"the ""Rock Band"" concept to Apple Corps, the music production company created by the Beatles, and its key shareholders Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Yoko Ono. Initial meetings were arranged with the shareholders using an early prototype of the game to garner their interest in the title. One stipulation that the Apple Corps shareholders required of Harmonix was that the game feature songs spanning the band's entire career. Harmonix subsequently created a more complete demonstration that used examples of music and artwork that they envisioned for the game. The five-song demo, which included an early build for ""Here Comes the"
"grape (purple). Ume, Fuji apple, and Pine Fresh (pineapple) Mentos are sold exclusively in Japan. Flavors only available in certain countries; Enigma (Czech Republic) Rainbow (UK and US) Ume (Japan) Fuji Apple (Japan) Pine Fresh (Japan) Ice (Canada) Part of Mentos's popularity in the US and Canada can be attributed to its campy TV commercials and catchy jingle, which debuted in late 1991 on American and Canadian television. Shot in South Africa, individuals facing various day-to-day dilemmas consume Mentos and are subsequently inspired to solve their problems at hand in a creative, often-humorous fashion. For example, a job interviewee sits"
"of Beatles songs for advertisement as well as the importance of this particular case: On 9 November 1989, the lawsuit was settled out of court. As with previous cases between Apple and EMI, a condition of the settlement was that terms of the agreement would be kept secret. It was suggested, however, by a spokesman of Ono that in the end of a very ""confusing myriad of issues"" there was a large exchange of money. Nike had also ceased to use the song for advertisement in March 1988. Apple Corps Apple Corps Ltd (informally known as Apple) is a multi-armed"
"the US, including ""The Beatles"" (also known as the White Album), ""Yellow Submarine"", ""Abbey Road"" and ""Let It Be"". During that time, Klein became the Beatles' business manager and ran Apple under the aegis of his company ABKCO, for which Bennett served as promotions manager. After the band's break-up in April 1970, Bennett continued to manage promotion for each of the four Beatles – John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr – within his role at ABKCO. He also handled promotion for the Beatles' original drummer, Pete Best, and numerous other stars. He was the promoter for the"
"and The United States ""Caramel Apple Filled,"" has a green apple-flavored filling. TV advertisements in Germany and the United Kingdom from around 1997 featured an old man offering Werther's caramel to his grandson. The grandfather in the first United Kingdom adverts spoke with an American accent, but was later localised to Received Pronunciation. The actor Arnold Peters appeared in them. In the ads aired in the United States, TV actor Robert Rockwell played the kind-hearted grandfather. An adaptation was later produced for the Japanese market. One British advert consisted of a montage of the grandfather and grandson bonding together (for"
"shareholder and director of Apple"". Ono had expressed approval when the commercial was released, saying the commercial ""is making John's music accessible to a new generation"". The ""Revolution"" lawsuit and others involving the Beatles and EMI were settled out of court in November 1989, with the terms kept secret. The financial website TheStreet.com included the Nike ""Revolution"" advertisement campaign in its list of the 100 key business events of the 20th century, as it helped ""commodify dissent"". English pop band Thompson Twins covered ""Revolution"" on their 1985 album ""Here's to Future Days"", from which it was released as the fourth"
"several months before Nilsson's own debut in October 1967. At the press conference announcing the formation of Apple, the Beatles named Nilsson as both their favorite American artist and as their favorite American group. Derek Taylor, the Beatles' press officer, had introduced them to Nilsson's music. In 1995, Ringo Starr joined Davy, Peter and Micky to film a Pizza Hut commercial. Julian Lennon was a fan, stating at the time of Davy Jones' passing, ""You did some great work!"" In June 2007, Tork complained to the ""New York Post"" that Jann Wenner had blackballed the Monkees from the Rock and"
