TONY SHERIDAN (AND THE BEATLES)
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Tony Sheridan (born on 21 May 1940), is an English rock and roll singer-songwriter and guitarist. In 1958 he began appearing on the BBC's Oh Boy, playing electric guitar. Sheridan was soon viewed as a very promising guitarist and as such was employed backing a number of singers, reportedly including Gene Vincent and Conway Twitty while they were in England. Providentially his little band was offered a gig in Bruno Koschmieder's "Kaiserkeller" club in Hamburg, Germany. As fate would have it, his bandmates soon packed up and left Germany, but Sheridan remained behind. In a bizarre twist a young Liverpool rock group was then booked by Liverpool club-owner/manager Allan Williams to play in Koschmieder's second club "The Indra", and thus the young, raw Beatles came face to face with "professional" musician Tony Sheridan and his now makeshift band. This face to face contact rapidly grew into mutual great admiration, particularly on the part of young George Harrison, who, as lead guitarist for the Beatles, never missed a chance to corner fellow lead guitarist Sheridan and practise with him endlessly. The relationship was largely symbiotic, with the Beatles sometimes backing Sheridan, but with Sheridan often joining the Beatles during their own sets back them playing guitar. When German Polydor producer/A and R man Bert Kaempfert saw the pairing on stage, he suggested that Sheridan and the Beatles make some recordings together. Kaempfert viewed Sheridan as the one with "star" potential, and though they signed the Beatles to play on Sheridan's records their contract with them stipulated that the four Beatles (Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Pete Best) only had to play on a minimum of two songs. Of the seven songs recorded during Sheridan's two day-long sessions for Polydor in June 1961, it should be pointed out that at times the band behind Sheridan would be down to only two Beatles, and that conversely only on their two solo songs do all four Beatles play (minus Sheridan), while Sheridan plays on all of his tracks. Polydor's beliefs in Sheridan's coming stardom were so strong that they buried the two solo Beatle tracks until much later. And additionally both John Lennon and Tony Sheridan swore that there were several other Beatle tracks that were recorded during the two-day session, but that either they were not preserved OR something else happened to them. In 1962, after a series of singles (the first of which, "My Bonnie"/"The Saints" made it to #5 in the Hit Parade), the record was released in America on Decca with a black label and also in a pink label for demo play. The record has the distinction of being one of the most expensive collectible 45 rpm. Ringo Starr also very briefly played in Sheridan's backing band during very early 1962, before returning to Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. Starr was reportedly unhappy with Sheridan performing songs he had not rehearsed with his band. Ringo thus narrowly missed playing on Sheridan's album debut. Also in 1962, Polydor released the album My Bonnie across Germany. The word Beatles was judged to sound too similar to the German Pidels (pronounced peedles), the plural of a slang term for penis, hence the album was credited to Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers. At a point in the mid-Sixties Sheridan's whole musical style underwent an abrupt transformation, away from his rock and roll roots and towards a more blues and jazz oriented sound. Though these recordings were praised by some, many fans of his earlier work felt disappointed. By 1967, Sheridan had become disillusioned with his Beatle-brought fame. As he was more concerned by the Vietnam War, Sheridan agreed to perform for the Allied troops. While in Vietnam however, the band that he had assembled was fired upon and one of the members was killed. Reuters reported that Sheridan himself had died. For his work entertaining the Allies, Sheridan was made an honorary Captain of the United States army. In the early 1970s, Sheridan managed a West German radio programme of blues music, which was well-received. In 1978, the Star Club was reopened, and Sheridan performed there along with Elvis Presley's TCB Band. Today, Tony Sheridan lives with his wife Anna in Seestermόhe, a village north of Hamburg. In addition to music, he is interested in heraldry and designs coats of arms.
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My Bonnie / Why
Cry For A Shadow / What'd I Say
Spain
Polydor EPH 50 924
Value: 200
Nick Nack-Hully-Gully
Laternen Hully-Gully
Germany
Polydor 52 185
Value: 85
Φsten Warnerbring
Ain't She Sweet
Sweden
Lucky Stuff STUFF1
Value: 250
PROMO FOR LUCKY STUFF
Φsten Warnerbring
Ain't She Sweet
Sweden
Lucky Stuff STUFF1
Value: 550
PROMO FOR LUCKY STUFF
Φsten Warnerbring
Ain't She Sweet
Sweden
Lucky Stuff STUFF1
Value: 250
PROMO FOR LUCKY STUFF
Ruby Baby / Nobody's Child
If You Love Me Baby / Let's Dance
Mexico
Polydor 1168
Value: 100
Shake It Some More
La Bamba
Germany
Polydor Int. 52 944
Value: 40
Skinny Minny
Sweet Georgia Brown
Denmark
Polydor NH 52 324
Value: 450
Skinny Minny
Sweet Georgia Brown
Germany
Polydor 52 324
Value: 20
Skinny Minny
Sweet Georgia Brown
Germany
Polydor 52 324
Value: 20
BACK OF SLEEVE
Skinny Minny
My Bonnie
Germany
Polydor 2135 501
Value: 15
REISSUE
Skinny Minny
My Bonnie
Germany
Polydor 2042 116
Value: 10
REISSUE
Skinny Minny / Get On The Right Track, Baby
Just A Little Bit / My Babe
France
Polydor 21 978 M
Value: 100
Skinny Minny / I Got A Woman
Get On The Right Track, Baby / You'd Better Move On
Spain
Polydor EPH 50 936
Value: 180
Skinny Minny / Sweet Georgia Brown
My Bonnie / My Babe
Germany
Polydor 2606 013
Value: 20
DUE GROSSEN VIER
Swanee River
You Are My Sunshine
Japan
Polydor DP-1393
Value: 70
Sweet Georgia Brown
Why
DDR
Amiga 4 50 471
Value: 60
Sweet Georgia Brown / My Bonnie
Swanee River / My Bonnie
Germany
Polydor NCB 240 003
Value: 40
Veedeboom Slop Slop
Let's Slop
Germany
Polydor 52 099
Value: 15
Veedeboom Slop Slop / Let's Slop
Let's Dance / What'd I Say
Spain
Polydor EPH 50 910
Value: 230
Vive L'Amour
Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
Germany
Polydor Int. 421 009
Value: 25
Vive L'Amour
Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
Japan
Polydor DP-1461
Value: 50
What'd I Say
Ruby Baby
Germany
Polydor 52 025
Value: 30
What'd I Say
Kansas City
Japan
Polydor DP-1429
Value: 60
When The Saints / Cry For A Shadow
My Bonnie / Why
Mexico
Polydor 1053
Value: 50
When The Saints / Let's Dance
Veedeboom Slop Slop / Let's Slop
Spain
Polydor EPH 50 926
Value: 200
Whole Lotta Shakin Going On
Germany
Metronome M 25 551
Value: 25
Why
Cry For A Shadow
Japan
Polydor DP-1362
Value: 70
Why
Cry For A Shadow
USA
MGM K-13227
Value: 230
Wolga Lied
Alles Aus Liebe Zu Dir
Germany
Polydor 52 733
Value: 60
Ya Ya, Part 1 / Ya Ya, Part 2
Sweet Georgia Brown / Skinny Minny
Germany
Polydor 21 485 Hi-Fi
Value: 450
You Are My Sunshine
Swanee River
Germany
Polydor 24 849
Value: 40
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