Biography
Herbert Maurice William Weedon (10 May 1920 – 20 April 2012) was an English guitarist whose style of playing was popular and influential during the 1950s and 1960s. He was the first British guitarist to have a hit record in the UK singles chart, in 1959, and his best-selling tutorial, Play in a Day, was a major influence on many leading British musicians, such as Eric Clapton, Brian May and Paul McCartney. He was awarded an OBE in 2001 for services to music.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
173 releases · 56 albums · active 1954–2022
- Performance · 208
- Other credits · 3
Studios: C-studio · Carpenter Road Studios · Columbia Recording Studios · Studio 88
Frequent collaborators
- The Ventures
- Various
- Charlie Drake
- The Quiets
- "Bert Weedon And His ""Honky Tonk"" Guitar"
- Muriel Smith
- Tommy Steele
- The Vanguards