"Neil Aspinall Neil Stanley Aspinall (13 October 1941 24 March 2008) was a British music industry executive. A school friend of Paul McCartney and George Harrison, he went on to head the Beatles' company Apple Corps. The Beatles employed Aspinall first as their road manager, which included driving his old Commer van to and from shows, both day and night. After Mal Evans started work for the Beatles, Aspinall was promoted to become their personal assistant, later becoming chief executive of their company, Apple Corps. On behalf of Apple, Aspinall was involved in notable court cases against Allen Klein, EMI"
"Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, on 28 April 2015, for the first time in 49 years. Indeed, this concert commemorates the 49th anniversary of the first Beatles concert at the venue. In a released statement, McCartney said, ""It was sensational and quite emotional remembering the first time and then experiencing this fantastic audience tonight."" In the film ""Help!"", McCartney lip-syncs ""Another Girl"" while standing on a coral reef on Balmoral Island in the Bahamas, and plays a girl in a bikini as if she is a guitar. Since McCartney's hands are occupied (with either bass or girl), George Harrison mimes McCartney's guitar"
"tribal chief, which means he must marry the chief's New York-accented daughter who dislikes pineapples; While picnicking in Japan, John goes for a swim in a pond with shrinking potion in it and gets shrunk. The other Beatles think John is a Beatle doll and chase after him. Sing Alongs: Anna (Go to Him) / Mr. Moonlight 17. Anna / I Don't Want To Spoil The Party: In Japan, Paul gets lured into a ghost ship called ""Ah-Nah"". The other Beatles dash off to the rescue before they might lose Paul for good; Paul, George and Ringo sneak away from"
"gained the American rights to the ""Let It Be"" soundtrack album (along with the American rights to another, earlier, United Artists Beatles movie soundtrack LP, 1964's ""A Hard Day's Night""). Aside from the red apple, other examples in which the apple has been altered include George Harrison's album ""All Things Must Pass"" triple album, on which the first two discs have orange apples while the third has a jar label reading ""Apple Jam""; black and white apples on John Lennon's album ""John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band"" and Yoko Ono's album ""Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band""; a blue apple on Ringo Starr's single"
"of Freddie Mercury's original solo video intercut with footage of Queen performing live at Wembley Stadium, One Vision, A Kind Of Magic and Now I'm Here, and Freddie's solo video Living On My Own. The song has appeared in the multiple television advertisements, mainly in Japan. The original version recorded by Mercury appeared in the TV commercial of Japanese cosmetics company Noevia in the mid 1980s. The Queen version was released as a single exclusively in Japan in February 1996, because the song was used in a TV ad for Kirin Ichiban Shibori, one of the best-selling liquors of the"
"Khan a Grammy for their duet. Prior to this, Charles returned to the pop charts with ""Baby Grand"", a duet with the singer Billy Joel. In 1989, he recorded a cover of the Southern All Stars' ""Itoshi no Ellie"" for a Japanese TV advertisement for the Suntory brand, releasing it in Japan as ""Ellie My Love"", where it reached number 3 on its Oricon chart. In the same year he was a special guest at the Arena di Verona during the tour promoting ""Oro Incenso & Birra"" of the Italian singer Zucchero Fornaciari. In 2001-02, Charles appeared in commercials for"
"of Japan. He was later awarded the Order of the Rising Sun on November 3, 2015. Keiichi Ishizaka Born in Saitama-ken, he learned the music of Japan while studying Business Administration at Keio University. He graduated in 1968 in the same school. Ishizaka became an inside director in 1968 before being promoted at Toshiba-EMI in 1991 and stayed until 1993. He was called ""Mr. Beatles"" for endless efforts of promoting the British band's albums in Japan. In 1998, Ishizaka became the executive director of Universal Music Japan. Three years later, he became the company's CEO, and in October 2006 he"
"ever in South Korea, but when arriving to Japan, he came down with a virus that forced him to postpone, and then cancel all the Asian leg shows. In 2015, the cancelled Asian leg shows were rescheduled. The first show was held in Osaka on 21 April 2015. At the Tokyo Dome, there were three shows on 23, 25, 27 April. On 28 April, the show continued on the Budokan, where the Beatles held their concert in 1966. On 28 April 2015 at the Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, McCartney performed live ""Another Girl"" (the fifth song from The Beatles' ""Help!"""
