Tony Sheridan

The Beatles—John, Paul, George, Ringo? But Lennon's best friend Stuart Sutcliffe was right there on bass, shaping their mystique—this is his story.

Drawing on rare footage, archive and exclusive interviews, classic performances and penetrating revelations from close friends of the pair, fellow musicians, Beatles academics and musicologists, we discover here the true story of how their music was composed when writing alone or with new partners.