I was in the audience at both Forest Hills on 8/29/64 and the benefit at the Paramount theater on the last night of their first American tour . At Forest Hills, there was a lull in the girls screaming , and could hear Paul singing ;Things We Said Today '. At the Parmount theater ( with a much smaller audience than Forest Hills ) I couldn't hear one note - and I was sitting in the front row !
I remember ages ago when George talked about how their fame was tinged with darkness from the very beginning. Every time I hear more, it's worse than what I thought!
After The Beatles concert in Indianapolis, Ringo Starr ended up missing. Reminiscent of him disappearing in the movie "A Hard Day's Night", Ringo wasn't able to sleep, so he encountered some Indiana state troopers, who indulged Ringo into letting him ride around in a police car, doing a tour of Indianapolis. After that, one of the troopers took Ringo to the troopers house about 25 miles outside Indianapolis for breakfast. The troopers wife didn't make notice of Ringo being there, but his 11 year old daughter did. She was too shy to approach Ringo. Ringo stayed for about 30 minutes, and the 11 year old daughter received a kiss on the cheek by Ringo before rejoining the band at the Speedway Motel. In the Anthology book, George recalls getting a ride around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway track by police officers before going to the airport. This probably spurred George's interest in Formula 1 racing many years later.
Thank you Parlogram! This was the first time I heard about them refusing to play for segregated audiences. All the press at the time played up the mayhem of "degenerates".
I wasnt alive back then but there is a documentary of the entire '64 tour on YT. This tour was wild, weird, and surreal. The Righteous Brothers were one of the opening acts on the '64 tour but outside of the West coast, nobody knew or cared about them. By the time the Beatles performed at NY Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, they had enough and dropped out of this tour. There was a near riot on the stage in Cleveland. To me the New Orleans show was crazy. The cops were outnumbered and nearly lost control of the crowd. It got crazier in 1965 and '66. I can now see why they didnt want to tour anymore and it was more than just noise and not hearing anything.
Yes, just when you think you know everything Andrew comes along with more in-depth info…which is great! I, we, still find it so amazing how strong The Beatles and camp were to put up with so much insanity in the USA. The day I read that they would not play, if segregation had a play in the Florida show, was my first real realization that The Beatles were really the first ambassadors of peace and harmony with their fans and stood up to the powers that be. The rest is more incredible history. A wonderful episode Andrew. Thanks!
Fascinating stuff, Andrew. American tours were chaos, at best. From Ian MacDonald's "Revolution In the Head": "Asked what next for the Beatles on returning to London [after the grim Manila shows in summer 1966], a glum Harrison replied: ' We'll take a couple of weeks to recuperate before we go and get beaten up by the Americans.'"
Excellent reporting. Your in-depth and fresh take on these historic events is the best on RUclips. Thanks so much for all you do, for us original Beatles fans and to those that have joined us from later generations. Again, thank you. All You Need Is Love. Cheerio from Texas.
Andrew, this video is nothing short of superb. Unfortunately, we here in the good ole USA missed the mark much too often, but I understand why Derek Taylor quit after that tour
Thanks for your excellent work, Andrew. We live in Seattle and were married in June 1994. We spent our wedding night in the Beatles suite at the Edgewater. (Aug 21 would have been the 30th anniversary of the Beatles visit.) The room was nice but remarkably ordinary and undecorated. Unfortunately we did not do any fishing. Today at the 60th anniversary they have really dolled it up quite garishly. Pics are available at their website. We paid a then expensive $400 whereas now prices are “from $1230 a night”.
This has nothing to do with the Beatles but,i was stationed at Ft.Lewis when i served in the Army and spent a lot of time in Seattle.I loved it there i.m from Chicago.It's been 30 years since i was there i never forgot the beauty of the city and the Pacific Northwest.Always have a special place in my heart for Seattle.Love your city!
