Wednesday, 8th March, 1961 Another triple header for The Beatles with a lunch time gig at The Cavern Club before heading out for what was becoming a regular Wednesday evening starting at the Aintree Institute before moving on to Hambleton Hall in Huyton.

According to the BBC, the comedy actor John Junkin, died yesterday at the age of 76 after a battle with lung cancer. John Junkin will be best known to Beatles fans as the long suffering roadie “Shake” in A Hard Day’s Night. BBC Obituary

Today sees the launch of StuartSutcliffeArt.com, the official site  of the Stuart Sutcliffe Estate, managed by his sister Pauline. The site will be the official source for viewing, authenticating and buying art by the legendary “fifth Beatle.” Stuart was in fact the forth member to join the group, when he was recruited by his best [...]

Tuesday, 7th March, 1961 A single evening gig for The Beatles today at the Cassanova Club for promoter Sam Leach.

The What Goes On web-site is reporting that the long-awaited Beatles Capitol Albums Vol. 2 could be on the shelves as early as April. The article goes on to speculate that the boxed set will most likely pick up where Vol. 1 left off, and contain the American Capitol stereo and mono mixes of the [...]

Monday, 6th March, 1961 The Beatles started the day playing one of their regular lunch time gigs at the Cavern Club. In the evening they played their first gig at the Liverpool Jazz Society located on Temple St. inthe city center. At one time this had been the venue for Sam Leach’s “Iron Door” Club [...]

In a moving article posted in The Charlotte Observer, writer Ann Ford recalls just how much The Beatles meant to her and how she passed on her passion for The Fab Four to her children, and especially her daughter Grace. The article concludes with poignant memories of Grace, who died suddenly at just 5 years [...]

Sunday, 5th March, 1961 The Beatles returned to the Best’s house for their regular Sunday gig in the basement Casbah Coffee Club.

 According to an article on Contactmusic, George Harrison was $34 short when he bought a black Gretsch Duo Jet electric guitar from merchant seaman Ivan Hayward back in in 1961. So, he wrote Hayward an IOU for the amount, and promised to pay him back. However, it seems that George never honoured his promise, and to [...]

Saturday, 4th March, 1961 Just a single gig for The Beatles on this Saturday with an appearenc at the Aintree Institute in  Aintree, Liverpool. As well as being the home of a famous horse racing course, in the 1950s, Aintree also played host to several motor races including The British Grand Prix. Among the crowd at [...]