After a few years as a (mostly) covers band, The Beatles were hardly poised to break out of their working-class town in Liverpool, England — until Brian Epstein came along in 1961.

Denny Laine, the singer and co-founder of Moody Blues and member of Paul McCartney and Wings, has died at age 79 after a battle with lung disease.

Denny Laine, singer-guitarist and co-founder of the bands the Moody Blues and Paul McCartney's Wings, has died at the age of 79.

Moody Blues founder Mike Pinder has died at 82. Pinder, best known for playing the keyboard and the Mellotron, was one of the founding members of the rock group, and the last original surviving ...

Mike Pinder, original keyboardist for hugely successful British rockers the Moody Blues, has died. Pinder was the last surviving original member of the band; his former bandmate Denny Laine, also ...

Denny Laine, a cofounder of the Moody Blues and a longtime member of Paul McCartney's group Wings, has died. He was 79.

Moody Blues Mike Pinder, whose pioneering use of the Mellotron distinguished 'Nights in White Satin' and other songs, has died. He was 82.

Denny Laine, Founding Member of the Moody Blues and Wings, Dies at 79 He wrote “Mull of Kintyre” with Paul McCartney and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the Moody Blues.

Mike Pinder, the Moody Blues keyboardist and the last surviving founding member of the Rock Hall-inducted band, has died at the age of 82. Pinder’s family announced his death in a statement ...

The last original member of The Moody Blues has died. Mike Pinder follows singer and guitarist Denny Laine, who died in Florida last winter.

Laine joined Ray Thomas and Mike Pinder to form the Moody Blues and sang lead on the group's first hit, "Go Now." His death comes 50 years after the release of McCartney's Band on the Run album.

Denny Laine sang vocals on the Moody Blues' 1964 hit 'Go Now' but is best known as the longtime Wings guitarist alongside Paul and Linda McCartney.