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BEATLES: Publishing Rights for Early Songs |
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The son of the Decca Records executive who turned down a chance to sign The Beatles 50 years ago this month is part of a consortium that just acquired the rights to a half-dozen early Lennon-McCartney compositions. Richard Rowe is part of management team at Round Hill Music, which partnered with Adage Classics in acquiring the catalog that includes "She Loves You," "I Saw Her Standing There," "Misery," "From Me to You," "There's a Place" and "I Wanna Be Your Man." (Also included are such classic non-Beatles tunes as "A Hundred Miles of Clay" and "Come Go With Me".) Rowe's father Dick was the head of A&R (artists and repertoire) for the British branch of Decca. Although he later signed such big names as The Rolling Stones and Cat Stevens, he's forever remembered for bringing the Beatles in for a New Year's Day audition in 1962 at the insistence of Brian Epstein. After passing on them, Dick Rowe made the now-infamous comment to Epstein that "guitar bands were on the way out." That summer, George Martin signed them to EMI -- changing the course of rock and roll history. Source: Press Release |
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