Jill Carrington

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Jill Carrington (born 1956 in Virginia Water, Surrey) is an English businesswoman, working in the music industry during the '80s and '90s. She helped to develop the careers of artists and bands such as Duran Duran, Queen, Paul Weller, Talk Talk, Tina Turner, Van Morrison and Pet Shop Boys, whom she managed for 9 years.

Contents 1 Career 2 See also 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Career

Carrington's first job was in a pet shop, but at nineteen she became a temp receptionist at K-Tel Records. Within ten years she was marketing manager of EMI, and soon after was asked to run Parlophone. She was then appointed marketing director of Polydor Records, before becoming the Pet Shop Boys' second manager from 1989 to 1998. The albums "Behaviour", "Discography", "Very", "Alternative" and "Bilingual" were released by Pet Shop Boys while she managed them. Interestingly, her successor as Pet Shop Boys' manager was another woman who had worked at EMI, Mitch Clark.

[edit] See also

• Pet Shop Boys

[edit] External links

• Official Pet Shop Boys Site
• Jill Carrington at the Internet Movie Database

[edit] References

• Heath, Chris; Philip Hoare (2006). Pet Shop Boys Catalogue. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-51307-4.