My godfather was 13 in 1964 saw The Beatles on this tour with his sister, in Toronto, Canada on September 7th 1964, he was introduced to The Beatles music’ by his sister, a week before the concert he saw film A Hard Day’s Night, his memory of the concert is that he sat in the fourth row on the left side of the stage, he couldn’t hear a single note of music due to the screaming girls in the audience, the only piece of music he heard was the iconic first chord of A Hard Day’s Night, he saw them again in 1965, and again the next year in 1966
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An incredible story, Andrew, thank you. It just goes to show how unprepared the band and promoters were for a tour of this magnitude and popularity. Here in Vancouver, a friend and bandmate was at the Empire Stadium show and can verify what you've mentioned. At one point, local deejay and one of the earliest proponents of Rock 'n' Roll, Red Robinson, took to the stage mid-show to tell the crowd to calm down. In his memoir, he relates that John yelled at him to "Get the f--- off the stage!". The Beatles swore never to play her again, yet this scrapbook makes the Vancouver show to sound tame in comparison to other venues. If their '65 and '66 yours were anything like this (and the Philippines nightmare suggests they were) it's no wonder the band chose to stop touring.
Heh, I knew Red Robinson enjoyed inserting himself into the Beatles' story, kind of like a Canadian Murray the K, but didn't know he actually inserted him into the actual show! From what I remember, he was the MC for the evening as CKWX was the presenting radio station, but once the Beatles hit the stage, his job for the night was over. But it seems he took his role as MC very seriously!
Great video again! As for the Vancouver concert, it was covered on the local radio stationn in what we'd call today a behind-the-scenes documentary. People reported about fans fainting, the police struggling, the show being interrupted, more casualties, bad sound quality, and even more casualties. The sound of the reporting voices is all you need to understand what a force of nature had descended on the unsuspecting Canadians. The radio coverage and the show itself is captured on a double LP set of very modest sound quality and, obviously, no legitimate parentage. You may have listened to it. It dates from the mid seventies and it was my first introduction to the reality of the American tours.
the Beatles anthology book stated that Pat Boone had bought up all of the front row seats at the Hollywood Bowl for him, his daughters and their friends. George Harrison later commented that he didn't know that Boone had so many daughters. thank you, Andrew, for an eye opening video. wow. gotta love Philadelphia !
Awesome video, Andrew. Thank you. Dare I say that few bands then or today would last half as long as The Beatles did when you think of all the troubles they went through while touring 1964-1966. Those who don't understand why Harrison (especially) and Lennon were fed up and later bitter about the whole "Beatles' thing, should watch this video.
That was so interesting ! Just to show that when The Beatles were touring in America, it was quite nerve racking for them and quite dangerous too ! No wonder George Harrison said in The Anthology, that The Beatles gave up their nervous systems !! Great video Andrew ! I've learned alot in this one ! Cheers from Montreal Canada !
Very enjoyable video about the Beatles 64 tour. So many things I didn’t know and that’s after reading Chuck Gunderson’s amazing book Some Fun Tonight which hopefully your viewers will know as it’s a great resource about the Beatles U.S. tours. Thanks so much Andrew!
Another great video production, I really enjoyed this one. Larry Kane has an excellent first person book on the Beatles touring year. Thanks for sharing.
This was one of my favorite videos you've done. So much information I've never heard before. The poor guys. No wonder they didn't want to tour anymore. Great video.
Again, a fab video Andrew. It looks like the US tour at the height of Beatlemania when all was going well was as tough and dangerous as the 1966 one. Those scrapbooks are gems.
I'm curious, have you ever thought about doing a video on Alma Cogan? I feel she's a fascinating singer, who was gone too soon and holds a small, yet interesting place in Beatles history, even if some of it could be conjured up to rumours and hearsay. Specifically about Cogan's relationship to John Lennon, or her song "It's You" having production input from all 4 Beatles, with Paul on tambourine and possibly having Ringo on drums.
Hello Andrew, I like your Beatles videos and I never thought I would be correcting an expert such as yourself. I was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida and was 8 1/2 years old when hurricane Dora slammed into our town. The Beatles played in Jacksonville, Florida, NOT Jackson as is stated in the film and they played at the Gator Bowl football stadium, not just the Gator Stadium. So named for the University of Florida football team in Gainesville, Fla. about 75 miles to the south west. The Beatles stayed at the Hotel George Washington and played for about 22 minutes according to the newspaper reports I read on microfilm at the library. Our friend down the street went to the concert, there family had a little more money and fewer kids than ours. Before hurricane Dora ruined everything, the papers said the Beatles were supposed to have gone deep sea fishing and some fun stuff but Dora made a great big catastrophe that was felt for years.
