Alan Livingston

American music executive, publisher, record and movie producer. Married to [a299950] (1942-1955) and [a7457739] (1962). Hired by [l654] as writer/producer in the mid 40s, he create the popular children's entertainment character [a3733955]. Moved to the music department as vice president in the early 50s, he revived [a52833]'s career, flanking him with a new working group and arrangers. In 1960 he was nominated president of Capitol, remaining in office until the early 70s. As president, he signed [a82730] in 1963, with ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ as first single, after the label refused to distribute the group's previous hits, released in UK by the sister company [l26126], deeming them unsuitable for the US market. In 1970 he founded the independent label [l61915], together with Nick Venet. In August 1976, Livingston joined [l271048] as Senior Vice President. Born: October 15, 1917, McDonald, Pennsylvania, USA Died: March 13, 2009, Beverly Hills, California, USA