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What do you think the Beatles were doing 50 years ago today??

This chat took place at 'a nice little caff in Soho,' and was published in the March 11th 1966 edition of NME with the teaser 'LENNON TALKS!' on the front page. Asking the questions was Chris Hutchins...

SETTING THE SCENE:
John Lennon and I tried something unusual last week - we went to lunch. Unus...

The Beatles were writing songs in between their next tour...

The Beatles in between concerts.

It was a quiet day

It was a quiet day 50 years ago

During this 3 month hiatus, 1966 would mark the last year that the Beatles would be tied to their classic "Mop-Top" image (although their hair was noticeably longer by this time) and all-together unified look. During this break, each member of the group coincidentally grew a moustache without consul...

On this day Paul McCartney and his girlfriend Jane Asher flew to Switzerland for a two-week skiing holiday.

The couple rented a chalet in the mountains about half a mile from the town of Klosters. During their stay McCartney worked on musical ideas for The Beatles' next album.

I can remember mo...

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Reporter Maureen Cleave, a good friend of John Lennon's, wrote a personality article about him that would be published in the March 4th 1966 edition of the London Evening Standard. Cleave's piece was intended to present a portrait of the behind-the-scenes Lennon, and was entitled 'How Does A Beatle ...

The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein announced on this day the group's plans to tour Germany, Japan, the Philippines and the United States.

The final live dates took place between June and August 1966, and were to be The Beatles' final scheduled concerts. Their last show was at San Francisco's Candl...

It was a slow day 50 years ago today for any news items regarding the Beatles. Probably working hard behind the scenes.

The documentary film of The Beatles' August 15, 1965 concert at New York's Shea Stadium had its world première on BBC 1 in the UK on this day.

The concert had been filmed by Sullivan Productions, owned by Ed Sullivan, in association with Brian Epstein's NEMS Enterprises and Subafilms, the company ...

February 28, 1966 – Cavern Club (which famously gave rise to the Beatles) in Liverpool closes due to massive debts.

Over 10,000 pounds (about $16,600 US dollars) in debt, the owners of Liverpool's famous Cavern Club -- where the Beatles got their start -- decide to close the rock institution. 100 f...

Nowhere Man

This is probably the first Beatles song that has nothing to do with love.

The Beatles' LP "Rubber Soul" rose to #1 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart, becoming the group's seventh US album chart topper. Paul McCartney conceived the album's title after overhearing someone's description of Mick Jagger's singing style as "plastic soul."

Back From Barbados

February 25, 1966 - Arriving back at London airport from their Caribbean honeymoon, Beatle George Harrison and his wife Pattie step into dear-old-wet-old-windy-old-London yesterday. “It was a smashing holiday,” said Pattie, who looked quite out of place in her Caribbean gear: ope...

Nowhere Man

John Lennon - I'd spent five hours that morning trying to write a song that was meaningful and good, and I finally gave up and lay down. Then 'Nowhere Man' came, words and music... the whole damn thing, as I lay down. So letting it go is what the whole game is. You put your finger on it...

"Nowhere Man" is a song on their album Rubber Soul.^] The song was written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon-McCartney).

Recorded on 21 and 22 October 1965, "Nowhere Man" is one of the first Beatles songs to be entirely unrelated to romance or love, and marks a notable instance of Lennon's philosop...

The Bob Dylan World Tour 1966 was a concert tour undertaken by American musician Bob Dylan, from February to May 1966. .... Hall in London saw the biggest walkouts of the tour, but there was some support, as The Beatles were in the audience, shouting down the hecklers. ... February 20, 1966, Montrea...

KRLA BEAT MAGAZINE

February 18, 1966 - This issue included two in-depth articles on a well-known Beatle (Ringo) and a lesser-known one (Stuart Sutcliffe), plus coverage of the Mamas and the Papas, Barbra Streisand, Chris Montez, Bob Lind, guitarist Randy Sparks, and jazzman Bud Shank, who explained...

The Beatles were in-between concerts. Just a fact...Yoko Ono's birthday, but she hadn't met John Lennon yet.

February 17, 1966 - Ringo and Maureen with John and Cynthia sampling the buffet table at the Saville Theatre after watching Brian Epstein’s directorial debut in the play, A Smashing Day, by Alan Plater at the New Arts Theatre.

More Honeymoon Pics.....

"Nowhere Man" is a song by The Beatles, from their hit album Rubber Soul (the UK version - in the U.S. it was moved to the Yesterday...and Today album). It was recorded on October 21 and 22, 1965. It was released as a single (although not in the UK) on February 15 1966 and reached #1 in Canada and #...

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