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The Beatles' Decca audition

Index The Beatles' Decca audition

On 1 January 1962, before they reached international stardom, the Beatles auditioned for Decca Records at Decca Studios in West Hampstead, north London. [1]

66 relations: Acetate disc, Al Dubin, Anthology 1, Apple Corps, Bésame Mucho, Berry Gordy, Bootleg recording, Brian Epstein, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, Carole King, Chuck Berry, Columbia Graphophone Company, Consuelo Velázquez, Crying, Waiting, Hoping, Decca Records, Decca Studios, Dick Rowe, EMI, George Harrison, George Martin, Gerry Goffin, Harry B. Smith, Harry Warren, Hello Little Girl, His Master's Voice, Janie Bradford, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, John Lennon, Juke Box Jury, Like Dreamers Do, Liverpool, London, Love of the Loved, Mark Lewisohn, Memphis, Tennessee (song), Meredith Willson, Mersey Beat, Money (That's What I Want), Music industry, Neil Aspinall, Norrie Paramor, Oriole Records (UK), Parlophone, Paul McCartney, Pete Best, Phil Spector, Philips Records, Pye Records, Searchin', ..., September in the Rain, Sure to Fall (in Love with You), Take Good Care of My Baby, Ted Snyder, The Beatles, The Beatles Anthology, The Rolling Stones, The Shadows, The Sheik of Araby, The Tremeloes, Three Cool Cats, Till There Was You, To Know Him Is to Love Him, Tony Meehan, Trafalgar Square, West Hampstead. Expand index (16 more) »

Acetate disc

An acetate disc is a type of phonograph (gramophone) record, a mechanical sound storage medium, widely used from the 1930s to the late 1950s for recording and broadcast purposes and still in limited use today.

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Al Dubin

Alexander Dubin (June 10, 1891 – February 11, 1945) was an American lyricist.

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Anthology 1

Anthology 1 is a compilation album by the Beatles, released on 20 November 1995 by Apple Records as part of The Beatles Anthology series.

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Apple Corps

Apple Corps Ltd (informally known as Apple) is a multi-armed multimedia corporation founded in London in January 1968 by the members of the Beatles to replace their earlier company (Beatles Ltd) and to form a conglomerate.

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Bésame Mucho

"Bésame Mucho" ("Kiss me a lot") is a song written in 1940 by Mexican songwriter Consuelo Velázquez.

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Berry Gordy

Berry Gordy III (known professionally as Berry Gordy Jr., born November 28, 1929) is an American record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer and television producer.

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Bootleg recording

A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority.

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Brian Epstein

Brian Samuel Epstein (19 September 1934 – 27 August 1967) was an English music entrepreneur who managed the Beatles.

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Buddy Holly

Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll.

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Carl Perkins

Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998)Pareles. was an American singer-songwriter who recorded most notably at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, beginning in 1954.

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Carole King

Carole King (born Carol Joan Klein, February 9, 1942) is an American composer and singer-songwriter.

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Chuck Berry

Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music.

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Columbia Graphophone Company

The Columbia Graphophone Company was one of the earliest gramophone companies in the United Kingdom.

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Consuelo Velázquez

Consuelo Velázquez Torres (Ciudad Guzmán Zapotlán el Grande, Jalisco, August 21, 1916 – January 22, 2005) (popularly also known as Consuelito Velázquez) was a Mexican concert pianist, songwriter and recording artist.

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Crying, Waiting, Hoping

"Crying, Waiting, Hoping" is a song written by Buddy Holly. It was released in 1959 as the B-side to "Peggy Sue Got Married". Three versions of Holly's recording were released: the 1959 commercial release, the 1964 reissue with different orchestration, and Holly's original, private home recording.

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Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.

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Decca Studios

Decca Studios was a recording facility in Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, North London, England controlled by Decca Records.

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Dick Rowe

Richard Paul "Dick" Rowe (9 June 1921 – 6 June 1986) was an A&R man at Decca Records from the 1950s to the 1960s.

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EMI

EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries and also referred to as EMI Records Ltd.) was a British multinational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London.

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George Harrison

George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter, and producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.

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George Martin

Sir George Henry Martin (3 January 19268 March 2016) was an English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician.

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Gerry Goffin

Gerald Goffin (February 11, 1939 – June 19, 2014) was an American lyricist.

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Harry B. Smith

Harry Bache Smith (December 28, 1860 – January 1, 1936) was a writer, lyricist and composer.

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Harry Warren

Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna, December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and lyricist.

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Hello Little Girl

"Hello Little Girl" is the first song written by John Lennon, and credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership.

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His Master's Voice

His Master's Voice (HMV) is a famous trademark in the recording industry and was the unofficial name of a major British record label.

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Janie Bradford

Janie Bradford (born June 2, 1939 in Charleston, Missouri) is an American songwriter, most known for her tenure with Motown.

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Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

Lyricist Jerome "Jerry" Leiber (April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011) and composer Mike Stoller (born Michael Stoller; March 13, 1933) were American songwriting and record producing partners.

