The organisation was founded in 1971 by a group of four drinkers — Graham Lees, Bill Mellor, Michael Hardman, and Jim Makin — who were opposed to the growing mass production of beer and the homogenisation of the British brewing industry.

* 1971 – After only three years in business, rock promoter Bill Graham closes the Fillmore East in New York, New York, the " Church of Rock and Roll ".

* 1931 – Bill Graham, German-born American music promoter ( d. 1991 )

* 1939 – Bill Graham, Canadian politician

A major figure in the expansion of the genre was promoter Bill Graham, whose first rock concert in 1965 was a benefit that included Alan Ginsberg and the then unknown Jefferson Airplane on the bill.

A brawl erupts between Led Zeppelin's crew and the staff of the promoter Bill Graham, resulting in criminal assault charges for several members of the Led Zeppelin group including the drummer John Bonham.

* January 8 – Bill Graham, German concert promoter ( d. 1991 )

* June 27 – Concert promoter Bill Graham closes the legendary Fillmore East, which first opened on 2nd Avenue ( between 5th and 6th Streets ) in New York City on March 8, 1968.

On 29 October 2011, Fatboy Slim opened at the San Francisco Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, following up on the 30th, closing out the Red Bulletin / Le PLUR Stage at the Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

By February 1966, the Family Dog became Family Dog Productions under organizer Chet Helms, promoting happenings at the Avalon Ballroom and the Fillmore Auditorium in initial cooperation with Bill Graham.

Poster for the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts | Lincoln Center production by James McMullanArcadia first opened at the Royal National Theatre in London on 13 April 1993 in a production directed by Trevor Nunn and featuring Rufus Sewell as Septimus Hodge, Felicity Kendal as Hannah Jarvis, Bill Nighy as Bernard Nightingale, Emma Fielding as Thomasina Coverly, Alan Mitchell as Jellaby, Derek Hutchinson as Ezra Chater, Sidney Livingston as Richard Noakes, Harriet Walter as Lady Croom, Graham Sinclair as Captain Brice, Harriet Harrison as Chloe Coverly, Timothy Matthews as Augustus Coverly and Gus Coverly and Samuel West as Valentine Coverly.

Bill Cotton in an interview with author Graham McCann on 6 June 2000 said that the then director of BBC Comedy, Michael Mills, prompted by the plays of Plautus, came up with the idea for the show for Frankie Howerd.

A few weeks later, on November 6, they headlined a benefit concert for the San Francisco Mime Troupe, the first of many promotions by rising Bay Area entrepreneur Bill Graham, who later became the band's manager.

Around the beginning of 1967 Bill Graham took over from Bill Thompson as manager.

In February 1968, manager Bill Graham was fired after Grace Slick delivered an " either he goes or I go " ultimatum to the group.

This " prototype " version of Jefferson Starship included David Crosby and Graham Nash, Grateful Dead members Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart, and Airplane members Grace Slick, Joey Covington, and Jack Casady.

In 1967 Sykes expanded one of his routines into a 45-minute wordless colour short, The Plank which features, among others, Sykes, Tommy Cooper, Jimmy Edwards, Graham Stark, Hattie Jacques and future Goodies star Bill Oddie.

* Bill Kirchenbauer as Coach Graham Lubbock ( 1987 – 1988 on Growing Pains, starred in spin-off Just the Ten of Us ); gym teacher.

Script-writers included John Albery, John Antrobus, John Betjeman, John Bird, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Peter Cook, Roald Dahl, Richard Ingrams, Lyndon Irving, Gerald Kaufman, Frank Muir, David Nobbs, Denis Norden, Bill Oddie, Dennis Potter, Eric Sykes, Kenneth Tynan, and Keith Waterhouse.

Former U. S. Senator Bob Graham, younger half brother of family patriarch William " Bill " Graham, is one of the owners, and the late publisher of the Washington Post, Katharine Graham, had a share by marriage.

This business arrangement pitted the band and CD Presents in a pitched battle against San Francisco-based promoter Bill Graham, who negotiated with concert venue owners and San Francisco government officials to deprive PiL of a concert location.

It stars Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Joe Mantegna, Bebe Neuwirth, and Bill Graham.

When TW3 was cancelled in anticipation of the 1963 election, Rushton and some of the TW3 cast as well as some of the members of the Cambridge University revue Cambridge Circus ( including future-Goodies Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie ) went on tour in America as David Frost Presents TW3.

James's publisher agreed to distribute two annuals of essays and data-the 1987 and 1988 editions of Bill James Presents The Great American Baseball Statbook ( though only the first of these featured writing by James ).

