Klaus Voormann

Klaus Voormann is most famous for designing the cover of the 1966 Beatles album "Revolver" and for playing bass guitar on John Lennon's "Imagine" album. Voormann dated famous photographer Astrid Kirchherr until she fell in love with The Beatles' original bassist, Stuart Sutcliffe, and left him. He first met The Beatles at a gig in Hamburg. He appeared in the 1980 live action version of Popeye (1980).




Bio:
Klaus Voormann is most famous for designing the cover of the 1966 Beatles album "Revolver" and for playing bass guitar on John Lennon's "Imagine" album. Voormann dated famous photographer Astrid Kirchherr until she fell in love with The Beatles' original bassist, Stuart Sutcliffe, and left him. He first met The Beatles at a gig in Hamburg. He appeared in the 1980 live action version of Popeye (1980).


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German by birth; was attending art college in Hamburg when the Beatles were playing in clubs along the Reeperbahn, and met them there.Learned to play bass guitar, and foll... [Details Intro]