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Meehan was born to Irish Catholic parents at New End Hospital, New End, Hampstead, north London, England. [1] He was 10 when he became interested in playing drums. By 13, he had his first job with a band playing in a dance hall in Willesden, London.
Terence "Jet" Harris MBE (6 July 1939 – 18 March 2011) was an English rock and roll musician. He was an original member of Cliff Richard's backing band the Shadows, serving as the bass guitarist from the group's inception until April 1962, after which he had success as a soloist and as a duo with that band's drummer Tony Meehan.
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In October 1961, drummer Tony Meehan left to be a music producer at Decca Records. He was replaced by Brian Bennett. In April 1962, Jet Harris was replaced by Brian "Licorice" Locking. Bennett and Locking were friends from the 2I's who had been in Marty Wilde's backing group, the Wildcats, who recorded instrumentals as the Krew Kats.
American musician and bandleader Lawrence Welk released a cover of the song as a single in May 1963 which peaked at number 89 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Scarlett O'Hara" was the lead song of an album by the same name released by Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra in 1963, which spent 27 weeks on Billboard ' s chart of Top LPs, peaking at No. 33.
Tony Bennett’s wife, Susan Benedetto, and his son Danny Bennett share final moments with iconic singer.
Meehan is a co-anchor for the station's weekday morning newscasts, the EyeOpener. He joined WCVB in 2015 after a stint in Phoenix, Arizona, according to his WCVB bio. Prior to that, Meehan worked ...
Gavin Creel, the Tony Award-winning Broadway actor, has died. He was 48. Creel won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical in 2017 for Hello, Dolly! and had also previously been ...