Thursday, July 07, 2011

The Beatles' strangest gig...

As we all know, there is a time in every performer’s career where they are “complete unknowns.” Yes, there was a time, really not so long ago, when no one knew or had ever even heard of Frank Sinatra or Woody Allen or Meryl Streep. And so it was with the greatest, most famous, most deified show biz act of the 20th century: The Beatles.

In the summer of 1960, none of the usually-employed Beatles even had a day job. And like us all, the boys wanted to make some money. The then-foursome consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Stuart Sutcliffe played the oddest gig in the Beatles’ long and storied history.

In those days, the Beatles were such a small-time act, they didn’t even have a drummer: Tommy Moore left the group in May after a traffic accident, and Pete Best joined in August. John, Paul, and George would play guitar and Stu Sutcliffe was the band’s pretty mediocre bass player. More...

Don't miss:
  1. Beatles on the rooftop, their last public performance! Wow!
  2. 'Paul likes to think he's the only remaining Beatle'
  3. The Beatles and Octopus's Garden...
  4. John Lennon in Matthew Street, Liverpool.... 

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