1961 -The Beatles perform at the Casbah Coffee Club, West Derby, Liverpool. 1962 -The Beatles travel to Broadcasting House, Manchester, Lancashire for their Brian Epstein-arranged audition for a chance to perform on radio. Producer Peter Pilbeam listens to The Beatles perform four songs: Paul McCartney sings “Till There Was You” and his composition “Like Dreamers…
1961 – The Beatles perform at Lathom Hall, Seaforth, Liverpool, and at The Cassanova Club, Liverpool. 1962 – The Beatles perform at the Casbah Coffee Club, West Derby, Liverpool. 1963- The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios, London). During 585 minutes of studio time, The Beatles complete ten songs for their first album. While…
1961 -The Beatles perform at Aintree Institute, Aintree, Liverpool, and at Lathom Hall, Seaforth, Liverpool. 1962- The Beatles perform at the Youth Club, St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church Hall, Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire. 1964 – The Beatles hold a press conference at the Plaza Hotel in New York. The day after their record-breaking appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show,…
1961 – The Beatles perform at the Cavern Club at lunchtime. Although the Quarry Men had played here three years previously, this is The Beatles’ first performance at the club that will become an important part of The Beatles legend. Their fee for this day’s appearance is 5 pounds. They were different and they were very…
1961 – The Beatles perform at Aintree Institute, Aintree, Liverpool, and at Hambleton Hall, Huyton, Liverpool. The Beatles’ new road manager, Neil Aspinall, is in charge of getting them from their first engagement to Hambleton Hall. 1963 On the Helen Shapiro tour, The Beatles perform at the ABC Cinema, Carlisle, Cumberland, playing for two “houses”….
06 February 1958 -The Quarry Men (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Eric Griffiths, Colin Hanton, and perhaps John “Duff” Lowe) perform at Wilson Hall, Garston, Liverpool. Although the memories of the participants differ greatly as to when George Harrison met The Quarry Men for the first time, it is generally accepted that February 6 is the…
05 February -1961 – The Beatles perform at Blair Hall, Walton, Liverpool. This was The Beatles’ first performance at Blair Hall on Walton Road in Walton, Liverpool. The show was booked by Peak Promotions, which ran jive events at four northern England venues: Blair Hall, Holyoake Hall in Wavertree, the David Lewis Club in Great…
04 February 1961- The Beatles perform at Lathom Hall, Seaforth, Liverpool. 04 February 1961 – The Beatles perform at the Casbah Coffee Club, West Derby, Liverpool. 04 February 1963- The Beatles perform their last lunchtime show at the Cavern Club. This was The Beatles’ final lunchtime show at Liverpool’s Cavern Club. Although they played subsequent shows at…
1961 – The Beatles perform at St. John’s Hall, Bootle. For this show The Beatles receive a larger fee from the promoter than usual–7.5 pounds (7 pounds, 10 shillings). 1962 The Beatles perform at the Cavern Club – a night show. An eight-hour music marathon was staged at the Cavern on this Sunday night, titled…
02 February 1961 -The Beatles perform at Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool. 02 February 1962 – The Beatles perform at the Oasis Club in Manchester. This is their first professionally-arranged out-of-town performance; Brian Epstein’s efforts are beginning to pay off. The song list for the evening’s performance is: “Hippy Hippy Shake”, “Sweet Little Sixteen”, “The Sheik…