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Tony Sheridan | |
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 Tony Sheridan performing live, November 2004 | |
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| Birth name | Anthony Esmond Sheridan McGinnity |
| Born | 21 May 1940 Norwich, Norfolk, England |
| Died | 16 February 2013 (aged 72) Hamburg, Germany |
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| Years active | 1958–2013 |
| Labels | Polydor |
| Website | Official 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.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 1079. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.