Allan Williams, The Beatles’ first manager, dies

Source: fox6now.com - Saturday, December 31, 2016
LIVERPOOL, UK — Allan Williams, the club owner and promoter widely credited with the discovery of The Beatles, has died. The music impresario, who also supported the group through their earliest years, was 86. Active on the Liverpudlian music scene for decades after his association with the pop group ended, his passing was confirmed by The Jacaranda — a club he once owned and at which The Beatles played some of their earliest gigs. 1960: A photograph taken by John Lennon showing an early incarnation of the Beatles sitting in front of the inscription ‘Their Name Liveth For Evermore’, at the Arnhem War Memorial in the eastern Netherlands; (left to right) Beatles manager Allan Williams, his wife Beryl, Williams’ business partner and black Calypso singer Lord Woodbine, Stuart Sutcliffe, Paul McCartney, George Harrison (1943 – 2001) and Pete Best. (Photo by John Lennon/Keystone Features/Getty Images) “Today is one of the saddest days in our history,” a post on the club’s Facebook page reads. “(Williams’) legacy has allowed us to remain at the heart of the Liverpool music scene for almost 60 years and his memory will live on through every band that plays our famous stage. “Allan, you will be missed.” The club also paid tribute to Williams via its Twitter page. Today our founder and the man who discovered the Beatles passed away at the age of 86 Allan Williams, you will be missed http://pic.twitter.com/Mh7sq5Er4q — The Jacaranda (@jacarandalpo

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