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This week on Different Nicky explores the band which changed his life, with two people who were there while the music was being made - Pattie Boyd and Tony King. Pattie Boyd was married to George Harrison, then later Eric Clapton, and George wrote the song "Something" for her. She tells Nicky about meeting him, her career as a model, what it was like to be married to a Beatle and how George and Eric remained friends.
Tony is a retired record promoter who worked closely with the Rolling Stones, Elton John and the Beatles, and we find out what John Lennon said really happened between him and Brian Epstein
WARNING: This episode contains references to sex and substance abuse.
Produced by Audio Always
Producer: Ailsa Rochester
Editor: Jo Meek
Sound: Ailsa Rochester
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