Here I am in 2020, aged 70, remembering the Beatles phenomenon that changed my life in 1963-1969. Thanks for uploading this, it takes me back to my youth. Sigh.... Love Johns harmonica and George’s leads.
I was 16-17 when The Beatles came on the scene. What a time to be alive. They, and many others, were the soundtrack of my life. That The Beatles stood the test of time, is a testament to their talent.
I too was 16 when the 'British Invasion' happened, but don't forget at the same the Brits were wiping the charts clean we had Surf Music, Motown, Soul, Country& Western (Patsy Cline), and Bosa Nova.....ahhhhhhh what a great time to be a kid
Gotta admit, we were blessed with being in that era after WW11 when Rock first came on the scene. It inspired a lot of musicians all over the world. It's kinda sad what has happened to the music industry. I wouldn't even know who's popular today, ha! maybe it's best I don't
I was also sixteen in 1964 and definitely remember watching Ringo sing, Boys, and my mother was singing back up along with John and Paul. That's why I remember.
@spactick You forgot to mention the folk scene which was huge back then being led by the likes of Peter, Paul, and Mary, Joan Baez, and Mr. Bob Dylan, plus Phil Spector's Wall of Sound in Philadelphia that featured the likes of The Ronettes, The Crystals, and The Righteous Brothers, ect. There was a lot of great music in the air back then to be sure.
I didn't forget it, I just wasn't into the folk thing at the time, altho I did like the Kingston Trio. Ya, the 60's were an amazing period for popular music period. Country & Western had Patsy Cline, Brenda Lee etc; and ya the Philly Sound of the 4 Seasons, Bobby Rydell etc; it was an amazingly creative time for popular music. You mention Phil Spector, kinda sad what happened to him. I wished they'd let him out so that he could help some of these kids produce better music. They could make it a home detention or something. What a waste
I never saw this show. I have always loved Paul's vocal on this song Thank you for posting Forget about the virus. Listen to the Beatles That has brought me up many times
This was a much, much better showcase for the Beatles in the USA than the Ed Sullivan Show ever was. It really showed how they were musicians, and that Ringo could sing too. This seemed like a different band then we saw on the Sullivan Show.
I was a well-deprived primary school student at the time only hearing them from a jukebox in a restaurant in front of our apartment and most of the tv shows they were in I could only get from my classmates. Not a chance of seeing them like this. My gratitude to the uploader. Now, at 63, it's not too late to see them. And Shindig, too.
I Think it was The music..In 1964 I was 10 years old,I can tell you were I was exactly when I first heard.I Want To Hold Your Hand..I Never saw a picture of them,It was the Music that captured my soul as so many Others!The Beatles are to Music,Like Gretszky is to Hockey..Maybe someday they will be put in the background..I don't see that happening any time soon though...LOL!
The Beatles very democratic gave Ringo a star performance - and their secret weapon did its trick - imagine Mick Jagger giving Charlie or Bill the spotlight - that's what made the Beatles so brilliant
Ringo was very important to the Beatles. We must thank Brian Epstein & what ever cabal of Paul & John, George is too nice, that done this dirty deed to Pete Best. John Paul George & Pete! Nah doesnt work but hey could have happened. Pete didnt have that bond of one for all etc, still quiffed also. Seperate. Ringo was the glue. Always smiling, joking. Without him they would have broke up after a couple of years. Could really drum, improved each year, COULDNT sing but still did & still cant sing. Its his big hooter that does the damage. But Epstein gets forgot now. Paul is the culprit. No Epstein no Beatles & he & the Beatles created the band thing by having his stable of Merseyside bands & that got other record companies wanting their share. Hence Stones, Kinks et al. Always feel for Pete Best. The 60s must have destroyed him but he can walk anywhere, shop anywhere etc. Phew!
