Mike Pickering
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Mike Pickering (born 21 February 1954, in Manchester, England) has DJ'ed at The Haçienda, and worked for Factory Records where he signed The Happy Mondays and James, amongst others. He is a former member of M People, playing the saxophone, and acting as a backing singer, along with the main singer, Heather Small.
Pickering now works as Head of A&R within the Coulumbia label of Sony BMG where he A&R's The Gossip, Calvin Harris, Kasabian, Ali Love and Mark Ronson.
Mike appeared as himself in the film 24 Hour Party people starring Steve Coogan, a film all about Factory Records and Tony Wilson.
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