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BEATLES - Day By Day - 4/28/63

Alan Porter — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:06:50 +0000

Sunday, 28 April, 1963

After nearly five months of non stop touring, TV and radio appearances, The Beatles take a well-earned vacation. Paul, George, and Ringo all leave for a 12-day holiday in Santa Cruz, Tenerife. While John flies to Spain with manager Brian Epstein.

BEATLES - Day By Day - 4/27/63

Alan Porter — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:03:06 +0000

Saturday, 27 April, 1963

The Beatles perform at the Victory Memorial Hall in Northwich.

BEATLES - Day By Day - 4/26/63

Alan Porter — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:01:17 +0000

Friday, 26 April, 1963

The Beatles perform a gig at the Music Hall in Shrewsbury.

BEATLES - Day By Day - 4/25/63

Alan Porter — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:59:01 +0000

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.

BEATLES - Day By Day - 4/24/63

Alan Porter — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:01:57 +0000

Wednesday, 24 April, 1963

The Beatles play at appear at the Majestic Ballroom, in Finsbury Park, London as part of a “Mersey Beat Showcase.”

BEATLES - Day By Day - 4/23/63

Alan Porter — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:49:20 +0000

Tuesday, 23 April, 1963

The Beatles play a gig at the Floral Ballroom, in Southport, the seaside town just north of Liverpool.

I Met The Warlrus

Alan Porter — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:45:07 +0000

In 1969, 14-year-old Jerry Levitan managed to snag a brief interview with John Lennon in his hotel room in Toronto. Using his reel-to-reel tape recorder, Levitan asked Lennon a series of questions about peace, popularity, and messages in music.

In 2007, Levitan collaborated with director Josh Raskin, illustrator James Braithwaite, and animator Alex Kurina to produce I Met the Walrus, a short animated film featuring a condensed version of the Lennon-Levitan interview set to sprawling stream-of-consciousness animation. The resulting film has won an AFI Award and was nominated for an Academy Award.

Here it is:

BEATLES - Day By Day - 4/21/63

Alan Porter — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:40:49 +0000

Sunday, 21 April, 1963

The Beatles are invited to perform at the New Musical Express (NME) “1962-63 Annual Poll Winners’ All-Star Concert,” held in the afternoon at the Empire Pool, in Wembley. Even though The Beatles had not actually won in the polls, they were picked to appear because of their two recent No.1 singles. They perform four songs: “Please Please Me,” “From Me to You,” “Twist and Shout,” and “Long Tall Sally.”

After the Poll Winners show The Beatles head over to the Pigalle Club in London for an evening performance.

BEATLES - Day By Day - 4/20/63

Alan Porter — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:53:57 +0000

Saturday, 20 April, 1963

The Beatles perform at the Ballroom of the Mersey View Pleasure Grounds, Overton Hills, Frodsham, Cheshire. Their only appearance at this venue which was a regular for other Merseyside groups.

BEATLES - Day By Day - 4/19/63

Alan Porter — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:51:36 +0000

Friday, 19 April, 1963

The Beatles perform at King’s Hall in Stoke-on-Trent, for the second of Brian Epstein’s “Mersey Beat Showcase” events.