London (AP) — Jackie Lomax, a singer-songwriter who worked with The Beatles and enjoyed a long solo career, has died at age 69. Lomax died Sunday in the Wirral, near Liverpool in northwest England, following a brief illness, according to his official website. Website manager Alistair Hepburn said Wednesday that Lomax's family told him of the death. The family also released a statement to The Beatles Shop in Liverpool, manager Stephen Bailey said. Lomax was signed to the Beatles' Apple label in the 1960s. He had known the band members since their early days at Liverpool's Cavern Club, when he was...
- 9/18/2013
- by Gregory Katz (AP)
- Hitfix
The following article is provided by Rolling Stone.
By Miriam Coleman
A tie that once belonged to John Lennon sold for £3,627 (around $5,600) at an auction in Liverpool this weekend. The Liverpool Echo reports that Lennon had given the black knitted tie in 1962 to a young fan who regularly attended the Beatles' lunchtime sessions at the city's legendary Cavern Club.
Link: Rolling Stone’s List of the 100 Greatest Singers Of All Time: John Lennon
"The Beatles were recording some numbers and I was sitting on the edge of the stage holding the microphone stand," said Joyce McWilliams, who was 15 years old at the time. "It was very hot in the club and John asked me to lend him a handkerchief to mop his brow with. He handed it back to me, and loosened his tie when I said: 'I thought you were going to give me your tie,' and he just handed it to me.
By Miriam Coleman
A tie that once belonged to John Lennon sold for £3,627 (around $5,600) at an auction in Liverpool this weekend. The Liverpool Echo reports that Lennon had given the black knitted tie in 1962 to a young fan who regularly attended the Beatles' lunchtime sessions at the city's legendary Cavern Club.
Link: Rolling Stone’s List of the 100 Greatest Singers Of All Time: John Lennon
"The Beatles were recording some numbers and I was sitting on the edge of the stage holding the microphone stand," said Joyce McWilliams, who was 15 years old at the time. "It was very hot in the club and John asked me to lend him a handkerchief to mop his brow with. He handed it back to me, and loosened his tie when I said: 'I thought you were going to give me your tie,' and he just handed it to me.
- 8/26/2013
- Huffington Post
A signed copy of the Beatles single 'Please Please Me' has sold for £9,000 at auction in Liverpool. The "very, very rare" 1963 record was sold by a local lady who had asked all four members of the group to sign it after watching them at the city's Cavern club as a youngster. Other items to be sold at the annual Beatles memorabilia auction included a cap once owned by John Lennon, which fetched £3,200, and the door of number 38, Kensington - where the band first recorded - which went for £2,300. Speaking of the moment the seller of the single brought it to him, Stephen Bailey, manager of the Liverpool Beatles Shop, told the BBC: (more)...
- 8/28/2011
- by By Colin Daniels
- Digital Spy
London, Aug 29 – A porcelain lavatory once used by singer John Lennon was sold for 9,500 pounds at an auction here, a media report said.
The porcelain lavatory was used by the singer for three years when he lived at Tittenhurst Park in Berkshire between 1969 and 1972, Daily Telegraph reported.
It was expected to sell for just 1,000 pounds but an overseas investor paid 9,500 pounds for it at the 33rd annual Beatles Convention in Liverpool.
Stephen Bailey, a ‘Fab Four’ expert and the auction’s.
The porcelain lavatory was used by the singer for three years when he lived at Tittenhurst Park in Berkshire between 1969 and 1972, Daily Telegraph reported.
It was expected to sell for just 1,000 pounds but an overseas investor paid 9,500 pounds for it at the 33rd annual Beatles Convention in Liverpool.
Stephen Bailey, a ‘Fab Four’ expert and the auction’s.
- 8/29/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
London, Aug 29 – Late Beatles star John Lennon’s toilet has been sold for 9,500 pounds at an auction in Liverpool.
An overseas collector bought the porcelain lavatory that was used by the music legend during the three years he lived at Tittenhurst Park, Berkshire, between 1969 and 1972.
Lennon gave it to builder John Hancock, telling him “to use it as a plant pot” after he installed a new toilet.
“It is unbelievable,” the BBC quoted the Fab Four expert and auction organiser Stephen Bailey as saying.
“We had bids coming in from all over the place but it went to a private overseas buyer.”
The sale took place in the The Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool.
An overseas collector bought the porcelain lavatory that was used by the music legend during the three years he lived at Tittenhurst Park, Berkshire, between 1969 and 1972.
Lennon gave it to builder John Hancock, telling him “to use it as a plant pot” after he installed a new toilet.
“It is unbelievable,” the BBC quoted the Fab Four expert and auction organiser Stephen Bailey as saying.
“We had bids coming in from all over the place but it went to a private overseas buyer.”
The sale took place in the The Paul McCartney Auditorium at The Liverpool.
- 8/29/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
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