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Magazine, where lots of good photos of the Fabs can be seen during 1964.
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Billboard is also represented where, if you wish, you can track the rise
of the Beatles' burgeoning success in England all during 1963. American
music execs kept their heads in the sand thoughout almost the entire
year despite clues that something big was happening in the British charts.
For fun I decided to try to find the earliest mention of the Beatles in
Billboard and got a surprise, plus a nice photo:
http://sakionline.net/uploads/luckystars.jpg
This was published on February 2, 1963 and was taken two weeks earlier
at the "Thank Your Lucky Stars" show on which the Beatles appeared,
taped on January 13 and shown on January 19, 1963. For context, this is
before the Beatles had a number-one hit (their second single "Please
Please Me" had just been released). Interesting to contrast the stars of
the soon-to-be past with the notable young Beatle on the left...whose
hair, one may note, isn't a bit scarier than Mike Berry's.
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Tony Quinn
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>This was published on February 2, 1963 and was taken two weeks earlier
>at the "Thank Your Lucky Stars" show on which the Beatles appeared,
>taped on January 13 and shown on January 19, 1963. For context, this is
>before the Beatles had a number-one hit (their second single "Please
>Please Me" had just been released). I
When you say just released - you mean the previous day.
The appearance had, allegedly, been organised by their publisher Dick
James. I know that this MAY be the case because I'm just listening to a
poor (well of dubious accuracy) early 70's BBC documentary series.
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saki
> In message <7i2asqF...@mid.individual.net>, saki <sa...@ucla.edu>
> writes
>
>> This was published on February 2, 1963 and was taken two weeks earlier
>> at the "Thank Your Lucky Stars" show on which the Beatles appeared,
>> taped on January 13 and shown on January 19, 1963. For context, this
>> is before the Beatles had a number-one hit (their second single
>> "Please Please Me" had just been released).
>
Two days earlier on January 11, 1963.
> The appearance had, allegedly, been organised by their publisher Dick
> James. I know that this MAY be the case because I'm just listening to a
> poor (well of dubious accuracy) early 70's BBC documentary series.
Yes, this was Dick James' intervention, and it turned out to be a good
move for the Beatles. It gave them an essential early push into public
exposure with the song that would be their first number one record, at
least on some music charts.
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