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New film explodes Lennon myths

Beatle's 'missing' mother actually lived round the corner ... and taught him George Formby songs on the Ukelele By Brian Pendreigh

John Lennon owed his interest in music not to early American rock and rollers, as popularly believed, but to British music-hall entertainer George Formby and to his mum, according to a new feature film that will shoot next spring.