Music. Rendering #1.

The headline of the article is Beatles 'mentor' Tony Sheridan dies .It was published on  http://www.bbc.co.uk  on Fabruary 19, 2013. The article deals with the death of Tony Sheridan.

Firstly, the author notes that during their early days as the Silver Beatles in Hamburg in the 1960s, they performed as Sheridan's backing band. Described as a catalyst in the Beatles' rise to fame, they played on Sheridan's recording of My Bonnie.

Secondly, the author points out that after being spotted by producer Bert Kaempfert, it was their first studio session for Polydor as The Beat Brothers in June 1961. Later that year, teenage fan Raymond Jones requested the song in Brian Epstein's record store. Epstein promised to order it and later became the Beatles' manager, whom many still regard as the "fifth Beatle".

Thirdly, the author underlines that returning to Germany in 1961, the young Beatles and Sheridan continued their collaboration and - at Kaempfert's instigation - recorded seven tracks.This year marks the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' debut album Please, Please Me.A 1962 show at the Star Club in Hamburg, where the Liverpool band played many of their early shows, was a watershed performance - featuring Starr on drums - and helped catapult the Beatles to fame. According to reports in the German media, Sheridan died on Saturday 16 February following a long illness.

To crown it all, the author tells the reader that in the early 1960s, the singer-songwriter toured with rock 'n roll pioneers Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran. He had German Top 10 singles Let's Slop and Skinny Minnie and with the Fab Four's early commercial success, My Bonnie charted in both Britain and the US.
During his later years, Sheridan lived with his third wife, Anna Sievers, in a farm house in the north of Germany. She died of cancer in 2011.

Though the mood of this article is quite sad, people should read it. We should remember such people, who make so much for the development of good music.