Klaus Voormann, born on April 29, 1938 in Berlin
Artist, Musician, Producer, and all-around Lovely Man
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Stuart Sutcliffe: June 23, 1940 - April 10, 1962
Exactly 51 years ago today, on April 10th, 1962, we lost a beautiful soul.
Sutcliffe was gone from the world at only 21 years of age on that tragic evening due to a brain haemorrhage which until today Doctors haven’t a clue why he got it though some think it was caused by a […]
JOHN LENNON’S LETTER TO ERIC CLAPTON SELLS FOR $35,000 AT AUCTION
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A draft of a letter John Lennon wrote to Eric Clapton on Sept. 29, 1971 asking him to collaborate on a musical project recently sold for $35,000 at an auction.
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As Promised, your Christmas reading.
But don’t let it interrupt the Queen speech.
Just another Day. Christmas Day, 1962.
As the Day before was a “No Work” Day, we were all anticipating that today would be a boring Day, resulting in the decision that we should all go to The English Seaman’s Mission for Christmas Lunch. But as this was a sugestion […]
The Beatles Say Goodbye to Hamburg
Backstage in Hamburg in June 1966, The Beatles met up with old friends from their stints in the city.
From left to right: George, Kathia Berger, Paul, Icke Braun and (his wife at the time, German actress) Evelyn Hamann, Ringo, John and Bettina “Betty” Derlien
(Betty remembers going to the movies with John back in the […]
Quarrymen pianist leaves the Beatles first ever record to ‘gather dust’ for 20 years
Living with a goldmine…John Lowe didn’t realise he had the most expensive record in the world laying in his drawer
A MAN who once owned the most valuable record in the world has revealed how he left it gathering dust in a drawer for 20 years – and later sold it for a song.
The original acetate […]
Iconic Twickenham Film Studios Is ‘Saved’
The Beatles get their hair done before going on set to film at Twickenham Studios
The iconic Twickenham film studios, which made the Beatles films, Blade Runner and War Horse, has been saved from closure following a celebrity-backed campaign.
Big names in the film industry such as Colin Firth, Steven Spielberg and Sir Paul McCartney signed a petition […]
Sir Tom Jones reveals the Beatles hit that was written for him
It’s one of The Beatles most famous songs but if the course of rock ‘n’ roll history had been altered, it’s Sir Tom Jones who would be famous for singing The Long And Winding Road – not The Fab Four.
The Welsh icon has revealed how his fellow knight of the realm, Sir Paul McCartney offered […]
Fifth Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe’s old Huyton school Park View saved
Stuart Sutcliffe photographed by Astrid Kirchherr, in the woods near the river Elbe, 1960.
FIFTH Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe’s former school was spared the axe amid fears of a pupil exodus.
In December the ECHO revealed how Knowsley council was proposing to close Park View primary in Huyton where bassist Sutcliffe, synonymous with The […]