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Backstage in Toronto

 I think this is one of the few photos of The Beatles backstage with people where all four Beatles are smiling and looking at the same camera!  

Hanging out with the Beatles in their suite

 

September 4, 1964

Sitting around the table

 George on the radio promoting the George Harrison album in 1979.  

DJ Hari

 

On a desert island with Paul

 January 20, 1982 -  Paul McCartney was on the "Desert Island Disc" radio program and listed the songs he would want with him on a desert island.   Here are his choices and why - I wonder if he would choose any of the same songs 40 years later. 

1.  Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley

“It takes me back to when I was first buying records,” “I remember being at school when this record came out.

2.  Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry

With Chuck Berry, I choose ‘Sweet Little Sixteen’ because it sums him up for me,”  “To us, he was a magician making music that was exotic, yet normal, at the same time,”

3.  Courtly Dances - Benjamin Britton and the Julian Bream Consort Orchestra

“My preference will always be for rock’n’roll,” “But I do like a lot of classical music. I don’t know much about it but I like the great tunes in classical music… There’s just something special about it, I’ve loved it for years.”

4.  Be-Bop-A-Lu-La - Gene Vincent 

“The first song I ever bought was Gene Vincent‘s ‘Be-Bop-A-Lula’,”  “Those are the kind of things that just sent tingles up your spine. To me [rock ‘n’ roll] seemed like a whole new direction of music… All these people in crazy clothes with guitars and slicked-back hair!” 

5.  Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) - John Lennon

“I haven’t chosen any Beatle records,” Paul shares. “I haven’t chosen any of my records. So to sum up the whole thing I’ve chosen one from John Lennon‘s Double Fantasy, which I think is a beautiful song. It’s very moving to me.”

6.  Searchin' - The Coasters

“Now this is one we used to do at the Cavern,” Paul enthused. “There were to girls called Cris and Val and they used to say, ‘Sing Searchin” Paul. That used to be the big request from Cris and Val so we always used to do this one. It was a big favorite with the group.”

7.  Tutti Frutti - Little Richard

“Again I’ve just chosen one to sum him up,”  “He’s a friend of mine from the Hamburg days.

8.  Walking in the Park with Eloise - Wings

“This one was one written by my dad.  “He really used to love this one,”

Pat and George

 George with disc jockey Pat St. John.   (Photo found on the Deep Beatles Facebook Page)

John plays D.J.

February 13, 1975

Everyone wants a photo with the Beatles

August 27, 1964 - Cincinnati, Ohio

The trailer out back

These photos from Cleveland in 1966 have been posted before, but these are large and more complete.

Loving the Beatles

These photos are from when a radio disc jockey in the United States named Gene Loving went to London and met the Beatles as well as George's parents and sister.     

Awkward meeting

I just wrote about this photo for my book about the fan clubs and briefly spoke with the girl in the photograph next to John.    Tom Clay (photographed on the end next to George) was an interesting character. 

Bob and Paul

A bunch of a good guys

The Good Guys

Paul is live in the studio

Paul is interviewed at the CHUM radio station in Toronto.   I don't think he goes to the studios for radio interviews too often, so this must have been a special occasion.   It seems like the radio people usually come to him backstage at a show and interview him there.

Banana Joe

The new radio disc jockey

Opening up

The "Good Guys" try to warm up the crowd at Shea Stadium 

Bobby Hebb performs "Sunny" at Shea.  Notice the Beatles signs in the audience!

Their day off

August 22, 1966 was labeled as a "day off" for the Beatles, but it really wasn't a day off at all.   They had two press conferences scheduled on this day.   The first was a regular press conference for the press and the second one was a new idea that the Beatles came up with along with one of the New York radio stations.    They decided to have what was called a "Junior" press conference after the regular one.    150 fans (50 from a contest with the radio station and 100 picked from the New York fan club) were invited to come and ask the Beatles questions.     Things were a little wild and there was some screaming, but overall the Beatles enjoyed the atmosphere of the Junior press conference and a chance to talk to their fans.    A few fans asked questions like "do you know so and so??"  But most asked pretty good questions that the press folks wouldn't have thought of.


And do you know what Brian Epstein did on this day 50 years ago?  Yes, he was at the press conference, but he also was on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson!    I found this out when I was doing research for my book.    Brian was interviewed all by himself and as far as we know, no audio, video or even photographs exist.     We wouldn't have even know that this happened if it wasn't for a major Brian Epstein fan that wrote about it in her diary!  


Since the Beatles wore the same thing during both press conferences, it is impossible to tell from which part of the press conference the photos are from.