The Beatles had arrived in Los Angeles shortly before midnight on 22 August 1965. They had five days of rest prior to their concerts in San Diego, San Francisco and the Hollywood Bowl, which concluded their North American tour.
The group rented a large house at 2850 Benedict Canyon Drive in Beverly Hills, which was owned by actress Zsa Zsa Gabor. Less than 12 hours after their arrival, however, the address had been announced by radio stations, and the LAPD were called in to keep fans away from the property. A group of security men from the Burns Agency were also on hand to offer protection.
In the evening The Beatles went to a party at the Bel Air home of Capitol Records’ president Alan Livingstone, where they were presented with a number of awards. Also present were Edward G Robinson, Jack Benny, Vince Edwards, Gene Barry, Richard Chamberlain, Jane Fonda, Rock Hudson, Groucho Marx, Dean Martin, Hayley Mills and James Stewart.
Anyone know if they saw Billy Preston on this trip? He was in LA as a member of the Shindig house band at the time. Thanks.
For the record, a response from Chuck Gunderson, , to my 19 Feb question : “I know the Beatles (not all of them) met up with Preston in San Francisco the day they flew in just ahead of the tour in 1964. I did not find any evidence of them meeting up again during the 1965 or 1966 tours.”
I just visited that site (4-4-2015) and the house has been leveled, I assume a new house will be erected in it’s place.
Cool bit of historyy
i was wtih capitol during the heyday of the beatles, beach boys and many other super-stars. i used
to say that the tower was round because we ran around in circles all day. i was a marketing guy.
met paul when we brought him across the pond to shmooze with our people at a sales meeting at
the century plaza hotel. could tell lots of stories.