On this day in 1963, The Beatles made the horrible mistake of signing the contract that created their publishing company, Northern Songs. Within a few years, the Fab Four learned they should’ve never entered into a binding agreement with Dick James.
The Beatles | Mirrorpix/Getty Images The band’s manager was doubtful of music publisher Dick James’ skills
Once The Beatles released “Love Me Do,” the group, their manager, and their producer knew they needed a good publisher to maximize the value of their songs. George Martin recommended Dick James Music to The Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein.
Epstein met with James and offered him The Beatles’ “Please Please Me,” but he was hesitant about James’ publishing skills. In 1963, James was new to music publishing, but wanted to be The Beatles’ publisher. To wow Epstein, he organized the group’s first TV performance on Thank Your Lucky Stars.
Epstein was amazed...
The Beatles | Mirrorpix/Getty Images The band’s manager was doubtful of music publisher Dick James’ skills
Once The Beatles released “Love Me Do,” the group, their manager, and their producer knew they needed a good publisher to maximize the value of their songs. George Martin recommended Dick James Music to The Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein.
Epstein met with James and offered him The Beatles’ “Please Please Me,” but he was hesitant about James’ publishing skills. In 1963, James was new to music publishing, but wanted to be The Beatles’ publisher. To wow Epstein, he organized the group’s first TV performance on Thank Your Lucky Stars.
Epstein was amazed...
- 2/22/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
John Erman, an Emmy-winning director-producer who helmed multiple episodes of such classic TV series as Star Trek, M*A*S*H and Peyton Place along with Part 2 of Roots and much of its sequel miniseries Roots: The Next Generations, has died. He was 85.
His friend, Charles Silver of SMS Talent, told Deadline that Erman died June 25 in New York City after a brief illness.
Born on August 3, 1935, in Chicago, Erman began his show business career as an actor, including an unbilled role in 1955’s Blackboard Jungle before working extensively as a casting director. His first job in that role was with Jim Lister at Republic Studios in New York, and Erman would go on to work with numerous Hollywood legends in this capacity, from Marlon Brando, Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland to Woody Allen, Angela Lansbury and Ann-Margret — with whom he’d have a long-running working relationship.
He got his first shot...
His friend, Charles Silver of SMS Talent, told Deadline that Erman died June 25 in New York City after a brief illness.
Born on August 3, 1935, in Chicago, Erman began his show business career as an actor, including an unbilled role in 1955’s Blackboard Jungle before working extensively as a casting director. His first job in that role was with Jim Lister at Republic Studios in New York, and Erman would go on to work with numerous Hollywood legends in this capacity, from Marlon Brando, Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland to Woody Allen, Angela Lansbury and Ann-Margret — with whom he’d have a long-running working relationship.
He got his first shot...
- 6/29/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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