Alan Livingston

American music executive, publisher, record and movie producer.

Married to Betty Hutton (1942-1955) and Nancy Olson (1962).
Hired by Capitol Records as writer/producer in the mid 40s,
he create the popular children's entertainment character Bozo The Clown.
Moved to the music department as vice president in the early 50s, he revived Frank Sinatra'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 The Beatles 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 EMI, deeming them unsuitable for the US market.
In 1970 he founded the independent label Mediarts, together with Nick Venet.
In August 1976, Livingston joined Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation as Senior Vice President.

Born: October 15, 1917, McDonald, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: March 13, 2009, Beverly Hills, California, USA