Tony Sheridan

Anthony Esmond Sheridan McGinnity, known professionally as Tony Sheridan, was an English rock and roll guitarist who spent much of his adult life in Germany. He was best known as an early collaborator of the Beatles, one of two non-Beatles to receive label performance credit on a record with the group, and the only non-Beatle to appear as lead singer on a Beatles recording which charted as a single.

21 May 1940

Born on the same birth day (21 May): Archduke Eugen of Austria • George P. Mitchell • Günter Blobel • Hans Berger • Hutch Dano • Isa Guha • John C. Allen • John Dalton (musician) • Lázaro Cárdenas • Marc Ribot • Park So-jin • Rosalind Plowright • Sara Goller • Tinus Osendarp • Tommy Bryant

Born in the same month (May 1940): Alan Kay • Anatolij Bondarčuk • Angela Carter • Arthur Alexander • Bernard Shaw (journalist) • Cora Sadosky • Deputy Premier of Quebec • Don Nelson • Gilbert Shelton • Gilles Villemure • Irwin Cotler • Jagmohan Dalmiya • Kieth Merrill • Lainie Kazan • Mick Tingelhoff • Mike Gibson (sports journalist) • Nobuyoshi Araki • Peter Benchley • Shorty Long • Stan Mikita • Taihō Kōki • Toni Tennille • William B. Jordan