Who were The Beat Brothers?

 


The name change from the original The Quarry Men to The Beatles went through many stages and spellings.Johnny and the Moondogs, the Beatals, the Silver Beetles, and the Silver Beats were all test-driven. None felt right

Perhaps the weakest name they ever considered was The Beat Brothers. Yet this was what appeared on the first records John, Paul, George (and Pete) recorded for Polydor (Hamburg) in 1961. 

Tony Sheridan

Polydor's producer in Hamburg was none other than Bert Kaempfert. Bert signed the English rock singer Tony Sheridan, allowing Sheridan to choose the musicians to accompany him 

Sheridan had old-school preconceptions about showbiz names.  He dropped his own real surname (McGinnity) when first appearing on Ready Steady Go. 

He now insisted that his backing band adopt a nom de plume. The Beat Brothers, he argued, would have more market appeal than the weird-sounding The Beatles.
 
You Are My Sunshine? - Did any Beatles play on this Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers recording
Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers - Beatles hang out with Hamburg wild man (4-minute free Medium read)
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