I'm Into Something Good

When 22-year-old accountant Harvey Lisberg heard the Beatles Please Please Me, he had an epiphany: he could be Manchesters answer to Brian Epstein. He had a musical ear, a knack for numbers and a gamblers instinct for taking a punt. Within a year he had taken local group, Hermans Hermits, to number one with Im Into Something Good. Soon, Hermania was a global phenomenon. Harvey had found his vocation. In this uproarious, frank and moving autobiography, he reveals the excesses of life on the road with Hermans Hermits; the frustration of championing unknowns Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber; the highs and lows of managing the brilliant 10cc; the utter madness of looking after snooker bad boys Alex Hurricane Higgins and Jimmy Whirlwind White and much, much more. Many other artists benefitted from Harveys guidance during this time, including Tony Christie, Barclay James Harvest, Sad Cafe and the Chameleons. Im Into Something Good is his account of a life that started in Salford and ended up in Palm Springs; a life in which he travelled the world, met heroes and villains, fulfilled his dreams, spent a fortune on good living, family and friends, and never took himself or his achievements too seriously. Harvey came along and turned us into stars. He believed in us when no one else cared. Peter Noone, Hermans Hermits Harvey was one of the very first to recognise potential in Andrew and myself. He spotted Joseph as a winner way before it became one. Sir Tim Rice He virtually invented modern management. In terms of the UKs music history, there really is no one like Harvey. Tony Wilson