I really enjoyed this well-researched presentation. The clips reveal Beatlemania wasn't just about screaming girls, but jealous boys and hostile authorities & press. For the Beatles themselves I'm sure at times the tour was fun and exhilarating, but also frightening and downright miserable.
Nice video, as usual. A good complement is the two-volumes book "Some Fun Tonight" about The Beatles tours in America (1964-66k by Chuck Gunderson. A lot of details for each stop and every tour and a lot of superb photos
I felt tired just hearing all this crap can’t imagine what it was like for them living through it. Of course this video was about the troubles of the tour. Im guessing you could make one about the fun and cool parts of the tour as well. But being that huge you become a magnet for literally everything and nobody was bigger than the Beatles in 1964. After a year of this insanity, not just in the US but worldwide it’s amazing they ever agreed to tour again! They were tough gotta give them that. Great as always! See you next time.
Oh the infamous Edgewater Inn...I wonder if they had any Mudshark episodes like the Vanilla Fudge/Led Zeppelin tour 5 years later!!! Of course, made infamous by Frank Zappa and the Mothers-ironically at the same show where John and Yoko joined them onstage
Great information Andrew. I was just 9 at the time and although an obsessed fan since February 8 of that year, I don't ever recall hearing about the 1964 tour until years later - but never knew of some of the things mentioned. Another great video to put on your list in which the Beatles did not fare so well would be their 1966 tour in Asia that included the horrific events in the Philippines. All the Beatles, notably George Harrison remarked in later interviews how that experience had convinced him to stop touring. Thanks for the great information. ---Tom
I always learn so much from these videos. Makes you wish there were more live album offerings from this time besides the Hollywood Bowl, especially now when they can probably isolate the band from the screaming audience with the MAL software
In 64 I was 10 and remember when they played at Cincinnati gardens, which was about 8 miles from my home. Was too young for concerts then and had to be happy with my Meet the Beatles and Introducing the Beatles LPs. No problems here that I ever heard of, just a great time for those lucky enough to go. Mom did get me a mail in Beatles booklet with pix from the Cincy show. It was indeed a magical time.
Hi Andrew, I knew some of this but as usual you bring new great stuff to our attention, I did not know the reference about here today. I cannot imagine what they must have felt like in the eye of the storm, I suspect it was great fun at first then tiresome then completely weary. It's not difficult to see why they wanted to quit after several years of this. Having said all that I still would love peter Jackson to work his magic on some live Beatles shows and for Apple to release some stuff. Why not make an amazing box set of The Beatles Live including say Star Club, Stowe School, EMI house, Hollywood Bowl, Shea etc? Come on Apple the technology is there so is Peter, we live in hope? Great upload as always Andrew, cheers Tim
Amazing how chaotic touring in the US back then was. To go from Montreal to Jacksonville and then back to Boston and then at the end of the tour to go from Dallas to NYC. This would never happen today and no wonder a lot of bands from the era didn't last long.
A good book on this subject is "Beatles '64: A Hard Day's Night in America" with photographs by Curth Gunther and text by A.J.S. Rayl. It's got photos plus stories about the various cities.
Amazing video Andrew! It makes more sense now why Beatles for sale sounds more sad or weary than hard days night because of the stuff they went through during some of these tours, but thank God nothing happened to the Beatles during that time, but it could’ve been something worse for the Fab Four. And as an American myself, I am surprised by the things that a lot of people in documents missed out on the Beatles tour in 1964. A lot of people talk about the good times in the tours and excitement of the teenage girls from 1964 tours all over the country and some of that even in 1965, but never the crazy stuff you Andrew have refilled the more deep and depth stuff The Beatles and their management have witnessed during American and Canadian tours thank you for sharing this awesome video Andrew! The more I watch your videos the more I like to hear from you, looking at other British invasion bands, and the Beatles, of course our favourite band! And see the in-depth personal stuff of a lot of these awesome 60s bands!
What a life! The boys were heroes! Just read a book about The Beatles in 1969. After seeing this footage you can only have a big understanding why they did what they did back then.
