George Harrison’s hand written lyrics for his classic song “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” sold at auction on Monday for $300,000. The lyrics are the earliest known version of the song and contains several lines which were not included on the final recorded version as heard on the 1968 “White Album.”
On the 16th January 1957 The Merseyside Jazz Union officially opened drawing substantial crowds. It wasn’t long before this latest hangout became better known by its unofficial name – The Cavern. The Cavern was owned and operated by Alan Sytner, the son of a local doctor, and an old school friend of one Brian Epstein. [...]
Hi folks – and welcome to the first “BLOG ME DO Quiz.” From now on we will be presenting a weekly test of your Fab Four trivia. – So come one, come all and try your hand.. First up let’s see what we know about Beatle movies. (1). Which furure rock superstar appeared in A [...]
Monday, 15th January, 1962 The Beatles kicked off another busy week at The Cavern with a Monday lunch-time performance.
It’s been a while since we posted a clip from the Beatles animated series, and I’d forgotten about these “sing-a-long” sections….
Sunday, 14th January, 1962 The Beatles continued their string of Sunday lunchtime gigs for Mona best with another show at the Casbah Coffee Club in the West Derby area of Liverpool.
Over the last few weeks I’ve been re-watching the Anthology DVDs with my youngest daughter. During an interview during the Ed Sullivan show section, George repeated the story that during the hour that The Beatles were on the show the crime rates dropped. I’d often wonderd about this statement, both it’s original source and just [...]
Saturday, 13th January, 1962 The Beatles played what would be their last gig at the dingy Hambleton Hall in the Huyton area of Liverpool. The venue had been a regular one for the early Beatles, but perhaps this gig could be considered one of the turning points of their career as they finally moved away [...]
Friday, 12th January, 1962 Two night time gigs for The Beatles today as in the early evening they played at The Cavern supported by Mike Cotton’s Jazzmen. Then it was over the Mersey to the Tower Ballroom in New Brighton for their first Sam Leach promoted gig of the New Year. The Beatles went on [...]
Thursday, 11th January, 1962 The Beatles continued their week at The Cavern with another lunch-time performance.
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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.
