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Harold Adolphus Phillips (15 January 1929 – 5 July 2000), known as Lord Woodbine, was a Trinidadian calypsonian and music promoter. He is regarded by some as the musical mentor of The Beatles, and has been called the "sixth Beatle".
Dec 15, 2009 · Lord Woodbine, often known as Woodie, booked The Beatles to play at the club a number of times, although in their pre-Brian Epstein days they often arrived to play with missing equipment or band members.
Lord Woodbine: The forgotten sixth Beatle. Lord Woodbine taught the Fab Four the blues– but was written out of pop history. Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and James McGrath pay tribute. Thursday 01...
Feb 27, 2013 · Lord Woodbine was one of the Beatles’ early mentors. Born Harold Phillips, the Trinidadian immigrant came to Liverpool in 1948. His band, the All-Steel Carribean Band was a regular fixture in the Liverpool scene.
Sep 6, 2020 · Born in 1929 in Trinidad, Harold Phillips (who later became known as Lord Woodbine, the Calypsonian) volunteered for the Royal Air Force to fight for Britain in World War II. After being demobbed when the War ended, he returned to England on the Empire Windrush on 22nd June 1948.
Phillips, Harold Adolphus [known as Lord Woodbine] (1929–2000), calypsonian and music promoter, was born on 15 January 1929 in Laventille, Trinidad, the fifth of the seven children of James Phillips, a Venezuelan-born butcher, and his wife, Edna, who was originally from Grenada.
Jul 23, 2020 · Today Roag is looking at some of the items relating to Harold Philips, also known as Lord Wordbine, that we have on display in the museumLord Woodbine was a ...