Back in 2013 to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Beatles concert in Québec, there was an exhibition in Montréal at the Pointe-à-Callière museum called "Les Beatles à Montréal". A nice catalog was edited with the whole story of their Montréal concert and their fame in the province of Québec
Hey, Andrew. don't know if you've heard yet but on Nov. 22 the first six American Beatle albums are coming out in a mono only ( as far as I know ) box. ahhhh, Dave Dexter at his finest !
Somebody said it was like teenage girls all fell in love at the same time. Being a boy, I was more into the Dave Clark Five. What I have yet to figure out is that many American girls actually had hopes of marrying a Beatle. Huh? They lived across the ocean and girls had a minuscule chance of even seeing one, much less meeting one.
Trivia: they played two shows in Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens because the owner of the venue sold another show and immediately released tickets. Brian Epstein was furious but to avoid causing any bad press he managed to fit the extra show in. The owner of the arena was Harold Ballard, a notoriously underhanded man who did jail time in the 1970s for another matter. It was rumoured he had the water fountains turned off to sell more soft drinks if the legend is true.
@@ParlogramFound a source for the story! Or how about the time, in the 1960s, when Ballard booked the Beatles into Maple Leaf Gardens, and on the day of the show, turned off the air conditioning and the water fountains so that he could reap a windfall selling soft drinks? (And sold tickets to two Beatles show, even though they'd agreed to do only one.)Jun 5, 2019, cbc news
Another wonderful scrapbook history lesson! I really do love these, Andrew. All of the additional detail and insight into these events really make it all come alive. I think I'm coming down with a case of Beatlemania!!! :D
Considering the quality of the performance (they had not yet become totally fed up and jaded with touring) and the recorded sound quality, the August 23rd Hollywood Bowl concert from this tour stands as the best live concert recording of their career - with Ringo's killer "Boys" a particular highlight. Very much worth hearing the show in its entirety with all the between song stage patter included as available on bootleg.
Tony Barrow was their press officer then. He recounted the tours and the business matters through 1966 rather comprehensively in his book. I'd recommend it to anyone who's interested in that side of their history.
Yes, the situation was very dangerous in Montreal in the 1960s. The Front de Liberation du Québec was blowing up mailboxes in English-speaking areas, as well as many landmarks. Several people were killed or injured, the latter including someone who had successfully dismantled several mailbox bombs but was severely injured by one of them.
@charliestoops8815 I have a few of her albums. A UK one called 'Don't Turn Your Back On Me' is great apart from when she sings 'He's Got The Whole World In His Hands'! The CD collections of her complete 1960's singles on Ace are excellent too. I don't know what the demand would be like, but occasional videos from Andrew on singers like Jackie DeShannon and Billie Davis, who he's a fan of, would be very interesting. Not much is known about them and they could introduce some Beatles fans to more excellent and now near forgotten 60's pop music.
Excellent timing Andrew! On September 3rd 1964 'The Beatles' performed at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis. On September 3rd 2024 the Fairgrounds will host a variety of events: An art installation A listening session of the original audio from the 1964 performance A live performance of the original setlist by cover band 1964 The Tribute A photo and selfie station Merchandise Food and drinks, including the "Hard Days Flight," "Strawberry Fried Green Salad," "Yellow Submarine Sandwich," and "Here Comes the Sun Punch Drink" I'll be there for this one since I couldn't afford tickets or a ride for the one in 1964.
You can see quite a few clips from that crazy tour on "The Beatles Anthology". It must have felt fantastic and frightening at the same time to be in the middle of all that hysteria. They all say that they managed to stay sane because they had eachother.
How crazy. I was only 10, and had no way to even dream about seeing them in person. I had some fan magazines that my parents bought me from a local store, but I'm not even sure I was aware they were on this tour. I did go to see "A Hard Day's Night", which I think did show locally in August. I remember standing in a VERY long line all across the parking lot, waiting for the next showing to start. I never had seen that big of a line for a movie before. It was a big event.
The Las Vegas Convention Center has a framed photo of the band at the airport and a framed ticket stub with a sign commemorating the performance in 64.
Great summary of possibly the first 'modern' rock concert tour, a grittier experience than was generally reported. Small nerdy comment - the crowd photo at 11:11 is clearly not New York City in late August! 🙂 Possibly a February shot?
America's always simmering hostility bubbles to the surface in virtually all circumstances. It's one of the strange things about living in America. Perhaps elsewhere too, but I've only lived here. Hamburg must have seemed tame to the Beatles after touring around America.
