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 …
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[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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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TODAY IN BEATLES HISTORY 04 January 1962 – The Beatles topped the first Mersey Beat popularity poll. 04 January 1970 – George Harrison recorded the lead guitar solo for the album version of “Let It Be.” 04 January 1963 – On a short tour of Scotland, The Beatles perform at the …
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02 January 1963 – This was supposed to be the first night of a five-appearance Beatles tour of Scotland. But the show has to be cancelled due to terrible weather conditions during the worst winter weather in decades–icy cold and snowdrifts that makes the roads impassable. This after The Beatles’ …
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Unheard since original broadcast, Radio Luxembourg DJ Chris Denning interviews The Beatles backstage of their 1964 ‘Another Beatles Christmas Show’ at the Hammersmith Odeon, London. They talk about songwriting & performing along with reading listener’s requests. The interview ends with each Beatles giving requests to their own friends and ex-schoolmates. …
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BEATLES HISTORY FOR TODAY 30 December 1999: George Harrison and his wife were attacked in their home during a robbery 30 December 1966: Mixing, recording: When I’m Sixty-Four, Penny Lane 30 December 1964: The Beatles put on two performances of “Another Beatles Christmas Show” at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. 30 December …
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Today in Beatles History 27 december 1960- The Beatles played a gig at the Town Hall in Litherland, Liverpool. 27 december 1963: The Times: What Songs The Beatles Sang by William Mann 27 december 1962: Live: Star-Club, Hamburg 27 december 1961: Live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (evening) 27 december 1967: Paul McCartney …
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