OCTOBER 12, 1962 – The Beatles met Little Richard for the first time when they opened for his performance at the Tower Ballroom in New Brighton, England. Although he considered George and John a bit rude, he was quite taken with Paul McCartney, and even tried to seduce him at one point after the show. This…
9:00 A. M… Dakota Building… New York City…John Lennon, celebrate his last birthday in life…His 40 years, along with Sean, that day he turned 5 years old…For such an occasion Yoko Ono hired a pilot of a plane to fly over Central Park and the Dakota building with a message saying, ′′ Happy Birthday John…
“That necklace has a story. My auntie bought it for me but when we were in New York, kids jumped on our backs and stole it. I went on Cousin Brucie’s radio show and said, ‘I’ll give you a kiss if you bring me back my necklace’. A girl turned up with the necklace, so…
“When I was five years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”…
June 1977. Lennon was in Hong Kong during a trip to Japan – and Bowie was in town on tour with his band. They met up in Hong Kong (where Bowie was touring along with Iggy Pop). While there, a tourist approached John and said, “Aren’t you John Lennon?” John replied, “No, but I wish…
The sea was in John’s blood. Not one for pools, he preferred an open body of salt water; he would swim every day if he could. At the sea, he found peace of mind and recharged his creativity – May Pang
OCTOBER 6, 2010 – A set of John Lennon’s fingerprints were seized by the FBI from a New York memorabilia dealer who intended to sell them for $100,000 (£62,621) minimum bid. The prints were taken at a New York police station in 1976 when Lennon applied for permanent US residence. The bureau claimed the card was…
OCTOBER 1, 2015 – An original film of The Beatles performing at The Cavern Club in Liverpool in 1962 was found after 50 years languishing in a desk drawer. It featured the Fab Four playing “Some Other Guy” on August 22, 1962, four weeks before their debut single came out. It was recorded for what was…