Category : Tout sur les Beatles

Beatles / Tout sur les Beatles - 7 years ago

The happy list: readers’ responses

We asked you to tell us which cultural pick-me-ups are best at beating the blues. Here are 10 of your top joy-giving films, books and more• Read the Observer writers’ happy list Related: The happy list – 30 cultural gems to brighten dark times Conti...

Beatles / Tout sur les Beatles - 7 years ago

Beatles electronics guru Magic Alex dies

Magic Alex, one of the most colourful and mysteryious characters in the Beatles' story, has died at the age of 74. Born Yanni ('John') Alexis Mardas, he became a close friend of The Beatles in the mid 1960s, eventually becoming head of Apple Electron...

Beatles / Tout sur les Beatles - 7 years ago

Beatles poster artist Tony Booth dies

Tony Booth, who painted many posters advertising shows by The Beatles and other Merseybeat bands, has died at the age of 83. < --more--> He was born Anthony Booth in June 1933, and after leaving school trained as a commercial artist. His first job wa...

Beatles / Tout sur les Beatles - 7 years ago

Allan Williams obituary

Liverpool entrepreneur known as ‘the man who gave the Beatles away’In 1960, the Liverpool entrepreneur Allan Williams arranged for a fledgling group, the Beatles, to undertake a residency at a club in the red light district of Hamburg. It transformed...

Beatles / Tout sur les Beatles - 7 years ago

Sam Leach obituary

Sam Leach, who has died aged 81, promoted beat dances around Liverpool in the early 1960s, including several with the Beatles. He was a firm believer in local talent and without him the Merseybeat scene would not have developed as it did.Sam was born...