Tag: Beatles
Paul Is Dead – The McCartney Myth
On 12 October 1969, out of the blue, a Detroit radio station began announcing that Paul McCartney was dead.
The shock claim was picked up...
Let It Be (1970)
Originally arranged as rehearsals for a one-off live show, the TV documentary/concert McCartney envisioned devolved instead into a depressing fly-on-the-wall ogle at The Beatles'...
Beatle Boots
The traditional Chelsea Boot was adapted for The Beatles by the London footwear company Anello & Davide in 1961 when the band commissioned four...
Stuart Sutcliffe
Deciding to concentrate on being an artist rather than a musician, Sutcliffe opted to stay in Hamburg and lived there with his girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr.
Stuart...
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
This hour-long made-for-television film starring The Beatles first aired on BBC1 on 26 December 1967.
Upon its initial showing, the public and critics attacked the movie...
Yellow Submarine (1968)
The Beatles come to the rescue when the evil Blue Meanies try to drive all the music and fun from Pepperland in the third...
Help! (1965)
Fresh from the success of A Hard Day's Night, The Beatles had the world at their feet and pitched to follow in the globetrotting wake...
Hard Day’s Night, A (1964)
The Beatles first feature film was a surprisingly sensational comedy, which revolved around a fictional 36 hours in their hectic schedule during a trip to...
George Martin
George Martin was working as a producer for EMI Records' Parlophone label when, in 1962, he heard the demo tapes of a group called The...
The Beatles in Hamburg
On 27 December 1960 The Beatles appeared at the Litherland Town Hall Ballroom in Liverpool in a performance widely regarded as being a turning point in...
Beatles Cartoon, The
1 9 6 5 - 1 9 6 9 (USA)
39 x 30 minute episodes
The Beatles cartoons were screened in the US from 25 September 1965 to...
Backbeat (1994)
The early days of The Beatles when the yet-to-be-fab four were chasing fame and fräuleins in the grimy basement clubs of Hamburg, Germany, provide...
Cavern, The
A foul-smelling, dirty, damp and cramped cellar beneath a fruit warehouse at 10 Mathew Street in Liverpool city centre had served as a World...
George Harrison
Of all the individual solo output following the break-up of The Beatles, George Harrison provided the real surprise with the 1970 triple album set All Things...
John Lennon
"We're more popular than Jesus right now", John Lennon said in 1966 at the height of The Beatles success. His irreverent remark caused a storm of...
Paul McCartney
Inspired equally by show tunes, music hall and rock 'n' roll, the young James Paul McCartney (whose first guitar, incidentally, was a Rosetti Lucky...
Ringo Starr
Richard Starkey was born in the Dingle area of Liverpool on 7 July 1940.
While John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Pete Best sweated through their musical apprenticeship...
Beatles, The
So it goes like this . . . 15-year-old Paul McCartney hears a Skiffle group called The Quarrymen play on Saturday 6 July 1957.
Along with a police dog...
Yoko Ono
Born in Japan on 13 February 1933, Yoko Ono finished her education in the USA and became a well-known figure during the 1960s in...
Astrid Kirchherr
Astrid Kirchherr is best known for her striking photos of The Beatles taken during their first stay in Hamburg, which were later reproduced around the world.
Ironically,...
