EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British Transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 2012, it was the fourth largest business group and record label conglomerate in the music industry, and was one of the big four record companies (now the big three); its labels included EMI Records, Parlophone, Virgin Records, and Capitol Records, which are now owned by other companies.
Henry James Beach[1][2] (born 9 March 1942 in Gloucester) is a British lawyer and band manager, best known for being the long-time manager of the rock band Queen, its individual members and the comedy group Monty Python.[3] He was nicknamed “Miami” by Freddie Mercury, a play on his surname. He took over as manager of the band in 1978 after he had acted on their behalf as a lawyer.
Beach is co-founder of Transistor Project, together with Blur’s Dave Rowntree.[4] Beach is also the co-founder of the Mercury Phoenix trust, which promotes AIDS prevention worldwide[5]. Beach lives in Montreux, Switzerland.[6]