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Tony Meehan: Why I Left The Shadows

uncredited writer, New Musical Express, 13 October 1961

I AM A FIRM believer in following the policy which maintains that, since life is so short, it is most important that one should do exactly what one believes is right — and not follow the dictates of what other people think. It was this thinking which basically and primarily caused me to leave the Shadows.

Total word count of piece: 1146

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