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Sag Harbor Woman Was There Before the Fab Four Was Fab

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Hilary Collins of Sag Harbor still has this early publicity photo of the Beatles taken by Liverpool photographer Albert Marrion in late 1961. COURTESY HILARY COLLINS

Hilary Collins of Sag Harbor still has this early publicity photo of the Beatles taken by Liverpool photographer Albert Marrion in late 1961. COURTESY HILARY COLLINS

Hilary Collins of Sag Harbor, who grew up in Liverpool, had a front row seat on the formation of the Beatles long before Beatlemania swept the world. STEPHEN J. KOTZ

Hilary Collins of Sag Harbor, who grew up in Liverpool, had a front row seat on the formation of the Beatles long before Beatlemania swept the world. STEPHEN J. KOTZ

More valuable than the publicity photo are the autographs on the back of the four members of the band at the time, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Pete Best. Ringo Starr did not join the band for another four months. COURTESY HILARY COLLINS

More valuable than the publicity photo are the autographs on the back of the four members of the band at the time, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Pete Best. Ringo Starr did not join the band for another four months. COURTESY HILARY COLLINS

authorStephen J. Kotz on Feb 6, 2024
By the time Ed Sullivan introduced the Beatles to an American television audience 60 years ago this week, Hilary Collins, a teenager growing up in Liverpool, England, was already well... more

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