page_title: David Spero
section_title: Michael Stanley
hierarchical_section_title: David Spero / Michael Stanley
caption_attribution_description: English: Michael Stanley, David Spero and Jonah Koslen, circa 1973
context_page_description: David Spero was a "rock-radio pioneer" in the 1970s and is a "high-profile" music manager and owner of the Cleveland office of Alliance Artists Ltd.
context_section_description: In the spring of 1974, Spero took a break from being a DJ and resigned as the afternoon drive host on WMMS to manage  Michael Stanley's career. Spero managed the Michael Stanley Band during their early building process. According to Jim Girard of Citi-Music Magazine, Spero used his influence to get the band a deal with Epic Records, although Spero credits Bill Szymczyk and Irving Azoff – Joe Walsh’s manager at the time, with getting Michael's new band signed. Michel Stanley's second solo album, Friends and Legends, was the first project Spero was involved with as his manager.
  Spero was managing Stanley when his band opened for the Eagles on tour, thus Spero gained valuable experience in managing a band and developed a relationship with the Eagles, both of which proved helpful to Spero's career.
  In 1978 Spero returned to radio at Cleveland's M105-FM (now WMJI) both to avoid the travel since he was newly married and because he missed working in radio.
caption: left to right: Michael Stanley, David Spero and Jonah Koslen, circa 1973
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