OBITUARY: Alan Livingston Capitol Records Prez Brought Beatles to U.S. Dies

Alan Livingston, music exec who created Bozo the Clown and brought the Beatles to America as president of Capitol Records, died March 13 in Los Angeles. He was 91. Livingston created the Bozo character for a bestselling series of children's story records for Capitol, later producing a TV show before selling rights to the late Larry Harmon. He left Capitol to become VP of network programming at NBC, where he brought "Bonanza" to the network, with a theme song by his songwriter brother, the lat...

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19:33 on March 13 2009

Beatles - Beatles Consider Alternative To Itunes

ContactMusic — THE BEATLES are considering ditching a deal with iTunes to release their huge back catalogue of music using their own website. Surviving bandmembers Sir Paul MCCartney ..... more info

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01:19 on March 14 2009