I saw the Beatles in concert with my girlfriend, on August 22, 1965 at the Portland (OR) Memorial Colisseum. I could barely hear them over the screaming girls. It was pure electricity in the air, and quite a scene - girls trying to rush the stage, and some passing out from hyperventilating. I was 17 at the time, and the memory is still as vivid as the day of the concert. We also went to the airport to greet them, but there were already thousands of fans there, making a chance to see them up close virtually impossible. So, on a hunch and a whim, we went back to our car. And decided to drive to the opposite end of the airfield where the Oregon Air National Guard had their headquarters and planes. Just maybe, we thought (and hoped) they might land there to avoid the crowd. Twenty or thirty others had done the same, and we all stood at a chainlink fence separating a small parking lot from the tarmac. Lo and behold, their plane, a turboprop, landed and taxied to within roughly 50-75 feet from where we were standing. As each one of the Beatles came down a wheeled-up stairway, we waived and yelled at them, and the Beatles waved back from the stairway. John and Ringo were accompanied by Derek Taylor, their press manager, and Mal Evans, roadie and all-around assistant. While Derek and Mal continued toward a waiting chartered bus, for crew and members of the media traveling with them, John and Ringo came up to the fence to greet us for a couple of minutes, until George came out along with some others from the plane. Paul walked by with Beatles manager Brian Epstein and gave a quick wave in our direction. There was a limousine there, but apparently as a decoy, because The Beatles were whisked away to their hotel in a Yellow Cab taxi - not the limousine, surprisingly. Needless to say, my girl and I were in 7th heaven. In some ways, that experience was even more meaningful to us than the concert, but the combination of the two was indescribable at the time.
That's a great memory to have, but how the heck did you know Mal Evans was the name of the roadie then or did you find out later? Any photos or 8mm videos? That's the kind of camera I had,back then. haha
The Beatles were a million miles ahead of the competition and so full of charisma they made the rest look like mutants. I never thought at the time that half a century later I would still be enjoying their 'pop' music - though it was never just that, was it? They were a very tight unit musically and personally - four working class lads against the world - result - Beatles won; World changed irrevocably.
Well, I know what you mean. A lot of interesting singers out at the time. How were we to know that the Beatles would change the course of music ? (Although I knew at the time that they were awesome). I liked always liked their earlier stuff more than their later stuff though.
Nice to see Sandie Shaw, who sounds a lot like Dusty Springfield. The commercials were strange but something different than today. This whole experience leaves me lost in today, because I was so in love with the 60's. Today is alien and unwanted. The Beatles, however, still live on, forever.
I remember watch that as if it was Yesterday........ all my troubles seem.... Shindig was watched by every American teenager... including me. good days indeed.
as if it were only yesterday ... i'm glad to have grown through my adolescence while the Beatles were still together ... going to the record store to buy the new Beatles 45 or LP was always a highlight ... they were ALWAYS miles ahead ... to think that they affected the world in such a way and recorded all that great groundbreaking music by the time they were 27 years old is unbelievable ...
George said in an interview when asked, what he thought the greatest achievement of The Beatles was, surprisingly he said "I think we gave people "HOPE" for a positive future", in the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination his answer was spot on correct !
I remember well the impact of the Beatles right after the Kennedy assassination. Exactly correct that attention pivoted from national tragedy to Beatlemania.
@@liberty4allplease absolutely.... I'm gonna be 68 in thirty days & yes, the Beatles helped immensely in our recovery from that National Tragedy. The timing was impeccable.
@ B. Frost. True, the Beatles were already very big before JFK got hit with the bullet and were right on the verge of international superstardom, but for millions of American teenagers the Fab Four replaced the Kennedy Administration as representing the stratosphere of optimism and filled a void that unfortunately LBJ never could who would soon become very unpopular because of his involvement in the war.
The boys being Beatles effortlessly. Completely relaxed riding in that big convertible Beatle machine cruising down the wide long road of success. They are great!
The most polished band with 4 years of rehearsals leading up to their US tour in '64, singing all their parts and writing their lyrics from their launch, not a podcast or a 'video' with views, giving our rhythm and blues back to us...The Fab Four!
actually most of their tunes in their beginning years were covers, eg: 'Kansas City' wasn't a song they wrote, 'Twist & Shout' they didn't write etc; there were several, altho they're best stuff was written by Mr. Lennon, they're rythm guitarist
@@spactick They started off doing others' work, but even at the start they wrote original songs that they finished "Let It Be" with like "One after 909." They used cover songs as fillers from the start.
Oh for sure, what I meant was that they were doing 'covers' mostly at the beginning (as far as I know) because they weren't that confidant with their writing. I'll follow the Sun', which is a beautiful song, I understand was written in 1959 and that was an original composition.
