He wrote to the newly successful washing-machine entrepreneur John Bloom inviting him to " do for us what Brian Epstein has done for the Beatles — and make another million.

Beatles manager Brian Epstein was his godfather.

After the death of Brian Epstein and the unpopular surreal television film, Magical Mystery Tour, the Beatles returned to a more raw style with The Beatles ( 1968 ), Abbey Road ( 1969 ) and Let It Be ( 1970 ), before their eventual break up.

Such a distinction had only been presented to one European person before Anderson, and that was Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles.

* 1934 – Brian Epstein, English talent manager ( d. 1967 )

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* September 19 – Brian Epstein, English manager of the Beatles ( d. 1967 )

The last names " Flintstone " and " Rubble ", as well as other common Bedrock surnames such as " Shale " and " Quartz ", are in line with these puns, as are the names of Bedrock's celebrities: " Gary Granite " ( Cary Grant ), " Stony Curtis " ( Tony Curtis ), " Ed Sulleyrock / Sulleystone " ( Ed Sullivan ), " Rock Pile / Quarry / Hudstone " ( Rock Hudson ), " Ann-Margrock " ( Ann-Margret ), " Jimmy Darrock " ( James Darren ), " Alvin Brickrock " ( Alfred Hitchcock ), " Perry Masonry / Masonite " ( Perry Mason as played by Raymond Burr ), " Mick Jadestone and The Rolling Boulders " ( Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones ), " Eppy Brianstone " ( Brian Epstein ) and " The Beau Brummelstones " ( The Beau Brummels ).

In a 1997 BBC interview, Paul McCartney stated: " If anyone was the fifth Beatle, it was manager Brian Epstein.

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Martin himself deflects claims of being the " fifth Beatle " to Beatles ' manager Brian Epstein.

The next day Nicol, after playing a number of concerts in Sydney and Adelaide, giving interviews and signing autographs was escorted to the airport by Brian Epstein and flew home to Britain.

The album was the first that The Beatles undertook following the death of their manager, Brian Epstein, and the first released by their own record label, Apple.

) Some South American editions did not feature the Kelly photographs in the gatefold, instead including uncredited performance photographs of the band from circa 1964-65 ( the Beatles are clean-shaven and wearing matching suits in the photos, as Brian Epstein insisted they do in performance during this period ).

In October 1961, fate intervened in the shape and other attributes of one-legged retail chemist from Bolton, Leggy Mountbatten ( a parody of Brian Epstein ), who, after falling into " The Cavern " one night, decided he hated the boys ' music, but liked the cut of their jib ( and especially the cut of their trousers ).

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It was with their second album, 1978's More Songs About Buildings and Food that the band began its long-term collaboration with producer Brian Eno, who had previously worked with Roxy Music, David Bowie, John Cale and Robert Fripp ; the title of Eno's 1977 song " King's Lead Hat " is an anagram of the band's name.

After the band's six-night stand at New York's Uris Theatre in May 1974, Brian May collapsed and was diagnosed as having hepatitis.

The album also featured one of the band's heaviest songs, Brian May's " Tie Your Mother Down ", which became a staple of their live shows.

Brian May confirmed that he and Taylor are working their way through the band's old material to compile a selection of unreleased songs for the forthcoming album.

The Beach Boys are probably the best example of this trend-within two years of the band's commercial breakthrough, group leader Brian Wilson had taken over from his father Murry, and he was sole producer of all their recordings between 1963 and 1967.

Recording sessions for the band's first album took place in Capitol's basement studios ( in the famous tower building ) in August 1962, but early on Brian lobbied for a different place to cut Beach Boy tracks.

Additionally, during the taping of their first LP Brian fought for, and won, the right to be in charge of the production-though his first acknowledged liner notes production credit did not come until the band's third album Surfer Girl, in 1963.

Following the termination of the Capitol contract in 1969, the band's new contract with Reprise Records ( brokered by Van Dyke Parks, then employed as a multimedia executive at the company ) stipulated Brian Wilson's proactive involvement with the band in all albums — a factor that would become hugely problematic for the band in the years to come.

When the album itself was rejected by Reprise, the song " Sail On, Sailor " ( a collaborative, Brian Wilson-led effort dating from 1971 ) was inserted at the instigation of Van Dyke Parks and released as the lead single ; it promptly garnered a considerable amount of FM radio play, became a minor chart hit, and entered the band's live sets as a concert staple.

Danzig had selected Brian Damage, formerly of Genocide and Verbal Abuse, as the band's new drummer.

* July 5 – The Rolling Stones proceed with a free concert in Hyde Park, London, as a tribute to Brian Jones ; it is also the band's first concert with guitarist Mick Taylor.

The band's original members Bob Spickard, Brian Carman and Bob Welch are joined by longtime members Gil Orr, Ricky Lewis and Brian Nussle.

The band's previous release, Show No Mercy, became Metal Blade Records ' highest selling release ; as a result, producer Brian Slagel desired to release a second Slayer album.

On January 1, 2012, during the band's New Year's show at The Bottom Lounge in Chicago, Scott announced that he and Brian would begin recording for the next album in Chicago within 2 weeks.

In the period since the band's demise, a number of archive live recordings have become officially available from Brian Devoil's archives and a new compilation album, Voices in the Night was released in 2007.

Lanois once again collaborated with U2 and Brian Eno on the band's most recent album, No Line on the Horizon.

Jol Devitro née Joel Perez ( guitars, vocals ) and Brian Weaver ( bass, vocals ) formed the group, and the band's first lineup featured Emily Limón née Davis ( violin ), Karl Soehnlein ( now writer K. M.

In a continuation of the band's newer, more candid side, they revealed future plans to fans via email and MySpace, with 2008 promising archives from The Amorphous Androgynous, more solo experiments from Brian and further Environments albums, covering past and present material.

Rodway's co-producer Brian Higgins produced the band's following single, " Burnt Out Car ," released in 1996.

The band's name is taken from the lyrics of Brian Eno's song " The True Wheel " from the album Taking Tiger Mountain ( By Strategy ).

" These sentiments may be contrasted with the fact that the band was well thought of by the Beach Boys, to the extent that Brian Wilson co-wrote with Billy Hinsche one of the band's original songs, and their final single, " Lady Love ".

Steven Page and Ed Robertson returned to writing together, as they did upon the band's formation, but had abandoned following the release of Gordon, Tracks recorded for this album but left off the finished record are: " Trust Me " ( earlier recorded for Maybe You Should Drive but left off the album — included on the Shoe Box EP ) and " Back " ( included on the " Brian Wilson 2000 " single ).

After the departure of Nusrat Hussain, Salman Ahmad contacted Brian O ' Connell and invited him to play bass on the band's second album.