Simon+Cowell

=__Simon Cowell's early life__ =  **He was born on October 7th 1959 (aged 49) in Brighton,East Sussex England. He was brought up by nannies in Elstree Hertfordshire.His birth name was Simon Phillip Cowell. Simon went to a total of 16 schools, he went to lots of schools because he was misbehaving.When he was 16 he started out buisness as a mailroom clerk** =__When Simon Cowell is older__ = Simon began his career in the music industry back in 1979, when his father Eric cowell got him a job at EMIrecords.He started working in the mail room, but worked very hard and spent his time learning how the music industry worked.In time, he was promoted to accounts receivable **assistant and and eventually to a spot in the music publishing department..Having learnt what it took to make a hit record, he left EMIto** form E&S music with Ellis Rich, a former executive at EMI.Unfortunaly,the company collapsed and went under a few years later, forcing Simon to return to EMI.A short time later, he was quick to set up his own label,'Fanfare'with partner and fellow EMI executive, Ian Burton

Not only has simon made records,he also he breaks them :over 10 year period, via his company 's rcords',he has achieved sales over 25 million albums, over 70 top 30 records, and 17 number 1 singles.his band' Westlife ' has achieved an impressive ten number 1 hits alone.

Over the past 10 years or so, Simon has been involved with many talent show compotitions, both on and off screen.The firs major hit was Popstars which paved the way for pop idol and the spin off american idol and now it is one of the biggest talent compotition in the world. After those he moved onto the x factor and britan got talent aswel as numerous others. Simon began his career in the music industry back in 1979,when his father,Eric cowell got him a job at EMI records.He started working in the mailroom but worked very hard and spent his time learning how the music industry worked.In time,he was promoted to accounts recievable assistant and eventually to a spot to the music publishing department.

=__Simon cowell's secrets__ = Heavens! His control freakery is legendary, but this is something else. Simon Cowell's mum even matches the furniture. Julie Cowell is a vision of creamy elegance. A former dancer, she adds a sculptural grace to her son's living room, gliding through the taupes and mochas with arms held just so. She might be 80, but she looks 20 years younger as she apologises for the army of workmen putting in a new driveway at Simon's £7million mansion. He needs more space for all his cars, she explains. "Simon is always having something done. He likes things to be just the way he wants them." That, Mrs Cowell, is immediately obvious. The Cowell residence is one of those impossibly elegant homes that only seem to exist in the back of magazines you read at the hairdresser's. __Mummy's boy: Simon and Julie Cowell__ A four-storey affair, in London's Holland Park, it used to be an ambassador's residence, in the days when ambassadors traditionally earned more than pop svengalis. It is all high ceilings and dark wood flooring, but the copious corner sofas are of the sort that make you perch elegantly, rather than slouch. I wonder if the striking floral displays - huge hydrangea heads deep inside glass bowls - are real. Julie does too, and sticks her hand in to investigate. "Yes, they are. Wait, oh no, maybe they aren't. Gosh. Hard to tell." Whatever, not an awful lot of living seems to have happened in the living room. The walls are bare, save for two small, tasteful prints and two photos There are, however, two photo frames in the conservatory, each containing a picture of Simon and his girlfriend Terri. What's peculiar is that the photos are almost identical, clearly taken seconds apart. Terri's face has not moved from one to the next, but in the second photo, Simon has tilted his head back slightly and shown more white teeth. The impression is more of a Snappy Snaps display than genuine family portraits, but no matter. = =