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342:. Mop-top wigs were given to Capitol staff to wear. In early January 1964, the label distributed many thousands of 2-by-3-inch (51 by 76 mm) stickers carrying the slogan "The Beatles Are Coming!" and four mop-top silhouettes in reddish ink, given free to retail sales staff, radio station staff, high school students; anybody who would plaster them around their area. By February 1, 1964, the song reached number 1 in the US, one week before the Beatles appeared on
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Beatles to a major distribution deal. He promised Epstein that Capitol would mount a $ 40,000 promotional campaign in the states. Meggs discovered in early December that the UK single had amassed one million
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Maryland (serving Washington D.C.) who started broadcasting the song, stimulating demand. Other radio stations followed suit, obtaining their own copies by jet airliner. Capitol scrambled to advance the song's release date from January 13 to December 26, and to change the planned pressing from
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to evaluate them with regard to art direction, and Meggs eagerly read the scripts, preferring them to books. He wanted to be a scriptwriter, though he also played
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Meggs, Brown (1958). "Seaman: The Daring Young Man on Mercedes-Benz". In
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and loved classical music. He attended two private schools: first
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1834:"Is John Van Hamersveld The Most Significant "Surf Artist" Ever?"
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962:"Brown Meggs, 66, a Recording Executive Who Signed the Beatles"
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Meggs wrote several non-fiction articles for magazines such as
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1790:. Vol. 79, no. 37. September 16, 1967. p. C-22.
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magazine with the words "The Beatles Are Coming!" and a black
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Omnibus of Speed: An Introduction to the World of Motor Sport
1963:"Bobbie Gentry's Mercurial Rise Typifies Capitol's Operation"
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Sudbury, Massachusetts: 1639–1999. 1999 Annual Town Report.
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magazine was provided as a free insert to the live album
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National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center
2007:"List of Celebrities to Head Writers Conference at PCC"
1784:"Meggs: Ability to Generate Impulse Sales Is Paramount"
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Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead
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1503:The Beatles in Canada: The Origins of Beatlemania!
1621:"Capitol 'Teen Set' Promo Seeks Closer Teen Ties"
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1583:. Henry Holt and Company. pp. 64–65.
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2223:"Lunardi Scores Easy Win Over Mrs. Meggs"
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1982:"Kottke lets his playing do the talking"
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1192:"Throwing Things Off 'The War Train'"
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855:. Color documentary film, 30 minutes.
757:Two Fathers: Justice for the Innocent
745:as shortstop rather than outfielder.
365:John F. Kennedy International Airport
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2439:20th-century American businesspeople
2307:Barragan, Bianca (August 24, 2017).
2280:Flemming, Jack (September 6, 2017).
2148:Smyntek, John (September 23, 1981).
1910:"Record Exec Who Signed the Beatles"
1534:Hinckley, David (October 23, 1997).
1146:Hicks, Cordell (December 26, 1955).
1109:Hicks, Cordell (December 24, 1951).
462:In 1967, Meggs hired graphic artist
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2063:"Meggie-Rice Horse Film Wins Award"
794:Meggs first lived with his wife in
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2414:Military personnel from California
2384:American music industry executives
1980:Simms, Kelley (February 1, 2016).
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1022:Folkart, Burt (October 17, 1997).
960:Kozinn, Allan (October 16, 1997).
817:. He moved to an apartment in the
813:Meggs' wife Nancy died in 1990 of
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185:California Institute of Technology
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1875:Tiegel, Eliot (August 28, 1971).
1753:. Arcadia, California. p. 31
1745:Brown, Rob (September 15, 1966).
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2093:"Saturday Games by Brown Meggs"
1935:Horowitz, Is (April 13, 1985).
1674:"The Mean, Mean Month of March"
1079:Hicks, Cordell (May 31, 1954).
929:. Television drama, 91 minutes.
874:The Matter of Paradise: A Novel
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1697:"Capitol Names Boots Le Baron"
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1506:. Omnibus Press. p. 299.
