The prize came almost 50 years to the day since he produced the Beatles' first album, Please Please Me, in a single 10-hour session at Abbey Road Studios.
Like the other Beatles he made huge amounts of money.
ECONOMIST: George Harrison, a Beatle, died on November 29th, aged 58
In 1962, after two years spent hawking their demo tapes around reluctant record companies who said that guitar groups were finished, he got the Beatles their first big deal.
ECONOMIST: George Harrison, a Beatle, died on November 29th, aged 58
Pops was well into his 60s when, in May 1964, he displaced the Beatles from the top of the Billboard singles chart, a spot they had owned for more than three months.
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He is able now to record them on tape at the time - but said that when he was with the Beatles, this was not possible, and this was how he and John Lennon would know if they had a good song.
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"Freeman was not the only photographer who took pictures of the Beatles but he was the only one who worked with them for a continuous period of three years and he was their favorite photographer during that time, " Prem says.
He was half of The Beatles' songwriting team and helped push the quartet to superstardom in the 1960s.
He cites influences ranging from the Beatles to Bob Marley and thinks it's tricky to define their sound.
" He puts the "With the Beatles" album cover among the top three Beatles album cover designs of all time, the others being "Abbey Road" and "Sgt.
The role of Epstein has tended to be minimised in the golden memory of the Beatles, perhaps because he was thought to be too fond of young men.
ECONOMIST: George Harrison, a Beatle, died on November 29th, aged 58
Back in the day, he helped mould the careers of The Beatles, Tina Turner, The Righteous Brothers and The Ronettes.
Like many artists of his era, Gene Pitney's career fell victim to the British invasion led by the Beatles in 1964, but he continued to tour and perform.
He had luck, just as the Beatles had luck.
ECONOMIST: George Harrison, a Beatle, died on November 29th, aged 58
At Northwestern Mason helmed a rock band that he describes as equal parts punk, the Beatles and Cat Stevens.
He proceeded to photograph the next four consecutive Beatles' album covers -- "A Hard Day's Night, " "Beatles for Sale, " "Help!"
He points out that the last time the Beatles singles were reissued in the UK, in 1976, only Yesterday broke the top 10.
Stephen Maycock, the consultant specialist for Beatles memorabilia at Bonhams, said he thought it was the first instrument from Abbey Road to be sold on the open market.
He was the voice of Paul McCartney in the Beatles film Yellow Submarine.
In time, as chief executive of the Beatles' company, Apple Corps, he acquired a chef and a dining room at his office in Savile Row.
"Even though the playing is very rough and ready, they have tremendous presence and were probably considerably better than the Beatles were in March 1960, " he said.
Transcendental meditation, which he took up following a trip to India by the Beatles, also helped his work habits.
Two days later, Beatles producer George Martin phoned Epstein and said he urgently needed a photograph for the group's new album.
He was my heartthrob all through my teens never mind the Beatles and that!!
He explained that this cemetery was also the place where The Beatles had their last photoshoot as a band in 1970.
Epstein did not give Storm a real shot at the big time because he "didn't want any major competition" for The Beatles, Caldwell believes.
When Mitchell heard The Beatles were making their first trip across the Atlantic, he managed to get a press pass from a magazine he worked for.
He says he was aware of the fissures within the group but remembers the Beatles as being accommodating -- particularly Lennon, who soon invited Russell to take pictures of him and Yoko Ono.
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