Bill Harry

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Bill Harry was born in Liverpool, England. He attended Liverpool College of Art with John Lennon and Stuart Sutcliffe. Harry was a member of The Dissenters [1] and the founder and editor of Mersey Beat, a weekly pop newspaper documenting the Liverpool scene. The publication is best known for being the first to feature a then-new band called The Beatles in the early 1960s.

Harry has also worked as a publicist, providing public relations for such acts as Led Zeppelin, Suzi Quatro, Free, The Arrows, and Hot Chocolate.

He is a critically acclaimed author, receiving the Gold Badge Award from the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters in 1995 [2].

Bill is currently Chief Consultant to Rock and Pop Shop [3], the memorabilia company which produces replica issues of Mersey Beat magazine as well as many art prints of the Mersey Beat front covers and other images from the original magazines.

[edit] Books written or co-written by Bill Harry

Arrows : The Official Story Everest Books 1976 ISBN 0-903925-61-3
Mersey Beat: The Beginnings of The Beatles Omnibus Press 1977 ISBN 0-86001-415-0
The Beatles Who's Who Aurum Press 1982 ISBN 0-906053-38-2
Beatlemania Virgin Books 1984 ISBN 0-86369-041-6
Paperback Writers Virgin Books 1984 ISBN 0-86369-021-1
The Book of Lennon Aurum Press 1984 ISBN 0-906053-74-9
Ask Me Why Javelin Books 1985 ISBN 0-7137-1635-5
Beatles For Sale Virgin Books 1985 ISBN 0-86369-097-1
The Book of Beatle Lists Javelin Books 1985 ISBN 0-7137-1521-9
The McCartney File Virgin Books 1986 ISBN 0-86369-157-9
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Atalanta Press 1987 ISBN 187004908X
The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia Virgin Books 1992 ISBN 0-86369-681-3
Jan Olofsson: My 60s Taschen 1994 ISBN 3-8228-8915-6
The Encyclopedia of Beatles People Blandford Press 1997 ISBN 0-7137-2606-7
The Best Years of The Beatles Headline 1997 ISBN 0-7472-7762-1
Whatever Happened to ... Cassell 1999 ISBN 0-7137-2675-X
The John Lennon Encyclopedia Virgin Books 2000 ISBN 0-7535-0404-9
The Paul Mccartney Encyclopedia Virgin Books 2002 ISBN 0-7535-0716-1
The George Harrison Encyclopedia Virgin Books 2003 ISBN 0-7535-0822-2
The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia Virgin Books 2004 ISBN 0-7535-0843-5
The British Invasion Chrome Dreams 2004 ISBN 1-84240-247-1