1299:"Key Exec Shifts at Capitol".
1258:"Charles Meggses Grandparents"
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902:The War Train: A Novel of 1916
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2117:La Rochelle, Réal (1988).
2069:. April 6, 1963. p. 6
1500:Hemmingsen, Piers (2016).
1048:Staff (October 30, 1997).
711:Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
2409:Harvard University alumni
2288:. Allentown, Pennsylvania
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1645:"TeenSet Magazine Part 2"
1536:"Long & Winding Life"
1483:"The Beatles Are Coming!"
1417:. Oxford University Press
441:Foote, Cone & Belding
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1649:Music Journalism History
770:Grass Valley, California
315:200,000 to one million.
283:I Want to Hold Your Hand
240:Capitol Records Building
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1986:Green Bay Press Gazette
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2194:"Mrs. Meggs Says 'No'"
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2011:South Pasadena Review
1832:Howard, Jake (2018).
1806:"One Summer, Forever"
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657:Bobbs-Merrill Company
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917:Two Fathers' Justice
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603:Appaloosa Horse Club
475:Magical Mystery Tour
345:The Ed Sullivan Show
154:Saint Lawrence River
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1914:The Chicago Tribune
722:Hachita, New Mexico
636:in the category of
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464:John Van Hamersveld
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127:Cowboy Hall of Fame
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2154:Detroit Free Press
1606:"Happy Occasion",
1442:Fab 4 Collectibles
1221:"Future Pasadenan"
966:The New York Times
847:G.P. Putnam's Sons
808:mid-century modern
735:Detroit Free Press
693:The New York Times
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169:Paramount Pictures
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1225:Los Angeles Times
1196:Los Angeles Times
1152:Los Angeles Times
1115:Los Angeles Times
1085:Los Angeles Times
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804:Rose Bowl Stadium
707:Aristotle Onassis
628:Meggs' 1974 book
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590:. Seaman won the
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840:William F. Nolan
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638:Best First Novel
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511:Compact Cassette
448:Seraphim Records
212:Old South Church
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340:mop-top haircut
307:American gospel
299:Dave Dexter Jr.
244:U.S. East Coast
232:Capitol Records
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652:Saturday Games
630:Saturday Games
611:Dale Robertson
586:who drove for
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561:
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453:Paul Hindemith
446:Meggs founded
388:the Beach Boys
376:Paul McCartney
258:and conductor
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216:Algonquin Club
206:Meggs married
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107:music magazine
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1466:Paul Revere
702:La traviata
670:on soprano
526:Helen Reddy
425:Judith Sims
413:Donna Loren
350:Beatlemania
332:Paul Revere
287:the Beatles
271:the Beatles
236:EMI Records
173:French horn
135:Edgar Award
103:the Beatles
25:Brown Meggs
2343:Categories
2089:Gorman, Ed
1654:August 31,
1541:Daily News
1464:Note that
934:References
783:, Saxony,
546:Leo Kottke
291:Love Me Do
193:Korean War
181:St. Luke's
158:Erie Canal
53:1930-10-20
2067:Billboard
1967:Billboard
1941:Billboard
1881:Billboard
1788:Billboard
1719:Billboard
1701:Billboard
1487:Billboard
1353:Billboard
1006:0006-2510
997:Billboard
853:Appaloosa
737:reviewed
621:painting
607:Appaloosa
550:Bob Dylan
457:Myra Hess
408:Billboard
404:Earl Leaf
380:Black Lab
336:Billboard
162:Gananoque
131:Appaloosa
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1629:Cash Box
1577:(2019).
1379:(2003).
1302:Cash Box
829:Writings
796:Pasadena
760:(1994).
623:Wrangler
579:McCall's
522:the Band
252:Melodiya
144:(1974).
137:for his
85:Writer,
1415:OUPblog
1055:Variety
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567:Esquire
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293:" and "
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