Best of Bert Weedon

Herbert Maurice William ’Bert’ Weedon, OBE (10 May 1920 – 20 April 2012) was an English guitarist whose style of playing was popular 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 guides, Play in a Day, were a major influence on many leading British musicians, such as Eric Clapton, Brian May, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, Dave Davies, Keith Richards and Jimmy Page.[ He was awarded an OBE in 2001 for his “services to music“.