After their long, involved gigs in Germany (where they were recognized and loved), and upon returning to England, there wasn't a group that could begin to compare. They were seasoned professionals.
yep, their looks, their harmonies, their production, and their personalities made them a force to be reckoned with. and they kept improving as they went along. never standing pat on what they'd done in the past. which for me was a bummer cus I personally liked the first generation appearance (suits, witty humor, non political) and simplistic music as my favorite version
Great post, thanks! It's always amazing to see how far the Beatles were ahead of most of their contemporaries, and certainly far ahead of anyone else on this show. Especially when they are doing a song like I'm a Loser. Those screaming teeny-boppers were being taken on a wild ride! Just two years after this, the guys stopped touring and began Strawberry Fields and Pepper.
It always amazed me the transformation in music which they represented. I remember in Feb '67 hearing "Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane" and just being gobsmacked; approx 2 1/2 yrs from the time this was broadcast. Unbelievable.
Lyn Cornell was the wife of session drummer Andy White. She became one of the Ladybirds who regularly appeared on Top of the Pops during the 1970's. They provided backing vocals to various performers.
I am still trying to figure out why I always feel this deep sadness and nostalgia for the 60's, almost 20 years before my generation. Thank you for sharing.
You didn't miss anything in the '60s. What's more, the 60s were a time of rebellion and confusion. 1. A "war" was "declared" by a President, in violation of the Constitution to stop the threat of communism in the Far East. The US viewed the Cuban Revolution like dominoes. 2.Schools were loaded with confusion over curriculum and were segregated. Blacks had never been given a chance at educational opportunities and could never openly compete equally with whites for : jobs, civil rights, etc. 3. Music? Music was being desegregated as whites "discovered" black music like the blues, rythyms or jazz. Caribbean,Folk and other music became prominent in the US as Rock and Roll. Conservatives denounced Rock as a communist plot for race mixing. 4. Morality? Kids began experimenting with marijuana, cocaine ($)and "designer" drugs. Along with the previous came sex experimenting by swapping wives, husbands and same sex out of the closet. Sex before marriage was rampant and babies out-of-wedlock multiplied. Then The Pill arrived and uncontrolled sex led to zero birth rate. Abortion was approved 5 years later ( Roe versus Wade).1973. 6.I could go on and on. But you get the picture. It might surprise you to know that what happened in the 60s was a repeat of the 30s in Germany except it was Jazz. Check the records in your Research. Regards
I love full shows like this because it really shows you why the Beatles were so special compared to the other acts on the show. It's not even fair! The energy is incredible and I love John so much, but Paul (especially earlier stuff) just makes me so happy! I don't know that there's been anyone happier doing what they are doing than early Beatles Paul! I love seeing him mouthing the lyics and giggling at John during I'm a Loser
Whether the recorded version or a live version, as we see here, Pauls vocal on "Kansas City/Bye, Bye Baby" has has got to be "The" quintessential Rock/R&B vocal ever recorded. It's nothing less than absolute perfection. Add to that the musicianship of all four of them plus George and Johns backing vocals and the song enters the realm of a masterpiece for the ages. I've been listening to this and all the rest of their music since 1964 and I have NEVER gotten tired of it.
I would personally add "LONG TALL SALLY" to the best of Paul's best rock voice. "I'm Down", was merely a Macca' effort at writing his very own Little Richard track and in my view his vocal on that is also on fire!
I was a seventh grader when this episode of Shindig aired, so long ago and yet it seems only yesterday. The Beatles were huge and the other acts are now mere footnotes while in many ways The Beatles legend only continues to grow.
Thanks for posting. I remember watching this as a kid. It made a big impression on me. They dwarfed the other acts. I remember thinking everyone else was just filler.
SHINDIG was the best music show on TV at the time. HULLABALOO came along later and had its moments but there was always less hip hosts(SHINDIG had one host-the amazing DJ Jimmy O'Neill) and music acts which were a sop to my Parents age group....boring
They are just remarkable!!..Ringo said that if it wasn't for Paul pushing them they would have never made 12 albums..Paul was the force behind the Beatles!❤
John was the leader. He started the band. Paul is just so competitive he took over. I love Paul but I always got the feeling he's somewhat of a one upper or at least an out doer. I'll probably get flack for this.
The star power of the Beatles on full display. An American TV program had to travel to London to get them (and I think other than PJ Proby none of the other performers were big stars at the time), AND they got the show to agree to giving Ringo one of three priceless spotlight performances.
What a great live band they were. Honed by hours and hours in the bars of Hamburg. Shame all the hysteria stopped them touring more they were really good live. When every I see them play i find myself watching them with silly grin of pleasure on my face.
