Monday, 3rd September, 1962 The Beatles played a lunch time gig at The Cavern before travelling the 12 miles to the town of Widnes for the first of three Monday evening gigs at the Queen’s Hall on Victoria Road. The shows were promoted by Brian Epstein through NEMS. Each week The Beatles would be joined [...]
Thursday, 23rd August, 1962 John Lennon spent the morning getting married to his long time, and newly pregnant, girlfriend Cynthia Powell. The ceremony took place at the Mount Pleasant Register Office in central Liverpool with Paul McCartney as the best man. The wedding “reception” is lunch at the nearby crowded Reeces Cafe, where the couple [...]
Wednesday, 22nd August, 1962 The Beatles played both lunch time and evening gigs at The Cavern, but this day was a significant one for The Beatles. The lunch time session was filmed by Granada TV (the local North of England broadcaster who covered the Liverpool and Manchester area) for a program called Know The North, [...]
Thursday, 16th August, 1962 Early in the day Brian Epstein informed Pete Best that his services would no longer be required as a member of The Beatles. Pete had been with the group for just over 2 years. He would be replced by Ringo Starr. Pete originally agreed to play until Ringo could join a [...]
Wednesday, 15th August, 2007 The Beatles played two gigs at The Cavern with lunch-time and noght-time engagements. Although he didn’t know it yet, these would be Pete Best’s last gigs as a Beatle. At some point during the day Brian Epstein had asked Pete to stop by his offices at NEMS the following day. Earlier [...]
Thursday, 26th July, 1962 The Beatles played at the Cambridge Hall on Lord Street in the seaside town of Southport. It was the first of two consecutive NEMS Enterprises promotions organized by Brian Epstein with The Beatles supporting current star Joe Brown and his Bruvvers. Brown was at number 3 in the UK charts with A [...]
Wednesday, 25th July, 1962 The Beatles played both lunch time and evening gigs at The Cavern before heading over to Duke Street in Liverpool for an audition at The Cabaret Club. This was an ill-judged attempt by Brian Epstein to place the group on the lucrative northern England “cabaret circuit.” The audition was a disaster [...]
Thursday, 21st June, 1962 The Beatles returned to the Tower Ballroom in New Brighton for a show promoted by Cavern DJ, Bob Wooler. The show line up is evidence of Brian Epstein’s early marketing skill. He developed the habit of signing current chart topping acts to act as headliners, with The Beatles as nominal support. [...]
Wednesday, 6th June, 1962 One of the most important days in Beatles history. Today The Beatles played in Studio Two at the EMI Studios at 3, Abbey Road, London for the first time. The session ran from 7:00 to 10:00pm and started off with The Beatles running through a selection of (undocumented) tunes as an informal [...]
Monday, 9th May, 1962 While The Beatles were in Hamburg, Brian Epstein returned to London to follow up on his earlier, February, meetings with George Martin. The two meet at Abbey Road where Martin agrees to setting up an audition for The Beatles with EMI/Parlaphone in early June after their return from Hamburg. Brian Epstein [...]
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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.
