George’s parents bought this Dutch-made guitar in 1956. George learned to play guitar on it and used it in his first band, The Rebels, a skiffle group formed by the Harrisons and this three mates. Since 2003, this guitar has been on display at the Beatles Story Museum in Liverpool. Thank you to Boris for…
During the band’s 18 night residency at the Olympia Theatre in Paris in January 1964, EMI’s German counterpart, Electrola Gesellschaft, wanted the band to re-record the vocals on ‘She Loves You’ and ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’, in German. The session was scheduled to take place on January 27. George Martin arrived at the…
OTD in ‘63, Brian charters a plane and flies Ringo, Celia Black and Mai Evans from London to provide them some rest and relaxation in Liverpool. Between their frantic touring schedule and rehearsals for the Beatles Christmas show, the band had a rare four days off.
“It’s The Beatles”, a weekly series of 15 episodes lasting 15 minutes each, hosted by Peter Carver, began airing on Radio Luxembourg.Capitol Records sends a memo to sales managers and regional managers, noting the start of the “Beatles Campaign.” The note contains a lot of interesting, important, and historical information about the issued promotional items,…
In late December 1974, the Beatles were in the midst of finalizing the band’s break up and John was supposed to appear in New York to sign the final dissolution papers. The other three Beatles had already signed the documents. Instead, John blew off the meeting and traveled with May Pang and 11-year-old Julian to…
n this rare photo, Paul and George are backstage together at Cirque de Soleil’s “O” in Las Vegas on December 16,2000. George would pass on November 29, 2001. Thank you to Boris for providing this photo and story.
The music publishing I own is fabulous. Beautiful. I owe it all to Linda’s dad Lee Eastman and her brother John. Linda’s dad is a great business brain. He said originally, ‘If you’re going to invest, do it in something you know. If you invest in building computers or something, you can lose a fortune….
With the Beatles was released in the UK on November 22, 1963. In the time since the release of their debut album in March, The Beatles had dominated the British pop scene. Please Please Me topped the album chart for seven months, Twist And Shout became the best-selling EP of the year and three singles…
JOHN AND CYNTHIA LENNONLet’s talk a little about CinthiaShe was a peaceful woman who by a fluke of fate, she met John at art school,Many say that there was no love,But John Lennon courted her and even changed the way she dressed and behaved for her, since she was a bit conservative, just like she…
December 9, 1974….Plaza Hotel,New York……Paul and George sign the dissolution papers of the band, assisted by their lawyers