Contra Band Music

From February 15th-20th, 1965, The Beatles were in EMI Studios recording eleven songs for potential use in their second movie. On the 22nd, ...

On the sixth day of 1965, Murray The "K" phoned London and spoke with Paul and Ringo , who were in the midst of their Christmas Sh...

OK, it wasn't exactly Brianmania, but The Beatles' manager did have a high profile in the winter of 1964-65. He even had his own fan...

The Beatles had closed 1963 with a highly successful run at the Finsbury Park Astoria, headlining a Christmas show mixing music and sketches...

On December 1st, 1964, Ringo entered University College Hospital in London to undergo a tonsillectomy. Prior to checking in, he held a press...

Dudley Moore and Peter Cook's sketch/variety TV series, Not Only... But Also... made its debut on BBC2 January 9th, 1965. John Lennon a...

The Beatles finished recording Beatles For Sale on October 26th, 1964, then headed back on the road. October 29th found them at the ABC Cin...

The UK tour rolled through Scotland from October 19th-21st, 1964, with shows in Edinburgh, Dundee, and Glasgow. On the 20th, The Beatles fil...

The Beatles began October 1964 with a TV taping for the US pop program Shindig , slotted in among several recording session dates for the LP...

Although he had officially resigned as Beatles press officer at the end of the North American tour, one of Derek Taylor's biggest projec...

September 19th, 1964, was a day of rest for The Beatles. They spent the day as guests of American Flyers owner Reed Pigman, on his ranch in ...

The final new city on The Beatles' exhausting summer 1964 tour was Dallas, Texas. Local radio station KLIF-AM built up anticipation in t...

After the chaos in Cleveland, The Beatles were looking forward to visiting New Orleans, home of Fats Domino and Lloyd Price. In their room a...

With the North American tour just five days from completion, Beatlemania finally burst at the seams in Cleveland on September 15th, 1964. Th...

September 13th, 1964 found The Beatles crossing two more concerts off their list, at Baltimore's Civic Center. Between the shows, they s...

With assistance from George's sister Louise, WBZ-AM radio produced a documentary covering The Beatles' September 12th visit to Bost...

After their Montréal concerts , The Beatles were due to fly south to Jacksonville, Florida for two days of rest before their September 11th ...

From Chicago, The Beatles flew to Detroit for two shows on September 6th. That night, it was on to Toronto, where they landed at Malton Air...

From Milwaukee, it was on to Chicago for a September 5th performance at the International Amphitheatre. Their arrival at Midway Airport was...

" On September 4, 1964, The Beatles gave a concert in Milwaukee, Stop Number 12 on their first American tour which visited 25 cities, f...

The Beatles landed at Weir Cook Airport in Indianapolis around 1am on September 3rd, flying in from Philadelphia, and checked in to the Spee...

September 2nd, 1964 saw The Beatles visit Philadelphia for a concert at the Convention Hall. Prior to the show, the usual press conference w...

From August 24th through 27th, 1964, the Democratic National Convention was held at the Atlantic City Convention Center. Lyndon Johnson was ...

WFUN-AM newsman Larry Kane spent a lot of time with The Beatles during their August 28th-29th visit to New York. On the first evening, he sp...

New York City was the site of The Beatles' initial American triumph in February, 1964. Their return in August was heralded by incessant ...

Around noon on August 27th, The Beatles boarded a flight from Denver to Cincinnati, Ohio. KRLA's Dave Hull and Jim Steck were forced to ...

August 25th, 1964 was a bona fide day off for The Beatles. After sleeping in late and lazing by the pool, most of the tour party accepted th...

After five straight days of travel and concerts, The Beatles' tour machine paused on August 24th and 25th so that the boys could enjoy a...

Of all the concerts on the summer 1964 tour, The Beatles were most anxious about their August 23rd performance at the Hollywood Bowl. Not on...

August 22nd, 1964 saw the first Beatles concert in Canada, as they played one show at Vancouver's Empire Stadium that evening. Local sta...

City #2 on the tour was Las Vegas, where The Beatles had to fight their way through fans as they checked in to the Sahara Hotel at 2:30 in t...

The tour kicked off August 19th with a concert at the Cow Palace in Daly City, just south of San Francisco. KCRA-TV filmed some of the show ...

From Winnipeg, The Beatles and company flew south to Los Angeles, landing around 4pm on August 18th. They would play the Hollywood Bowl a we...

The Beatles wrapped up July, 1964 with a visit to Stockholm , Sweden, and began August with a couple of concerts in Bournemouth and Scarboro...

July, 1964 saw The Beatles carrying out sporadic media appearances: they taped sessions for BBC Radio's Top Gear on the 14th and From U...

With the London and Liverpool premieres successfully completed, A Hard Day's Night opened in British cinemas throughout the last half o...

One day in early July, 1964 (most likely the 11th), John Lennon left his bandmates in the lurch, requiring Paul, George, and Ringo to fulfil...

The Beatles had less than a week to rest up from their month-long World Tour before heading back to work, beginning July 6th, 1964 with the ...

Four weary Beatles gathered at Sydney's Mascot Airport on July 1st, 1964, exhausted from a month of touring the Far East and Australasia...

The Beatles' New Zealand tour continued with stops in Auckland and Dunedin , wrapping up in Christchurch on June 27th, 1964. The followi...