1936 Singer-songwriter, Buddy Holly, is born Charles Hardin Holley in Lubbock, Texas. By the age of 13, Holly was playing what he called “Western Bop” at local clubs. At 19, an agent discovered him and signed him to a contract with Decca Records. A misspelling of his last name on his recording contract caused Holley…
In 1967, The Beatles traveled to Greece where, based on an idea from John Lennon, they were looking to buy a Greek island [or series of small islands] to create a place in the middle of paradise where they could live and work among friends and family The plan had been to purchase one central…
1961 Performance at the Cavern, with Remo Four, the Bluegenes, and Gerry and the Pacemakers. 1962 Brian listens to the first acetates of ‘Love Me Do’, at George Martin’s office at EMI House, Manchester Square, London. 1963 The Beatles concert at the Gaumont, Taunton. 1964 US. The Beatles song ‘I’ll Cry Instead’, 4th week in…
As usual our TBU FP Fans and Followers have added some great information in the comments section of this post Angela McDonough DeWeese adds, ”Cynthia wrote a book during this time called A Twist of Lennon. I have a paperback copy of it somewhere.” Philip Wyn Davies adds, ”Not far from where John’s family used…
1962 Dezo Hoffmann takes pictures during a pre-session rehearsal. First Hoffmann’s Beatles publicity shots. 2:30 – 5:00 Ron Richards leads a rehearsal of six songs, including ‘How Do You Do It?’, ‘Love Me Do’, ‘Please Please Me’. 5:30 – 7:00 Restaurant Alpino. Dinner of the Beatles with Neil Aspinall and George Martin. Studio 2. 7.00-10.00pm….
August 29th 1963. The Beatles were filming a TV Special. That later became known as The Mersey Sound.It was filmed by The Manchester Branch of the BBC . The filming took a month.with the filming crew going around different locations with The Beatles in Liverpool. On August 29th They were filmed on a Ferry On…
Must have been a relief ! Now continues the fantastic period where they took the time for individual projects resulting in the grace period of Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields & a new era for them & the world !
The Beatles September 5th 1964. The Beatles gave a press conference at The Stock Yard Inn Chicago . Ringo was presented with a Gold Drum By William Ludwig . The marketing Director Of Ludwig Drums Chicago . They performed that night at The International Amphitheatre .
“Woman came about because, one sunny afternoon in Bermuda, it suddenly hit me. I saw what women do for us. Not just what my Yoko does for me, although I was thinking in those personal terms. Any truth is universal. If we’d made our album in the third person and called it Freda and Ada…
1962 Performance at the Queen’s Hall, Widnes, with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, and Billy J. Kramer and the Coasters. 1963 ‘She Loves You’ reaches over 500,000 sold issues in the UK. 5.00-5.29pm. BBC’s ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ broadcast (recorded 1 August 1963, 4.00-6.00pm; completely broadcast, except ‘Lucille’ and ‘Baby It’s You’.) Number 2 Studio,…