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Brian Samuel Epstein (/ ˈɛpstaɪn /; [ 1 ][ 2 ] 19 September 1934 – 27 August 1967) was an English music entrepreneur who managed the Beatles from 1961 until his death in 1967. Epstein was born into a family of successful retailers in Liverpool, who put him in charge of their music shop, where he displayed a gift for talent-spotting.
Occupation (s) Accountant, record label executive, business manager. Years active. 1956–2009. Organization. ABKCO Records. Allen Klein (December 18, 1931 – July 4, 2009) was an American businessman whose aggressive negotiation tactics affected industry standards for compensating recording artists. He founded ABKCO Music & Records Incorporated.
Magical Mystery Tour is a record by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a double EP in the United Kingdom and an LP in the United States. It includes the soundtrack to the 1967 television film of the same name. The EP was issued in the UK on 8 December 1967 on the Parlophone label, while the Capitol Records LP release in the ...
1959–2016. Allan Richard Williams (21 February 1930 – 30 December 2016) [1] was a British businessman and promoter who was the original booking agent and first manager of the Beatles. He drove the van to take the young band to Hamburg, West Germany, in 1960, where they gained the vital show business experience that led to their emergence on ...
Derek Taylor. Derek Wyn Taylor (7 May 1932 – 8 September 1997) [2] was a British journalist, writer, publicist and record producer. He is best known for his role as press officer to the Beatles, [2] with whom he worked in 1964 and then from 1968 to 1970, and was one of several associates to earn the moniker "the Fifth Beatle". Before ...
Contents. Break-up of the Beatles. The Beatles were an English rock band, active from 1960 until 1970. From 1962 onwards, the band's members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Their break-up is attributed to numerous factors, including: the strain of the Beatlemania phenomenon, the 1967 death of their manager ...
1959–2010. James Joseph Marshall (February 3, 1936 – March 24, 2010) [1] was an American photographer and photojournalist who photographed musicians of the 1960s and 1970s. [2][3][4] Earning the trust of his subjects, he had extended access to them both on and off-stage. Marshall was the official photographer for the Beatles ' final concert ...
Neil Stanley Aspinall (13 October 1941 – 24 March 2008) was a British music industry executive. A school friend of Paul McCartney and George Harrison, he went on to head the Beatles ' company Apple Corps. The Beatles employed Aspinall first as their road manager, which included driving his old Commer van to and from shows, both day and night.