John says his first song was Hello Little Girl which he wrote on the toilet (!) at 18 so that would be 1958. Paul says he wrote I Lost My Little Girl just after his mother died, so that would be November or December 1956. Definitely the first song written by a Beatle. The first…
We listed Beatles songs that refer to other Beatles songs 1 – ‘Carry That Weight’ — refers to ‘You Never Give Me Your Money’ 2- ‘What Goes On’ — refers to ‘Tell Me Why’ 3- ‘Lady Madonna’ — refers to ‘I Am The Walrus’ 4- ‘Savoy Truffle’ — refers to ‘Ob-la-di Ob-la-da’ 5- ‘All You…
1961Performance at the Cavern, with The Remo Four, and the Pressman. 1963The Beatles at Preston. September 13, 1963. Concert at the Public Hall, Preston. 1964Concert at the Civic Center, Baltimore. NEMS Enterprises Limited buys a controlling stake in the ‘Mersey Beat’. 19658.00am. Zak Starkey is born, at the Queen Charlotte’s Maternity Hospital, Hammersmith, London. US…
1963Studio 2. 2.30-6.30pm. Recording: Messages To Australia (takes 1-4); ‘Hold Me Tight’ [re-make] (takes 20-29). Studio 2. 7.00-11.30pm. Recording: ‘Don’t Bother Me’ [re-make] (takes 10-19); ‘Little Child’ (takes 3-18); ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’ (takes 2-7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham. 1964‘A Hard Day’s Night’ LP number 1, 8th week…
Pattie Boyd’s divorce was finally here on June 9, 1977 and the wedding was planned for May 1978, then postponed due to George’s father’s death. At that point they decided to wait for the birth of Dhani (born August 1, 1978) and marry four weeks later, secretly, in a ceremony where Olivia’s parents arrived by…
Paul was walking with Brian’s assistant, Alistair Taylor, on Primrose Hill conversing about the existence of God when a mysterious man suddenly appeared and disappeared again. This prompted Paul to write the song, which became one of Paul’s most widely recorded ballads.“Now that’s Paul. Another good lyric,” said John in 1980. Below are the Beatles…
While in Melbourne in June 1964, George borrowed a sports car and drove up to the nearby mountains, the Dandenongs (where I live). He lunched at Kenloch, a restaurant and reception centre housed in an Edwardian mansion, surrounded by ten acres of manicured English-style gardens. “Eve Martin-Grey, the daughter of Kathleen, who became the most…
August 18, 1964. Press conference, location unknown but possibly on arrival at San Francisco Airport. Next day, first concert at Cow Palace, San Francisco. Photo by a friend of my folk’s who was a lifestyle reporter for The Hayward Daily Review, Trudy Hertzog.
March 27, 1965 at John Lennon’s house in KenwoodBetween 1964 and 1968, Lennon moved to Kenwood, a house on St. St. George’s Hill, Weybridge, Surrey, where he lived with Cynthia and her son Julian…. Kenwood had pool, garden and even a recording studio.Photographs by Henry Grossman