Chan Romero, who has died aged 82, was a musician best known for his 1959 hit Hippy Hippy Shake, which was covered, among others, by the Swinging Blue Jeans, who had a UK No 2 with it, and The Beatles, who made it a staple of their early live set; much later, Paul McCartney would often open his solo gigs with it.
Romero, 82, was born in Billings in 1941 and graduated from Billings Senior. After high school, he hitchhiked to Los Angeles, where he wrote "The Hippy Hippy Shake".
The Beatles launched the song into immortality with a version for their 1963 “Live at the BBC” album. Paul McCartney sang the song in his solo shows until as late