What is Neil Aspinall?
{{unsourced|date=December 2011}} '''Neil Aspinall''' (13 October 1941 - 23 March 2008) was a [[British people|British]] music executive. He was the [[managing director]] of [[Apple Corps]], a company started by [[The Beatles]]. He had earlier served as the band's [[road manager]]. Aspinall was born in [[Prestatyn]], [[North Wales]] and grew up in [[Liverpool]], [[England]]. He was an [[Accounting|Accountancy]] student and lived with the Best family, renting a room in their house. Eldest son [[Pete Best]] was a [[drummer]] who played for the Beatles. Aspinall owned a [[van]], and began driving the band to their shows, and setting up equipment. In time, they began to pay him for this, and he gave up his studies to be their official road manager. During 1962 the Beatles changed drummers when [[Ringo Starr]] joined, and Pete Best was let go. Aspinall offered to quit also, but he was persuaded to keep working for the Beatles. (He kept a connection to the Best family, having a son, Roag, with Mona Best.) Aspinall was joined by another man, [[Mal Evans]], who shared his job duties. Over time, other people helped with setting up and breaking down the Beatles' instruments and equipment, but Aspinall and Evans still [[wiktionary:supervise|supervised]] them. They also did other jobs, like shopping for the band, delivering important messages, and dealing with members of the public who wanted to meet the band. Some of their lesser-known jobs were choosing female audience members at Beatles concerts to visit the band backstage, and signing Beatles autographs on [[photograph]]s. (The demand for autographs was too great for the Beatles themselves to meet practically.) When the Beatles stopped giving concerts, they put time into forming their own company, which became Apple Corps. Aspinall and Evans were both directors at Apple, and [[personal assistant]]s to the Beatles. None of the band's inner circle knew how to run a large [[company]], and Apple got into financial trouble. [[Allen Klein]] and Lee Eastman ([[Paul McCartney