As television producers Deke and Jill Arlon have garnered three American Emmy’s, they produced the original television production of The Brits, the international music series “Song By Song” and several television films. As theatre producers Deke and Jill have worked with the academy award winning composer Leslie Bricusse, particularly on his productions of Scrooge with Anthony Newley and Pickwick with Sir Harry Secombe, while they had a thirty year relationship with Ned Sherrin and Caryl Brahms that included such acclaimed shows as Nickleby and Me, I Gotta Shoe, Only In America, Okay, The Mitford Girls, Side By Side By Sondheim and most recently the hit plays A Passionate Woman and Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell. In 2008 Deke, Jill and Jamie Arlon produced the hit dance show, “Flamenco Flamen’Ka” at The Lyric Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue.

Deke Arlon, either as a manager or a music publisher, has sold in excess of over 200 million records worldwide, representing some of the most significant songs of the past 40 years, including: “What A Wonderful World”, “Everybody’s Talkin’”, “Fire and Rain”, “Nothing Rhymed”, “Think”, “Ode to Billy Jo”, “Hey Joe”, and enjoyed success with artists such as: Blood Sweat and Tears, Chicago, James Taylor, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Mike & The Mechanics, Barry Manilow, Cher, Rod Stewart, Celine Dion, Marti Pellow and Ray Davies.

Jill Arlon’s first novel Circles of Deceit was adapted as a television film starring Derek Jacobi, Claire Higgins and Dennis Waterman, she was the co-author on Dennis Waterman’s autobiography Re-Minder and is currently working with Albert Reynolds, ex-Prime Minister of Ireland, on his life story, which is due to be published by Transworld/Random House this Autumn (further information is linked below).

Now joined by Jamie Arlon, D&J Arlon focuses on managing the careers of: Dennis Waterman, currently starring in the hugely popular “New Tricks”; the journalist and broadcaster Richard Littlejohn, whose weekly columns in The Daily Mail are some of the most wide-read in the UK, as well as recently making the highly acclaimed documentary ‘The War on Britain’s Jews’; and the pop, tv and musical theatre star, Marti Pellow, who in the last two years alone has enjoyed his fifteenth top ten hit, starred (and won) the BBC talent series ‘Just The Two of Us’, released his highly acclaimed jazz album on Warner Bros ‘Sentimental Me’, starred in the anniversary performance of ‘Chess’ at the Royal Albert Hall, starred along side Russell Brand in the comedy tv show ‘The Abbey’ and has just completed a 10 month UK tour starring in the huge box office hit of ‘Witches of Eastwick’.

Jamie Arlon started his career in the music business by sourcing songs from Nashville and New York’s top music publishers for artists such as Celine Dion, Cher, Edyta and Bonnie Tyler for record producer Christopher Neil. Spending further time in Nashville and Kentucky led to him managing the Kentucky rock band Edenstreet, moving to America and signing them to A&M Records. Basing the business in Los Angeles he set up the US arm of the family publishing company, April Music. Jamie signed and worked with a handful of great British and American writers and artists, amongst them: Jim Weatherly, Robert White Johnson, Dennis Lambert and the Tom Collins catalogue. Gaining international hits as well as developing new talent, he was also fortunate enough to be involved in the management of some great songwriters and artists including Nicky Chinn, Bill Wyman and Ray Davies.

Jamie then became Director of A&R for Sanctuary Music Publishing in London and was a major contributor in the acquisition of talent during Sanctuary’s heyday, with a roster that included amongst others: Bert Jansch, Todd Rundgren, UB40, Keith Urban, Alan Roy Scott, Gil Scott Heron, including Paul Weller’s No. 1 cover of “The Bottle”, Boz Boorer who cowrote Morrissey massive comeback album “You Are the Quarry” and Axl Rose with his share of the entire Guns & Roses back catalogue and Chinese Democracy album.

Since 2006, Jamie set up a songwriter, catalogue and artist management company, Arlon Music, with it’s own music publishing company, Arlon Songs Ltd., and independent record label, Tall Tale Records, to primarily promote the company’s talent. Arlon Music has now gone on to work with Universal Music, Bicycle Music, Rollover Music, Sanctuary Music, Lo-Jinx Records, TY Songs, releasing Lee Ryan’s Christmas single to raise money for Great Ormond Street and CLIC Sargent childrens’ charities, producing Flamenco Flamen’Ka in London’s West End, gaining a major US Billboard, UK and European hit with Joe Cocker’s “Hymn For My Soul”, an American Blues Foundation nomination for Andy Fairweather Low’s amazing new album “Sweet Soulful Music”, Independent Artist of the Year nominated TD Lind, songs placed in several major films, documentaries, tv shows and commercials, including: “Feed The Fish”, “Driving Lessons”, “The End”, “The Unusuals”, “The Gooner Review”, “Nativity” and the Music Week Awards nominated Barclaycard Waterslide commercial, with The Bellamy Brother’s “Let Your Love Flow”.

DEKE ARLON'S BIOGRAPHY | JAMIE ARLON'S BIOGRAPHY
JILL ARLON & "ALBERT REYNOLDS: MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY":
For the synopsis of Albert Reynolds’ Autobiography click HERE
For a press release on how Jill Arlon became involved click HERE