Darryl Lloyd Sambell (26 November 1945 – 19 September 2001) was an Australian accountant, talent manager and music promoter from the mid-1960s.
In 1967 Samball established the "Australian Musicians Booking Organisation" (AMBO), with fellow talent agents, Gary Spry and Jeff Joseph, to act as a music promoter for their artists.
[6] Late in 1967 Sambell established the Australian Musicians Booking Organisation (AMBO), with fellow talent managers, Gary Spry and Jeff Joseph, to act as music promoters for their artists.
[7][8] Farnham's first commercially successful recording was a cover of British novelty song, "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)", Sambell later recalled, "I just thought, 'you've got to be joking'.
[8] By arrangement with Sambell, Melbourne radio DJ Stan Rofe pretended that he disliked "Sadie" before playing it.
[6][12] After returning from their current tour, Sambell provided the missing receipts, the case never went to court and Farnham told media, "There's no ill feeling at all.
"[6] In mid-1968 Sambell had taken over the management of pop, rock band, the Masters Apprentices, which had formed in Adelaide but was based in Melbourne.
"[15] The Masters Apprentices' bass guitarist, Glenn Wheatley, took over their management and promotion, early in 1970, before they relocated to England in mid-year.
[9][8] Sambell was Farnham's best man at his wedding to Jillian Billman, a former musical theatre dancer, in April 1973.
[6] Sambell was diagnosed with lung cancer early in 2001, and died of the disease in September of that year, aged 55.