Saturday, 16 March, 1963 The Beatles travel to Broadcasting House in London for a live radio appearance. They had been forced to cancel a March 11 recording date for the BBC radio program “Saturday Club,” so they perform six songs that are inserted live into the pre-recorded radio broadcast. The songs: “I Saw Her Standing [...]

Friday, 15th March, 1963 On the Montez/Roe tour, The Beatles perform for two “houses” at Colston Hall, Bristol. John Lennon, recovering from a bad cold, is back on stage with the group.

Thursday, 14th March, 1963 Still on the Montez/Roe tour, The Beatles perform at the Gaumont Cinema, in Wolverhampton. John Lennon, still suffering a bad cold, is unable to perform, and misses the third night in a row.

Wednesday, 13 March, 1963 The Beatles made a mid-morning detour from the “Roe/Montez” Tour to stop by the Abbey Road studios in London for a harmonica over-dubbing session on “Thank You Girl.” After the recording session they headed up to York to rejoin the tour at the Rialto Theater, where, with John still sick, they once [...]

So own up, who else watched last nights’ edition of American Idol with a mix of fear and curiosity? Idol hopeful’s being let lose on the Lennon & McCartney songbook – a few years ago the very thought of it would have made me shudder. But this year it seemed that the Idol Top 12 [...]

Tuesday, 12 March, 1963 The “Roe/Montez” Tour continues at the Granada Cinema in Bedford, but with a three man Beatles line up as John is sick. George and Paul spilt his vocal lines between them.

If my calulations are right, the last post was the 1000th post on Blog, Blog Me Do. As we hit that milestone, I just wanted to take time out to thank everyone from all around the world who read the blog, and extend a special thanks to those who take the time to comment or [...]

Monday, 11 March, 1963 During a one day break in the “Roe/Montez” tour The Beatles head to EMI House in London to record their fourth, and final, appearence on Radio Luxembourg’s “The Friday Spectacular.”

 Bob Neaverson, author of The Beatles Movies (Cassell, 1997) and co-author (with former Apple Film boss Denis O’Dell) of At the Apple’s Core, has just launched a Beatles Movie website, www.beatlesmovies.co.uk.The site is dedicated to celebrating the importance of the group’s five forays into film, and includes a re-vamped version of his first book, the [...]

Sunday, 10 March, 1963 For the first time The Beatles headline a national tour date when they play the Hippodrome Theatre, on Hurst St. in Birmingham.