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…
1960 The Beatles perform at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, West Germany. 1961 The Beatles perform at the Cavern Club, Liverpool, a night performance. 1962 The Beatles perform at the Cavern Club at lunchtime and at Riverpark Ballroom, Chester, at night. Also appearing for this night of “Non-Stop Twist & Jive” is Gerry and…
Often referred to as a folk rock album, “Rubber Soul” incorporates a mix of pop, soul and folk musical styles. The title derives from the colloquialism “plastic soul”, which McCartney heard in reference to Mick Jagger’s singing style. After the British version of “A Hard Day’s Night,” it was the second Beatles LP to contain only original…
Events today in Beatles history 1962 Cavern lunch session: the Beatles. 1963 Concert at the Gaumont, Wolverhampton (‘The Beatles Autumn Tour’). 1965 Harry Moss cuts the mono version of ‘Rubber Soul’. UK LP release: George Martin’s instrumental version of ‘Help!’. 1966 ”Yesterday’… And Today’, 22nd week in the Top 100 (Billboard). 1976 UK LP release:…
1962 – Performance at the Cavern, with the Mersey Beats. 1963 Newspapers publish that a priest of the Church of England asks the Beatles to record a Christmas song. John and Paul see the musical ‘Six Of One’ at the Adelphi Theatre. The Fab Four were at a ceremony at EMI House in London where…
George Harrison returns to London and has a five-hour meeting with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr. Although he and Lennon make peace, George makes it clear that he is fully prepared to quit for good if certain conditions of his aren’t met. All the talk about live performances must stop, and the sessions…
OCTOBER 10, 1939 – Eleanor Rigby died in her sleep of unknown causes at the age of 44. But according to songwriter Paul McCartney, the 1966 Beatles’ song that featured her name wasn’t written about her. In fact, McCartney’s first draft of the song’s melody came to him as he experimented with his piano, and he…
It is George’s first time in India. The purpose of the visit was to take sitar lessons with Ravi Shankar, and to study yoga.George had met Shankar in London in June, at the home of Ayana Deva Angadi, founder of the Asian Music Circle. Then they met again at George’s house, who in a couple…