshire (1937), Jonny Greenwood (1971), Andrew Davis (1944), Trevor Bolder (1950), and Simon Gallup (1960). After him are Gordon Haskell (1946), Andy Bell (1970), Tony Kaye (1945), Jon Hiseman (1944), Aynsley Dunbar (1946), and Beth Gibbons (1965).

British born Musicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous