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Born: [[Nik Venet|Nikolas Kostantinos Venetoulis]] on Dec. 3, 1936, in [[Baltimore]].

Died: January 1998, Los Angeles.

Worked as a teenage songwriter in New York's Brill Building along with Bobby Darin and Carole King.

Aged 19 he moved to Los Angeles and worked with [[Lord Buckley]] before becoming a producer and talent scout with [[Capitol Records]].

In 1962 he recorded the [[Beach Boys]] after their independently produced "Surfin'" single had been a minor local hit.

He would sign many acts to [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] including The Stone Poneys featuring [[Linda Ronstadt]] who had a hit with "Different Drum" written by [[The Monkees|Mike Nesmith]] and John Stewart; the latter would write "Daydream Believer" for [[The Monkees]].

He commisioned Zappa's [[Lumpy Gravy]] for [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] but due to contractual problems it would eventually be released by [[MGM]].

By the early 1970's Venet was helping to set up [[United Artists]] Records.

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−	~~Worked as a teenage songwriter in New York's Brill Building along with Bobby Darin and Carole King.~~
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−	~~Aged 19 he moved to Los Angeles and worked with [[Lord Buckley]] before becoming a producer and talent scout with [[Capitol Records]].~~
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−	~~In 1962 he recorded the [[Beach Boys]] after their independently produced "Surfin'" single had been a minor local hit.~~
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−	He would sign many acts to [[Capitol Records\|Capitol]] including The Stone Poneys featuring [[Linda Ronstadt]] who had a hit with "Different Drum" written by [[The Monkees\|Mike Nesmith]] and John Stewart; the latter would write "Daydream Believer" for [[The Monkees]].
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−	~~He commisioned Zappa's [[Lumpy Gravy]] for [[Capitol Records\|Capitol]] but due to contractual problems it would eventually be released by [[MGM]].~~
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−	~~By the early 1970's Venet had moved to [[United Artists]] Records.~~


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−	By the early 1970's Venet ~~was helping~~ to ~~set up~~ [[United Artists]] Records.	+	By the early 1970's Venet had moved to [[United Artists]] Records.