Tony Sheridan

Tony Sheridan
Tony Sheridan performing live, November 2004
Tony Sheridan performing live, November 2004
Background information
Birth nameAnthony Esmond Sheridan McGinnity
Born(1940-05-21)21 May 1940
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Died16 February 2013(2013-02-16) (aged 72)
Hamburg, Germany
Genres
Occupations
  • Guitarist
  • singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • violin
Years active1958–2013
LabelsPolydor
WebsiteOfficial website

Anthony Esmond Sheridan McGinnity (21 May 1940 – 16 February 2013), known professionally as Tony Sheridan, was an English rock and roll guitarist who spent much of his adult life in Germany.[1] He was best known as an early collaborator of the Beatles (though the record was labelled as being with "The Beat Brothers"), one of two non-Beatles (the other being Billy Preston) to receive label performance credit on a record with the group, and the only non-Beatle to appear as lead singer on a Beatles recording which charted as a single.

  1. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 1079. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.