The sons of Astronaut Charles Conrad register Beatles in Houston, Texas. Pete 10 left appears awed while Tommy, 8 covers his ears. Their father makes another try to ride aloft in Gemini 5 with his space partner, Gordon Cooper. “Once you get Beatlemania you can’t do without it” says 17-year-old Sharon Ward. “I hope I…
A group of droopy looking seniors are sitting around the living room discussing a word they picked up from underclassmen. The conversation goes something like this “Beatles, what is it?” “Whoever heard of a Beatle?” “It’s a singing group from England!” “What do they sing?” These students are obviously members of a n out-group. The…
San Francisco ,John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Paul McCarney, England’s four young men known as the Beatles have a Yeah, yeah, yeah, for some 10.000 fans who turned out to greet their idols at San Francisco International Airport. The screaming, showing multitude of fans were inside a fence enclosure and a half dozen…
The Beatles, Britain’s rock ‘n’ rollers with the haystack hairdos, blew up a teen age storm by arriving here. At Kennedy Airport Friday, about 3,000 delirious, shrieking, hooky – playing youngsters, many of them carrying Beatle banners, strained against police baricades to welcome the singing, guitar-strumming quarlet. It was mostly girls, girls, girls. “I love…
It looked like opening day at Fort Knox. They weren’t there for gold. All they wanted was a look at a wonderous hair style and weird singing style. They jumped screamed stamped their feet and waved their arms. Close to 300 screaming Winnipeg teenagers were lined up in front of the Garrick Theatre’s doors this…
Steve a slim elderly bellboy with no teeth and north-of-England accent, had just finished delivering some copies of music magazines to the Beatles. As he left the closely guarded 10-room suits residence, Steve remarked “Ahn’t them lovely boys?” And the odd, unexpected thing is that they appear to be precisely that- lovely boys. Steve fondled…
Two That movie stars meet some Beatles in Hong Kong. The girls are entered in a Miss Hong Kong beauty contest. From left : Busara Narumit, Unchuli Anantakul, Jimmy Nicol (sitting for alling Ringo Starr), George Harrison (seated) adn Paul Mc- Cartney The Beatles were drowned out by enthusiasm of a teen-age audience which screamed…
The impact of the Beatles on America’s young people is reflected at the current Toy Fair in New York. Beatles dolls, which are caricatures of the English singers will be in stored for the fall and Christmas season.
Hair, a-quivering, the Beatles lope from a Vancouver performance toward a waiting car- and safety. Split-second timing by police saw the British quartet bow from the stage get into the car and out of Empire Stadium Saturday before screaming fans realized the show was over. The hairy foursame left immediately by air for Los Angeles.
Debbie Block, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Block of 120 68th Ol is walking on air this week, and for a very good reason. She is one of the very few American teenagers who has been lucky enough to speak to the Beatles. On Friday, Sept. 4 Debbie and her girlfriend Debbie Larson, like…