1960 The Beatles become friends with Klaus Voormann and Astrid Kirchherr, who belong to a group of German existentialist intellectuals/artists known as “Exis.” Voormann is an illustrator who will later design later album covers for the band, and Kirchherr is a photographer who will take many historic photographs of The Beatles. 1961 Lunch time and…
1929 Actor, Victor Spinetti, is born Vittorio Giorgio Andrea Spinetti in Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Wales. He is best known for the three roles he played in The Beatles’ films A Hard Day’s Night, Help!, and Magical Mystery Tour. During his later career, Spinetti acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He appeared in the films Expresso…
John Lennon performs two One to One benefit concerts with Yoko Ono and Elephant’s Memory at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The concerts are to benefit the Willowbrook School for Children. The concerts are recorded, and some of the songs are later edited into the LP and video John Lennon: Live in New…
“Being right there in the inner sanctum and hanging out with them for a few weeks was fantastic. Although a long time passed since they last recorded as one unit, they worked terribly well together, and being in the control room watching and listening to them interact with each other was fascinating. I’d often have…
1960 The Beatles perform at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, West Germany. 1961 The Beatles perform at the Cavern Club, Liverpool, a night performance. 1962 The Beatles perform at the Cavern Club at lunchtime and at Riverpark Ballroom, Chester, at night. Also appearing for this night of “Non-Stop Twist & Jive” is Gerry and…
The day preceding they watched Bob Dylan perform at the Isle of Wight Festival, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Ringo Starrand Maureen Starkey set out to the island. George Harrison and his better half Pattie had arrived the earlier day. Paul McCartney didn’t go to the celebration as his girl Mary had been conceived on 28…
Tuesday 9 January 1968. George Harrison is in India to work on the soundtrack for the film ‘Wonderwall.’ Sessions begin on this date and will be finished in four days. Harrison agreed to write the film’s score after the Bee Gees became unavailable.He first started working on the project in November 1967 with sessions in…
1- “There’s one or two people who I would be quite nervous about. Bob Dylan would make me go, ‘Oh my God, what am I gonna say?’ I did see him, we did Coachella… I got to talk to Bob there and he was really nice. I don’t know why I would’ve been nervous, but you get…
~ “I’d been invited to see them play several times by Paul but for some reason never got round to it before.I remember being very impressed with John’s big thick sideboards and trendy teddyboy clothes. In a way, all that emotional rough stuff was simply a way for him to help separate the men from…
Sunday 11 February 1968. The Beatles go to Abbey Road to shoot a promo clip for ‘Lady Madonna’ – and record a new song in the process.The song is John’s half-written “Hey Bullfrog,” which he & Paul will finish in the studio that day.At the end of the track, Paul made John laugh by barking…