Sep 6, 2017
Q: "Which artist or musical group do you think has most influenced your music?"
JOHN: (jokingly) "Nicki Cuff."
PAUL: "Nicki Cuff, I'd say. No, uhh... American colored groups, mainly. And early Elvis Presley."
GEORGE: "In fact, The Detroit Sound."
JOHN: "In fact, yes."
GEORGE: "In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miricles."
JOHN: "We like Marvin Gaye."
GEORGE: "The Impressions, Marvin Gaye."
PAUL & GEORGE: "Mary Wells."
GEORGE: "The Exciters."
JOHN: "To name but eighty."
RINGO: "Chuck Jackson."
[Excert from the Beatles press conference, Detroit on 6th September 1964. x]
The Beatles press conference backstage at Olympia Stadium, Detroit on 6th September 1964.
Pics: Curt Gunther (?)