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Pete Shotton
Born
(1941-08-04)4 August 1941
Liverpool, England
Died
24 March 2017(2017-03-24) (aged 75)
Knutsford, England
Occupation
Businessman
Peter Shotton (4 August 1941 – 24 March 2017) was an English businessman. He was known for creating the Fatty Arbuckle's chain of restaurants and for his long friendship with John Lennon of the Beatles; he played the washboard in the Beatles' precursor the Quarrymen and remained close to the band, holding various positions related to their business ventures over the years.
Peter Shotton (4 August 1941 – 24 March 2017) was an English businessman. He was known for creating the Fatty Arbuckle's chain of restaurants and for...
chords and songs. Lennon founded a skiffle group with his close friend PeteShotton and after a week of gaining new members, they named themselves The Quarrymen...
1956) John Lennon – vocals, lead guitar Eric Griffiths – rhythm guitar PeteShotton – washboard Bill Smith – tea chest bass The Quarrymen (November–December...
testimony from several independent sources, including George Martin and PeteShotton, supports McCartney's claim to authorship. "Eleanor Rigby" continued...
Mosspits Lane Primary School, which included future Quarrymen members PeteShotton and Nigel Walley, and briefly, John Lennon. Len learned how to play the...
in a theatre production of Much Ado About Nothing. In 2009, he played PeteShotton in the BAFTA nominated film Nowhere Boy. He went on to appear in the...
Dirty Filthy Love, Monroe and Rev. and played John Lennon's best friend PeteShotton in the BBC4 drama Lennon Naked. In 2005 he played Detective Sergeant...
of the first business ventures by Apple Corps. Lennon's schoolfriend PeteShotton was hired as manager, and the Dutch design collective The Fool were brought...
poem. The final piece of the song came together during a visit from PeteShotton, Lennon's friend and former fellow member of the Quarrymen, when Lennon...
George Harrison David Threlfall as George Toogood Smith Josh Bolt as PeteShotton Ophelia Lovibond as Marie Kennedy James Michael Johnson as Stan Parkes...
can't walk on water after all. Lennon stays with his childhood friend PeteShotton in his mansion and asks him to bring Yoko. After Lennon and Yoko record...
might have served as an example for Lennon. According to his friend PeteShotton, when Lennon played him the acetate of "Doctor Robert", "he seemed beside...
Apple money clip was given to the first 50 guests. Lennon's friend Peter Shotton managed the store with Harrison's wife Pattie Boyd's sister Jenny Boyd...
Hanton helped form the Quarrymen along with John Lennon, Eric Griffiths, PeteShotton and Rod Davis. He was asked to join the nascent band, largely because...
series) Jeff Lynne Billy Preston Jimmie Nicol Tony Sheridan PeteShotton Lord Woodbine Pete Best Norman Chapman Tommy Moore (musician) Chas Newby Stuart...
Harrison and John Lennon of The Beatles, and Lennon's lifelong friend PeteShotton attended. Some others who attended the school were comedian Jimmy Tarbuck...
the Daily Howl to amuse his best friend and later Quarrymen bandmate PeteShotton, to whom he would show his work before he let anyone else see it. Turner...
and Lennon became friends at the age of five, even though Walley and PeteShotton (who also lived in Vale Road) went to Mosspits Lane Infant/Junior School...
Cleave, inspiring the band's song "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)". PeteShotton, a friend of Lennon's, also suggested Cleave, though Cleave has said...
childhood home in Woolton, a suburb of Liverpool. Lennon and his friends PeteShotton, Nigel Walley and Ivan Vaughan used to play in the wooded garden behind...