"early 1967, Beatles and Co. The Beatles' publicist, Derek Taylor, remembered that Paul McCartney had the name for the new company when he visited Taylor's company flat in London: ""We're starting a brand new form of business. So, what is the first thing that a child is taught when he begins to grow up? A is for Apple"". McCartney then suggested the addition of Apple ""Core"", but they could not register the name, so they used ""Corps"" (having the same pronunciation). McCartney later revealed that he had been inspired by René Magritte's painting, ""Le Jeu de Mourre"", featuring an apple"
"characters from the film adorned cans of Dr Pepper, Diet Dr Pepper, and Dr Pepper Cherry. In 2011, rapper Pitbull appeared in a commercial with the slogan ""Let's have a real good time."" Also in 2011, Dr Pepper was featured in the anime ""Steins;Gate"" as Dk Pepper for copyright issues. In 1963, singer Donna Loren became a spokesperson for the company when she was selected in a nationwide search to be the “Dr Pepper Girl”. National exposure followed for Loren as she promoted the drink via radio, print, television, calendars, billboards, and personal appearances. One of her first appearances for"
"exclusive to the UK: Several American ads were modified for the UK market. In some of these ads, the events that occur in the narrative differ significantly from the original American campaign. Others follow the original ads more closely, with only minor differences (many based on the differences in characterization from the actors involved or language differences between American English and British English). These ads are also performed by Mitchell and Webb. The adapted ads are On December 12, 2006, Apple began to release ads in Japan that were similar in style to the US Get a Mac ads. The"
"their ""image as pin-up pop stars was also undergoing a metamorphosis"" by late 1966. The Beatles are shown inspecting ""objets d'art"" that the Japanese promoter had arranged to have brought to the group's hotel suite, on 1 and 2 July,<ref name=""Irvin/Strokes"">Irvin, Jim. ""Different Strokes"". In: .</ref> to help fill the time before their shows at the Budokan Hall. The LP cover was one of several references to the Beatles that the English band Oasis incorporated into the artwork for their albums and singles from 1994 onwards, at a time when the Britpop movement drew heavily on the visual style of"
"Beer, which filmed in Japan, Saipan, England & New Zealand. Other commercial campaigns include Go Daddy as the jerk agent to Danika Patrick, Kayak.com as a moronic traveler who buys rice flour that looks like cocaine, United States Postal Service as an over-caffeinated coffee distributor, and Hyundai Motor Company as a Tony-Robbins-style motivational speaker. As a voice actor, Dittman is known to anime fans as the voice of Kabuto Yakushi on the hit show ""Naruto"". He also plays Kafk Sunbeam on ""Zatch Bell!"" as well as lending his voice to a half-dozen pilots and web series for Fox Broadcasting Company's"
"Mac and PC are played by the Rahmens, a Japanese comedy duo. The ads used to be viewable at Apple's Japan website. The following ads are exclusive to Japan: Several American ads were modified for the Japanese market. In some of these ads, the events that occur in the narrative differ significantly from the original American campaign. Others follow the original ads more closely, with only minor differences (many based on the differences in characterization from the actors involved). The adapted ads are While not strictly a part of the ad campaign, Hodgman and Long appeared in videos during Steve"
"the program format, ""Dennis Mitchell's Breakfast With The Beatles"", is carried to 60 radio stations, including in North America, Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, and three affiliates in New Zealand. Mitchell, a member of the Nevada Broadcasters' Hall of Fame, had hosted a local version of the program for 11 years prior to moving to syndication in early 2002. Mitchell's guests have included Yoko Ono, Ringo Starr, Olivia Harrison, Brian Wilson, Geoff Emerick, Pete Best, Sir George Martin and many others. As of 2013, the show's ad sales were being handled by United Stations Radio Networks. It is distributed by DOR"
"After Klein's departure, Apple was managed by Neil Aspinall on behalf of the four Beatles and their heirs. Apple Records' distribution contract with EMI expired in 1976, when control of the Beatles' catalogue—including solo recordings to date by George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr—reverted to EMI (Paul McCartney had acquired ownership of his solo recordings when he re-signed with Capitol in 1975). The original UK versions of the Beatles' albums were released worldwide on compact disc in 1987 and 1988 on the Parlophone label. Previously, ""Abbey Road"" had been issued on CD by the EMI-Odeon label in Japan in"
"Aspinall in April 2006 to remaster completely and release the entire Beatles catalog on an unspecified online music service, as well as release some previously unheard work by the band. No date was set at that time. It has also been reported that the Beatles' music catalog might initially be appearing on iTunes only, as Apple is reported to be negotiating with Britain's EMI group over an online distribution deal that might be exclusive for a limited time. During his January 9, 2007 Macworld Keynote address, Apple CEO Steve Jobs used the band's song ""Lovely Rita"" to introduce the music-playing"
"Apple output, Dhani Harrison referred to ""politics and legal things"", while likening the non-chronological approach to that of the ""Star Wars"" film series. In the US, the release was promoted via a ""George Harrison Week"" initiative on the TBS television show ""Conan"", beginning on Monday, 22 September.<ref name=""Strecker/BB"">Erin Strecker, ""Paul Simon Performs 'Here Comes The Sun' for George Harrison Week on 'Conan'"", billboard.com, 24 September 2014 (retrieved 25 September 2014).</ref> Over separate nights that week, Beck performed the ""All Things Must Pass"" track ""Wah-Wah"", Paul Simon played Harrison's Beatles song ""Here Comes the Sun"",<ref name=""Kaye/CofS"">Ben Kaye, ""Beck kicks off Conan's"
"album and accompanying single took off in Japan, the country in which he would see success on a larger scale than anywhere else in the world. He was so popular there that he even appeared on Coca-Cola cans. In Europe, subsequent singles failed to replicate the chart success of his first two singles, giving him the title two-hit wonder. The Japanese version of ""Everybody Jam!"" included a total of five bonus tracks, including the hit singles there Su Su Su Super Ki Re i and ""Pripri Scat"", which were commissioned by Japanese companies for commercials for cosmetics and pudding respectively."
