Tony Barrow
Tony Barrow was the Beatles' press officer from 1962 to 1968. He also wrote extensively for the Liverpool Echo and KRLA Beat in Los Angeles. Tony passed away in 2016. If anyone has contact details for Tony's family or executors, let us know.
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Report by Tony Barrow, Liverpool Echo, 21 October 1963
BEGINS TO-DAY: The Fabulous Stary Of Liverpool's Famous Four ...
The Beatles, The Quarrymen: It's the Beatles! Fans Just Didn't Dig The 'Quarrymen'
Retrospective by Tony Barrow, Liverpool Echo, 22 October 1963
THE STRUGGLING DAYS... ALL OF FIVE YEARS AGO Second Article In The Series By TONY BARROW ...
Retrospective by Tony Barrow, Liverpool Echo, 23 October 1963
IN JULY 1961 at Litherland Town Hall, a Crosby man put on a show which could now pack Liverpool Stadium twice over and probably leave ...
The Beatles: It's the Beatles! part 4: What It Is Like To Be Famous
Interview by Tony Barrow, Liverpool Echo, 24 October 1963
JUST AS thousands of pop-conscious and/or fashion-conscious young men have added collarless Cardin jackets or suits to their sleek wardrobes, it looks as though the ...
The Beatles: It's the Beatles! Part 5: How To Avoid The Stage Door Crowds... Enter Through The Roof
Report and Interview by Tony Barrow, Liverpool Echo, 25 October 1963
FAN CLUB IS NOW BIG BUSINESS... ...
The Beatles, George Martin: It's The Beatles! To Each — Quick Wits And A Mind Of His Own
Report and Interview by Tony Barrow, Liverpool Echo, 26 October 1963
Concluding the story of LIVERPOOL'S FAMOUS FOUR ...
The Beatles: Revolver Is Title For New Beatle LP
Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 13 August 1966
DURING THEIR Germany/Far East tour THE BEATLES worked out a final running order for their upcoming U.K. album, due for Parlophone release August 5. ...
The Beatles, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers: Cliff Bennett First To Cover Revolver
Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 13 August 1966
WHENEVER A new album by THE BEATLES goes on the market, we know to expect a flood of cover-version singles from different parts of the ...
The Rolling Stones: Sex, Stones & Sullivan
Comment by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 11 February 1967
"I'M NOT superstitious" remarked Mick Jagger at London Airport on Friday January 13. And to prove his point he marched jauntily beneath a couple of ...
The Beatles' Plans For '67: Records, TV Specials and...?
Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 11 February 1967
NEWSPAPER REPORTERS and magazine editors on both sides of the Atlantic seem to have had a thoroughly enjoyable time over the past couple of months ...
Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones: Mick Sheds Chrissie For Faithfull
Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 25 February 1967
EVER SINCE he confirmed publically that he was no longer dating Chrissie Shrimpton it has been fairly common knowledge in London that MICK JAGGER spends ...
The Beatles: Paul's 'Penny' And Lennon's 'Strawberry' — from The Inside
Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 25 February 1967
IT'S BEEN six months since The Beatles brought out a single. Now as ultimate evidence for all those split-up rumour-builders here comes the group's first ...
The Beatles: Beatles Stage Happening With Monkee, Stones...
Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 11 March 1967
41 OF BRITAIN'S most accomplished classical musicians wearing formal evening dress, false noses, assorted king-size sun shades and other good-humoured embellishments. ...
The Beatles: Paul McCartney In America; Beatles Finish Sgt. Pepper
Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 6 May 1967
ON MONDAY, April 3, Paul McCartney flew from London to the West Coast of America, via Paris, accompanied by Mal Evans who is one of ...
The Beatles, The Monkees, The Rolling Stones: Pop Concerts — Essential or Obsolete in '68?
Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 20 May 1967
THE BEATLES have decided that it is no longer possible for them to gain anything other than dollars galore from putting on concert performances. ...
The Beatles: BEAT EXCLUSIVE: A Behind The Scenes Story Of Beatles' Sgt. Pepper
Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 3 June 1967
LONDON — On the first day of February THE BEATLES began to record a song called 'SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND'. Paul had contributed ...
The Beatles, Paul McCartney: Paul McCartney: 'If You'll Shut Up About It I Will'
Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 15 July 1967
ON THE evening of Monday June 19, thirty six hours after the British press had reported and examined Paul McCartney's statement regarding LSD (originally contained ...
The Beatles, Mick Jagger: Beatles And A Stone To Wales With Mystic
Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 23 September 1967
ANY GOOD groupie and, indeed, any teenybopper of average intellect would assure you that one of the least likely places top pop people are to ...
The Beatles, Cilla Black: Brian Epstein's Death Is Ruled Accidental Overdose
Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 7 October 1967
THE NEWS OF Brian Epstein's tragic death led to an immediate storm of speculation about the future of his artists and his various pop empires ...
The Beatles: Harrison Finds Help In House
Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 21 October 1967
GEORGE HARRISON'S contribution to the soundtrack of the Beatles' self-directed hour-long television show Magical Mystery Tour is a new song which he wrote while he ...
"Mama" Cass Elliot, The Mamas and The Papas: Big Mama Arrested by Scotland Yard
Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 4 November 1967
SOUTHAMPTON — When the liner France docked at Southampton on Thursday, October 5, Mama Cass Elliot was involved in a series of fantastic quayside incidents ...
The Beatles: Harrison & Lennon Discuss Religion
Interview by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 4 November 1967
BEFORE DEPARTING for India and the beginning of a two to three month meditation study course under the guidance of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Beatles John ...
The Mamas and The Papas: Mystery Surrounds the Mamas & Papas' Future
Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 2 December 1967
LONDON — First there is a Mamas and Papas, then there is not a Mamas and Papas, and then there is! Confusion piled high upon ...
The Beatles: Beatles in TV Controversy
Report by Tony Barrow, KRLA Beat, 27 January 1968
A VIOLENT storm of controversy surrounded the London unveiling of Magical Mystery Tour, the Beatles' first self-made TV movie. When the show was screened by ...
The Beatles, Paul McCartney: Beatles by Barrow: Paul — the Cute Beatle Boy
Profile by Tony Barrow, Melody Maker, 10 February 1968
PROBING NEW BEATLES SERIES BY THE MAN WHO'S KEPT SILENT FOR FIVE YEARS ...
The Beatles, George Harrison: Beatles by Barrow: Beatle Who's Changed The Most
Profile by Tony Barrow, Melody Maker, 17 February 1968
TONY BARROW, the Beatles press representative, writes about the Beatles for the first time in five years. Naturally, he chose Melody Maker. Barrow has been ...
The Beatles, Ringo Starr: Beatles by Barrow: Beatle at the Back
Profile by Tony Barrow, Melody Maker, 24 February 1968
TONY BARROW, the Beatles press representative, writes about the Beatles for the first time in five years, Naturally, he chose Melody Maker. Barrow has been ...
The Beatles, John Lennon: Lennon the Outrageous Beatle
Profile by Tony Barrow, Melody Maker, 2 March 1968
TONY BARROW, the Beatles' press representative, concludes his four part series with this article on John Lennon. Barrow has been associated with the Beatles since ...
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