- John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 - 8 December 1980), was an Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning English songwriter, singer, musician, graphic artist, author and political activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founders of The Beatles. Lennon and Paul McCartney formed a critically acclaimed and commercially successful partnership writing songs for The Beatles and other artists. Lennon, with his cynical edge and knack for introspection, and McCartney, … - George Harrison
George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, author and sitarist best known as the lead guitarist of The Beatles. Following the band's demise, Harrison had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys super group where he was known as both Nelson Wilbury and Spike Wilbury. - Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney MBE, known as Paul McCartney, (born 18 June 1942) is an Academy Award- and Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. McCartney and John Lennon formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships and "wrote some of the most popular music in rock and roll history." On leaving The Beatles, … - Ringo Starr
Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an Academy Award and Grammy Award winning English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer of The Beatles. He was the oldest and shortest member of the band, and the last to join the now familiar 'Fab Four' line up. - Dear Prudence
"Dear Prudence" is an advice column appearing weekly in the online magazine "Slate" and syndicated to over 200 newspapers. The column was initiated on 20 December 1997. "Prudence" was a pseudonym, and the author's true identity was not revealed at the time. "Slate"'s archive currently indicates that the author of those first columns was Herbert Stein. Stein ceased writing the column after three months and the column went on hiatus. - Del Shannon
Del Shannon (born Charles Weedon Westover in Coopersville, Michigan) was an American rock and roller who launched into fame with the No. 1 hit "Runaway" (1961). The song introduced the musitron, an early form of the synthesizer played by "Runaway" co-writer and keyboardist Max Crook. - Dave Edmunds
Dave Edmunds (born 15 April, 1943 in Cardiff, Wales) is a singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he was primarily associated with pub rock and New Wave, and had numerous hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, he was steadfastly devoted to pre-Beatles rock and roll music. - Julian Lennon
John Charles Julian Lennon known universally as Julian Lennon, (born April 8, 1963 in Liverpool, England) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and first son of Beatle John Lennon and the only child of his first wife Cynthia Lennon. His godfather was Beatles' manager Brian Epstein. His father's nickname for him was "JCJ", and he was named after John Lennon's late mother, Julia. - Stu Phillips
Stu Phillips (b. September 9, 1929) is a television and film music composer. He is best known for composing the theme tunes to many popular television shows of the 1970s and 1980s, including Knight Rider, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Quincy, and The Hardy Boys Mysteries. Phillips was also involved in scoring television shows all throughout that period and composed music for episodes of shows such as The Six Million Dollar Man, McCloud, … - John Scott
John Scott (b. Patrick John O'Hara Scott, November 1, 1930, Bristol, England) is a British composer and conductor. Over nearly four decades, John Scott (aka Johnny Scott and Patrick John Scott) has established himself as one of the finest composers working in films today, having collaborated with foremost producers and directors worldwide, including Richard Donner, Mark Damon, Hugh Hudson, Norman Jewison, Irvin Kershner, … - Rhett Miller
Rhett Miller, born Stewart Ransom Miller II in Austin, Texas on September 6, 1970, is the lead singer of the alt-country band Old 97's as well as a successful solo musician. He graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas in Dallas in 1989. Miller briefly attended Sarah Lawrence College before dropping out after one semester. In 1990, Miller joined Murry Hammond and drummer Benjamin Warrenfells to form Sleepy Heroes, a Dallas-based "alterna-pop" band. - Chris Bell
Chris Bell (January 12, 1951 - December 27, 1978) was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Memphis, Tennessee. Along with Alex Chilton, he led the power pop band Big Star, which recorded albums during the early 1970s. Chris Bell left the group after their first album, "#1 Record", but contributed some music and lyrics to their second LP, 1974's "Radio City". - Arthur Alexander
Arthur Alexander, born in Sheffield, Alabama, was perhaps one of the biggest stars to arise out of the American country-soul scene. Jason Ankeny, music critic for All Music Guide, said Alexander was a "country-soul pioneer" and though largely unknown, "his music is the stuff of genius, a poignant and deeply intimate body of work on par with the best of his contemporaries." Working with Spar Music in Florence, Alabama, … - Geoff Emerick
So Emerick is in a unique position to throw light on the band's creative process as well as their personalities from the beginning to "The End," so to speak. Apart from George Martin and snippets from the boys themselves, few have been in a position to discuss the Beatles' studio work from the inside. - Zak Starkey
