Tony Barrow

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Tony Barrow

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Tony Barrow; the man who was The Beatles Press Secretary from 1962 to 1968 and who coined the term “The Fab Four” dies aged 80

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2 ... --obituary

“His duties ranged from writing the liner notes that appeared on the back of their album sleeves to managing various public relations disasters, including John Lennon’s foolish boast in 1966 that the Beatles had become more popular than Jesus. That summer he helped them flee from their ill-fated trip to Manila when the group inadvertently snubbed the Philippines president Ferdinand Marcos and his First Lady Imelda by missing a lunch at which they were the guests of honour.”

As a 15 / 16-year old on Merseyside I can remember reading Tony Barrow when he wrote for the Liverpool Echo under the name of “Disker”.
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