Stuart Sutcliffe, the original bass player for the Beatles passed away on April 10, 1962 when he was just 21 years old. Sutcliffe passed away in the arms of his fiancee from a brain hemorrhage.
Sutcliffe joined what would later become the Beatles in 1960, when they were known as Johnny and the Moondogs. John Lennon met Sutcliffe when they attended school together, and although he was just an average musician, his sense of style helped him become part of the group. Sutcliffe was with the Beatles for two tours in Germany, and when they had their failed audition to become the backing band for Billy Fury. But, by 1961 he enrolled in Hamburg Art College and left the band.
Ironically, it wold be eight years later to the day, that Sutcliffe's replacement as bass player, Paul McCartney, would announce he was leaving the Beatles to focus on his solo career.
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Other notable events for April 10:
-Nat 'King' Cole was badly beaten on April 10, 1956 while playing on stage for an all white audience in Birmingham, Alabama
-Paul McCartney visited a Beach Boys recording session on April 10, 1967 apparently helping them to produce Vegetables , a track included on the group's Smiley Smile album
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