That's really astute! The entertainment world, if not the WHOLE world, was in a very different place mentally, emotionally & spiritually. I mean, people were still writing letters all the time! 😃
Seeing them on Ed Sullivan in Feb of '64 was like someone turning on a light transforming everything to color. I was 9 yrs old and it changed everything. My 60s began that evening.
I love the Beatles, but George's solo on All You Need Is Love is embarrassing. Same with I Should Have Known Better. His Let it Be and Come Together solos are fine though.
Paul started doing solos on Beatles records beginning with the Help album. He sounded pretty good. Smoother. Not as disjointed as George. I’ve often wondered how Paul would’ve done on some of the earlier tunes.
@@williamjordan5554 I understand why you think the all you need is love solo is bad. To me it's like 2001, the movie. In some ways the worst movie I have ever seen. In other ways, one of the best. The solo sounds choppy and overally simplistic. But, it fits into it's slot in the song perfectly, and it it is subtlety syncopated and beautifully melodic.
You both wayyy off on that... there was a thing called reverb... notice most of the singers are so bad that the reverb is at its most extreme. You can easily see why the boys were so hot when you listen to all the corporate pop music of the time. He boys wrote their own songs and had built up their skill set to stand alone.
Deb Carsey there’s a lot to be said for good monitors. Sandi Shaw doesn’t seem to have been able to hear her (pre-recorded) mix very well. She’s a good singer but this was a little off for sure! *cringe*
Allan Cerf C’mon... I know the old days are always better than the current days for any generation. I was a ‘tween when this show aired. My old fogey parents hated this music. Give ‘em real talent like Bing Crosby, not these long-hairs with their electric guitars. Most of the acts on this show were pretty corny - and forgettable. The “Never Walk Alone” guy. Quick - anyone remember his name? Probably not. No auto-tune but not much talent either.
In 1964 I lived and breathed the Beatles and listened to the radio 24/7 -- but I never heard of any of the other people on here. This is the first time I saw them. The Beatles are clearly the most talented musicians on this show.
Look at Paul watching John during I’m a loser at one point smiling at him and rooting him on. You could tell he really had an affection for him and John for Paul.
Ringo also sang "Boys" with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. They would introduce his solo number with "It's Starr Time!" I think that's why he changed his name. Thanks for posting this. This show is a treasure.
Such a cool episode. Some favorite Beatles songs (I wore out my first album that had "boys" on it) and just the general excitement/enjoyment of a program like this. Even the ads made me nostalgic
They were just UNREAL ... NO way they would fluff a vocal intro... And I insists that PAUL was the SOUL the INNER CLOCK the HEART of that magnificent energy. Look at him .. just watching the hens , he's mouthing the words with John , "just in case he has to imitate John and finish a passage. This comes from Ringo " Well Paul is taping his shoe for the beat and he'd get close to the mic in case he'd have to come to the rescue on a blown harmony or a high note. But I do not think Paul ever looked at me even on a count down .or fade out. We were THAT in sync ." ANd if you watch them Ringo was right.
What is this bullshit about Paul being the heart, soul, architect, energy, leader? This bullshit cult-like worship of Paul only started within the last five years as he continues to take more and more credit for tune he did NOT write, just read the inconsistencies from interviews decades ago vs more recently where originally he'll admit (on tunes like A Hard Days Night or Help etc.) that was primarily or all John but over the years he keeps increasing his role....must be nice and that's the benefit of outliving his former writing partner and close friend 40 years. If you know any facts, (unlike Fox propaganda network) John formed the Beatles, John named the "Beatles", John was the impetus and the primary lead vocalist and songwriter from their first hit single "Please Please Me', through their first 4 LPs, "Please P. Me", "With the Beatles", "Hard Days Night" and "Beatles for Sale" where Paul only started to achieve parity around the "Help" LP when he wrote "Yesterday", "I've Just Seen a Face" etc.. but still, Lennon had the big hit, "Help" plus 'You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" , "Ticket to Ride", "You're' Gonna Lose that Girl", "I'ts Only Love" etc.. but more and more, I'm hearing people like you, start to fall for history revisionism i.e., inexplicably, people are hearing erroneous bullshit or taking it out of context and now pushing the MYTH and LIE that somehow McCartney was everything and now, suddenly Lennon is demoted to second banana & minor talent...its fucking abhorent to watch this shit happen and now metastesize like all lies tend to do. It's no coincidence that McCartney can say *anything* he wants now with no John Lennon to dispute or contradict him and what do you expect Ringo to do? Ringo still wants to remain on Paul's good side so of course, he's going to suddenly start making ludicrous remarks like "Paul was the energy" etc.. where in the 50 years since the Beatles broke up, he NEVER said that before so was it suddenly an epiphany? This is all horseshit...I SAW the Beatles in person in 1966. I was only 65 feet away from the most famous band on earth and nobody, not one single human being thought John or Paul was more important. Paul had the girls but John was considered the "brain" and wit behind the band. In fact, it was during the hysteria surrounding John's Jesus remark, taken out of context of course, but the Christofascist south went insane and started burning Beatles records....what morons, fuck them:-) In any case, I saw huge banners being held up in the crowd saying "John we Love You" or "John we don't care what you said about Jesus" etc.. Don't for second think Paul was really, the heart and soul, that is TOTAL fucking unadulterated, erroneous hogwash. It was BOTH John and Paul who comprised the brain, heart, soul and energy of the Beatles and anyone who falls for the history revisionist lie is just flunked the Rhesus Monkey IQ Test:-)
martin mocha you sir, said everything I was thinking as I read all that crap in other posts about Paul being the soul of the band. Well said. It took the four of them to create the magic, never, ever just any one of them.
