British music managers

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 75. Chapters: English music managers, Scottish music managers, Brian Epstein, Malcolm McLaren, Robert Stigwood, Bill Drummond, Peter Grant, Giorgio Gomelsky, Simon Fuller, Tony Wilson, Adam Faith, Don Arden, Pete Waterman, Chris Stamp, Alan McGee, Paul Barrett, Michael Levy, Baron Levy, Nigel Martin-Smith, Tony Calder, Simon Napier-Bell, Andrew Loog Oldham, Deke Arlon, Bernard Rhodes, Gordon Mills, Alan Blaikley, Jeannette Lee, Kit Lambert, David Balfe, Michael Jeffery, Brett Leboff, Annabelle Whitestone, Jack Good, Wilfrid Van Wyck, Steve O'Rourke, Bunny Lewis, Ibbs and Tillett, Wayne Russell, Andrew Kerr, Paul Morley, Richard Beck, Peter Meaden, Alex Wharton, Ken Howard, Joan Ingpen, Ingpen & Williams, Larry Parnes, Chas Chandler, John Mostyn, Paul Charles, Brian Cannon, Tony Secunda, Tam Paton, Tito Burns, Martin Gilks, Harry Cowell, Daniel Glatman, Clifford Davis, Callum James Greens, Mickey Dale, Rob Gretton, David Massey, Ashley Kozak, Ed Bicknell, Trevor Wyatt, Jon Eydmann, John Reid, Jim Beach, Alan Erasmus, Do One Music Group, John Arnison, John Coletta, Equator Music. Excerpt: Brian Samuel Epstein ( ; 19 September 1934 - 27 August 1967), was an English music entrepreneur, and the manager of The Beatles: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. He also managed several other musical artists such as Gerry & the Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Cilla Black, The Remo Four & The Cyrkle. His management company was named NEMS Enterprises, after his family's music stores, called NEMS (North End Music Stores). Epstein paid for The Beatles to record a demo in Decca's studios, which Epstein later persuaded George Martin to listen to, as Decca was not interested in signing the band. Epstein was then offered a contract by Martin on behalf of EMI's small Parlophone label, even though they had previously been rejected by almost every other British record company. Martin later explained that Epstein's enthusiasm and his confidence that The Beatles would one day become internationally famous convinced him to sign them. Epstein died of an accidental drug overdose at his home in London in August 1967. The Beatles' early success has been attributed to Epstein's management and sense of style. McCartney said of Epstein: "If anyone was the Fifth Beatle, it was Brian". Epstein's grandfather, Isaac Epstein, was from Lithuania (part of the Russian Empire at that time) and arrived in England in the 1890s, at the age of eighteen. His grandmother, Dinah, was the daughter of Joseph (who was a draper) and Esther Hyman, who emigrated from Russia to England (c. 1871/72) with their eldest son, Jacob. The Hymans had six more children. The Epstein family's shops in Walton Road, LiverpoolIsaac Epstein married Dinah Hyman in Manchester in 1900. In 1901, Isaac and Dinah were living at 80 Walton Road, Liverpool, with Isaac's sister, Rachael Epstein, above the furniture dealership he had recently founded. Dinah and Isaac's third son was Harry Epstein; the father of Brian Epstein. Eventually the family moved to a larger home at 27 Anfield Road, Li