And the star of this documentary, the man who appeared to have the most fun, was Les Garland
Mick Jagger was the first rock star to say “I Want My TV” for a legendary MTV promotional campaign.
The person who sweet-talked Jagger into saying it was Les Garland, who, prior to joining the MTV team, was a radio personality at KELI in Tulsa.
Macsovits has also garnered the support of world-renowned music and entertainment personality Les Garland to drive distribution across a myriad of platforms and spread the song worldwide.
“Renner’s partner in his Record Street Music is MTV co-founder Les Garland.”
"He made people stop and look at the TV and say, ‘What the hell was that?’ ” remembers Les Garland (click here to read more)
"Les Garland: There was never, ever any racial attitude. Any conversations would be about the format..."
"Les Garland : I was sitting in my office one day, and the assistant says Prince is on the phone: "Can you come up tomorrow?" So I fly from Florida to Minnesota..."
Saturday September 27th 2014, Les Garland received the Governors Award for Lifetime Achievement from the NATAS Mid-American EMMY's. Mr. Glenn Frey, of The Eagles, graciously attended the event in Kansas City to present this prestigious award to Mr. Garland.
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On Saturday, Garland will receive the Governor's Award for lifetime achievement at the Mid-America Emmy Awards presented in Kansas City.
The date was August 1, 1981; it was a day that forever changed the music industry when a little channel called MTV first launched on cable.
Les Garland to Receive An Emmy; The Governors Life Time Achievement Award