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Decca instead chose Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, who auditioned the same day as the Beatles, because they were local and would require lower travel expenses. Many have speculated about who made the decision to reject the Beatles. While various accounts of the audition have been published, most agree that it was either Dick Rowe or Mike Smith.
Lewis kept Decca ahead of the British competition by launching the long-playing record in Europe in June 1950, following the example of American Columbia, and encouraging the development of stereophony as early as 1954. [3] In the early 1960s, Decca rejected The Beatles at an audition, but did sign The Rolling Stones and other successful groups ...
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 ...
Decca rejected the Beatles choosing the Tremeloes, who auditioned the same day as the Beatles. After talks with Epstein, Decca did arrange for Meehan to produce the Beatles at Decca if the Beatles manager agreed to cover the expenses of about £100. On 7 February 1962, Epstein met Meehan, who made condescending comments about the Beatles' audition.
Brian Epstein, who had been unofficially managing the Beatles for less than a month, arranged a recording audition at Decca Records in London on New Year's Day 1962. [55] The group recorded 15 songs, mostly cover versions, plus three Lennon–McCartney songs. [56]
One of Rihanna's first hits, "S.O.S." spent three weeks at the top of Billboard's Hot 100 in 2006. But the catchy tune was originally written for singer-actress Christina Milian, who rejected the ...
Barrow then arranged to get the Beatles an audition with Decca, who rejected them. [9] That led to an informal arrangement whereby Barrow became the Beatles' part-time press-publicity consultant, which involved promoting the launch of the new EMI band from behind a desk at rival London record company Decca.
In August 2011, McCartney left EMI and signed with Decca Records, the same record company that famously rejected the Beatles back in January 1962. [195] McCartney was commissioned by the New York City Ballet, and in September 2011, he released his first score for dance, a collaboration with Peter Martins called Ocean's Kingdom on Decca Records ...