#dick rowe

[historyhalls]

Find out here about Dick Rowe, the Decca Records music executive who passed on signing both The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix

The Decca Records Exec Who Passed on Jimi Hendrix - and It Wasn't Even His Biggest Mistake

[historyhalls]

Explore the story of Dick Rowe, the record label exec who passed on pop music's greatest ever band - a decision that changed music history forever.

Dick Rowe, the Record Label Exec Who Made the Music Industry's Worst Business Decision

[beatleshistoryblog207]

LECTURE 8: ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC: Here’s the ill-fated Decca audition of January 1, 1962, in all of its glory – or maybe lack thereof (you be the judge). Give it a listen. Alas, Decca A&R man Dick Rowe broke the bad news to Brian Epstein not long afterwards that The Beatles would be signed on at Decca.  “Guitar groups are on the way out,” Rowe advised. “The Beatles have no future in show business.” Instead, Decca signed on a band they thought would take Great Britain by storm:  Brian Poole and the Tremeloes.

[i-am-the-oyster]

Brian Epstein turned down Dick Rowe?!?

I'm listening to episode 112 of I Am The Eggpod (the 5th anniversary) and Chris Shaw mentions (around 1h5m) learning something from Mark Lewisohn's Evolver:62 show. Namely:

"Dick Rowe, you know he didn't turn down the Beatles. Brian Epstein turned down Dick Rowe."

Has anyone seen the show? Any idea what he's talking about? Is this something new Mark has discovered since writing Tune In?

[beatleshistoryblog]

LECTURE 8: ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC: Here’s the ill-fated Decca audition of January 1, 1962, in all of its glory – or maybe lack thereof (you be the judge). Give it a listen. Alas, Decca A&R man Dick Rowe broke the bad news to Brian Epstein not long afterwards that The Beatles would be signed on at Decca.  “Guitar groups are on the way out,” Rowe advised. “The Beatles have no future in show business.” Instead, Decca signed on a band they thought would take Great Britain by storm:  Brian Poole and the Tremeloes.

[beatlesblog207]

LECTURE 8: ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC: Here’s the ill-fated Decca audition of January 1, 1962, in all of its glory – or maybe lack thereof (you be the judge). Give it a listen. Alas, Decca A&R man Dick Rowe broke the bad news to Brian Epstein not long afterwards that The Beatles would be signed on at Decca.  “Guitar groups are on the way out,” Rowe advised. “The Beatles have no future in show business.” Instead, Decca signed on a band they thought would take Great Britain by storm:  Brian Poole and the Tremeloes.

[julio-viernes]

Incluso los tiempos malos son buenos, eso debió pensar Decca poco tiempo después de dejar escapar a los Beatles para quedarse con The Tremeloes. Un 1 de enero de 1962 Decca audicionó a dos bandas: Brian Poole and Tremeloes y Beatles, eligiendo a los primeros, cagada descomunal que luego se vio compensada hasta cierto punto por la firma de Rolling Stones, Small Faces o Them, entre muchos otros. Los Tremeloes, con o sin Brian Poole, fue una banda de notable éxito (”Do You Love Me”, “Twist and Shout”, “Someone Someone”, ”Silence Is Golden”, “Here Comes My Baby”, “Even The Bad Times are Good”...) y bastante calidad a pesar de ciertas pachangadas. Aprovechamos para recordar una vez más que todos los grandes sellos británicos rechazaron a los Beatles hasta que George Martin decidió contratarlos para Parlophone, subsidiaria de EMI, que les había quitado de en medio con anterioridad igual que Columbia, Philips y Pye. Sirva de nuevo para poner en un sitio mejor de la historia a Dick Rowe, responsable de ese rechazo de Decca.  

Dave Munden, RIP.

[beatlesblog]

LECTURE 8: ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC: Here’s the ill-fated Decca audition of January 1, 1962, in all of its glory – or maybe lack thereof (you be the judge). Give it a listen. Alas, Decca A&R man Dick Rowe broke the bad news to Brian Epstein not long afterwards that The Beatles would be signed on at Decca.  “Guitar groups are on the way out,” Rowe advised. “The Beatles have no future in show business.” Instead, Decca signed on a band they thought would take Great Britain by storm:  Brian Poole and the Tremeloes.