BEATLES Day By Day – 5/21/61
Sunday, May 21st, 2006Sunday, 21st May, 1961 The Beatles complete the eighth week of their extended run at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg, Germany.
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BEATLES Day By Day – 5/14/61
Monday, May 15th, 2006Sunday, May 14th, 1961 The Beatles reach the half-way point of their extended contract at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg, Germany. Â
BEATLES Day By Day – 5/7/61
Monday, May 8th, 2006Sunday, 7th May, 1961 With another eight hour set stretchin through Sunday evening and on into the night, The Beatles started their sixth week of their mammoth engagement at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg.
BEATLES Day By Day – 4/24/61
Monday, April 24th, 2006Monday 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.
BEATLES Day By Day – 4/20/61
Thursday, April 20th, 2006Thursday, 20th April, 1961 While still performing at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg, Germany, The Beatles sent a letter to their current manager, Allan Williams, informing him that they would not be paying him any commission for their current contract with the Top Ten Club as they had made the arrangements themselves. (This was [...]
BEATLES Day By Day – 4/14/61
Monday, April 17th, 2006Friday, 14th April. 1961 The Beatles, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Pete Best, complete the second week of their mammoth 13 week engagement at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg, Germany.
New Book Tells Of Hamburg Days
Wednesday, April 12th, 2006Â Horst Facher, manager of Hamburg’s Star Club, where The Beatles played during 1962, has published his memoirs under the title “Let The Good Times Roll.” Â Facher was a champion boxer until he killed a man in a street fight. After serving his prison sentence he threw himself into the emerging music clubs of [...]
BEATLES Day By Day – 4/7/61
Friday, April 7th, 2006Friday, 7th April, 1961 The Beatles complete the first of what would end up being a thirteen week engagement at The Top Ten Club in Hamburg, Germany. Â
BEATLES Day By Day – 4/1/61
Monday, April 3rd, 2006Saturday, April 1st, 1961 The Beatles opened at the Top Ten Club on the Reeperbhan (#136)Â in Hamburg at the start of their second trip to the German city. Their contract would be extended twice during their stay and they would end up playing a staggering 503 hours over the next 92 nights. The Beatles sets [...]
BEATLES Day By Day 3/15/61
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006Wednesday, 15th March, 1961 The Beatles lunch time session at The Cavern started earlier than usual today with them being on stage from 12:00 noon to 1:00pm. They then moved on to the Liverpool Jazz Club to participate in a five hour long afternoon “Beat Session” alternating with Gerry & The Pacemakers and Rory Storm & [...]
