1962Performance at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, as main support act for Little Richard, along with 10 other Liverpool groups. Among them: the Undertakers, Rory Storm, Billy J. Kramer, Lee Curtis, and the All Stars (with Pete Best). It is rumored that during the evening Little Richard tries to seduce Paul.Later, performance at the Cavern,…
1961 Performance at the Cavern. No other acts. 1963 ‘Please Please Me’ LP number 1, 18th week (UK Record Retailer chart). Concert at the Fairfield Halls, Croydon, Surrey. Broadcast of ABC-TV’s ‘Big Night Out’, with performance recorded 1 September 1963. The Playhouse Theatre, London. 1.00-4.00pm. Recording for BBC’s ‘Saturday Club’: ‘I Saw Her Standing There’;…
1963 5.00-5.29pm. BBC’s ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ is broadcast (recorded 16 July 1963, 6.00-8.30pm). Concert at the Odeon, Llandudno, with Tommy Quickly and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas. 1964 Kenneth Partridge and Brian to Kenwood to talk about its decoration. [?] 1965 US LP release: ‘Help!’ The Beatles and Brian leave for the second…
1961–The Beatles perform at Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool. 1962–The Beatles perform at the Cavern Club at lunchtime. 1963–The Beatles perform at the Odeon Cinema in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. Earlier in the day they had been in London, attending a recording session for The Fourmost, who were recording the Lennon-McCartney song, Hello Little Girl. 1965–Ringo Starr buys “Sunny…
19635.00-5.29pm. BBC’s ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ (6th edition) broadcast (recorded 10 July 1963, 10.30am-1.30pm). 1964Charity performance on ‘The Night Of 100 Stars’, at the London Palladium. The Beatles meet Lawrence Olivier. Photographer Dezo Hoffmann present. 1965UK single release: ‘Help!’/’I’m Down’.1966Harold Wilson re-opens the Cavern Club. Brian sends a congratulatory telegram and declines an invitation to…
1963’Please Please Me’ number 9 (UK Melody Market chart). Concert at the Mansfield, Granada (Helen Shapiro Tour). First appearance on ABC’s ‘Thank Your Lucky Stars’ (filmed 17 February 1963). 1964 Transmision of a 3rd Ed Sullivan Show performance (recorded 9 February 1964). The Beatles become the first artists performing 3 times for the programme. Teddington…
1961 Mike Smith, from Decca’s A & R department, visits the Cavern. Performance at the Casbah. 1962 Martin arrives at Liverpool invited by Epstein. They go to the Cavern, where they meet Priscilla White (Cilla Black), who receives them at the wardrobe, where she works. 1963 Concert at the Southampton, Gaumont. End of ‘The Beatles…
1944 Bonnie Lynn is born in Acton, Illinois. 1961 Brian phones to the Cavern, asking for a ticket as an important visit. 1962 NEMS Enterprises presents the Karl Denver Trio at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton. 1963 Concert at the Ritz, Belfast (‘The Beatles Autumn Tour’). 1964 17.40, 20.00. Concerts at the Liverpool Empire,…