Allan Williams
From Freepedia
Former Liverpool businessman and promoter; original manager (or more accurately: booking agent) of The Beatles, who sent the young band to Hamburg, Germany, where they gained vital show business experience.
Also author of the memoir The Man who Gave the Beatles Away, and responsible for locating the band's "Hamburg Tape" (issued as Live at the Star Club: 1962), recorded New Year's Eve 1963 (actually after they'd left his management).
Allan was never The Beatles' manager in the sense that this term is normally understood, there was no contract for example as there was later with Brian Epstein.
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Band members: John Lennon - Paul McCartney - George Harrison - Ringo Starr Early members: Pete Best - Stuart Sutcliffe Management: Brian Epstein - Apple Records Production: George Martin - Geoff Emerick See also: History of the Beatles - Discography - Bootlegs - Long-term influence - Beatlemania - Beatlesque - Fifth Beatle - Paul Is Dead rumours - British Invasion - Breakup - Classic rock era | ||||||
