Jan 1, 2020
“I told Mike he’d have to decide between them. It was up to him – The Beatles or Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. He said, ‘They’re both good, but one’s a local group, the other comes from Liverpool.’ We decided it was better to take the local group. We could work with them more easily and stay closer in touch as they came from Dagenham” [Dick Rowe, Decca Records]
On January 1st 1962 the Beatles, then comprising John, Paul, George and Pete Best auditioned for Decca in London.