Ep. 021: The Beatles’ Friday Spectacular And Other Stories

Early live performances, an appearance on The Friday Spectacular, and not-so-secret wedding are among the highlights of this episode of What A Fab Day, the podcast telling you the day by day story of the Beatles. Today, we focus on what happened on the 21st of January.

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Episode Description

0:00 – Introduction.
0:32 – In 1961, the Beatles perform twice in the same night, first at the Lathom Hall and then at the Aintree Institute.
1:00 – In 1962, the Beatles play the Casbah Coffee Club in Liverpool.
1:12 – In 1963, the Beatles record their third appearance for Radio Luxemburg’s The Friday Spectacular.
2:04 – In 1966, George Harrison and Pattie Boyd got married.
3:02 – In 1969, Ringo Starr was interviewed by David Wigg for BBC’s Scene And Heard.
4:27 – In the afternoon, the Beatles met in the Apple Corp basement to work on the Get Back project.
6:46 – Conclusion.

Thanks to Alessandro d’Amito, Chiara Colafemmina, Daniele Monterisi, Fabio Ingegno, and Mariella Tarantino.
Bibliography for the series.
List of all the songs rehearsed during the Get Back project.

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