Sir Joseph ("Sir Joe") Lockwood was in charge of EMI, during the Beatles years.
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Decca notably, but HMV and Columbia, both EMI labels, also turned them down.The Beatles were eventually signed up with Parlophone, a small label of EMI that specialised in novelty acts, but wanted to branch out into pop music.Decca Records, and Dick Rowe.Decca.
The Beatles recorded the bulk of their work in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, in St. John's Wood, London. Most of their songs were recorded in Studio Two (home to 191 Beatles recordings), but they also used One (meant for symphony orchestras) and Three (meant for soloists or duets). The Beatles also used Trident and Olympic Studios, later in their career.Their BBC recordings were virtually all made at BBC's studios. One of their annual Christmas records was recorded at Dick James' small studio. The German versions of "She Loves You" and "I Want To Hold Your Hand" were recorded in EMI's Paris studio, and the music to "The Inner Light" at EMI's studio in Mumbai (then called Bombay), India.
Hmm... John was 16/17 when he started the "band", and Paul joined when he was 15. George joined as well, as the youngest, at the age of 14. They were "The Quarrymen", though.
John Lennon would be considered to be the founder of the Beatles. John Lennon formed the Quarrymen with some school friends in March, 1957. Paul McCartney joined in July and George Harrison joined in February, 1958. In 1960, the name varied from the Beatals, the Silver Beetles and the Silver Beats, the name focussing on variations of the word "Beat". Later in 1960, a slip of the tongue announced the band as the Beetles, which soon became the Beatles. Ringo Starr joined in September 1962 and the rest is history.
Suiin Emi was born in 1869.