Peter Brown (music manager)

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Peter Brown
Peter Brown on 26 June 2012, in New York City
Brown in 2012
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Personal assistant, salesperson

Peter Brown is an American-based English businessman. After Brian Epstein recruited Brown to run the Epstein's music store in Liverpool, he became part of the Beatles' management team. He remained Epstein's and the Beatles' personal assistant until the band's dissolution. He helped found and served as a board member of Apple Corps and assumed Epstein's duties after the manager's death. He went on to establish many companies and resides in New York City.

The Beatles

When the Epsteins opened a second store at 12–14 Whitechapel in Liverpool and put Brian Epstein in charge of the entire operation, Epstein often walked across the road to the Lewis's department store (which also had a music section), where Brown was employed. He watched Brown's sales technique and was impressed enough to lure Brown to work for NEMS with the offer of a higher salary and a commission on sales.[1] Brown became a confidant to the Epstein family and ran the music store for Epstein before becoming part of the Beatles' management team.[2] Brown was Epstein's and the Beatles' personal assistant during the 1960s.[3] He was one of few to have direct contact with each Beatle, traveling worldwide with the band members and knowing their daily whereabouts.

Brown served as a board member of Apple Corps, the Beatles' company, which he helped establish. After Epstein's untimely death, Brown assumed many of the day-to-day management duties Epstein had performed.[4]

Brown was witness to the wedding of Paul and Linda McCartney and best man and witness at the wedding of John Lennon and Yoko Ono during 1969.[3] Lennon mentioned Brown in a line from "The Ballad of John and Yoko" ("Peter Brown called to say 'You can make it OK, you can get married in Gibraltar near Spain'"), one of the last Beatles singles.[3]

After the Beatles disbanded in 1970, Brown became president and chief executive officer of the

The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of The Beatles, a biography of the Beatles published in 1983.[3]

References

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  2. ^ Brown, Peter (5 November 2006). "The Beatles". Time. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e Mewborn, Brant (1983) "Biography Tells Inside Story of Beatles", Anchorage Daily News, 7 May 1983, p. D9, retrieved 24 July 2011
  4. ^ Roston, Eric (2013) "The Beatles vs. The Taxman: A Manager Recalls Yesterday", "Bloomberg Businessweek", 22 March 2013, retrieved 30 April 2013
  5. ^ William & Mary's Mason School of Business (2013) "Peter Brown, Founder of BLJ Worldwide", March 2013, retrieved 30 April 2013

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