October 23rd 1963 Beatles in Karlstad

A year earlier at this time, the quiet Beatle had traveled to India, specifically to Bombay, to work on the soundtrack of the film Wonderwall. In 1969, about to start recording Get back, and after enduring the quarrels between Lennon and McCartney, Harrison announced to his bandmates his intention to leave the band. And with…

OCTOBER 15, 1960 – The Beatles (minus Pete Best) and two members of Rory Storm’s Hurricanes (Ringo Starr and Lu Walters) recorded a version of George Gershwin’s “Summertime” in a Hamburg, Germany recording studio backing Walters. The track which was cut onto a 78-rpm disc marked the first session that included John Lennon, Paul McCartney,…

SEPTEMBER 2, 1978 – George Harrison married Olivia Arias in a private ceremony at the Henley-on-Thames Register Office in England. Olivia was a secretary with Harrison’s Dark Horse record label when they first met in 1974. Harrison’s first marriage, to model Pattie Boyd in 1966, had ended in divorce in 1977.

When this rarely-seen photo first emerged, it was sent to Roag Best, brother of Pete and custodian of both the Casbah Club and the Magical Beatles Museum in Liverpool. Roag had never seen the photo before but confirmed that it is a photo taken in one of the upstairs rooms of 8 Hayman’s Green, the…

AUGUST 15, 1980 – George Harrison became the first ex-Beatle to release his life story when his book “I Me Mine” was published. Titled after his 1970 song of the same name, it features George in conversation with The Beatles’ spokesperson Derek Taylor, discussing everything from early Beatlemania to his love of gardening. It is…