Bill Harry


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Bill Harry is the leading authority on the Beatles and founder of the music paper Mersey Beat, that helped launch The Beatles. He moved to London in 1966 where he was engaged as a PR officer for The Kinks and The Hollies. During the next 18 years he was the PR to many artists, including Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Procol Harum, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, The Beach Boys, Clouds, Ten Years After, Free, Mott The Hoople, The Pretty Things, Christine Perfect, Supertramp, Hot Chocolate, Arrows, Suzi Quatro and Kim Wilde. During this time, Bill Harry started a monthly magazine called Tracks, which reported the latest album releases, and another magazine, Idols: 20th Century Legends, which ran for 37 issues, from 1988 to 1991. He also compiled a 34-track compilation, [m=861790], for Parlophone records, which was released on 31 October 1983.
b.: Sept. 17, 1938 in Liverpool, UK

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The Newds
The Street Leads To The River
2022, File, MP3, Single, 320, Not On Label (The Newds Self-released)
Various
The Mersey Sound
2007, CD, Comp, EMI, EMI Gold, ,
Beat
The Fourmost
The Best Of The Fourmost
2005, CD, Comp, EMI Gold, EMI Gold, ,
Beat/Pop Rock
George Harrison
In Performance
2003, DVD-V, PAL, Edgehill Publishing Ltd
Various
Mersey Beat
2003, CD, Comp, Copy Prot., EMI Gold, ,
Beat
Harmony Grass
Cecilia
1998, ,
Surf/Soft Rock/Ballad/Vocal
Hot Chocolate
The Rest Of The Best Of
1994, ,
Soul/Funk/Disco
Hot Chocolate
Their Greatest Hits
1993
Various
The Northern Beat
1990, CD, ,
Pop Rock/Beat
Scott Muni
Scott Muni's "Ticket To Ride": A Weekly Tribute To The Beatles - Sept. 26, 1988 "Brian Epstein"
1988, CD, Transcription, DIR Radio Network
Scott Muni
Scott Muni's Ticket To Ride - Show #111 With Bill Harry - Airdate Weekend March 13, 1987
1987, 2xLP, Transcription, D.I.R. Broadcasting Corp., ,
Public Broadcast
The Swinging Blue Jeans
Shake! The Best Of The Swinging Blue Jeans
1986
The Beatles
First
1984, ,
Rock & Roll/Mod
Various
Mersey Beat
1983, 2x Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Beat/Pop Rock/Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues
Various
Mersey Sounds
1980
Doris Troy
Just One Look
1970
Aretha Franklin
I Say A Little Prayer
1970, Vinyl, ,
Soul/Rhythm & Blues/Chicago Blues
Eric Burdon And The Animals*
Monterey
1968
Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band
Running Wild
1968
Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
Open Up Your Soul
1968
Various
The Stax-Volt Tour In London Volume II
1967, LP, Mono, Stax
Various
Hit 67
1967, LP, Comp, Mono, Stax, Stax
Various
The Stax-Volt Tour In London Volume I
1967
Various
Hit '67
1967, ,
Soul
Various
More Midnight Soul
1967
Ben E. King
What Is Soul?
1967
Various
Hit The Road Stax!
1967
Various
Sock It To Em!
1966, LP, Comp, Atlantic, Atlantic, Atlantic, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Soul
The Four Pennies
Mixed Bag
1966, Vinyl,
Various
This Is Mersey Beat Vol. Two
1963, LP, Comp, Mono, Oriole, ,
Beat/Rock & Roll
Joe Tex
Show Me
LP, Comp, Atlantic
Various
This Is Mersey Beat
1989
Various
Mersey Beat '62-'64 [The Sound Of Liverpool]
1974, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, Gat, United Artists Records, ,
Beat
Various
The Exciting New Liverpool Sound (The Authentic Mersey Beat)
1964
The Beatles
The Red Album 1962-1966
2007, DVD-V, Unofficial, Edgehill Publishing Ltd
The Beatles With Tony Sheridan / Tony Sheridan And The Beat Brothers
The Early Tapes Of The Beatles
2001