Bill Harry is the leading authority on the Beatles and founder of the music paper Mersey Beat, that helped launch The Beatles. He moved to London in 1966 where he was engaged as a PR officer for The Kinks and The Hollies. During the next 18 years he was the PR to many artists, including Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Procol Harum, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, The Beach Boys, Clouds, Ten Years After, Free, Mott The Hoople, The Pretty Things, Christine Perfect, Supertramp, Hot Chocolate, Arrows, Suzi Quatro and Kim Wilde. During this time, Bill Harry started a monthly magazine called Tracks, which reported the latest album releases, and another magazine, Idols: 20th Century Legends, which ran for 37 issues, from 1988 to 1991. He also compiled a 34-track compilation, Mersey Beat, for Parlophone records, which was released on 31 October 1983.
b.: Sept. 17, 1938 in Liverpool, UK