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John Lennon

John Winston Ono Lennon (9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, and peace activist who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music.

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Juke Box Jury

Juke Box Jury is a music panel show which originally ran on the BBC Television Service from 1 June 1959 until 27 December 1967.

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Like Dreamers Do

"Like Dreamers Do" is a song written by Paul McCartney in 1959 and is one of the earliest written songs credited to Lennon–McCartney.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Love of the Loved

"Love of the Loved" is a song written mainly by Paul McCartney, credited to Lennon–McCartney.

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Mark Lewisohn

Mark Lewisohn (born 16 June 1958) is an English author and historian, regarded as one of the world's leading authorities on the English rock band the Beatles.

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Memphis, Tennessee (song)

"Memphis, Tennessee", sometimes shortened to "Memphis", is a song by Chuck Berry, first released in 1959.

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Meredith Willson

Robert Meredith Willson (May 18, 1902 – June 15, 1984) was an American composer and playwright, best known for writing the book, music, and lyrics for the hit Broadway musical The Music Man.

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Mersey Beat

Mersey Beat was a music publication in Liverpool, England in the early 1960s.

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Money (That's What I Want)

"Money (That's What I Want)" is a song written by Tamla founder Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford that became the first hit record for Gordy's Motown enterprise.

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Music industry

The music industry consists of the companies and individuals that earn money by creating new songs and pieces and selling live concerts and shows, audio and video recordings, compositions and sheet music, and the organizations and associations that aid and represent music creators.

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Neil Aspinall

Neil Stanley Aspinall (13 October 1941 24 March 2008) was a Welsh-born English music industry executive.

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Norrie Paramor

Norman William Paramor (15 May 1914 – 9 September 1979), known professionally as Norrie Paramor, was a British record producer, composer, arranger, pianist, bandleader, and orchestral conductor.

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Oriole Records (UK)

Oriole Records was a British record label, founded in 1925 by the London-based Levy Company, which owned a gramophone record subsidiary called Levaphone Records.

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Parlophone

Parlophone Records Limited (also known as Parlophone Records and Parlophone) is a German-British major record label founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon.

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Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.

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Pete Best

Randolph Peter Best (born Scanland, 24 November 1941) is an English musician, principally known as an original member and the first drummer of the Beatles, from 1960 to 1962.

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Phil Spector

Phillip Harvey Spector (born Harvey Phillip Spector, December 26, 1939) is an American record producer, musician, and songwriter who developed the Wall of Sound, a music production formula he described as a "Wagnerian" approach to rock and roll.

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Philips Records

Philips Records is a record label that was founded by the Dutch electronics company Philips.

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Pye Records

Pye Records was a British record label.

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Searchin'

"Searchin'" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller specifically for The Coasters.

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September in the Rain

"September in the Rain" is a popular song by Harry Warren and Al Dubin, published in 1937.

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Sure to Fall (in Love with You)

"Sure to Fall (In Love with You)" is a 1955 song written by Carl Perkins, Bill Cantrell, and Quinton Claunch.

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Take Good Care of My Baby

"Take Good Care of My Baby" is a song written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin.

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Ted Snyder

Theodore Frank Snyder (15 August 1881 in Freeport, Illinois – 16 July 1965 in Woodland Hills, California), was a U.S. composer, lyricist, and music publisher (see Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, Inc.). His hits include "The Sheik of Araby" (1921) and "Who's Sorry Now?" (1923).

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Beatles Anthology

The Beatles Anthology is the name of a television documentary, a three-volume set of double albums, and a book focusing on the history of the Beatles.

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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London, England, in 1962.

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The Shadows

The Shadows (originally known as The Drifters) were an English instrumental rock group, and were Cliff Richard's backing band from 1958 to 1968, having also collaborated again on numerous reunion tours.

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The Sheik of Araby

"The Sheik of Araby" is a song that was written in 1921 by Harry B. Smith and Francis Wheeler, with music by Ted Snyder.

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The Tremeloes

The Tremeloes are an English beat group founded in 1958 in Dagenham, Essex, and still active today.

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Three Cool Cats

"Three Cool Cats" is a 1958 song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

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Till There Was You

"Till There Was You" is a song written by Meredith Willson for his musical play The Music Man (1957), and which also appeared in the 1962 movie version.

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To Know Him Is to Love Him

"To Know Him Is to Love Him" is a song written by Phil Spector, inspired by words on his father's tombstone, "To Know Him Was To Love Him." It was first recorded by the only vocal group of which he was a member,.

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Tony Meehan

Daniel Joseph Anthony Meehan (2 March 1943 – 28 November 2005) professionally known as Tony Meehan was a founder member of the British group The Drifters, with Jet Harris, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch, which would evolve into The Shadows.

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Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square is a public square in the City of Westminster, Central London, built around the area formerly known as Charing Cross.

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West Hampstead

West Hampstead is an area in the London Borough of Camden in north-west London.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles'_Decca_audition

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