Bill Harry is the creator of Mersey Beat, an important newspaper of the early 1960s, which focused on the Liverpool music scene, and is best known for being the first to feature a new band called The Beatles in the early 1960s. Harry started various magazines and newspapers before attending the Liverpool College of Art, with fellow students Lennon and Sutcliffe.

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  • Bill Harry is the creator of Mersey Beat, an important newspaper of the early 1960s, which focused on the Liverpool music scene, and is best known for being the first to feature a new band called The Beatles in the early 1960s. Harry started various magazines and newspapers before attending the Liverpool College of Art, with fellow students Lennon and Sutcliffe. Harry met his wife-to-be, Virginia, at the Jacaranda club (managed by Allan Williams, the first manager of The Beatles) and she later agreed to help Harry start a music newspaper. After borrowing £50, Harry released the first issue of Mersey Beat on 6 July 1961, with the first 5,000 copies selling out within a short time. Harry arranged for the future Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, to see them perform a lunchtime concert at The Cavern Club on 9 November 1961. Epstein subsequently asked Harry create a national music paper, so he started the Music Echo, but after problems with Epstein about editorial control, he decided to become a P.R. , working for many solo artistes and groups.
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  • Bill Harry is the creator of Mersey Beat, an important newspaper of the early 1960s, which focused on the Liverpool music scene, and is best known for being the first to feature a new band called The Beatles in the early 1960s. Harry started various magazines and newspapers before attending the Liverpool College of Art, with fellow students Lennon and Sutcliffe.
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