The Beatles: Rock Band the "Rock Band" concept to Apple Corps, the music production company created by the Beatles, and its key shareholders Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Yoko Ono. Initial meetings were arranged with the shareholders using an early prototype of the game to garner their interest in the title. One stipulation that the Apple Corps shareholders required of Harmonix was that the game feature songs spanning the band's entire career. Harmonix subsequently created a more complete demonstration that used examples of music and artwork that they envisioned for the game. The five-song demo, which included an early build for "Here Comes the
Breakfast with the Beatles by longtime Beatles expert Chris Carter, who replaced the late Deirdre O'Donoghue in 2001. In 2008, Chris Carter took Breakfast With The Beatles to Little Steven’s Underground Garage on Sirius XM Satellite Radio. Carter’s Sirius XM version of Breakfast with the Beatles was the only officially EMI/Apple sanctioned Beatles show on the air. With the launch of The Beatles Channel in 2017, Carter's program moved to that station. However, Chris still does the local (L.A.) version on KLOS live every Sunday morning, which is not the same version as the one he does on Sirius XM. A syndicated version of