Wednesday, 6th December, 1961 Another significant day in the development of The Beatles story as the group held its second meeting with Brian Epstein in his office at the NEMS record store. Epstein proposes a cut of  25 percent of the group’s gross fees each week. He also promised that he will organize their bookings on [...]
Sunday, 3rd December, 1961 The Beatles played another Sunday lunch time session at the Casbah Coffee Club in the cellar of the Best’s family home in the West Derby area of Liverpool. Later in the day the group had a meeting with local record store owner Brian Epstein in his offices at the NEMS store, where the [...]
Thursday, 9th November, 1961 Perhaps one of the most significant days in Beatles history as their lunch time perfomance at The Cavern was witnessed by local record store owner Brian Epstein and his assistant Alistair Taylor. The four musicians were unaware the 27 year old businessman was in the club until his presence was announced [...]
Wednesday, 8th November, 1961 The Beatles played a night time gig at The Cavern. According to some sources Brian Epstein called The Cavern today asking for a VIP pass. However it is almost certain that it was Mersey Beat founder and editor Bill Harry who facilitated Epstein’s entry into the club the next day.
Monday, 30th October, 1961 The Beatles played a lunchtime show at The Cavern, the first of five shows at the venue this week. While, according to Brian Epstein’s story, today two young girls came into his NEMS record store today asking for copies of “My Bonnie.” These requests, on top of the original Saturday request, prompted [...]
Saturday, 28th October, 1961 The Beatles played an evening gig at the Aintree Institute today. However the most significant event of the day for The Beatles may have happened earlier and without their involvement. For, according to Brian Epstein’s autobiography, it was on this day that a teenager named Raymond Jones walked into Epstein’s NEMS [...]
Thursday, 3rd August, 1961 The Beatles played this evening at the St. John’s Hall in the Tuebrook area of Liverpool. The same day the third issue of Mersey Beat hit the local newsstands and contained the first of a series of record review columns by local record store owner, Brian Epstein.
In an exclusive article published today on the Internet Beatles News and Opinion Magazine, Beatles Today, Mersey Beat founder Bill Harry tells his side of the story about how it really happened that Brian Epstein came to be interested in the Beatles. In his autobiography, A Cellarful of Noise, published in 1964, famous Beatles manager [...]
Monday 24th April, 1961 Â While The Beatles continued to play at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg, Germany their future manager and mentor, Brian Epstein, arrived in the city on this Monday to attend a course in record retailing management, run by Deutsche Grammophon.
It’s been announced that Jude Law has been cast to play BEATLES manager Brian Epstein in the upcoming movie based on his life. The movie, tentatively titled The Fifth Beatle has been written by Broadway producer Vivek Tiwary and will reportedly show Epstein’s life through a combination of historical scenes, dream sequences and hallucinations. Made [...]
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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.