Zak Starkey (born 13 September, 1965 at Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital in London, England) is an English musician, best known as the current drummer for the British rock bands Oasis and The Who, although he is not an official member of either band. He is also well-known as the first-born child of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr (real name: Richard Starkey) and his first wife, Maureen Cox. - Norman Smith
Norman Smith (born 22 February1923) is a musician and record producer. He was the engineer on all of the recordings by the Beatles up until 1965 when EMI promoted him from engineer to producer. The last Beatles album he recorded was "Rubber Soul". A native of the North London area of Edmonton, Smith was working with the Beatles on 17 June1965 when he was offered 15,000 pounds by the band's music publishing company, Dick James Music, … - Billy Fury
Originally from Wavertree in South Liverpool, Billy Fury was born on April 17, 1940, at Smithdown Hospital, now Sefton General Hospital, Smithdown Road, Liverpool, Merseyside. He was an internationally successful pop singer from the late 1950s to the early 1960s, and remained an active songwriter until the 1980s. He died on January 28, 1983 at St Mary Abbott's Hospital, Paddington, West London. - Emitt Rhodes
Emitt Rhodes, an American singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, was born February 25, 1950 in Hawthorne, California. Considered by many as "the one man Beatles," Emitt Rhodes' recordings show a clear Paul McCartney influence in both vocals and musicanship. Emitt Rhodes began his career in musical ensembles The Palace Guard (as the group's drummer) and The Merry-Go-Round (multi-instrumentalist), leaving the drums to the expertise of Joel Larson. - Andrew Loog Oldham
Andrew Loog Oldham (born January 29 1944) is an English rock and roll producer, impresario and author. He was best known as the manager of The Rolling Stones in the 1960s, taking a flamboyant style inspired by his role model and friend Phil Spector. A celebrated and self-proclaimed hustler who spent teenage summers swindling tourists in French resort towns, … - Eric Matthews
Eric Matthews (born 1969 in Compton, California) is an American composer, musician, recording artist, and record producer. Eric came to the world's attention as one half of the band Cardinal. Cardinal was formed with Australian singer-songwriter Richard Davies in 1992 while the two both lived in Boston, Massachusetts. Cardinal introduced Eric as a multi-instrumentalist and arranger while Richard contributed most of the songwriting. - Johnny Kidd
Frederick Heath best known as Johnny Kidd, was an English singer and songwriter, who was the front man for the rock band, Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. He was one of the pre-Beatles British rock and rollers to achieve worldwide fame. Kidd's most famous song was "Shakin' All Over" which was covered by The Who on the classic "Live at Leeds" album. (This song was also a hit single for the similarly-named Canadian band, The Guess Who, … - Jim Keltner
Jim Keltner (born April 27 1942 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a distinguished session drummer who has contributed to the work of many well-known artists. Keltner is best known for his session work on solo recordings by three of the Beatles, working often with George Harrison, John Lennon (including Lennon solo albums, as well as albums released both by the Plastic Ono Band and Yoko Ono), and Ringo Starr. - Will Lee
Will Lee (born September 8, 1952) is an American musician and bassist, best known for his work on the CBS Television program "The Late Show with David Letterman" as part of the CBS Orchestra. Born in San Antonio, Texas, Lee has recorded and/or toured with many artists including Bette Midler, The Brecker Brothers, Barry Manilow, Mariah Carey, Carly Simon, Steely Dan, B.B. King, Cat Stevens, Michael Bolton, Ringo Starr, Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine, … - Riccardo Cocciante
Riccardo Cocciante, also known in french speaking countries as Richard Cocciante (February 20, 1946 in Saigon, French Indochina, now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam), is a French-Italian singer-songwriter and actor. In 1976, Cocciante covered the Beatles song "Michelle" for the ephemeral musical documentary "All This and World War II". - Landon Pigg
Landon Pigg (born August 6, 1983) is a singer and songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. Influenced by Rufus Wainwright, David Mead, Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, and Radiohead, Pigg composes songs with strong hooks and expressive melodies. Pigg released his self-titled debut "LP" on July 25, 2006. - Barbara Dickson
Barbara Dickson OBE (born Dunfermline, Fife, 27 September 1947) is a Scottish singer, best known for her stage and concert performances, and some hit singles. Dickson's singing career started in folk clubs around her native Fife in 1964. Her first commercial recording was in 1967. Archie Fisher ran a folk club in Edinburgh, and invited her to sing with him on "The Fate O' Charlie", a collection of Jacobite songs, in 1969. - Lars Saabye Christensen
Lars Saabye Christensen. His debut was in 1976 with the poem collection Historien om Gly. Among other notable books by this author, is Herman, Gutten Som Ville Være En Av Gutta, Maskeblomstfamilien and Modellen. In 2002 he received the The Nordic Council's Literature Prize for his book "The Halfbrother". The book was also shortlisted for the 2005 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. - Rachael Sage
