The Beatles go to EMI House, London, for their third radio appearance on the Radio Luxembourg program “The Friday Spectacular”. As before, they chat with the host and their songs are played for a live audience. The show is taped for broadcast on January 25; the featured songs are from …
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In a ceremony held at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Mick Jagger inducted The Beatles into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame. It was the third annual event for the Hall of Fame. George Harrison and Ringo Starr attended, as did Yoko Ono, Julian Lennon and Sean Lennon. [wp_ad_camp_3] …
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US release of Beatles LP “Meet the Beatles” (Capitol). Songs: “I Want to Hold Your Hand”, “I Saw Her Standing There”, “This Boy”, “It Won’t Be Long”, “All I’ve Got to Do”, “All My Loving”, “Don’t Bother Me”, “Little Child”, “Till There Was You”, “Hold Me Tight”, “I Wanna Be …
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In 1969, terror and paranoia swept through the film and music communities of Los Angeles after actress Sharon Tate, Hollywood hairstylist Jay Sebring, coffee heiress Abigail Folger, aspiring screenwriter Wojciech Frykowski and 18-year-old Steven Parent were brutally murdered in a house on Cielo Drive. In a bizarre twist to an …
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[wp_ad_camp_5] This was The Beatles’ second and final performance at this venue on the Morecambe promenade. The first had taken place on 29 August 1962. The group’s road manager, Neil Aspinall, was unwell with the flu on this day, so Les Hurst, Gerry and the Pacemakers’ roadie, stood in for …
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Today in Beatles History (17 January 1964 ) This was the second date of The Beatles’ residency at the Olympia Theatre, on Paris’s Boulevard des Capucines. The Beatles’ residency at the Olympia Theatre began on 16 January 1964 and ended on 4 February. They performed a set containing eight songs: From …
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Beatles Facts JOHN LENNON OUTSIDE ‘MENDIPS’ WITH HIS AUNT HARRIET (BIRCH ). From the time he was five years old and all but abandoned by his parents, Lennon lived with his aunt and uncle, Mimi and George Smith, in Woolton. One of his favorite spots to explore with his childhood …
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The Beatles Facts The Beatles are credited with being the first to do many things such as printing lyrics on a pop album, creating music videos and holding a stadium concert, but most bizarre is their role in the “devil horns” hand gesture taking off. John Lennon’s cartoon figure on …
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STV Studios & Odeon Cinema, Glasgow, Scotland Thursday 30 April 1964 3 minutes TV Show (black and white) A [broadcast quality footage] Only some silent clips survived from the TV show ‘Roundup’ which was originally transmitted by Scottish Television on 5 May 1964. The footage shows The Beatles inside the …
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The Beatles recorded a version of Chuck Berry’s rock ‘n’ roll classic Johnny B Goode in 1964, for the BBC radio show Saturday Club. Chuck Berry was another massive influence with Johnny B Goode. We’d go up to John’s bedroom with his little record player and listen to Chuck Berry …
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