NOVEMBER 21, 1960 – The Beatles played at the Kaiserkeller Club in Hamburg, Germany without George Harrison. Harrison had been deported on this day for being underage (he was still 17) and not legally allowed to remain in a nightclub after midnight.The discovery took place on November 20, 1960. Harrison stayed up all that night…
NOVEMBER 21, 1995 – The Beatles “Anthology 1” was released in the US, featuring 60 tracks including the track “Free As A Bird,” a song originally composed and recorded in 1977 as a home demo by John Lennon. The three remaining Beatles Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr re-worked the John demo, given to…
OCTOBER 15, 1960 – The Beatles (minus Pete Best) and two members of Rory Storm’s Hurricanes (Ringo Starr and Lu Walters) recorded a version of George Gershwin’s “Summertime” in a Hamburg, Germany recording studio backing Walters. The track which was cut onto a 78-rpm disc marked the first session that included John Lennon, Paul McCartney,…
OCTOBER 13, 1992 – Linda McCartney released “Linda McCartney’s Sixties: Portrait of an Era”, a collection of her most memorable works as a rock photographer. The book includes photos of The Rolling Stones, The Beatles (including husband Paul McCartney), The Who, the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison (The Doors), Aretha Franklin, B.B….
Informations about The Beatles Band Members Meet John Lennon John Winston Lennon was Born October 9 1940. He founded the Original Group in 1956. Deserted by Father in Childhood. Mother killed in traffic Accident When John was 14 spent teen years with his aunt Mimi. Married fellow art student Cynthia Powell (who is two years…
Very Young John Lennon Pictures discovered from 1959
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’;…
George Harrison,accompanied by Ringo Starr and John Lennon, (partially hidden at right), is shown a moment after he has thrown his drink at a photographer who insisted on photographing the group while they were at the “Whisky-a-go-go,” Ringo, appears to recoil in shock. Actress Jayne Mansfield is seated with the group, (2nd from right). Robert…
In the afternoon they attended a party at the Bel Air home of Alan Livingston, president of Capitol Records. Tickets for the party, held in aid of the Haemophilia Foundation of Southern California, cost $25 tickets, and the event raised $10,000.