Post #668097 by King Bushwich the 33rd on Wed, Feb 20, 2013 11:55 AM

British Musician Kevin Ayers
co-founded the Soft Machine
Aug 16, 1944 - Feb 18, 2013

Spin: Kevin Ayers

BBC DJ John Peel wrote in his autobiography that "Kevin Ayers' talent is so acute you could perform major eye surgery with it."

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Singer/Guitarist Tony Sheridan
early collaborator of The Beatles
May 21, 1940 - Feb 16, 2013

BBC News: Tony Sheridan

Official Tony Sheridan site

Sheridan and the Beatles recorded nine songs together, with Sheridan singing on seven of them ("My Bonnie," "The Saints," "Why (Can't You Love Me Again)," "Nobody's Child," "Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby," "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Swanee River").
But the Beatles were listed as The Beat Brothers. (The word “Beatles” did not translate in German—except as a slang term for the male sex organ).