Peter Brown (music manager)

Peter Brown is an American-based English businessman. He currently resides in New York City.

The Beatles

Brown was a personal assistant to Brian Epstein and The Beatles during the 1960s. He was a confidant to the Epstein family, and bore some resemblance to Brian in his looks and manner. (While Epstein's family was Jewish, Brown's family was Roman Catholic.) Brown was one of the few people to have direct contact with each Beatle, and know their daily whereabouts.

Brown served as a board member of Apple Corps, the Beatles's company, which he helped to establish. After Epstein's death, Brown assumed many of the day-to-day management duties Epstein had performed. He survived Allen Klein's initial gutting of Apple's staff at the personal request of the Beatles, though he eventually left Apple on his own. Brown was with The Beatles at Rishikesh in 1968.

Brown was witness to the weddings of both Paul and Linda McCartney, and John Lennon and Yoko Ono, during 1969. Lennon immortalised Brown in a line from "The Ballad of John and Yoko" ("Peter Brown called to say 'You can make it OK, you can get married in Gibraltar near Spain'"), one of the last Beatles singles.

After the Beatles ended in 1970, Brown became President and Chief Executive Officer of the Robert Stigwood Organisation. In 1977, Brown formed the Entertainment Development Company. He also founded Brown & Powers, a public relations firm, in 1983, which later became Brown & Argus, and finally Brown Lloyd James in 1997.

Brown co-wrote (with author Steven Gaines) a biography of the Beatles titled The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of The Beatles, which was published in 1983.

Career timeline

• 1964: Executive assistant to Brian Epstein; Director of NEMS Enterprises
• 1967: Executive director of newly-formed Apple Corps; appointed General Manager of Beatles & Co.
• 1971: President and CEO of the Robert Stigwood Organization US (RSO)
• 1977: Formed The Entertainment Development Company
• 1983: Published The Love You Make; formed Brown & Powers
• 1994: Brown and Powers becomes Brown & Argus
• 1997: Brown and Argus becomes Brown Lloyd James

External links

• Brown Lloyd James web site