While filming in Spain, he formed a group called Los Flaps which featured on Spanish pop charts.
Actor, singer and record producer.
In London during the sixties, he produced thirteen Top Ten hits for Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich. Hits included "Hold Tight", "Zabadak", "Bend It" and "The Legend of Xanadu" (a million selling UK Number One).
Ran his own dance label Dr. Beat in 1988 and later became creative director of Wham Records.
Credited with discovering Peter Frampton and The Herd. In the late 1970s, he was creative manager/A&R for Hansa/Ariola, where he discovered and signed The Cure and The Thompson Twins, and handled Boney M and Japan.
His father is film director Roy Rowland, his mother Ruth was a writer, and Louis B. Mayer was his uncle.