Around the Beatles

Like millions of other Americans, my introduction to The Beatles came on February 9, 1964 when my family watched them make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. I was just seven months old but it was the beginning of a fascination that's only grown with time. Join me as I share my life Around The Beatles.

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Maple Leaf Center, Toronto

September 7, 1964

Photographer: Bob Bonis

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Graham Nash, photographed by Mike McCartney

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Arriving in Hamburg

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June 26, 1966

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Rest in peace Cyn.

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Most of us are familiar with Kishin Shinoyama's Double Fantasy album cover photo, taken in September 1980. A new book, Kishin Shinoyama. John Lennon & Yoko Ono. Double Fantasy, includes other photos taken during that 5 day period.

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John Lennon

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Footage of Lesley Gore was included in a film featuring The Beatles' Washington Coliseum concert from February 11, 1964. It was transmitted over telephone lines to select theaters in the U.S. on March 14th and 15th, 1964.

http://www.pophistorydig.com/topics/beatles-wash-dc-1964/

R.I.P. Lesley

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London belonged to the young. All the old class structures of our parents' generation were breaking down. All the old social mores were swept away...Painters, poets, writers, designers, admen, media figures, and, of course, musicians expressed themselves with fearlessness, freshness, and freedom. They wore fabulous frocks and flowery shirts and grew their hair long. They weren't going to knuckle down and wear the uniform of their class. The rule book had been thrown away.

-Pattie Boyd on 1960's London in her book Wonderful Tonight

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Paul McCartney and George Harrison 

photograph by Henry Grossman

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January 1964

King George V  Hotel, Paris

Photos by Harry Benson

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The Beatles posing with a US flag (1964)

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January 17th

Dezo Hoffman took these photos when the boys were in Paris. They had just received word that "I Want to Hold Your Hand" had reached #1 in the US on Billboard's Hot 100.

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BBC: The French have not made up their minds about the Beatles. What do you think of them? John Lennon: Oh, we like the Beatles. They're gear.

Paris, January 1964

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April 13, 1964

George during the filming of his solo scene in a Hard Day's Night

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July 27, 1963

Weston-Super-Mare

Photo by G.D. Smith

http://www.norwegianwood.org/beatles/english/weston.html

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The Beatles at the Astoria Ballroom on Lancashire 

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January 18, 1963

The Beatles posed with some of the fans who came to see them perform at the Floral Hall Ballroom, Morecambe.

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The Beatles during the recording of Fool on the Hill 1967

new scans!

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Excellent!