George Harrison’s home in Maui is broken into by Cristin Keleher. She cooks a frozen pizza, drinks beer from the fridge, started some laundry and phones her mother in New Jersey. Keleher was arrested and charged with burglary and theft. ( UPDATE ) Alleged Beatle stalker is killed. A woman who pleaded no contest to…
1939 Cynthia Lennon is born Cynthia Powell in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. She attended the Liverpool College of Art, where a meeting with John Lennon in a calligraphy class led to their relationship. She was married to Lennon from 1962-1968, and they had a son, Julian Lennon, who was born in 1963. The couple lived at…
September 11th 1967. Filming Began On The Beatles ” Magical Mystery Tour” . The tour began at Alsop Place Near Baker Street Underground Railway Station.
1936 Singer-songwriter, Buddy Holly, is born Charles Hardin Holley in Lubbock, Texas. By the age of 13, Holly was playing what he called “Western Bop” at local clubs. At 19, an agent discovered him and signed him to a contract with Decca Records. A misspelling of his last name on his recording contract caused Holley…
1961 Performance at the Cavern, with Remo Four, the Bluegenes, and Gerry and the Pacemakers. 1962 Brian listens to the first acetates of ‘Love Me Do’, at George Martin’s office at EMI House, Manchester Square, London. 1963 The Beatles concert at the Gaumont, Taunton. 1964 US. The Beatles song ‘I’ll Cry Instead’, 4th week in…
1962 Dezo Hoffmann takes pictures during a pre-session rehearsal. First Hoffmann’s Beatles publicity shots. 2:30 – 5:00 Ron Richards leads a rehearsal of six songs, including ‘How Do You Do It?’, ‘Love Me Do’, ‘Please Please Me’. 5:30 – 7:00 Restaurant Alpino. Dinner of the Beatles with Neil Aspinall and George Martin. Studio 2. 7.00-10.00pm….
The Beatles September 5th 1964. The Beatles gave a press conference at The Stock Yard Inn Chicago . Ringo was presented with a Gold Drum By William Ludwig . The marketing Director Of Ludwig Drums Chicago . They performed that night at The International Amphitheatre .
1962 Performance at the Queen’s Hall, Widnes, with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, and Billy J. Kramer and the Coasters. 1963 ‘She Loves You’ reaches over 500,000 sold issues in the UK. 5.00-5.29pm. BBC’s ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ broadcast (recorded 1 August 1963, 4.00-6.00pm; completely broadcast, except ‘Lucille’ and ‘Baby It’s You’.) Number 2 Studio,…
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…