Friday, 29th June, 1962
The Beatles played a lunch time gig at The Cavern, before heading over the River Mersey to New Brighton to headline another Sam Leach promotion at the Tower Ballroom.
This one was titled “Operation Big Beat III,” and featured 10 local groups, headed by The Beatles, performing a “cavalcade of rock ‘n’ twist” for five and a half hours.
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.
