In 1969, terror and paranoia swept through the film and music communities of Los Angeles after actress Sharon Tate, Hollywood hairstylist Jay Sebring, coffee heiress Abigail Folger, aspiring screenwriter Wojciech Frykowski and 18-year-old Steven Parent were brutally murdered in a house on Cielo Drive. In a bizarre twist to an already sensational story, the Beatles‘…
[wp_ad_camp_5] This was The Beatles’ second and final performance at this venue on the Morecambe promenade. The first had taken place on 29 August 1962. The group’s road manager, Neil Aspinall, was unwell with the flu on this day, so Les Hurst, Gerry and the Pacemakers’ roadie, stood in for him. Gerry and the Pacemakers’…
Today in Beatles History (17 January 1964 ) This was the second date of The Beatles’ residency at the Olympia Theatre, on Paris’s Boulevard des Capucines. The Beatles’ residency at the Olympia Theatre began on 16 January 1964 and ended on 4 February. They performed a set containing eight songs: From Me To You, Roll Over…
Beatles Facts From the time he was five years old and all but abandoned by his parents, Lennon lived with his aunt and uncle, Mimi and George Smith, in Woolton. One of his favorite spots to explore with his childhood friends was the garden of the nearby Salvation Army orphanage, Strawberry Fields. McCartney remembered in…
The Beatles Facts The Beatles are credited with being the first to do many things such as printing lyrics on a pop album, creating music videos and holding a stadium concert, but most bizarre is their role in the “devil horns” hand gesture taking off. John Lennon’s cartoon figure on the “Yellow Submarine” cover is…
STV Studios & Odeon Cinema, Glasgow, Scotland Thursday 30 April 1964 3 minutes TV Show (black and white) A [broadcast quality footage] Only some silent clips survived from the TV show ‘Roundup’ which was originally transmitted by Scottish Television on 5 May 1964. The footage shows The Beatles inside the STV studios in Glasgow, gathered…
The Beatles recorded a version of Chuck Berry’s rock ‘n’ roll classic Johnny B Goode in 1964, for the BBC radio show Saturday Club. Chuck Berry was another massive influence with Johnny B Goode. We’d go up to John’s bedroom with his little record player and listen to Chuck Berry records, trying to learn them….
06 January 1961 – The Beatles perform at St. John’s Hall, Bootle, Lancashire. The Beatles’ growing reputation is evidenced by the near-capacity crowd. The Beatles receive a fee of 6.5 pounds 06 January 1962 – The Beatles perform at the Cavern Club – a night show 06 January 1963 – On the final appearance of their five-stop tour…
“This was the evening, famous in local circles, on which the Beatles appeared at the Town Hall Dingwall, supported by the Drumbeats. Much reference has been made to the fact that the dance was poorly attended with an estimate of anywhere between 8 and about 30 people attending. Lore has it that the Beatles packed…
24 January 1962 Mersey Beat was a music publication in Liverpool, England in the early 1960s. It was founded by Bill Harry, who was one of John Lennon’s classmates at Liverpool Art College. The paper carried news about all the local Liverpool bands, and stars who came to town to perform. The Beatles had a…