"for late August 1968 to coincide with the label's launch, which was marked by the highly publicised release of its ""First Four"" singles. As a result, parts of ""Ski-ing"", ""Cowboy Music"" and ""Wonderwall to Be Here"" were included in ""Apple"", a ten-minute film designed to promote the new label at distributor EMI's international sales conferences. Delayed from this scheduled date, ""Wonderwall Music"" instead appeared in November, a few weeks before ""The Beatles"". The release date was 1 November 1968 in Britain (with Apple catalogue number SAPCOR 1) and 2 December in America (as Apple ST 3350). The mono version of"
"and the Blue Jeans. The shows were sponsored by the Japanese newspaper ""Yomiuri Shimbun"" and promoted by the Kyodo Agency. Both the 30 June performance, when the Beatles were dressed in dark green suits with red shirts, and the first show on 1 July, when they wore Hung On You-designed grey suits with thin orange stripes, were filmed in colour by Nippon TV. The footage was swiftly edited by the television company and combined with brief segments of documentary footage for broadcast, as ""The Beatles Recital: From Nippon Budokan, Tokyo"", at 9 pm on 1 July. As ultranationalist students demonstrated"
"the Beatles time-traveling to 2016. Released in June 2016 on the website of Tokyo radio station InterFM897, it coincides with the TV program ""KKBOX Here comes The Beatles"" and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the band's visit to Japan. On April 9, 2017, Urasawa began co-hosting a radio program with actor and comedian Junji Takada. airs Sundays at 5pm on Nippon Cultural Broadcasting and features both men talking about their lives, professions, and favorite hobbies. That year Urasawa also began the limited series ""Mujirushi: Le Signe des Rêves"" in a collaboration with France's Louvre Museum. It began in ""Big Comic"
"Perhaps due to the simplicity of the lyrics, this single was an even bigger hit in Japan (under the title ""Ki ni naru onna no ko"" 気になる女の子). This song had a small revival in 2005 in Japan due to its being used in an Otsuka Pharmaceutical's ""Amino Supli"" sports drink commercial. Michael and the Messengers Michael and the Messengers were an attempt to take advantage of the popularity of the group ""The Messengers"". Originally formed in Minnesota as a high school band, they were re-formed in Milwaukee at Marquette University by the original bass player, Greg Jeresek. The Messengers had"
"one darker and one lighter. ""For You"" has been described as a low-tempo love song. ""Lollipop"" was used as the promotional song for 7-Eleven in Japan, Sony Ericsson and was chosen as the POWER PLAY song for NTV's ""Happy Music ."" ""Outside Fishbowl"" was used as the ending theme to the Japanese release of season three of Prison Break. ""Inside Fishbowl"" was used as the ending theme for Guru Guru NAINTINAIN . ""Got To Be Real"" was used as the promotional theme for Pepsi's new product in Japan, PEPSI NEX. The promo for the product was alongside Japanese band L'Arc-en-Ciel,"
"UK and US, the single was released by Apple, although EMI retained the rights to the song as part of their contract. It was the only Beatles' single to include an accompanying artist's name, crediting ""Get Back/Don't Let Me Down"" to ""The Beatles with Billy Preston"". Neither Apple nor Capitol Records created a picture sleeve for the single — it was simply packaged in a sleeve stating ""The Beatles on Apple"". Apple launched a print ad campaign for the song concurrent with its release showing a photo of the band with the slogan ""The Beatles as Nature Intended"", indicating that"
"happi coats bearing the JAL logo. Their attire was a publicity coup for the airline, who, recognising the value of being associated with the Beatles' financial success, had instructed one of its First Class flight attendants to ensure that the band emerged wearing these traditional Japanese coats. Faced with a wall of glaring lights, the four musicians believed they were waving to a throng of fans, as was usual when they arrived in a new country. In fact, they were surrounded by security personnel, and only twenty members of the public were present to witness their arrival.<ref name=""Timeline/Mojo"">""June 21–30, 1966""."