Born Mar 30, 1935 • Died Oct 17, 1986
Ron Kass
Last updated on October 12, 2024
Born Mar 30, 1935 • Died Oct 17, 1986
Last updated on October 12, 2024
Paul McCartney attends Neil Aspinall’s wedding
Aug 30, 1968
Paul McCartney begins his journey back to London
June 24-25, 1968
Paul McCartney spends time with Linda Eastman
Jun 22, 1968
The Beatles promote Apple Corps in New York
May 14, 1968
Paul and John meet Ron Kass in New York
May 12, 1968
Apple Corps open offices in London
Jan 22, 1968
From Wikipedia:
Ron Kass (March 30, 1935 – October 17, 1986) was an American businessman, recording executive, manager of The Beatles, and film producer. Kass worked with at least four recording companies: Liberty, MGM, Warner Brothers, and Apple Records.
Early life
Born Ronald Stanley Kashinoff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his family changed the name to Kass when they moved to California. He attended Fairfax High School in Los Angeles where he played in a band that became Tijuana Brass and then got a degree in accounting from UCLA.
Career
Kass married his UCLA sweetheart, Anita, and started working for Liberty Records which was directly across from Hollywood High School. He was promoted to overseas manager and eventually president of Liberty. He started working for Apple Records, the label set up by The Beatles, in 1968 and 1969 which was when he divorced Anita.
He was effectively forced from his position at Apple by the Beatles’ new manager Allen Klein after he was falsely accused of “financial impropriety” (he was succeeded in the position by his former deputy Jack Oliver).
Kass’s film producing credits included Melody (1971), The Optimists (1973) starring Peter Sellers, Naked Yoga (1974) nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject, The Stud (1978) and The Bitch (1979) both based on novels by Jackie Collins, and starring her sister Joan Collins. […]
Paul said, ‘Okay, let’s make a record label.’ They had heard of an American named Ron Kass, who was a major figure in the record business, and Paul learned that on his way to Los Angeles, he would have a stop in London, at the London airport. And so Paul called him and offered to stay late and have lunch with him. So Paul and I drove to the airport to meet this guy at the exit of the plane and went to lunch. And then, at the dinner table, Paul offered him the position of head of Apple Records.
Alistair Taylor – From beatles-chronology.ru
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