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About a month later, Decca rejected the Beatles. The executives' opinion was "guitar groups are on the way out" and "the Beatles have no future in show business". [ 1 ] Some music historians have suggested, however, that the Beatles' work that day did not yet reflect their potential, and the "guitar" comment may have been intended as a polite ...
The Beatles arriving for concerts in Madrid, July 1965. From 1961 to 1966, the English rock band the Beatles performed all over the Western world. They began performing live as The Beatles on 15 August 1960 at The Jacaranda in Liverpool and continued in various clubs during their visit to Hamburg, West Germany, until 1962, with a line-up of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart ...
Barrow then arranged to get the Beatles an audition with Decca, who rejected them. [9] That led to an informal arrangement whereby Barrow became the Beatles' part-time press-publicity consultant, which involved promoting the launch of the new EMI band from behind a desk at rival London record company Decca.
Decca has the option of signing one group only. The Beatles are rejected, perhaps because they come from Liverpool and the others are Dagenham-based, nearer London. [1] January 5 – The first album on which The Beatles play, My Bonnie, as backing to Tony Sheridan (recorded the previous June in Hamburg and produced by Bert Kaempfert), is ...
Lewis kept Decca ahead of the British competition by launching the long-playing record in Europe in June 1950, following the example of American Columbia, and encouraging the development of stereophony as early as 1954. [3] In the early 1960s, Decca rejected The Beatles at an audition, but did sign The Rolling Stones and other successful groups ...
The Beatles in 1969, the year they performed a famed rooftop concert atop the Apple Corps headquarters in London. From left, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. Love me do
The Beatles record their second single, "Please Please Me" / "Ask Me Why" [42] UK 1962 Nov 30 S The Beatles attend another recording session to finish the "Please Please Me" single [42] UK 1962 Dec 02 SR The Beatles record an appearance on BBC Light Programme's The Talent Spot [42] UK 1962 Dec 04 PR The Talent Spot is broadcast at 5pm [42] UK ...
The first concert by the Beatles in the U.S. happened Feb. 11, 1964 — two days after the Sullivan appearance — at the Coliseum, an arena often used for sports events in Washington. A 35-minute ...