Rachael Sage is an American songwriter. She was born in Port Chester, NY and studied drama and ballet, before switching to music. She has released seven albums, as of April 2006, on her own label, MPress Records, and regularly tours both North America and Europe. East Village songstress, poet and multi-media maven Rachael Sage has been making gutsy pop music in one form or another since she was three years old. - Dick James
Dick James (born Reginald Leon Isaac Vapnick, 12 December 1920, in East End, London - died 1 February 1986) was the singer of the "Robin Hood" and "The Buccaneers" theme songs, from British television in the 1950s, and was a friend and associate of renowned record producer George Martin. - Mark Hudson
Mark Hudson (born August 23, 1951) is a record producer, musician and songwriter living in Los Angeles, California. He was a member of the Hudson Brothers, and has produced albums for Ringo Starr, Aerosmith, Hanson and the Baha Men. - Henry Gross
Henry Gross (born April 1, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York), is a singer-songwriter best known for his hit song "Shannon". Gross began his career with Sha Na Na as a guitarist. He possesses a falsetto voice, which was used on "Shannon", a 1976 song inspired by the death of Beach Boy Carl Wilson's Irish Setter. It reached #6 on the U.S. charts in 1976. "Shannon" was produced by Terry Cashman. - Alan W. Pollack
Alan W Pollack is a musicologist. He is best known for having musically analysed every Beatles song released. He started the task in 1989 and finished in 2000, with 187 songs and 25 covers. The analyses have come to be known as the "Notes on..." Series, as each is entitled "Notes on Love Me Do", "Notes on Help!" etc - Tommy Aldridge
Tommy Aldridge (born on August 15, 1950, in Jackson, Mississippi), is a heavy metal and hard rock drummer who has pioneered double bass drumming. Tommy is noted for his work with numorous bands and vocalists, most notable being Ozzy Osbourne, Black Oak Arkansas, Pat Travers, Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake. Aldridge taught himself how to play drums and was inspired by rock legends like Cream, the Beatles, … - Dave Wakeling
Dave Wakeling (born David Wakeling, 19 February 1956, in Birmingham, England) is a rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is most famous for singing and writing songs for the 1980s ska bands The Beat (known as The English Beat in the U.S., as an L.A.-based band of the era had established use of the "Beat" name) as well as General Public. The Beat's sound was born when Dave and his bandmates started speeding up Reggae tunes, … - Doyle Dykes
Doyle Dykes is an American country acoustic guitarist. He is influenced by a wide variety of musical styles and musicians such as Chet Atkins to the Beatles. Doyle’s early years as a guitarist took him around the world as he toured with The Stamps Quartet and later with Grand Ole Opry Star, Grandpa Jones. Doyle has since returned to the Grand Ole Opry for numerous performances, many appearing live on national television. - Cristina Donà
Cristina Donà (Rho, Italy, September 23, 1967) is an Italian singer and songwriter. She developed a passion for music since she was a teenager, her favorites singers being, among others, Bruce Springsteen, Sinead O'Connor, Joni Mitchell, Michelle Shocked, Tom Waits, Lucio Battisti, and Beatles. She studied at Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milano, where, during a student protest in 1990, she met Manuel Agnelli, leader of the Italian indie rock band Afterhours. - Chris Bliss
Chris Bliss is an American stand up comedian and juggler. He majored in comparative literature at Northwestern University and the University of Oregon before dropping out to pursue a career in juggling. Bliss decided not to pursue the conventional route of circus style juggling. Instead he chose to blend popular music with tightly choreographed fast paced moves. Where other jugglers seek to juggle more and more objects, Bliss chose to juggle only three balls. - Heather McCartney
Heather Louise McCartney, née Heather Louise See, is the biological daughter of Linda McCartney (née Eastman) and Joseph Melville See Jr., an American geologist. McCartney's parents divorced after only eighteen months of marriage, because See had taken off for Africa and expected his wife and daughter to follow. Linda See refused, and sent a letter to her husband stating that she wanted a divorce. - Dick Emery
Richard Gilbert "Dick" Emery (19 February 1917 - 2 January 1983) was an English comedian and actor whose popularity began on radio during the 1950s, and after his transition to television his popularity grew and developed throughout the 1960s and 1970s. He was the brother of Ann Emery. - Mickey Thomas
Mickey Thomas (born December 3 1949, in Cairo, Georgia), is an American singer. He was inspired to take part in music after seeing a Beatles performance in 1964. He travelled to Atlanta with long time childhood friends Charles Connell, Lewis Oliver, Tommy Verran and Walter Wight. Thomas, Connell and Verran wound up in their first rock and roll band together. Ironically, Verran was the lead singer at the time. They split up to go to different colleges, …
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