TONY SHERIDAN, 72
Died Feb. 9, 2013. The Beatles backed him in their early days in Hamburg, Germany. Supposedly, George Harrison improved his licks from Sheridan. Paul McCartney said he "was a good guy who we knew and worked with from the early days in Hamburg."
He was born Anthony McGinnity in Norwich, England in 1940 and went to Hamburg in 1960 with a band called The Jets. At times he was backed by the Beatles. Recently he had lived in Hamburg.
Back then, the Beatles were sometimes listed as The Beat Brothers. Sheridan is the only non-Beatle to ever sing lead on a Beatles recording single that charted.
It was at a two-day recording session that Sheridan's "My Bonnie" and "The Saints" were recorded along with the Beatles' "Ain't She Sweet" and "Cry for a Shadow." In 1962, "My Bonnie/The Saints" went to #5 in the UK and was later released in the US on the Decca label. That Decca 45 is considered one of the most expensive 45s, one in mint condition selling for $15,000 in 2007.
I liked all of these songs after I became aware of them once the Beatles "hit" it big in 1964 here in the US.
Wondering If I Have One of Those Deccas? --RoadDog
Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
No comments:
Post a Comment