Kit Lambert

After returning to civilian life, in May 1961, he joined an expedition with two Oxford friends, Richard Mason and John Hemming, in an attempt to discover the source of the Iriri River in the Amazon.

Lambert was initially arrested on suspicion of murdering his friend but, after a concerted campaign in Britain by the Daily Express newspaper, which had financed the expedition, he was released.

After the band was turned down by EMI, Lambert and Stamp signed them up with Shel Talmy, who had produced the Kinks hits, and whose company had an output deal through Decca Records in the UK.

Lambert eventually replaced Talmy as the group's producer in 1966,[4] starting with "I'm a Boy," which reached number two on the UK Singles Chart.

1 single, "Fire", and parent studio album The Crazy World of Arthur Brown in 1968), Thunderclap Newman,[7] John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and Golden Earring.

The label initially proved very lucrative for the duo but due to fiscal mismanagement and ongoing conflicts with the Who it soon fell into debt and was dissolved in 1978.

Ever since the beginning of their working relationship Lambert had been trying to convince Pete Townshend to move away from simple songwriting and compose more mature fare using his troubled childhood as a starting point.

While the Who was struggling to articulate Townshend's next concept, Lifehouse (which would eventually be abandoned, and turned into the popular rock album Who's Next),[8] Lambert began shopping a film version of Tommy without the band's authorization.

After litigation was initiated for unpaid royalties, both Lambert and Stamp were sacked in 1974 and replaced by Bill Curbishley, who still manages the band.

It included many never-before-told stories about his contemporaries the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Brian Epstein, and Jimi Hendrix, and friends like Princess Margaret and Liberace.

In his autobiography Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Guy, record producer Tony Visconti stated: "He [Lambert] was already in advanced stages of whatever.

By 2018, his original inscription on the family headstone – "Christopher Sebastian 'Kit' Lambert – Son of Constant 1935–1981 Creative Musician" – was virtually unreadable.

The two remaining members of the Who, Townshend and Roger Daltrey, have always acknowledged Lambert as a major influence on the band's success, along with his business partner Chris Stamp.