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The Other Fab Four
- Author
- Mary McGlory
- Narrator
- Mary McGlory, Sylvia Wiggins
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Publish Date
- 21 February 2025
- Run Time
- 10 hours 44 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
(Previously published under the title 'The Liverbirds')
In the early '60s, four friends from Liverpool formed a band. But this is not the 'fab four' story we know . . .
Mary, Sylvia, Valerie and Pamela - also known as
The Liverbirds - were one of the world's first all-female rock'n'roll bands. At an early gig, backstage at the Cavern Club, a young John Lennon told them that 'girls don't play guitars'. But they took that as a challenge. Despite the early scepticism, they won over tough crowds, toured stadiums, recorded two hit albums, and played with the Kinks, Rolling Stones and Chuck Berry - all in the space of just five years.
Now, the two surviving members of the band tell their incredible story in full for the first time - capturing a lost era of liberation and rock'n'roll, as they thrived in the vibrant Merseybeat music scene and formed a friendship that has endured through the decades.
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Details
- Author
- Mary McGlory
- Narrator
- Mary McGlory, Sylvia Wiggins
- Duration
- 10 hours 44 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 February 2025
- ISBN
- 9780571397457
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Genre
- Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Social and cultural history
Synopsis
(Previously published under the title 'The Liverbirds') In the early '60s, four friends from Liverpool formed a band. But this is not the 'fab four' story we know . . . Mary, Sylvia, Valerie and Pamela - also known as The Liverbirds - were one of the world's first all-female rock'n'roll bands. At an early gig, backstage at the Cavern Club, a young John Lennon told them that 'girls don't play guitars'. But they took that as a challenge. Despite the early scepticism, they won over tough crowds, toured stadiums, recorded two hit albums, and played with the Kinks, Rolling Stones and Chuck Berry - all in the space of just five years. Now, the two surviving members of the band tell their incredible story in full for the first time - capturing a lost era of liberation and rock'n'roll, as they thrived in the vibrant Merseybeat music scene and formed a friendship that has endured through the decades.
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