Career
Oliver replaced the man who had previously been his boss, Ron Kass, as the president of Apple Records after Kass, who headed the label set up by The Beatles in 1968 and 1969, and was effectively forced from his position by the Beatles" new manager Allen Klein subsequent to being reputedly falsely accused of "financial impropriety". Oliver has said in print of the time "When Klein came in he canned Ron Kass. He canned a lot of people.
The Beatles put out a list and said "These people cannot be fired".
lieutenant was Derek, Peter Brown, myself, Neil Aspinall, and a few more..We had built up this company where you could be very artistic and free, a lot of good ideas floated and exchanged. People had fun working there.
They didn"t just put in their eight hours. They were there all the time.
Klein brought his people in and turned it into an accounting office".
lieutenant wasn"t just slimming downit was end of story."
Later, among other acts, Oliver independently managed the songwriter Tom Snow.
