On Aug. 18, 1964, officials in the Denver Police Department alerted the FBI to a threatening letter brought to them by a local promoter. Verne Byers, a musician and Denver nightclub owner, had booked ...
The book is a comprehensive look at the tour, which saw 30,000 people line the streets of Adelaide to welcome the band to the city and Beatlemaniacs flooding the airport in Sydney and Melbourne upon ...
On August 23, 1964, The Beatles performed for the first time at the Hollywood Bowl. With that legendary performance, they unwittingly advanced the now-familiar outdoor concert. A gig John Lennon ...
In 1964, Starr was hospitalized with tonsillitis. The Beatles were preparing to embark on a world tour, which meant they either had to wait for Starr or replace him. They chose to do the latter. “In ...
Few things are more exciting than getting to go on the road with your band, let alone a world tour, but in early June 1964, Beatles drummer Ringo Starr had to wait a little while longer to join in on ...
While Starr was in the hospital, the rest of the band began working with a stand-in drummer, Jimmy Nichol. “Ringo missed part of the tour because he was in hospital with tonsillitis,” McCartney said, ...
"Good Day Sunshine State" by Florida cultural archeologist Bob Kealing (University Press of Florida, March 2023) Credit: courtesy photo It often seems like the legacy of the Beatles will loom large ...
Legendary Beatles star Paul McCartney is giving fans a glimpse inside the band’s "innocent" rise to fame in never-before-seen photos. During the historic 1964 Beatlemania tour, the iconic band ...
GREEN BAY - There’s not the screaming and crying there was on that Friday night of a lifetime in 1964, but get Bonnie Howe, Loine Hockman, Judy Urban and Karen Konopka talking about The Beatles and ...
It was a chaotic scene at DC’s Shoreham Hotel when the Beatles stayed there in February 1964. The band was in town for its first public American concert, and thousands of fans flocked to the hotel, ...
On Aug. 18, 1964, officials in the Denver Police Department alerted the FBI to a threatening letter brought to them by a local promoter. Verne Byers, a musician and Denver nightclub owner, had booked ...