BEATLES – Day By Day – 4/25/63
Thursday, 25 April, 1963
The Beatles perform at the Fairfield Hall Ballroom, in Croydon, Surrey. This is yet another “Mersey Beat Showcase,” and it had been arranged prior to The Beatles’ having their first No.1 single and before Gerry & the Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, and The Big Three had become known outside of Liverpool. The promoter, fearing that ticket sales would be light, hired John Leyton to top the bill. When Leyton became too ill to appear, notices were posted outside the ballroom’s main entrance. These notices evoked cheering among the waiting fans, none of whom had come to see Leyton.
