February 25th, 1965 was the second full day of filming for Help! in the Bahamas. It was also George Harrison's 22nd birthday, and he celebrated with a party at the Balmoral Club in Nassau.
You can imagine how thrilled he wasn't to have the festivities interrupted by a phone call from an American DJ. Tom Clay from KBLA-AM, Burbank (formerly with CKLW) went to a lot of trouble getting through, battling international operators and a polite but annoyed Brian Epstein. George graciously spoke to Tom and accepted birthday greetings for a couple of minutes before returning to his party.
Hi John
ReplyDeleteGreat to see you back - I'm (Gene)Loving all the interviews - loads of upgrades and missing pieces for me!
Keep up the great work, my good man!
Cheers
Justin
Brisbane, Australia