Tuesday, 17th October, 1961 The Beatles played a one-off gig at the David Lewis Club in the Great George Place area of Liverpool city center. This was also the first commercial promotion by their new fan-club.
According to the UK’s Independent newspaper EMI is expecting a bumper second half of the year with a host of big-name artists, including The Beatles, due to issue albums. The music publisher expects the new releases to compensate for a decline in first-half sales.The highest profile release will be LOVE a new collection of Beatles [...]
Monday, 16th October, 1961 The Beatles returned to The Cavern for the first in a new series of lunchtime sessions
This week’s video clip is a short clip of the Fab Four at the Hollywood Bowl in 1964 performing “Twist & Shout.” – Enjoy.
Sunday, 15th October, 1961 After their two week break The Beatles returned to the local Liverpool scene with an unusual afternoon booking as part of the bill at a charity “Star Matinee” held at the Albany Cinema in the village of Maghull, just north of the Aintree area of Liverpool. The event was to raise [...]
Just a personal quick note of thanks to the guys in Day Tripper for another excellent evening of Beatles music last night. And a special thanks for the rendition of “Birthday“.
According to a report on the globeandmail.com website The Beatles’ songs are being given a Celtic makeover by a band playing some of their greatest hits in Cornish,.Skwardya, from Cornwall, England’s most southwesterly county, have translated four Beatles songs into the Cornish language — including She Loves You (Hi a’th kar) and Something (Neppyth) — [...]
According to a report from Reuters Paul McCartney has applied to register his name as a trademark for use on everything from waistcoats to vegetarian food. In addition to vegetarian items, he is also seeking permission for the name on meat, fish, poultry and game.The application has been made by Paul’s company, MPL Communications Ltd, [...]
Friday, 13th October, 1963 Paul McCartney and John Lennon return to Liverpool from their two week vacation in Paris.
According to a report posted on Bloomberg.com John Lennon’s former home in the U.K., where he lived as the Beatles rose to fame and his first marriage crumbled, is up for sale for 5.95 million pounds ($11.1 million). The six-bedroom house, known as Kenwood, outside Weybridge, Surrey, is 24 miles southwest of London and has six [...]
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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.
