In memory of Cynthia Lennon 1939-2015
Cynthia visiting Oslo in 1991, here she poses with members of Norwegian Wood, the Beatles fan club. I was saddened to hear that John Lennon’s first wife Cynthia has died after a short struggle...
Category: Beatle People
Bill Harry’s blog
15 December 1962 at the Majestic Ballroom in Birkenhead: Bill Harry presents the Beatles with The Mersey Beat Poll Winner’s Award. Photographer: Graham Spencer, © Bill Harry. Bill Harry, founder and editor of Liverpool’s...
Paddy, Klaus & Gibson
Paddy, Klaus & Gibson From Thorsten Knublauch: In the autumn of 1963, Klaus Voormann moved from Hamburg to London, where he stayed with The Beatles in their Green Street 57 apartment. The Beatles actually...
Come Together – A Beatles Tribute
International Beatleweek takes over Liverpool in late August every year, attracting thousands of tribute bands and over 300,000 Beatlefans from all over the world. A new documentary, titled Come Together – A Beatles Tribute,...
The photographer and the photo: Lennon New York City
Classic John Lennon/New York City photo by Bob Gruen In our occasional series of photos of a photo being taken, here is a polaroid of Bob Gruen taking pictures of John Lennon with the...
Mal Evans’ article about the Get Back album
In July 1969, the Beatles’ Get Back album was being readied for release in August, and Mal Evans wrote an article about the upcoming album for the official fan club magazine, “The Beatles Book...
The mystery man again
The “Mystery man” on the Abbey Road cover Who is that person beside the police van? This is an update about a mystery that we have previously covered. The update was made because we...
Spanish English teacher influenced Sgt Pepper?
John Lennon spent 44 days in Almeria, Spain in 1966, filming “How I Won The War” and starting to compose “Strawberry Fields Forever”. A movie and a book have recently been released about it....
Collecting the Beatles
Quad movie posters for the new A Hard Day’s Night. There are various types of Beatles collectors. It usually begins with the music, and then branches out. The record collector Starts out trying to...
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