Category: It Was 50 Years Ago Today
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today: My Earliest Memories of Sgt. Pepper!!!
I know there will probably be at least a million articles, blogs, or comments made about the Fiftieth Anniversary of the release of The Beatles masterpiece, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” There’s a couple of brand new editions of the album to celebrate the day. PBS has a new documentary ready for June 3.…
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today: The Beatles Last Live Performance at Candlestick Park
After a tumultuous and crazy summer, The Beatles wrapped up what would be their third and final tour of the U.S. on August 29, 1966. So many events happened in the summer of 1966, some major ones that were unrelated to music, that the final tour stop at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park seemed anticlimactic. No…
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It Was 50 Years Ago Today: “Rubber Soul!!!”
When I was a wee lad, my family liked to go on “vacations.” It was an annual thing, like what a lot of people did by automobile. Since we didn’t have video games and I wasn’t into drawing, I was curious about the papers with the squiggly lines. Probably, to shut me up, someone took…
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today: “Help!” Premiere at The Warren Theater, Detroit, MI
https://youtu.be/1PWk3i9WT-8 I’m almost positive that this event didn’t happen fifty years ago today, but I know it was sometime in September. I was hanging around with a friend of mine who was several years older and lived in the Herman Gardens, a low income housing project on the west side of Detroit. I don’t remember…
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today: The Last Ed Sullivan Show
Last Sunday night would have marked the anniversary of the last appearance that The Beatles made on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” While I can remember almost every detail of their first visit, I can’t remember very much about the last one.
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today: The Shea Stadium Concert, August 15, 1965!!!
https://youtu.be/Bt2d8JKtwiE Historically, The Beatles put together an unprecedented number of “firsts.” Many of which may never be duplicated again: The first appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” the activity on the record charts in April 1964, the audience for the first performance of “All You Need Is Love,” and so on. In August 1965,…
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today: Help!–The Beatles New Single!!!
I don’t remember the exact dates, because my memory may be for a weekend that took place earlier in the month. One of my older brothers had a habit of taking me out of town when I was able to go. I had been able to read maps since I was four or five, so…
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today: Beatles ’65
As 1964 was coming to a close, I was well aware that The Beatles had a new album coming out on December 15th. AM radio was already crowded with airplay of “I Feel Fine” that was going to be included on “Beatles ’65.” I couldn’t wait! This was a time when things were changing for…
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The Beatles in Australia!
I thought this was an interesting account of when The Beatles toured Australia. It’s hard to imagine Beatlemania turned up to 11!: http://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/it-was-all-about-the-music/2288817/
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today…:The Beatles Second Album!!
Fifty years ago on Sunday was my first Communion party. It was a beautiful sunny day and all of my relatives were invited to my parents’ house to “celebrate.” But it was a whole two months since I got my “Meet the Beatles” album and it was getting a little old and familiar. I needed…