February 5, 1962
The Beatles are scheduled to play the Kingsway Club in Southport, a seaside resort town on the Irish Sea, very near Liverpool. (This club is not at all a working class jive hall.) But Pete Best is feeling sick. The Beatles first choice as a fill-in drummer? You guessed it! The inimitable Ritchey Starkey, aka Ringo Starr. And it so happens that his band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, has a day off today. Welcome to the Beatles stage, Ritchey!
This it the first time all four Beatles and only them do a show together. I'll leave it to your imagination to consider what was going through their minds.
It's been a little less than 50 years since the Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show February 9th, 1964 and changed our lives forever. The Beatles started their professional careers with a trip to Hamburg, Germany in August of 1960. I'm going to post to this blog what the Beatles were doing 50 years ago to the day from just before that first tour until the historic Ed Sullivan appearance. "Follow by email" for ongoing updates. (Eternal thanks to Mark Lewisohn.)
About Me
- Mike Wilhelm
- After a 30 year career in IT, I got a retirement offer from Ford Motor Company that was too good to pass up. Since then I've been devoting my time to enjoying life, especially through reading, biking and music. I'm a member, with Alison Donahue, of the Guitar/Cello Duo called "Cello Bella" and the Beatles tribute band, The Buntles. (We don't get smash hits, but we can usually bunt our way on base!)
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