The Beatles' first contract with manager Brian Epstein, signed on Jan. 24, 1962, is reportedly going up for sale at Sotheby's auction house next month.

In 1961, Brian Epstein became the Beatles' manager, mentor and friend -- and he would swiftly push the boundaries of the music industry to allow the Beatles to push the boundaries of pop music.

We look back on that magical night when John, Paul, George and Ringo entranced a grieving nation and fired up the engine of ...

Journalist Larry Kane sat down with Beatles manager Brian Epstein in 1964 -- right at the height of the band's rise to fame. The Fab Four had already performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show," and ...

The Beatles' first audition for a record label ended in rejection, their manager Brian Epstein claimed in his autobiography - ...

September 22, 1964: The Beatles, from left to right George Harrison (1943 - 2001), Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, manager Brian Epstein (1934 - 1967), and John Lennon (1940 - 1980), at London Airport.

The first management contract the Beatles signed with Brian Epstein has sold at auction for $343,000, raising money for a charity foundation. The document was legalized on Jan. 24, 1962, with ...

Later, when the Beatles are famous and Epstein has moved to London, we see Brian’s liberated but problematic relationship with a ne’er-do-well American actor named Tex (Ed Speleers), and we ...

Brian Epstein is not a household name. But if it wasn’t for him, The Beatles wouldn’t be either. Now thanks to an award-winning graphic novel called “The Fifth Beatle,” as well as a film ...

Brian Epstein and I were very good friends from the word go, and we liked each other a lot. We sort of ran The Beatles together but he left the music to me and gave me enormous encouragement.

As former Rolling Stones manager — and fellow 2014 Rock Hall of Fame inductee — Andrew Loog Oldham put it, “The Beatles changed our lives. Brian Epstein changed theirs. He made it all possible.

The Beatles' audition for Decca Records in January 1962 is one of the most famous rejections in music history, with the band ...