Beatles

On September 10, 1962, Brian Epstein purchased two nearly identical Gibson J-160E acoustic-electric “Jumbo” guitars for John and George at Rushworth’s Music House in Liverpool. John used his guitar to co-compose such Beatles classics as “I Saw Her Standing There,” “She Loves You” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand.”Brian paid £161.05 for each of…

Maureen was 19 1/2 years old and required her parents’ permission to travel as she had done in September 1963, when vacationing in Greece with Ringo, Paul and Jane Asher. Cynthia was older than John and was born in 1939. In 1964 she would of been turning 25. Maureen was born in 1946 and would…

When the Ronettes’ record “Be My Baby” became a hit, the Beatles wanted to meet them. “They had seen us on Sunday Night at the London Palladium and they said, ‘We have got to meet these girls with the black long hair and slits up the side,’” said Spector. Both groups were invited to a…

On February 23, 1964, the Beatles were picked up from a river launch to be taken to Teddington Studios for an appearance on the ABC show, “Big Night Out” in a 1912 Rolls Royce. 16-year-old Susan Sims, wearing a jacket with the words “I Love George” and other signs celebrating the Beatles’ return from America,…

Great American singer-songwriter who achieved the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s. His work is characterized by pioneering vocal overdub experiments, returns to the Great American Songbook, and fusions of Caribbean sounds. A tenor with a 3+1⁄2 octave range, Nilsson was one of the few major pop-rock recording artists to achieve significant…

OTD in ‘64, the Beatles walked down the Champs-Élysées with members of the British press before their evening show at Cyrano Theatre. Beatles publicist Derek Taylor explained that this was to supply the London dailies with the “ohh, là, là’ their readers were presumed to expect from Frenchness.”“However, the French were withdrawn in their response….