in the United States, Immigration and Naturalization Service Judge Ira Fieldsteel orders that John Lennon must leave the United States within 60 days or face deportation. He also makes the decision to grant Yoko Ono tenure. Supporting John in his case are John Lindsay, the Mayor of New York, Lord Harlech, the former British Ambassador…
“The train bit embarrasses us now,” said John. “I’m sure it’s less noticeable to people watching in the cinema, but we know that we’re dead conscious in every move we make, we watch each other. Paul’s embarrassed when I’m watching him speak and he knows I am. You can see the nervous bits normally in…
John’s inspiration for the song came when Julian showed him a nursery school drawing he called “Lucy—in the Sky with Diamonds.” According to John and Ringo, who witnessed the event, Julian first uttered the song’s title upon returning home from nursery school.
Such a shame the hotel that The Beatles stayed in for 5 days when on tour with Gerry & the Pacemakers burnt down. The boys had such a great time there in July 1963 as they could still walk around relatively unknown apart from signing autographs. The were on the cusp of World wide fame….
3/20 March 1966 – Klosters (Switzerland)Paul McCartney and Jane Asher return to England after a two-week holiday in Switzerland.The couple had rented a chalet in the mountains about half a mile from the town of Klosters. During their vacation McCartney worked on some ideas for the next Beatles album.Paul describes the birth of For No…
Not having been able to get married in Paris a few days earlier, John Lennon and Yoko Ono chartered a plane to Gibraltar, with the advice of Apple assistant Peter Brown, who arranged everything.“We chose Gibraltar because it was quiet, a British colony and very friendly. We tried to get married in several places first….
“It was weird when we first went to Paris to play because we were used to screaming girls and Paris was full of boys. It was a very deep scream, which was really noticeable to us.”
1987 – PAUL CONTINUES HIS PROMOTION PROGRAM FOR HIS NEW ALBUM….DECEMBER 20 – Yesterday/ Here, Today….Paul and his entourage arrive in Germany this morning to do more promotional work. Their first assignment is a ten-minute appearance on the German music and entertainment show Wetten Dass on ZDF channel, where they perform another version of ‘Once…
“Paul wrote the lyrics to ‘Yesterday,’” recalled John in 1980. “Although the lyrics don’t resolve into any sense, they’re good lines. They certainly work, you know what I mean? They’re good — but if you read the whole song, it doesn’t say anything; you don’t know what happened. She left, and he wishes it were…