From Setlist.fm site.
There were a few of the songs the Beatles played in the article, but I got to wondering which songs they played so did a search.
This is the list of songs they played in order:
1. Roll Over Beethoven (Chuck Berry cover)
2. From Me to You
3. I Saw Her Standing There
4. This Boy
5. All My Loving
6. I Wanna Be Your Man
7. Please Please Me
8. Till There Was You (Sue Raney cover)
9. She Loves You
10. I Want to Hold Your Hand
11. Twist and Shout (Top Notes cover)
12. Long Tall Sally (Little Richard cover).
That was one short concert, but what got me was the Top Notes cover of Twist and Shout. I had never heard of the Top Notes and always thought the Beatles covered the song from the Isley Brothers. Some research on somebody's part was needed.
And That's When I Spent a Lot of Time on the Story. --Brock-Perry
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Showing posts with label British Invasion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British Invasion. Show all posts
Friday, February 21, 2014
The Second British Storming of Washington, D.C.: The Beatles-- Part 3
This was the Beatles' second public appearance, but Washington, D.C. can also claim another Beatles distinction: the first American radio station to play a Beatles song.
A high school student from D.C.'s Maryland suburbs, Marsha Albert, had seen the CBS report on the band and had written D.C. radio station WWDC asking them to spin some Beatle tunes. Problem was, no one had any Beatle songs. The Beatles were really popular in the U.K., but Capitol Records, the U.S. branch of EMI Records, balked at pushing any Beatles songs.
WWDC disc jockey Carroll James got a flight attendant to hand-carry a Beatles record from London. Then he invited Marsha into his studio and introduced: "Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time in America, here are the Beatles singing 'I Want to Hold Your Hand.'"
What happened after that would be called "viral" today. DJs and listeners in other cities picked up on it and Capitol was forced to hurriedly get the record out to the public.
So, It Begins. --Brock-Perry
A high school student from D.C.'s Maryland suburbs, Marsha Albert, had seen the CBS report on the band and had written D.C. radio station WWDC asking them to spin some Beatle tunes. Problem was, no one had any Beatle songs. The Beatles were really popular in the U.K., but Capitol Records, the U.S. branch of EMI Records, balked at pushing any Beatles songs.
WWDC disc jockey Carroll James got a flight attendant to hand-carry a Beatles record from London. Then he invited Marsha into his studio and introduced: "Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time in America, here are the Beatles singing 'I Want to Hold Your Hand.'"
What happened after that would be called "viral" today. DJs and listeners in other cities picked up on it and Capitol was forced to hurriedly get the record out to the public.
So, It Begins. --Brock-Perry
Monday, February 17, 2014
The Second British Storming of Washington, D.C.: That'd Be the Beatles-- Part 1
From the February 15, 2014, Business Recorder "When Beatlemania stormed the Colesium."
The first time the British invaded Washington, D.C., was in 1814 when they burned the White House and many other buildings. They returned 150 years later on February 11, 1964, when those four lads from Liverpool performed at the Colesium before 8,000 American fans who were just catching on to this thing called Beatlemania.
And, this time, there were just four of them, not an army.
This was just two days after the "Big Bang," their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9th. Just two days after successfully taking New York City and most of the youth of the U.S. who were watching, especially the gitls.
What we didn't know at the time was that the Beatles were just the first of many English groups to follow in short order in what is referrred to as the British Invasion.
More to Come. --Brock-Perry
The first time the British invaded Washington, D.C., was in 1814 when they burned the White House and many other buildings. They returned 150 years later on February 11, 1964, when those four lads from Liverpool performed at the Colesium before 8,000 American fans who were just catching on to this thing called Beatlemania.
And, this time, there were just four of them, not an army.
This was just two days after the "Big Bang," their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9th. Just two days after successfully taking New York City and most of the youth of the U.S. who were watching, especially the gitls.
What we didn't know at the time was that the Beatles were just the first of many English groups to follow in short order in what is referrred to as the British Invasion.
More to Come. --Brock-Perry
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