Editing Klaus Voormann (section)

==Move to London and affiliation with the Beatles==
In the early 1960s, Voormann decided to leave Germany and move to London. [[George Harrison]] invited him to live in the Green Street flat in London's [[Mayfair]], formerly shared by all four members of the Beatles: Lennon had moved out to live with his wife [[Cynthia Lennon]], and McCartney went to live in the attic of the home of the parents of his girlfriend [[Jane Asher]]. Voormann lived with Harrison and [[Ringo Starr]] for a time, before finding work as a commercial artist and renting an apartment of his own. He returned to Hamburg in 1963, where he founded a band called 'Paddy, Klaus & Gibson' with Paddy Chambers on guitar and vocals, Voormann on bass and vocals and Gibson Kemp on drums.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iheartklaus.com/pkg.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829152742/http://www.iheartklaus.com/pkg.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=29 August 2007 |title=Paddy, Klaus & Gibson |website=iheartklaus.com |access-date=22 May 2011}}</ref>

In 1965, Voormann returned to London and was asked by Lennon to design the sleeve for the album ''[[Revolver (Beatles album)|Revolver]]''. Voormann had a style of "scrapbook collage" art in mind. The cover went on to win the [[Grammy Award for Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts]]. In a major [[Tate Britain]] exhibition of the work of the late-Victorian artist [[Aubrey Beardsley]] (4 March – 25 May 2020) the ''[[Revolver (Beatles album)|Revolver]]'' cover was displayed to show how interest in Beardsley's monochrome pen-and-ink style was revived in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/2-8-march-2020/aubrey-beardsley/ |title= Aubrey Beardsley: depicting decadence and the grotesque in 1890s Britain |publisher=Design Week|first=Molly|last=Long|date=4 March 2020|access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref>
Voormann later designed the cover art for Harrison's 1988 single "[[When We Was Fab]]", which included the image of Harrison from the cover of ''Revolver'' along with an updated drawing in the same style.

Around the same time, Voormann was hired to design the cover for ''[[Bee Gees 1st]]'', which featured all five group members standing above a colourful, psychedelic collage painted by Voormann. The following year, artwork by Voormann graced the front cover of the American edition of the Bee Gees' album ''[[Idea (album)|Idea]]''. In 1973, Voormann created the album sleeve and booklet artwork for Starr's album ''[[Ringo (album)|Ringo]]'', on which he also played bass.
[[File:Klaus Voormann ManfredMann (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|upright|Voormann with [[Manfred Mann]] in 1967.]]
In 1966, Voormann became a member of [[Manfred Mann]],<ref name="HeartKlausManfredMann">{{cite web |url=http://www.iheartklaus.com/mm.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829132743/http://www.iheartklaus.com/mm.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=29 August 2007 |title=The Manfred Mann Band 1966–1969 |website=iheartklaus.com |access-date=22 May 2011}}</ref> having turned down offers by [[the Hollies]] and [[the Moody Blues]],<ref name="TheFactotums">{{cite web |url=http://www.manchesterbeat.com/groups/factotums/factotums.php |first=Philip |last=Hindley |title=The Factotums |publisher=manchesterbeat.com |date=20 February 2011 |access-date=22 May 2011 |archive-date=9 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709194114/http://www.manchesterbeat.com/groups/factotums/factotums.php |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="MorleyGuardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/04/the-beatles-klaus-voorman |title=Klaus Voorman|first=Paul |last=Morley|work=[[The Guardian]] |date=4 September 2009 |access-date=22 May 2011}}</ref> although Voormann did substitute for [[Eric Haydock]] on a couple of television performances by the Hollies. Voormann mentions his negotiations with the group in his autobiography, ''Warum spielst Du ''Imagine'' nicht auf dem weißen Klavier, John?'' (''Why Don't You Play "Imagine" on the White Piano, John?''). Voormann played bass and [[flute]]s for Manfred Mann from 1966 to 1969, appearing on all their UK hits from "[[Just Like a Woman (song)|Just Like a Woman]]" (July 1966) to their final single "Ragamuffin Man" (April 1969) and including the 1968 international hit "[[Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)|The Mighty Quinn]]".<ref name="HeartKlausManfredMann"/>

After that, Voormann became a [[session musician]], playing on solo projects by [[Lou Reed]], [[Carly Simon]], [[James Taylor]] and [[Harry Nilsson]], among others. He was a member of [[Yoko Ono]] and Lennon's [[Plastic Ono Band]], with Ono, [[Alan White (Yes drummer)|Alan White]] and [[Eric Clapton]], playing on their album ''[[Live Peace in Toronto 1969]]'', recorded in [[Toronto]] on 13 September that year, prior to the break-up of the Beatles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iheartklaus.com/pob.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127221631/http://www.iheartklaus.com/pob.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=27 January 2013 |title=Plastic Ono Band |website=iheartklaus.com |access-date=22 May 2011}}</ref>

After the Beatles disbanded, there were rumours of them reforming as the Ladders, with Voormann on bass as a replacement for [[Paul McCartney]], but the plan never materialised.{{sfn|Ingham|2003|p=310}} This line-up (Voormann, Lennon, Harrison and Starr) did perform on Starr's 1973 song "[[I'm the Greatest]]".{{sfn|Shea|2002|p=59}} Voormann served as the three former Beatles' bassist of choice through the mid-1970s, playing on Lennon's albums ''[[John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band]]'' (1970), ''[[Imagine (John Lennon album)|Imagine]]'' (1971), ''[[Some Time in New York City]]'' (1972), ''[[Walls and Bridges]]'' (1974) and ''[[Rock 'n' Roll (John Lennon album)|Rock 'n' Roll]]'' (1975); Harrison's ''[[All Things Must Pass]]'' (1970), ''[[Living in the Material World]]'' (1973), ''[[Dark Horse (George Harrison album)|Dark Horse]]'' (1974) and ''[[Extra Texture (Read All About It)]]'' (1975); and Starr's ''[[Ringo (album)|Ringo]]'' (1973), ''[[Goodnight Vienna]]'' (1974) and ''[[Ringo's Rotogravure]]'' (1976).{{sfn|Rodriguez|2010|pages=[https://archive.org/details/missodellmyhardd00odel/page/83 83–84]}} He played bass at Harrison's [[Concert for Bangladesh]] shows, at which Starr also appeared, in August 1971. That year, Lennon told an interviewer that although the Beatles had disbanded, "if you'd said that George, Ringo and John had an idea they might play a live show or two, then Klaus would be our man to play with us."{{sfn|Ingham|2003|p=310}}