{{Short description|British music executive (1946–2014)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{infobox person | name=Alan Callan | birth_date={{birth date|1946|8|1|df=y}} | birth_place = U.K. | death_date={{death date and age|2014|5|27|1946|8|1|df=y}} | occupation={{flatlist| *Businessman *record producer *music executive }} | children=2 }} '''Alan Callan''' (1 August 1946 – 27 May 2014) was a British businessman, record producer<ref>Couture, François. [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r545225/credits|pure_url=yes}} Review- Murray Head: Greatest Hits (Headcase)]. AllMusic. Retrieved 12 April 2010</ref> and music executive.<ref>McVie, John. [http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/qa/bobweston_qa1.htm Bob Weston Interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070108102040/http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/qa/bobweston_qa1.htm |date=8 January 2007 }}. ''The Penguin Q&A Sessions 6–19 December 1999''</ref> He worked as an executive for Swan Song Records (a record label established by English rock band Led Zeppelin in 1974),<ref>{{Cite book | last =Welch | first =Chris | title = Peter Grant: The Man who Led Zeppelin | year =2002| publisher = Omnibus Press | location =London | pages = 139}}</ref> as a business manager for Jimmy Page<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P1-108604993.html Warner Music Stock Falls in 1st Trading Day]. Associated Press. 5 November 2005. Retrieved 11 April 2010 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415173712/http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P1-108604993.html |date=15 April 2010 }}</ref> and as a chairman for Scottish Open Championship Ltd.<ref>Glover, Tim. [https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf-charitable-faldo-agrees-to-play-for-a-song-1591113.html Golf: Charitable Faldo agrees to play for a song]. ''The Independent''. 12 July 1995. Retrieved 11 April 2010</ref> He was also the founder and CEO of the short-lived startup WorldSport.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/jan/21/newsstory.sport4|title= Perils and pitfalls on rocky road to El Dorado|last=Henderson|first=Jon|date=21 January 2001|newspaper=The Observer|access-date=22 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportbusiness.com/news/former-cpma-chairman-callan-dies/|title=Former CPMA chairman Callan dies|date=3 June 2014|website=SportBusiness.com|access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
== Personal life == He had a daughter and a son. He died on 27 May 2014, having been diagnosed with bone cancer in April 2000 and had been battling the disease over the years.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/jul/17/newmedia.mondaymediasection4 People were walking out with i-Macs under their arms]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved 12 April 2010</ref>
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== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110611163322/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article424171.ece What did you do during the boom, daddy?]''Times Online'' *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050412050504/http://www.buckeye-web.com/prox/grant.html Callan's eulogy for Peter Grant] ''Proximity'' Led Zeppelin fanzine.
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