Les Maguire Les Maguire Leslie Charles "Les" Maguire (born 27 December 1941, Wallasey, Cheshire) is an English pianist. Maguire started his career, playing tenor saxophone in a Liverpool pop group, the Vegas Five, which later changed its name to the Undertakers. Maguire later left in order to join the Merseybeat group, Gerry and the Pacemakers, replacing the group's original pianist, Arthur MacMahon. In 1961, the Beatles and Gerry and the Pacemakers merged to become the 'Beatmakers', for a one-off performance in Litherland Town Hall. The line-up comprised Gerry Marsden, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Les Chadwick, Pete Best, Freddy Marsden, plus
Alexander Edwin Marsden Alexander Edwin Marsden Alexander Edwin Marsden (1832–1902) was an English surgeon and cancer specialist. Born on 22 September 1832, he was the only surviving child of his father William Marsden and his first wife. He was educated at Wimbledon school and King's College, London, and was admitted a licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries in 1853 and M.R.C.S. England in 1854. He graduated with a medical degree from the University of St Andrews, in 1862 and became F.R.C.S. Edinburgh in 1868. Entering the British Army in 1854 as staff assistant surgeon, Marsden served in the Crimean War. For three months