
Episode 100: “Love Me Do” by the Beatles
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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The Shadows - A History of the Group
John, Stewart and George lived in a flat they shared with several other people. Royston Ellis gave them their first national press - but it was negative. The Beatnik pad they chose to photograph for this story was the one that John, Stewart andGeorge lived in. Several of their friends and associates are in the pictures,. They were all kicked out of their flat, and moved back in with their families. Around this time they lost Norm Chapman from the group, too. But then, as seems to have happened so often with this group, a bizarre coincidence happened.
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