Klaus Voormann (born 29 April 1938) is a German artist, musician, and record producer. He designed artwork for many bands including the Beatles, the Bee Gees, Wet Wet Wet and Turbonegro. His most notable work as a producer was his work with the band Trio, including their worldwide hit "Da Da Da". As a musician, Voormann is best known for being the bassist for Manfred Mann from 1966 to 1969, and for performing as a session musician on a host of recordings, including many by former members of the Beatles.His association with the Beatles dated back to their time in Hamburg in the early 1960s. He lived in the band's London flat with George Harrison and Ringo Starr after John Lennon and Paul McCartney moved out to live with their respective partners, and designed the cover of their album Revolver, for which he won a Grammy. Following the band's split, rumours circulated of the formation of a group named the Ladders, consisting of Lennon, Harrison, Starr and Voormann. This failed to materialise, outside of all four Ladders (plus Billy Preston) performing on the Ringo Starr track "I'm the Greatest", although Voormann did play on albums by Lennon, Harrison and Starr, and was for a time a member of the Plastic Ono Band. In the 1990s, he designed the artwork for the Beatles Anthology albums.In 2009, he released his debut solo album A Sideman's Journey, which featured many notable musicians, including the two surviving members of the Beatles, performing as "Voormann and Friends".
In the early 1980s, he managed and produced Trio (the German New Wave band best known known for their hit "Da Da Da.)"
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Designed the cover for the 1966 Beatles album "Revolver".
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Dated artist/photographer Astrid Kirchherr; lost her to Beatles then-bassist Stuart Sutcliffe, but they remained friends. Voormann helped Sutcliffe to resume his art studies in Hamburg, which he'd virtually given up to be in the group.
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Learned to play bass guitar, and followed the Beatles back to England, becoming first a member of Paddy, Klaus & Gibson, and then Manfred Mann. Later played bass on solo albums by longtime friends George Harrison and John Lennon, including Lennon's historic "Imagine".
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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.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
White Star
1983
Tonmeister
Popeye
1980
Von Schnitzel, the Conductor
Son of Dracula
1974
Musician: The Count Downes
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
I Knew John Lennon
2003
TV Movie documentary original artwork
Where Was Spring?
1969
TV Series original artworks - 1969-1970
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Live from Studio Five
2009
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Son of Dracula
1974
"Down", "At My Front Door", "Moonbeam Song", "Jump Into The Fire", "Daybreak", "Without You", uncredited
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Concert for George
2003
Video documentary musician: bass
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Trio: Best of Trio
2003
Video producer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Backbeat
1994
special thanks
Mother's Meat Freuds Flesh
1984
very special thanks - as Trio's producer
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
I Knew John Lennon
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Beckmann
2003
TV Series
Himself
Concert for George
2003
Video documentary
Himself
Imagine Imagine
2003
Documentary
Himself
Wetten, dass..?
2001
TV Series
Himself
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
Documentary
Himself (as The Plastic Ono Band)
ARD Wunschkonzert
1988
TV Series
Himself
The Concert for Bangladesh
1972
Documentary
Himself
Did Somebody Drop His Mouse?
1972
Documentary short
Himself
John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band: Sweet Toronto
1971
Video documentary
Himself (bass guitar)
Top of the Pops
1970
TV Series
Himself - Musician / Himself
Beat-Club
1967-1969
TV Series
Himself - Musician / Himself
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
1967
TV Series
Himself - Musician
Beat! Beat! Beat!
1966
TV Series
Himself - Musician
Ready, Steady, Go!
1966
TV Series
Himself
Soeben eingetroffen
1966
TV Series
Himself - Musician
A Whole Scene Going
1966
TV Series
Himself
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1966
TV Series
Himself
Big Beat '64
1964
TV Movie
Himself (as Manfred Mann)
Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
Documentary filming
Himself
Talk im Hangar-7
2011-2012
TV Series
Himself
The Nation's Favourite Number 1 Single
2012
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Was wurde aus...?
2012
TV Series documentary
Himself
Brisant
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011
Documentary
Himself
Beatles Stories
2011
Documentary
Himself
Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
2010
Video documentary
Himself
Geschichten über die Beatles - Notizen zu einem Phänomen
2010
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Kult am Sonntag
2009
TV Series
Himself
Da Da Da - Drei Mann im Doppelbett
2009
TV Movie documentary
Himself
III nach neun
2009
TV Series
Himself
All You Need Is Klaus
2009
Documentary
Himself
Beatles' Biggest Secrets
2007
Himself
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2006
TV Series documentary
Himself - Artist & musician
Stuart Sutcliffe: The Lost Beatle
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Friend and Artist
Concert for Bangladesh Revisited with George Harrison and Friends
2005
TV Movie documentary
Shameful Secrets of the 70s
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Producer, 'Da Da Da'
Best of the Beatles
2005
Video documentary
Himself - Artist and Musician
Leute am Donnerstag
2004
TV Series documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dolezal Backstage
2015
TV Series documentary
Himself
Romy, ich bin krank
2013
Documentary short
Himself
Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album