This is the third part of a series on John Lennon’s Guitars. See also:
Part One: Gallotone Champion Acoustic John Lennon Guitar here
Part Two: Hofner Club 40 Electric John Lennon Guitar here.
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John Lennon’s most famous guitar was his 1958 Rickenbacker 325 electric. On the Beatles’ first trip to Hamburg in […]
To be a successful band, you have to play a lot of shows. To become huge, you have to tour the world. And The Beatles did indeed do some major tours in the first half of the 1960s. But it all started in Liverpool. Here are some photos of he Beatles in Liverpool. Click each […]
Former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir on an old 10 shekel bill, with Paul McCartney added. The caption says “Golda and McCartney the beloved (illustrative image)”.
Here’s a bit of strange history and a bit of strange news. Israeli English-language newspaper The Jerusalem Post reports that Israel will officially apologise to The Beatles for uninviting them […]
December 9 - 1962. George Martin sees The Beatles perform live for the first time, at the Cavern.
December 10 - 1980. John is cremated.
December 11 - 1969. The band rejects an offer for a 12-day US tour which would pay them between $2.4 million and $8.8 million.
December 12 - 1969. “Across the Universe” is first […]
November 18 - 1963. Brian Epstein appeals to fans via the press to not throw things onto the stage.
November 19 - 1965. Sir George Martin releases his instrumental version of “Help!”
November 20 - 1968. Radio Luxembourg interviews Paul about the white album.
November 21 - 1968. Yoko suffers a miscarriage.
November 22 - 1963. “With the Beatles” […]
September 9 - 1971. John’s second solo LP, “Imagine”, is released in the US.
September 10 - 1963. The Beatles meet The Rolling Stones at the Ken Colyer Club.
September 11 - 1962. Recording of the Beatles’ first single, “Love Me Do” / “PS I Love You” is completed.
September 12 - 1966. “Yellow Submarine” / “Eleanor Rigby” […]
July 8 - 1966. “Nowhere Man” EP released in UK.
July 9 - 1964. Robbery at Brian Epstein’s NEMS offices. £130 cash and £70 of merchandise taken.
July 10 - 1964. “A Hard Day’s Night” LP released in UK.
July 11 - 1964. Live appearance on ABC-TV’s “Lucky Stars”. Beatles cross the Thames in a boat to […]
July 1 - 1963. The band begins recording sessions for the single “She Loves You” / “I’ll Get You”.
July 2 - 1965. The band arrives in Madrid and plays a show at the Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas.
July 3 - 1966. The band begins a disastrous trip to the Philippines. That week, Brian Epstein […]
While The Beatles are most famous as the quartet of John, Paul, George and Ringo, several other musicians played small roles in their history.
Pete Best was the original drummer for the band once it had settled on the name, The Beatles, in 1960. He played with the band in Hamburg, and continued with them until […]
George Henry Martin produced most of The Beatles albums and played a major part in their world-wide success and fame. Heading the Parlophone Records division of EMI in the 1950s, Martin produced a wide range of material, including classical music, recordings of plays, comedy records, and moderately successful Skiffle albums. By the end of that […]
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