Sam Leach

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…