Miscellaneous

Rehearsal: Cavern Club, Liverpool

Monday 4 June 1962

Two days before their first Abbey Road recording session, The Beatles undertook a second day of rehearsals at the Cavern […]

Sunday 3 June 1962

The Beatles’ first Abbey Road recording session was booked for 6 June 1962, and the group needed to prepare material.

Wednesday 9 May 1962

EMI producer George Martin had first met The Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein on 13 February 1962. Although the meeting was

Tuesday 1 November 1960

Furious that The Beatles had made a verbal agreement to play at rival Peter Eckhorn’s Top Ten Club, Kaiserkeller owner

Wednesday 16 January 1957

The Cavern Club, which was to become world-famous after The Beatles performed there nearly 200 times, opened its doors for

Sunday 11 November 1956

Paul McCartney saw skiffle king Lonnie Donegan perform at Liverpool’s Empire Theatre on 11 November 1956.