Here are Paul McCartney and Nancy with their rescue dog, Rose

OTD in ‘64, the Beatles walked down the Champs-Élysées with members of the British press before their evening show at Cyrano Theatre. Beatles publicist Derek Taylor explained that this was to supply the London dailies with the “ohh, là, là’ their readers were presumed to expect from Frenchness.”“However, the French were withdrawn in their response….

Billy Preston, who the Beatles first met in Hamburg in the early 1960s when he was touring with Little Richard’s band, dropped by the studio to say “hello.” He was in London to take part in a BBC television program. He was invited to play piano and keys at this session and his involvement was…