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Birthday
*** ,1943
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Death day
November 28, 2005 (62 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
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Daniel Joseph Anthony Meehan, known professionally as Tony Meehan, is a founding member of the British group The Drifters, which, along with Jet Harris, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch, would become The Shadows. He played drums on hits from Cliff Richard and early Shadows and early Shadows instruments. Meehan is widely admired and friends in the British pop-rock music industry nicknamed the "Baron". He's said to have influenced thousands of teens and teens taking up music as a career, including Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood, through his iconic cinematic performance set against Cliff Richard's The Young Ones. His style of drumming is very different from other drummers used by the Shadows in 1958-2010 such as Brian Bennett, Clem Cattini and Trevor Spencer, preferring a simpler 1950s jazz drums than a rock metal drums in the 1970s. and 80.
Birth nameDaniel Joseph Anthony Meehan
BornMarch 02, 1943, New End, Hampstead, North London
DiedNovember 28, 2005, Paddington, London
Occupation(s)Drummer, lecturer in Psychology
InstrumentsDrums
Years active1956–1990
Associated actsThe Shadows, The Vipers Skiffle Group

About Tony Meehan

Drummer Tony Meehan was born on March 2, 1943 in England (He dies at the age of 62, on November 28, 2005).

He was the drummer and founding member of the British pop group The Shadows, and was known by the moniker The Baron.

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Tony Meehan before becoming famous

Tony Meehan was born in the Zodiac sign Pisces (The Fish), and 1943 is also the year of Goat (羊) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He was a member of bands throughout his adolescence, but his ambition was to be a lawyer until he began playing professional paid performances that kept him away from school.

Achievement of Tony Meehan

He gave up music to pursue a profession as a psychotherapist, which he did until his death.

Tony Meehan's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In 1959, he married Carol Costa.

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At Decca Records, where he worked as an arranger, producer, and session drummer, he auditioned Rock Singer Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Pete Best as The Beatles.

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Tony Meehan Income & Net worth

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Tony Meehan Height and Weight

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