Frank Fowlkes Paul had a great tenor voice.He said that he always wanted to sing like a black man.And that John was much better in singing the GREAT MOTOWN songs they covered.I never heard them sing badly not even Ringo.It was like the PERFECT STORM when they got together & just got better every year.I saw them @ Dodger Stadium 45,000 1966.I was 15 years old & we couldn't hear them sing but I would of paid $200 if I had to.Back in the day. I have most of their Albums on vinyl & my Dear Dad bought me 3 Beatle albums for Xmas & a stereo for my brother & I to have in our room. On my parents 20th anniversary we gave them $200.00 so they could go out to a 4 star restaurant for dinner.My Dad cried after he read the card & said were all going out to dinner my dear SONS.After the Beatles concert my Dad & Mom picked us up all ready to drive to San Francisco & asked us well boys was it great? And we hugged him.My Dad bought the Tickets in Lakewood @ $8:00 a piece. We were on vacation on our way to visit our Grand parents in San Francisco.When we got there my Dad asked us if we wanted to see the Beatles again & we said Yeah Dad.And my grandfather Mathew took the Tickets out of his wallet & said this is my your grandmother & me.That was the following night.That was the Beatles last concert in the states. My Dad & Mom were the best PARENTS any one could ask for.Just like my Grandparents.Thank you for listening. Arnold Bourbon Amaral
On a lot of concert footage you can see John mouthing the words when Paul is singing and vice versa. Even George and Ringo would silently sing to help keep in sync. Mostly they didn't have monitors and the screaming would drown the stage sound. I think Ringo said at times he played by sight not by sound. He would watch Lennon's body movements to know where the song was.
@@arnoldamaral7406 I was there at the Dodger Stadium concert, too. It was sheer pandemonium. You couldn't hear a thing. I wouldn't have missed it for anything.
I was 16 years old at the time of this taping. I, along with the rest of American teens loved the excitement, personality, voices, etc so much. George really looked like he was having fun that night. Paul always looked like he was having fun.😊
I think that Lyn Cornell was later in a group, a duo, called the Pearls who had several Uk hits in the seventies, but most especially a 1974 hit called Guilty (later rewritten as a tribute by Bananarama in the 1980s as Love in the First Degree). I think she had a very successful year as a session musician. I also heard her on a Review show in round about 1974 called Rosko's Roundtable, but that may for now be lost.
As much as anything, this episode made Shindig into "must see TV". The Beato's performance is an INSERT post synch recorded at the Saville Theater with audio previously recorded at CTS in London. They had already used CTS to audio record their performance on the UK "Around The Beatles" TV special that aired earlier in 1964. There is some evidence that the show was to be aired on US TV( ABC), but no air date has surfaced. They would later use CTS to rerecord their performance audio for the 1965 Shea Stadium TV film as Sir Bass could not hear the bass in the original board recordings. Inasmuch that Jack Good was a well known UK TV producer before reworking ( very slightly)his 1958 ATV series " Oh Boy" into "Shindig", it is not a stretch that Good could have made a deal with NEMS. After 1964, neither the band nor NEMS really needed any more TV appearances. The episode as seen here is a mix of London segments intercut with performances shot at ABC Television Center. Today, a plaque at the door of the old ABC facility lists The Beatles as having performed at ABC in Hollywood. THEY DID NOT. Unfortunately, as ABC largely did not retain their videotape masters, only one "Shindig" still exists from the actual masters. All of the other episodes are film transfers from the tapes of varying quality. Note also just before a camera cut during "Kansas City", Nasty is about to give a "raspberry" to the live audience. In London. Quick camera work eliminates his, uh, greeting. Later on they would shoot the promo video for " Hello Goodbye" from the stage of the Savile.
