PETER STRINGFELLOW
The real man behind the public image

PETER Stringfellow has enjoyed the kind of successes most of us can only dream of, but even the man behind two of London's most recognizable clubs is excited about the milestones he's about to hit.

In October, Stringfellows - Peter's flagship club in Covent Garden - celebrates 30 years as the capital's premier table dancing venue. 

And in 2012 Peter himself will celebrate 50 YEARS in showbusiness - a feat that easily outstrips many of the entertainment world's most famous faces.

But while Peter is one of Britain's most recognizable faces, few people know about the man behind the image - the REAL Peter Stringfellow. 

Peter's address book reads like a who's who of A-List celebrities and his stories from his time as owner of Stringfellows have already led to interest in a Hollywood movie about his life. 

But the Sheffield-born entrepreneur's skills don't only lie in nightclubs - he's also had a glittering career in music promotion. 
The Black Cat club, which Peter opened in his hometown in the early 60's, was at the cutting edge of the local music scene. So much so, he recalls booking a little-known band from Liverpool to play one of his first nights.

"They'd had a single out and it was doing OK," recalls Peter, "but it dropped out of the charts and I was considering cutting them from the bill. I was worried they wouldn't pull a crowd. But I decided to give them a chance, and as it turned out I was proved right. John Lennon sat in my office on the night of the gig and received a note from his management that The Beatles had gone to number one."

But The Beatles weren't the only great act booked by Stringfellow. In the 70s he renamed the Black Cat Club the 'King Mojo Club' and embraced the psychedelic movement that was sweeping the country. And he remembers putting an ad in the local paper describing an act he'd booked as "a weird guy from New York." That guy was Jimi Hendrix. 

But as we know, it's Peter's success as a nightclub owner, not a music promoter, that have thrust him into the limelight over the past 30 years. And he boasts exactly the kind of stories you'd expect from a man who's welcomed everybody from Stephen Hawking to Marvin Gaye, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire and Christian Slater - who was thrown out for refusing to remove his Richard Nixon mask - through the doors of his famous club.

Throughout the UK, pubs, bars and nightclubs are closing at an astonishing rate, but Peter's business acumen and determination to stay true to the 'Stringfellow Way' have seen him stay at the top for an unprecedented amount of time.

If you'd like to interview Peter Stringfellow, or require any further information, please contact: 
The Cult PR & Management, 1-3 The Stables, 17-19 Bonny Street, London NW3 6NY
Matt Glass - matt@thecultpr.co.uk / 020 3239 6871
Charli Morgan  - charli@thecultpr.co.uk / 020 3239 8172