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.
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
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Princess Margaret and her husband Lord Snowdon meet the popular singing group The Beatles at the premiere of their first film “A Hard Day’s Night”. The Boys, with their manager Brian Epstein (right, facing Lord Snowdon) are Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison. Outside of the Piccadilly …
Read More »Teresa Cater 13, stepped from a crowd that greeted former Vice President Richard M. Nixon at Greensphoro Airport Sunday as asked: “Mr Nixon do you like the Beatles?” The Beatles shaggy-haired rock ‘n’ roll singers from England are a rare among teenagers “What” Nixon added “The Beatles? You mean those …
Read More »Cassius Clay looks at the four Beatles as they lay on the floor of the ring where Clay is training for his heavyweight title fight with Sonny Lision. Clay , Beatles Get Mixed Miami Beach somehow, got the Beatles. It also got Cassius Clay and Sonny Liston. Taken separately even …
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England’s Beatles arrived in Sydney, Australia in a driving torrential rain and this was the result. Three members of the quartet are shown at their hotel. At left is George and at right, Paul and John. Ringo Starr the fourth member of the group is en route to Australia for …
Read More »JANUARY 20, 1970 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono both shaved off their hair. The couple stayed in Aalborg in Denmark over the New Year and most of January 1970, to be with Ono’s daughter Kyoko who was living there with her father Tony Cox (Ono’s second husband and an …
Read More »Paul McCartney appeared on MTV’s “Unplugged.” The performance was recorded and released a few months later as “Unplugged (The Official Bootleg).”Unlike other artists who appeared on the acclaimed show with acoustic instruments plugged into amplifiers (producing the sound heard), McCartney’s instruments were 100% unplugged. Microphones were carefully placed close to …
Read More »George Harrison met with President Gerald Ford at the White House after Gerald’s son Jack extended an invitation. Jack had attended a George Harrison concert in Salt Lake City, Utah. After the show, he invited Harrison and members of his band to pay a visit to the White House. Ford …
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