Beatles

Please Please Me is the debut album by The Beatles. Parlophone rush-released the album on 22 March 1963 in the UK to capitalize on the success of singles “Please Please Me” (#1 on most lists but only #2 on Record Retailer) and “Love Me Do” (#17). Only the mono version …

The Early Beatles is The Beatles’ sixth album on Capitol Records, and their eighth album for the American market, released on March 22, 1965. It reached #43 on the Billboard LP’s chart. The Early Beatles resembles more of an early compilation because all of the tracks had previously been featured …

The Lennons celebrating “Thanksgiving” at Cold Spring Harbor in 1979.Photos of Fred Seaman, the personal assistant to John Lennon and Yoko Ono, during the late Beatles years, when John and Yoko lived at The Dakota in NYC.

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 …

“I was very scared. I didn’t want to give up, but it was a mess, it was unreal, and I had to handle this all by myself. There was no choice. I had to try. We had two children, we’d just been married a year and my husband didn’t want …

“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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …