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| − | Born: [[Nik Venet|Nikolas Kostantinos Venetoulis]] on Dec. 3, 1936, in [[Baltimore]].
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| − | Died: January 1998, Los Angeles.
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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 was helping to set up [[United Artists]] Records.
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