More(followers knew there would be), Shortly after NBC began airing Hullabaloo or, "Hell! It Blew", their lame answer to "Shindig", producers engaged Brian Epstein to do an insert segment from London. Epstein, having some vested stake in the Saville Theater, hosted his segments from there. To the credit of NBC, they fully made the viewer aware of the London segment. At the time, anything coming out of Old Blighty was seen as hot, happening, etc. By doing that, it was easy to differentiate from the rest of the assemble/ edit content shot first at Radio City then later( after being removed due to crowd control) at NBC's Brooklyn Color Center (Studio 8H?). The Fabs did not appear on "Hella Boo Boo" as, again after 1964, TV nor much of anything else was still required in their career. And, in further debunking their lesser known US TV appearances, they did a " phone- in" on American Bandstand c.early 1965. "Phone In" interviews were first used at least back to the time of Pelvis to satisfy intense media demand in an artist. Pelvis' only AB "appearance" was in the form of a "phone-in" during 1958. Phone ins are "open ended" in that they are stock answers to FAQs of the moment. When used in radio especially in smaller markets a pre written script for the DJ/interviewer is tightly followed, often to the point that a savvy listener can figure out the scheme. The better the presenter/interviewer, especially Clark who may have been TV's best, can make the segment sound convincingly like a personal phone call. So, some more information on what passed for Rock and Roll TV in the sixties along with a little radio detour.
Sounds incorporated around 14.40 are great even if they overdo the antics, something the Beatles never did except in press interviews. Then there is the magnificent PJ Proby. What a talent.
Great show P.J. Proby rules. This Beatles band whom ever they are will never be big and forgotten in the few year but Sandie Shaw is going to be known by all in 50 or 60 years from then,. Kids seem that they were not into this Beatles band on the video.
What happened to Sandi Shaw? That was such a good song, and she had an interesting voice! OMG! The Beatles are so friggin' terrific, especially when compared to others!
As some have commented, drug use may have been a factor, but add to that the effect of being labeled the fat Beatle by a press article. (This affected him much like Karen Carpenter.) Probably his embarrassment led to a diet change that affected his weight and appearance. A similar diet change led to George's "sunken" appearance in his face in later years.
George had always been stick-thin his entire life. The "sunken" appearance was due to drugs, not loss of weight. He never had any extra weight to lose to begin with.
Watching the bands after the Beatles the question is..what did these bands not have or have too much of? Perhaps for the Beatles it is simply we are not here to impress you or sell you, just love the music as much as we love it. All the others look like they have a "routine". The Beatles look spontaneous.
How I remember those days...after they came I graduated from a girl to a woman...and the greatest music that will ever be....Paul truly surpassed the word "cute"...and Jane Asher were you crazy????
*For whatever the reason, I rarely watched all the 'teen-shows' in the '60's, and it's good to be able to see what I missed* ( *bear in mind I was 10 in '64* ) *The odd thing was that I always had a radio on at night in my room, listening to rock as I slept so I must've made a connection that way* *What an era that was!* *I feel sorry for the later generation that didn't actually live it, because they have no idea what America was like 'before Beatles' and all the other groups that 'Hit the Big Time' because the 'Fabs' made it possible for them to become 'Stars' in their own right*
I was ten in '63 & after the Royal Palladium Show I was hooked & knew all the bands & bands to come after that. Thank God that gig is still here on RU-vid. Pick of the Pops on the radio' 'Light' program with Alan 'Fluff' Freeman was not to be missed to hear what was No.1. Beatles of course most of the time! No magic anymore, thank god for RU-vid.
SuperNevile Tommy deserved so much better. Apparently he was a nervous guy who was afraid of his father... He was the baby of the Epstein stable, he signed on the day he turned 18. He really could have made it if they got an LP together instead of only 6 singles in a 1-2 year span.
Tommy was just a young guy, not without talent, but certainly not ready for the big time. Brians misplaced confidence ruined him, and his career never happened. He died shortly thereafter of a drug overdose.
