作为直接电影（Direct Cinema）的发起人之一，彭尼贝克当之无愧是二十世纪最为重要的纪录片导演。在他的镜头下，艺术和政治是最常见的主题。从五十年代开始的半个多世纪内，他所拍摄的纪录片每一部都是极受关注的作品，其中又要以六七十年代的音乐纪录片最为人所知。1967年他为鲍勃迪伦...
Eric Clapton was born in Ripley, Surrey, England, on March 30, 1945. His real father was a Canadian pilot but he didn't find that out until he was 53. When he was 2 his mother felt she was unable to look after him, so Eric then went to live with his grandparents. When he was 14 he took up the guitar, having been influenced by blues artists such as B.B King, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker. In 1963, after he was chucked out of art college, he joined Paul Samwell-Smith, as he was in art school with Keith Relf.
约翰•温斯顿•列侬1940年10月9日午后6：30分出生于英国利物浦一个工人阶层家庭里，这是一个被上帝贴上标签、拥有核弹般能量的婴儿。列侬的父亲在小列侬只有三岁时就抛弃了妻子和儿子，因此，列侬很小的时候就不得不寄宿在位于沃尔顿郊区的姨母家里。
小理查德不仅在二十世纪五十年代摇滚乐中担任主角，而且还对六十年代涌现出来的美国摇滚艺人起了最基本的激励作用。作为摇滚世界的历史缔造者之一，在1956年到1957年的短短一年中，他完成了几乎全部代表作并卖出了1800万张。
