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The Liverpool music paper Mersey Beat was the first to report on the Mike Smith visit by writing that the producer had made a tape of the performance (this amounted to the first "test"), and added that "he is convinced that his label will be able to put the Beatles to good use." [8] About a month later, Decca rejected the Beatles.
Decca has the option of signing one group only. The Beatles are rejected, perhaps because they come from Liverpool and the others are Dagenham-based, nearer London. [1] January 5 – The first album on which The Beatles play, My Bonnie, as backing to Tony Sheridan (recorded the previous June in Hamburg and produced by Bert Kaempfert), is ...
Richard Paul Brutton Rowe (9 June 1921 [1] – 6 June 1986) [2] was a British music executive and record producer. He was head of A&R at Decca Records from the 1950s to the 1970s, and produced many top-selling records during that period. Known as, "the man with the golden ear," Rowe discovered and signed The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Tom ...
The Beatles' Decca rendition of "Like Dreamers Do" was received favourably by employees at EMI's publishing arm, Ardmore & Beechwood, in February 1962. Based on that tape, Ardmore & Beechwood became interested in publishing recordings of Lennon–McCartney songs and played a pivotal role in securing the Beatles a recording contract with EMI ...
Apple Records discography, the albums and singles of the Beatles' record label, many of which had involvement by members of the Beatles; The Beatles bootleg recordings; The Beatles' recording sessions; List of songs recorded by the Beatles; The Beatles Tapes from the David Wigg Interviews, a collection of interviews with the band
The song was eventually recorded by Kelly Clarkson, the 2002 winner of "American Idol," on her album "Breakaway," which sold more than 5 million copies, according to Billboard. And it's become her ...
The Beatles' Decca audition; Dig It (Beatles song) E. Everyday Chemistry; G. The Grey Album; H. Heather (Beatles song) K. Kum Back; L. Let It Be (1970 film)
After the Decca audition recordings came to the attention of EMI managers through the efforts of the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein, a recording contract was executed between Epstein and EMI's Parlophone record label. EMI would record a minimum of six single "sides" and the agreement would start on 6 June 1962, expiring a year later, but renewable.