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Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe (23 June 1940 – 10 April 1962) was a British painter and musician best known as the original bass guitarist of the Beatles. Sutcliffe left the band to pursue his career as a painter, having previously attended the Liverpool College of Art.
Feb 8, 2024 · Learn about Stuart Sutcliffe, the original bassist of The Beatles who left the band to pursue his art career in Germany. Discover how he met John Lennon, influenced the band's style and image, and died young at 21.
Apr 29, 2022 · Stuart Sutcliffe was an art prodigy who joined the Beatles as their bassist in 1959 and helped them come up with their name. He left the band in 1961 to focus on his art career and moved to Germany, where he met and married photographer Astrid Kirchherr, but died of a brain aneurysm in 1962.
Oct 9, 2021 · Stuart Sutcliffe was the original bassist of the Beatles, who left the band in 1961 to pursue his art career. He died in 1962 from a ruptured aneurysm, and his role in the band's history is still debated.
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Mar 27, 2022 · Ted Widmer writes about Stuart Sutcliffe, an early member of the Beatles whose spectral image in the band’s lore has been illuminated by the British writer Mark Lewisohn, whose book “Tune In ...
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Mar 14, 2008 · Stuart Sutcliffe was an artist and The Beatles’ original bassist in Liverpool and Hamburg. His paintings were highly acclaimed, and he is often referred to as “the fifth Beatle”.
The Official Stuart Sutcliffe Estate manages the Stuart Sutcliffe Art and Artefact Collections of Stuart Sutcliffe, the Scottish painter and musician who is known as the fifth Beatle (but he was really the fourth). Stuart is credited with naming and styling the Beatles.
