Birth of Simon Napier-Bell
Birth of Simon Napier-Bell
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Simon Napier-Bell Biography and Timeline
Follow Simon Napier-Bell through 8 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Simon Napier-Bell, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
8Distinct records
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1939–2005Years on this page
1939
1974
T.Rex
Marc Bolans manager 1966-67
1976
Manager
Returns to London and manages two new groups, London, a punk group, and Japan, an art-rock group
1982
Wham!
Simon Napier-Bell teams up with manager Jazz Summers and together they take on the management of Wham!
1985
Wham!
At the end of 1985, Wham! ends its relationship with Napier-Bell and Summers when George Michael leave Wham! for a solo career
Wham!
Negotiates for Wham! to become the first ever Western pop artist to play in communist China, they eventually play a concert there in April 1985 at the Workers Stadium in Beijing
2005
Im Coming To Take You To Lunch
Publishes, "Im Coming To Take You To Lunch", the story of how he took Wham! to China
Wham!
Publishes, "Im Coming To Take You To Lunch", the story of how he took Wham! to China
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.