The mother of the first drummer for the Beatles owned what club?
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Mona Best Mona "Mo" Best (3 January 1924 – 9 October 1988) was a British music club proprietor, best known as the owner of The Casbah Coffee Club, a club in Liverpool which served as a venue for rock and roll music during the late 1950s and 1960s. Among the bands to play at The Casbah was The Beatles, for whom her son Pete Best was a drummer at the time. Mona also had two other sons, Rory (b. 1944), and Vincent "Roag" Best (b. 1962). It was later confirmed that Roag's father was The Beatles' associate, Neil Aspinall, although he was not registered as the father on Roag's birth certificate.
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Pete Best Randolph Peter "Pete" Best (born Randolph Peter Scanland, 24 November 1941) is an English musician, principally known as an original member and first drummer of the Beatles, from 1960 to 1962. He has been referred to as the Fifth Beatle.
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Guildford Golf Club Guildford Golf Club is a private members golf club located in Merrow, Guildford, England. Founded in 1886, it is the oldest golf club in the county of Surrey.
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Kingsway, Southport Kingsway (also known as Kingsway Club, and Bliss) was a nightclub and casino built in 1931 at the south end of the Promenade in the seaside resort of Southport, Merseyside, England. In the 1960s it hosted many well-known celebrities, such as The Beatles, Tom Jones, and Engelbert Humperdinck. It was also very popular during the 1980s punk era and the 1990s dance era.
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Sweet Basil Jazz Club Sweet Basil was a jazz club in New York City's Greenwich Village. Founded in 1974 by Sharif Esmat, it was considered among the most prominent jazz clubs in New York. Many jazz albums were recorded live at Sweet Basil, including Cecil Taylor's "Iwontunwonsi", McCoy Tyner's "Live at Sweet Basil" (1989) and "", and the Jean-Michel Pilc Trio's "Together: Live at Sweet Basil". From 1981 to 1992 the club was owned by Phyllis Litoff and her husband Mel Litoff.
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The Pheasantry The Pheasantry, 152 King's Road, Chelsea, London, is a Grade II listed building that was home to a number of important figures in 1960s London and a small music venue in the 1970s where a number of bands were able to play their first gigs.
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Mother Earth (UK band) Mother Earth were an acid jazz outfit based in London, formed by longtime Acid Jazz associate Bunny. The band members were Matt Deighton on guitar and vocals, Bryn Barklam on Hammond organ, Chris White on drums and Neil Corcoran on bass. Shauna Green was the lead singer on the first album. Prior to their debut live performance, where they played alongside another debutant band Jamiroquai, they started out as a studio project in 1991 with Paul Weller (on "Almost Grown"), James Taylor of the James Taylor Quartet and Simon Bartholomew from the Brand New Heavies as contributors.
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Julia (Beatles song) "Julia" is a song by the Beatles, but performed as a solo work by John Lennon. The song was written by Lennon (though credited to Lennon–McCartney) regarding his mother Julia Lennon, who died in 1958 at age 44.
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Barbara Siggers Franklin Barbara Vernice Franklin (née Siggers; June 29, 1917 – March 7, 1952) was the mother of American singer–songwriter Aretha Franklin and wife of C. L. Franklin, the African-American Baptist minister of New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan.
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Philomena Lynott Philomena "Phyllis" Lynott (born 22 October 1930) is an Irish author and entrepreneur. She is the mother of Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott, and her autobiography, "My Boy", documents the relationship between her and her son. She was the proprietor of the Clifton Grange Hotel, Manchester, which provided accommodation for a number of bands in the 1970s including Thin Lizzy. She suffered depression following her son's death in 1986 and continues to visit his grave and celebrate his life.
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Ringo Beat Ringo Beat is a 1965 novelty single written and recorded by Ella Fitzgerald. It was inspired by the popularity of Ringo Starr, the drummer of The Beatles. Fitzgerald had described the rock drumming style of her 16-year-old son, Ray Brown, Jr. as the "Ringo beat...cause that's where it all started". The guitarist Barney Kessel also appears on the song.
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Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father is a 1988 multi-artist compilation of 1980s artists recording new versions of the songs on The Beatles album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". The album was produced by the "New Musical Express" to raise money for Childline, the charity founded by the now-defunct BBC1 consumer programme "That's Life!". It was also intended to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the original release of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" on 1 June 1967.
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She's Leaving Home "She's Leaving Home" is a Lennon–McCartney song, released in 1967 on the Beatles album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Paul McCartney wrote and sang the verse and John Lennon wrote the chorus, which they sang together. Neither George Harrison nor Ringo Starr was involved in the recording. The song's instrumental background was performed entirely by a small string orchestra arranged by Mike Leander, and was one of only a handful of Beatles songs in which the members did not play any instruments on the recording.
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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years is a 2016 documentary film directed by Ron Howard about The Beatles' career during their touring years from 1962 to 1966, from their performances at the Cavern Club in Liverpool to their final concert in San Francisco in 1966.
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That's My Life (My Love And My Home) "That's My Life (My Love And My Home)" is a 1965 single by Alfred "Freddie" Lennon, who was the father of John Lennon of The Beatles.
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Flying (Beatles instrumental) "Flying" is an instrumental recorded by the Beatles which first appeared on the 1967 "Magical Mystery Tour" release (two EP discs in the United Kingdom, an LP in the United States). It is one of the few songs credited to all four members of the band: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.
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The Colony Room The Colony Room was a private members' drinking club for artists and other creative people at 41 Dean Street, Soho, London. The club was founded and presided over by Muriel Belcher from its inception in 1948 until her death in 1979. The artist Francis Bacon was a founder and lifelong member, and the club attracted Soho's alcoholic, artistic elite, including George Melly, Peter O'Toole, and Lucian Freud. After Belcher's death, the club attracted a new generation of young British artists including Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin; it finally closed its doors in 2008.
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Maureen Starkey Tigrett Maureen "Mo" Starkey Tigrett (born Mary Cox; 4 August 1946 – 30 December 1994) was a hairdresser from Liverpool, England, best known as the first wife of Ringo Starr, the Beatles' drummer. When she was a trainee hairdresser in Liverpool, she met Starr at The Cavern Club, where the Beatles were playing. Starr proposed marriage at the Ad-Lib Club in London, on 20 January 1965. They married at the Caxton Hall Register Office, London, in 1965, and divorced in 1975.
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Hilly Kristal Hilly Kristal (born Hillel Kristal; September 23, 1931 – August 28, 2007) was an American club owner and musician who was the owner of the iconic New York City club, CBGB, which opened in 1973 and closed in 2006 over a rent dispute.
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Manorhaus, Ruthin Manorhaus is currently a boutique restaurant with rooms and is also an art gallery. It was owned by John Lennon's first wife, Cynthia Lennon, and their son, Julian Lennon, attended Ruthin School. Manorhaus has 8 rooms, each decorated with a different theme and interior design by local artists. It also has a gym, sauna, steam room and also a well-stocked library available to guests.
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Mother Studios Mother Studios is an organisation which provides work spaces for artists in London.
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50 Carnaby Street 50 Carnaby Street in London's Soho district was the site of several important music clubs in the 20th century. These clubs were often run for and by the black community, with jazz and calypso music predominating in the earlier years. From 1936, it was the Florence Mills Social Parlour. In the 1940s it was the Blue Lagoon Club. In 1950, it was briefly Club Eleven, and from the early 1950s it was the Sunset Club. From 1961, it was occupied by the Roaring Twenties nightclub. In the 1970s it was Columbo's. It is now a Ben Sherman shop.