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Also known as Leon Isaac Vapnick, Isaac Vapnik, Reginald Leon Isaac Vapnick

British music publisher (1920–1986)

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Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1920
Active to
1986
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Dick James (12 December 1920 – 1 February 1986), born Reginald Leon Isaac Vapnick, was a music publisher and the founder of the DJM record label and recording studios, as well as (with Brian Epstein) The Beatles' publisher Northern Songs. He was born in the East End of London. James sang with North London dance bands in his early teens, and was a regular vocalist at the Cricklewood Palais by the age of seventeen. He joined the Henry Hall band, and made first radio broadcast in 1940. <a href="h

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date of birth
1920-12-12
date of death
1986-02-01
pseudonym
Dick James
birth name
Leon Isaac Vapnick
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