[11] Oldham, still a teenager, rapidly acquired a seasoned business partner (Eric Easton) and took over management of the Stones who had been informally represented by Giorgio Gomelsky.

[13] Among strategies devised and executed by Oldham to propel the group to success: Cast deep in your pockets for loot to buy this disc of groovies and fancy words.

If you don't have bread, see that blind man, knock him on the head, steal his wallet and low and behold you have the loot, if you put in the boot, good, another one sold!Oldham and Eric Easton negotiated a recording contract which was very favourable to themselves.

He also developed other studio talent with his Andrew Oldham Orchestra,[4] in which Rolling Stones as well as London session players (including Steve Marriott on harmonica) recorded pop covers and instrumentals.

As his success increased, Oldham thrived on a reputation as a garrulous, androgynous gangster who wore makeup and sunglasses and relied on his bodyguard Reg 'The Butcher' King to threaten rivals.

When Jagger and Richards were arrested for drug possession in 1967, instead of devising a strategy for their legal defence and public relations, Oldham fled to the United States, leaving Klein to deal with the problem.

[23] Oldham was forced to resign as manager of the Rolling Stones in late 1967, and sold his rights to the group's music to Allen Klein the following year.

[4] Among the artists that he signed and/or produced or guided were PP Arnold, Chris Farlowe, the Small Faces, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Rod Stewart, the Nice, Jimmy Page, Nico, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Amen Corner, the McCoys, the Strangeloves, Humble Pie and Duncan Browne.

[8] A recording by the Andrew Oldham Orchestra was rediscovered in the 1990s when the Verve used a string loop based on the orchestral arrangement of the Rolling Stones song "The Last Time" in their song "Bitter Sweet Symphony"; in the ensuing court battle, songwriting royalties for the Verve track were awarded to Allen Klein's ABKCO Records, the owner of the copyright for "The Last Time".

[32] In 2014, Oldham overheard Canadian artist Ché Aimee Dorval singing backup on a friend's track he was helping to produce, and he subsequently signed her to his label.

[34] The song "Andrew's Blues", sung by the Rolling Stones and appearing on the bootleg Black Box collection CD1,[35][36] is a humorous if scathing evocation of Oldham.