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Paul McCartney has paid tribute to Gerry And The Pacemakers’ Gerry Marsden, whose death was confirmed earlier today (January 3).Marsden was 78 years old and died after suffering an infection in his heart, his friend and broadcaster Pete Price confirmed on social media.Gerry And The Pacemakers formed in Liverpool in 1959 and were the second group to be signed by The Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein.

Also on this day The passengers and crew of the Mayflower sight Cape Cod. U.S.

The Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein following the sacking of the band’s drummer Pete Best is going up for sale at auction.Best was originally signed with the three long-standing members of The Fab Four — John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison — but he was let go by Epstein and replaced by Ringo Starr in August 1962.A letter written by Epstein to the “secret Beatle” Joe Flannery, who served as The Beatles’ booking manager between 1962 and 1963, has been put up for sale by the latter’s

Roy Trakin Mary “Mickey” Diage, a longtime advertising director at Capitol Records, where she worked for 40 years from 1963 to 2003, died on May 21 from pulmonary fibrosis. She was 82.Diage was among the first women to have a “seat at the table” at a major label, according to an announcement of her death.

A biopic of music visionary, impresario and iconic The Beatles manager Brian Epstein is in the works, with Swedish filmmaker Jonas Akerlund tapped to direct it. Midas Man will chartEpstein's role in the cultural revolution of the 1960s and highlight his unparalleled yet often uncelebrated influence on pop music.

The Beatles‘ celebrated manager Brian Epstein has been announced.Jonas Åkerlund, a multiple Grammy award-winning director, will direct the film that’s set to be shot in Liverpool and released in 2021.Midas Man will tell the story of Epstein, the Liverpudlian record shop manager who signed the biggest band of all time.

The life of The Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein is being brought to the big screen.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorMidas Man, a biopic of The Beatles manager Brian Epstein, will be directed by multi-Grammy winner Jonas Akerlund (Lords Of Chaos).From producers Trevor Beattie Films and StudioPOW, the film will tell the story of the visionary music manager and impresario who was often referred to as the ‘Fifth Beatle’. He took the music industry by storm at the tender age of 25 and for seven years had a tumultuous and dazzling career.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentMulti-Grammy winning director Jonas Akerlund is to helm “Midas Man,” a movie about The Beatles’ manager and music impresario Brian Epstein, it was confirmed Thursday.Epstein discovered The Beatles – indeed Paul McCartney referred to him as “the fifth Beatle” – and they signed a contract with him in 1961.