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Alan W. Livingston, the music executive who created Bozo the Clown and signed the Beatles during his tenure as president of Capitol Records, has died. He was 91.
As you might imagine, many Beatles records that were manufactured during that era, though now old, aren't worth a ton of money like some records due to the sheer number produced. However, one ...
Mary “Mickey” Diage, a longtime advertising director at Capitol Records, where she worked for 40 years from 1963 to 2003, died on May 21 from pulmonary fibrosis. She was 82.
The Beatles have been gone for more than half a century, but their shadow still looms large over rock music and rock ...
This year marks the 60th anniversary of Capitol Records’ groundbreaking partnership with The Beatles, a collaboration that changed the landscape of music and popular culture.To honor this ...
He went about convincing Capitol Records to sign The Beatles, and he did that by saying, “Hey, I've got them on ‘Ed Sullivan.’ ” The record was released on the day after Christmas, which ...
However, Capitol Records, an American subsidiary of the British label EMI, doubted the Beatles could satisfy U.S. ears and repeatedly passed on initial singles such as “Please Please Me ...
We previously fact-checked the claim in 2023 and found the image represents a genuine album cover. American record label Capitol Records promptly recalled the album after distributors and ...
On the heels of his 95th birthday, the architect of L.A. landmarks looks back on his career and the ever-enduring myth that his Capitol Records building is intended to resemble a stack of records.
Introducing … the Beatles was released by Vee-Jay Records on Jan. 10, 1964, 10 days before Capitol issued Meet the Beatles! The story of how and why this happened began about a year earlier.