# Alan Callan

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{{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](/source/AllMusic). Retrieved 12 April 2010</ref> and music executive.<ref>[McVie, John](/source/John_McVie). [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](/source/Swan_Song_Records) (a record label established by English rock band [Led Zeppelin](/source/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](/source/business_manager) for [Jimmy Page](/source/Jimmy_Page)<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P1-108604993.html Warner Music Stock Falls in 1st Trading Day]. [Associated Press](/source/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.](/source/Scottish_Open_(golf))<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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/bone_tumor) 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](/source/The_Guardian)''. Retrieved 12 April 2010</ref>

== References ==
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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](/source/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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