On January 5, 1966, Litkei partnered with Chas. H. Hansen Music Corp. to form Hanlit Publications. Hanlit became well known for being the sole U.S. publisher and distributor of Beatles sheet music starting in 1966. Other companies he founded included: Olympia Record Industries, Galiko Music and Film Enterprises, Leona Music Publishing, Jade Panther Corporation of America, JazzMania Records, and Aurora Records. In 1982, he hosted a concert at the Lincoln Center with Benny Goodman performing. The concert was to honor hospitalized American war veterans. In 1989, he produced an off-broadway play called Two Aunts. Personal life His wife, Andrea Fodor, was a poet, lyricist and former ballerina. She wrote lyrics for some of his compositions. His daughter, Dr. Cathy Litkei Greene, is married to musician Jeff Greene, who recorded under the Aurora label. References 1921 births 2000 deaths Hungarian male composers Musicians from Budapest Hungarian emigrants to the United States 20th-century Hungarian male musicians