Sunday 12th February, 1961 The Beatles performed at the Casbah Coffee Club at 8 Hymans Green in  West Derby, Liverpool. John, Paul and George had performed at the Casbah back in 1959, when, along with Ken Brown, they were the club’s first resident band under the name The Quarry Men. After a falling out over fees [...]
Saturday 11th February, 1961 The Beatles started this Saturday evening with a repeat performance at Lathom Hall in Seaforth. From there they went on to a gig at The Cassanova Club at its new location on London Road in Liverpool. This would be the first gig of many that The Beatles played for local promoter [...]
Paul McCartney will be featured on an upcoming edition of PBS’s Great Performances show. The show aims to capture a legendary performer in top present-day form. According to the pre-show publicity… “Looking remarkably youthful, his singing voice only lightly touched by time, Sir Paul returns to the famed London studio where the classic Beatles albums [...]
Friday 10th February, 1961 The BEATLES play two gigs on this day. The first is at the Aintree Institute, in Aintree, a suburb to the North of Liverpool city center, famous for its horse racing course. The second gig is at Lathom Hall in Seaforth, a dock side community to the NorthWest of Liverpool city [...]
Liverpool’s Jacaranda Bar on Slater Street has been selected as one of the 15 pubs across the UK to receive the inaugral “Britain’s Pubs In Time” award. A silver plaque will be unveiled in the cellar area by the original owner Mr. Allan Williams, now aged 75. Back in 1960 Allan Williams opened The Jacaranda, [...]
The San Francisco office of auctioneers Bonhams & Butterfields is currently displaying the original hand-written lyrics for the Beatles classic “A Day In The Life.” Originally penned by John Lennon on January 17th, 1967 with a black felt market pen on a scarp of paper, it was later revised and added to by Paul McCartney [...]
A performance by Paul McCartney was among the highlights of last night’s Grammy Awards show. Sir Paul played a set with Chester Benington (Linkin Park) and rapper Jay-Z, who wore a John Lennon t-shirt for the occasion. Jay-Z rapped over to McCartney’s classic composition YESTERDAY as Paul and Bennington sang along.
Thursday, February 9th, 1961 The Beatles make their debut at The Cavern Club on Matthew Street in Liverpool. Although John, Paul and George had played there before in various incarnations of The Quarry Men, this was the first time they appeared at the club under the name “THE BEATLES.” The appearance was an unadvertised lunch [...]
A survey of users undertaken by the British based internet search engine Seekport nominated THE BEATLES as the most recognizable British icon ahead of The Queen, the BBC and Harry Potter.
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Alan J. Porter has been a Beatles fan since he first saw them perform on a regional British TV show back in 1963 when he was just a wee lad. He is the author of the critically acclaimed BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES and occasional contributor to Beatlology Magazine. He now lives in Central Texas and occasionally writes about things other than The Fab Four. You can find out more here.
