Penny Lane is a road in the south Liverpool suburb of Mossley Hill. The name also applies to the area surrounding its junction with Smithdown Road and Allerton Road, and to the roundabout at Smithdown Place that was the location for a major bus terminus, originally an important tram junction of Liverpool Corporation Tramways. The…
In “We Can Work It Out”, Paul did the first half, I did the middle eight. But you’ve got Paul writing, ‘We can work it out, we can work it out’ – real optimistic, y’know, and me impatient, ‘Life is very short and there’s no time for fussing and fighting my friend’.” (John Lennon) “We…
She attended the Liverpool College of Art, where a meeting with John Lennon in a calligraphy class led to their relationship. She was married to Lennon from 1962-1968, and they had a son, Julian Lennon, who was born in 1963. The couple lived at Kenwood in Weybridge, outside of London, England, where she kept house…
September 11th 1967. Filming Began On The Beatles ” Magical Mystery Tour” . The tour began at Alsop Place Near Baker Street Underground Railway Station.
1936 Singer-songwriter, Buddy Holly, is born Charles Hardin Holley in Lubbock, Texas. By the age of 13, Holly was playing what he called “Western Bop” at local clubs. At 19, an agent discovered him and signed him to a contract with Decca Records. A misspelling of his last name on his recording contract caused Holley…
In 1967, The Beatles traveled to Greece where, based on an idea from John Lennon, they were looking to buy a Greek island [or series of small islands] to create a place in the middle of paradise where they could live and work among friends and family The plan had been to purchase one central…
1961 Performance at the Cavern, with Remo Four, the Bluegenes, and Gerry and the Pacemakers. 1962 Brian listens to the first acetates of ‘Love Me Do’, at George Martin’s office at EMI House, Manchester Square, London. 1963 The Beatles concert at the Gaumont, Taunton. 1964 US. The Beatles song ‘I’ll Cry Instead’, 4th week in…
As usual our TBU FP Fans and Followers have added some great information in the comments section of this post Angela McDonough DeWeese adds, ”Cynthia wrote a book during this time called A Twist of Lennon. I have a paperback copy of it somewhere.” Philip Wyn Davies adds, ”Not far from where John’s family used…
1962 Dezo Hoffmann takes pictures during a pre-session rehearsal. First Hoffmann’s Beatles publicity shots. 2:30 – 5:00 Ron Richards leads a rehearsal of six songs, including ‘How Do You Do It?’, ‘Love Me Do’, ‘Please Please Me’. 5:30 – 7:00 Restaurant Alpino. Dinner of the Beatles with Neil Aspinall and George Martin. Studio 2. 7.00-10.00pm….
August 29th 1963. The Beatles were filming a TV Special. That later became known as The Mersey Sound.It was filmed by The Manchester Branch of the BBC . The filming took a month.with the filming crew going around different locations with The Beatles in Liverpool. On August 29th They were filmed on a Ferry On…