Bill Willingham came to Vertigo after a plethora of small press work in 1999 to launch his poker miniseries Proposition Player ( 1999 – 2000 ), and contribute to the Sandman universe with a one-shot spy-spoof-Sandman Presents: Merv Pumpkinhead, Agent of D. R. E. A. M.

In addition to the Wolverine series and appearances in the various X-Men series, two other storylines expand upon the character's past: " Weapon X ", by writer-artist Barry Windsor-Smith, serialized in Marvel Comics Presents # 72-84 ( 1991 ); and Origin, a six-issue limited series by co-writers Joe Quesada, Paul Jenkins, and Bill Jemas and artist Andy Kubert ( November 2001 – July 2002 ).

Mr. Bill Presents and aired on the Fox Family Channel.

Bill Sagan ( Former CEO of EBP ) of Minnetonka, Minnesota bought the Bill Graham Presents archives and has organized hundreds of millions of dollars ' worth of merchandise and video / audio recordings of concerts collected by Graham.

Following his death, his company, Bill Graham Presents, was taken over by a group of employees.

In addition, the company provided the wardrobes for Danny Thomas on Make Room for Daddy, John Newland on Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond, Dick Van Dyke on The Dick Van Dyke Show, Don Adams on Get Smart, Bob Newhart on The Bob Newhart Show, Dick Sargent on Bewitched, Sherman Hemsley on The Jeffersons, Jack Klugman on Quincy, M. E., and Bill Macy and Conrad Bain on Maude.

Inspired by the previous summer's success of Perry Farrell's Lollapalooza Festival ( which had been organized by Bill Graham Presents, the driving force behind Blues Traveler's record and promotional deal ), John Popper and Dave Frey called upon their compatriots Widespread Panic, The Samples, the Spin Doctors, the Aquarium Rescue Unit and Phish to join them in a nation-wide, summer, amphitheater tour.

Ensler has been involved in several films, including V-Day's Until The Violence Stops and the PBS documentary What I Want My Words To Do To You, and has appeared on television on Real Time with Bill Maher ( August 26, 2005 ) and Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry ( August 12, 2005 ).

The series, Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers, starred Frank Sinatra, Jr. and Joey Heatherton as musical hosts, with comedy routines by Paul Lynde, Stanley Myron Handelman, Barbara Heller, comic impressionists Bill Skiles and Pete Henderson, and neo-vaudeville musicians The Times Square Two.

Helms ' shows were always more relaxed and offered a pleasant alternative to Bill Graham Presents dances, at a more reasonable admission, and with more room for the stoned, arm-waving type of solo dancing that personified the era.

Bill Graham Presents shows evolved more into high-power, professional lineups of better-known headline bands that made him known as the can-do guy that he was, while Helms, although managing to produce top-flight bands, still showcased bands that tended to be hipper and local.

* 185 Kenton Presents: Bob Cooper, Bill Holman & Frank Rosolino ( 4 CDs )

Their first soft release was the single " Live Your Life " as C + C Music Factory Presents Scarlett Santana in early 2010 on a Bill Coleman Remixxer Compilation album.

Bill James Presents The Great American Baseball Statbook is a book written by baseball sabermetrician Bill James in 1988.

During the film's title sequence, there are references to television's Alfred Hitchcock Presents and the films Batman, King Kong, The Sound of Music ( which starred Blake Edwards's wife, Julie Andrews ), Dracula AD 1972, Singin ' in the Rain, Steamboat Bill Jr., and Sweet Charity, putting the Pink Panther character and the animated persona of Inspector Clouseau into recognizable events from said movies.

Under the high-profile management of impresario and concert promoter Bill Graham, Montrose reached the peak of their commercial popularity during the Warner Bros Presents and Jump On It era from 1975 to 1977, which found the band adhering to a grueling tour schedule across America and Canada, performing predominantly in large arena and stadium venues sharing the bill with major artists that included The Rolling Stones, Kiss, Peter Frampton, Yes, Rush, The Eagles, Journey, and Aerosmith, as well as headlining their own shows in mid-size arenas.

Benson returned to NEXTEL Cup racing by driving the Wyler Racing # 46 Toyota Camry in the 2007 Crown Royal Presents The Jim Stewart 400 and the Bill Davis Racing # 36 Toyota Camry in the Checker Auto Parts 500 and Ford 400.

* Alfred Hitchcock Presents, episode " The Man Who Knew Too Little ", 1989-as Bill Stewart

In 1992, IMG bought out the rival " Skating " tour from Bill Graham Presents and merged its resources with that of Stars on Ice.