According to various reports Paul McCartney has reached a $400 million agreement with iTunes for the distribution of the Beatles’ back catalog. The former Beatles star officially sanctioned the Internet download service to offer the band’s musical hits from albums such as “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” the Daily Mail said Saturday. McCartney will [...]
Saturday, 9 March, 1963 Just five days after completing the Helen Shapiro tour the Beatles head out on another national tour package. The tour is adverstized with American singers Tommy Roe and Chris Montez as the headline acts. By the end of the first night at the Granada Cinema on Barking Road in the East [...]
This weekend Ringo Starr will make an appearence on Little Steven’s Underground Garage radio show. Check out the fun promo here.
Friday, 8 March, 1963 The Beatles play at the Royal Hall on Ripon Road in the spa town of Harrogate, Yorkshire.
According to the BBC Psychologists at the University of Leeds are using The Beatles to increase their understanding of human memory. They want people to recollect moments in their lives linked to the Fab Four with the aim of discovering how musical memories affect a person’s identity. The scientists said the thoughts might be linked [...]
Thursday, 7th March, 1963 The Beatles headline a four act NEMS promoted show at the Elizabethan Ballroom in Nottingham. Also on the bill were Gerry & the Pacemakers, The Big Three, and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, all by this time managed by Brian Epstein. Two hired buses transport all of the performers, along [...]
Wednesday, 6th March, 1963 The Beatles appear at the Playhouse Theatre in Manchester to record their fifth, and final, appearance on the BBC radio program “Here We Go” performing “I Saw Her Standing There,” “Misery,” “Do You Want to Know a Secret,” and “Please Please Me.”
Tuesday, 5th March, 1963 In Studio Two, of EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London, The Beatles record “From Me to You” just five days after John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote the song. Originally intended for the B-side of their second single, it is switched to the A-side with “Thank You Girl” on the B-side. They [...]
Monday, 4th March, 1963 The Beatles return to familar territory with a gig at the Plaza Ballroom in St. Helens. Thanks to their recent chart success their booking fee has risen to a new high of 100 Pounds.
I’m in the early stages of a new book about a certain dashing British hero who is parodied in this sequence from the Beatles cartoon series. This clip came up during one of my research sessions, it wouldn’t work in the book - but it’s perfect for here.
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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.
