He had an amazing life – really start here – it does make interesting reading if you are into life stories
for example :
“In August 1962, Pete Best, the Beatles’ drummer, was dismissed from the group and Mike suggested to Lewis that he audition for the vacancy, thinking he would have a good chance of success. But Lewis had ambitions in hairdressing, even at one point envisaging owning his own chain of salons,2 and turned down the opportunity – after all, he was earning a steady wage which would increase when he finished his apprenticeship. Compared with the uncertainties of the pop world, it seemed like the right decision.”
http://www.lewiscollins.info/Biography1.html