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Liverpool, UK
Sam Leach promoted beat dances around Liverpool in the early 1960s, including several with the Beatles. He was a firm believer in local talent and without him the Merseybeat scene would not have developed as it did. He was born in Liverpool, son of Stanley Leach, a clerk working on the city docks, and his Canadian wife, Pauline. In the late 1950s he started promoting shows in the Norris Green suburb of Liverpool. He moved to the city centre with regular nights at the CassanovâŚ
