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The powerful pull of “Beatles ’64,” which counts Martin Scorsese as its lead producer and was directed by David Tedeschi (the editor of Scorsese’s two-part HBO film “George Harrison ...
The first tour was as a support band for Helen Shapiro in February, for Tommy Roe and Chris Montez in March, and for Roy Orbison in May. During breaks in the touring schedule, the Beatles performed the song on a number of BBC national radio programmes. The touring and TV appearances, along with extensive press coverage, propelled the single to ...
The Beatles in the U.S.A.," and formed the substance of the 1991 "The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit." (Bits and pieces have appeared in various Beatles docs over the years; it is foundational stuff.)
The Beatles in the U.S.A. and re-edited for 1991’s The First U.S. Visit, has been painstakingly restored by Peter Jackson’s Park Road Post — the same team that revived the Beatles ...
The film was directed by David Tedeschi, who had first become involved with Apple Corps following his role as an editor on Martin Scorsese's documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World, with the two directors becoming "very good friends with Olivia Harrison," the wife of the late George Harrison.
The first Beatles single released by Vee-Jay was "Please Please Me" in February 1963. Art Roberts, music director of Chicago radio station WLS, placed "Please Please Me" into radio rotation in late February, and Dick Biondi was the first to play the record on his show. "Please Please Me" reached number 35 on WLS's weekly survey but failed to ...
The documentary coincides with the release of a box set of vinyl albums collecting the band’s seven U.S. albums released in ’64 and early ’65 — “Meet The Beatles!,” “The Beatles’ Second Album,” “A Hard Day’s Night” (the movie soundtrack), ”Something New,” “The Beatles’ Story,” “Beatles ’65” and “The ...
The first talking head in the film is writer and critic Joe Queenan, who speaks simply but movingly of how the Beatles’ music helped dull the pain of an adolescence marred by paternal abuse.