Category: People
On 30 September 1961, John Lennon and Paul McCartney began hitchhiking from Liverpool to Paris where they celebrated Lennon’s 21st birthday.
John Lennon was given £100 ahead of his 21st birthday on 9 October 1961. He and Paul McCartney decided to travel to Spain for a holiday. In the end …
Thursday 23 February 1961 People Well aware that his talents for painting were greater than for music, Stuart Sutcliffe planned to take art teaching courses. He applied for an Art Teachers Diploma (ATD) course …
Ten days after Paul McCartney and Pete Best had been deported from Germany, John Lennon travelled back to England by train and boat.
Wednesday 30 November 1960 People The day after they were arrested on suspicion of arson, Paul McCartney and Pete Best were deported from Germany.
Tuesday 29 November 1960 People Having been told on 1 November that their contract to perform at his Kaiserkeller club was being terminated by owner Bruno Koschmider, The Beatles began moving their belonging to …
Monday 21 November 1960 People German police authorities deported George Harrison from Hamburg on this day, after discovering he was under 18 years of age.
Since The Beatles had an impending trip to play in Hamburg but no drummer, they held an audition for the vacant position at the Blue Angel, manager Allan Williams’ …
Paul McCartney wrote to a drummer on this day, offering an audition to join The Beatles on their first trip to Hamburg.
With their Saturday night residency at the Grosvenor Ballroom cancelled due to local complaints, The Beatles had some time off. On this night they went to Mona Best’s Casbah …
The second Biennial John Moores Exhibition opened at Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery on 17 November 1959. Among the exhibits was Summer Painting by Stuart Sutcliffe, an art school student …
John Lennon’s mother Julia died on 15 July 1958.
This picture of John Lennon with friend and Quarrymen manager Nigel Walley was uncovered by the BBC during research for a 2007 episode of Inside Out.
George Harrison claimed the first time he saw the Quarrymen was at the Wilson Hall, opposite the bus depot in Garston, Liverpool. According to Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn, the …
Liverpudlian promoter Charlie ‘Mac’ McBain held regular skiffle and rock events at his venues. On Friday 18 October 1957 he ran one such event, at the New Clubmoor Hall …
Three weeks after first meeting John Lennon, Paul McCartney and his brother Michael went to Scout camp at Hathersage in Derbyshire.
6 July 1957 was a pivotal day for the history of modern music: it was the day that John Lennon met Paul McCartney for the first time.
Wednesday 31 October 1956 People Mary Patricia McCartney, the mother of Michael and Paul McCartney, died on 31 October 1956 at the age of 47.
The rock ‘n’ roll fanatic John Lennon used his 16th birthday money to buy two much-prized 78rpm records.
Keen for his son to follow his interest in music, Jim McCartney bought his son Paul a trumpet for his 14th birthday.