Peter Shotton (4 August 1941 – 24 March 2017) was an English businessman and former washboard player. He is known for his long friendship with John Lennon of The Beatles. He was a member of The Quarrymen, the precursor of the Beatles, and remained close to the group during their career.
Peter Brown, the Beatles 'Mr Fixit'. Brown arranged the wedding in Gibraltar, and was John's best man.
Harrison would keep his friendship with Lennon as tight as ever following their reconciliation and would remain close friends until Lennon's untimely death.
Peter's wife Loraine Alterman Boyle was a reporter for "Rolling Stone" magazine when they first met - he was in his full make-up for Young Frankenstein (1974). Through her friendship with Yoko Ono, Peter met and became best friends with ex-Beatle John Lennon. Lennon served as best man at their wedding.
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He considered him his best friend from 1971 until his death in 1980. In the wake of John's death in 1980, Mintz said his “primary role, at that time, was to be present for Yoko,” to whom he remained a dear friend, as well as Lennon's sons, Julian and Sean, in the years that followed.
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Of course, eventually, the two would become close friends, then frenemies, then contemporaries but there was never any doubt that Lennon considered Bob Dylan to be one of the greats of the music world.
Chicago played an important historical role in the controversy. It was 48 years ago today that Lennon, joined by his band mates, held a news conference to apologize.
Lennon, 59, has had a close relationship with "Uncle Paul" since he was a child. Julian wrote as the caption: "It's amazing who you run into in an airport Lounge! None other than Uncle Paul… So, so lovely, and what are the chances…
The duo became great friends, and before too long, Young Americans was released into the world. The rest was history.
It is widely believed that the closest friendship among The Beatles was the one between John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Ringo Starr and John Lennon held a strong bond that was never in doubt and, following the split of The Fab Four, the success that Starr had in his solo career made Lennon immensely happy.
In the late 1960s, Eric Clapton and George Harrison became close friends and began writing and recording music together. Clapton fell in love with Boyd at this time.
While travelling in the car on the way back from The Record Plant, Lennon spoke to Ono for the last time. “I said, 'shall we go and have dinner before we go home?' ” Ono recalled. “And John said, 'No, let's go home because I want to see Sean before he goes to sleep.
McCartney, 71, told Rolling Stone that the late George Harrison, another member of the foursome, encouraged him to forgive. "George would say to me, 'You don't want stuff like that hanging around in your life. '"
Why did Paul McCartney not like Yoko Ono? McCartney told CNN that he was annoyed by Ono's presence in the recording studio. "We weren't sexist, but girls didn't come to the studio — they tended to leave us to it," he recalled. "When John got with Yoko, she wasn't in the control room or to the side.
One claimed that Julian was not invited to the events because everyone merely presumed he was at his home in Italy. One said: 'It's more a case of c***-up rather than conspiracy. Everyone assumed that Julian was back in Italy – so he wasn't invited.
One of Starr's longest-standing friendships is with his fellow Beatles bandmate, Paul McCartney. “Paul called me the other day … We're close, close friends. We're brothers and you know, for me it was great because I'm an only child and suddenly I had three brothers that I could love, I could rely on, I could help out.
For many years, John had no contact with Julian, but the Beatle made an effort to reconnect in the mid-'70s and the relationship between the two had reportedly gotten much better prior to John's tragic murder in 1980.
What were the religious views of The Beatles? All four of the Beatles had been christened—John and Ringo as Anglicans, Paul and George as Roman Catholics. But all four were raised in homes in which religion played no significant role. By their teen years all of them had lost any interest in religion.
Yoko Ono has apologized to Paul McCartney for insinuating that his songs are trite. Accepting an award on behalf of John Lennon last month, Ono said Lennon had sometimes felt insecure about his songs, asking "why they always cover Paul's songs and never mine."
Paul McCartney opened up about the intense grief he experienced after John Lennon's death — and how it led to "Here Today."
People who said they loved at least one Beatle were asked which of those they love is their favorite. McCartney tops this list as well, by a bigger margin: 45% say he is their favorite. Lennon earns 27% of the vote, while Harrison (17%) and Starr (11%) take third and fourth place.
And who is America's favorite Beatle? Paul McCartney ranked highest, at 35 percent; following by John Lennon (29%), Ringo Starr (11%), and George Harrison (8%). However, there is a gender gap: men favored John, while women preferred Paul.
As teenagers, The Beatles, especially John Lennon, were strongly influenced by Elvis Presley. They started wearing their hair slicked back like Elvis. They admired his rebelliousness and his appeal to women, not to mention his musical talent. “Nothing affected me until I heard Elvis,” John Lennon said.