Many places from The Beatles' first and second tours in the San Francisco Bay Area still exist today. The Cabana Hotel near Los Altos in the peninsula (Silicon Valley) is now known as Crowne Plaza Palo Alto. The Cow Palace in Daly City, where I attended many rock concerts in my 20s, is still standing. The old San Francisco Hilton has been transformed into The Hilton San Francisco Union Square. Unfortunately, Candlestick Park, where The Beatles held their last US concert in 1966, was demolished in September 2015. However, Paul McCartney performed at The Stick in August 2014, using film footage from The Beatles' performance at Candlestick Park as a backdrop. Although I didn't attend, I heard it was a great show.
Jackson, Florida? Gaiter Bowl? Gator Stadium? The Beatles couldn't fly into Jacksonville, so they went to Key West, 150 miles from their accommodation? Miami is about 150 miles from Key West. And Miami is another 350 miles from Jacksonville. Charlie Finley was the owner of the Kansas City A's baseball team, not a concert promoter. He brought the Beatles in as a PR move.
Thanks for this, Andrew. I wonder what the poster maker was thinking (0:07) when typing up "Gaiter Bowl" instead of "Gator Bowl." A stadium dedicated to rainwear?
The molestation story disturbed me. I had a feeling that it perhaps might’ve been a blackmail situation because she’s had several opportunities over the years to tell her story and she has not.
Yes it is very disturbing. I think it might be the same incident I recently heard discussed in an interview with Ken Womack about Mal Evans' sketchy version of the story on Phoebe Lord and Allison Bumstead's excellent ANOTHER KIND OF MIND podcast. The inference from Mal was that the perpetrator was from one of the support bands. Just because an alleged victim of abuse chooses not to come forward doesn't indicate it never happened of course. She has an absolute right to anonymity and has no duty to enter the glare of the media spotlight to relay a completely unacceptable traumatic event she has hopefully put as much behind her with the passing of time as she can. We will probably never know.
The frenzied reception of the Beatles in America and the rest of the world has always seemed like it was somehow connected to the assassination of JFK in Dallas in November, 1963. The tidal wave of shock and grief in the wake of that event kind of flipped over into Beatlemania. It must have been particularly scary for them getting roughed up there in Dallas as they did on this tour, less than a year later.
I was in the audience at both Forest Hills on 8/29/64 and the benefit at the Paramount theater on the last night of their first American tour . At Forest Hills, there was a lull in the girls
screaming , and could hear Paul singing ;Things We Said Today '. At the Parmount theater ( with a much smaller audience than Forest Hills ) I couldn't hear one note - and I was sitting
in the front row !
Thank you for sharing your story!
This was quite an eye opener! Thank you for telling the story and stripping away some of the sanitized narrative that has been in place for years.
I remember ages ago when George talked about how their fame was tinged with darkness from the very beginning. Every time I hear more, it's worse than what I thought!
I love the research that’s gone into this video, but unfortunately it’s still sanitised.
No groupies, booze and drugs in 1964??
Refused to play for segregated audiences. 👏👍♥️
We owe George, John, Paul. Ringo and all involved with the production of this tour a debt of thanks for ever wanting to tour here again.
The stoned Paul McCartney and mal Evans story is so funny omfg
I still find it amazing that Shirley Temple’s daughter Lori went on to be the bass player in the legendary sludge metal band the Melvins.
Yep it's true. Lorax had some trouble staying sober while in Melvins. Her and her mom also had issues when Lori was a young adult.
After The Beatles concert in Indianapolis, Ringo Starr ended up missing. Reminiscent of him disappearing in the movie "A Hard Day's Night", Ringo wasn't able to sleep, so he encountered some Indiana state troopers, who indulged Ringo into letting him ride around in a police car, doing a tour of Indianapolis. After that, one of the troopers took Ringo to the troopers house about 25 miles outside Indianapolis for breakfast. The troopers wife didn't make notice of Ringo being there, but his 11 year old daughter did. She was too shy to approach Ringo. Ringo stayed for about 30 minutes, and the 11 year old daughter received a kiss on the cheek by Ringo before rejoining the band at the Speedway Motel. In the Anthology book, George recalls getting a ride around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway track by police officers before going to the airport. This probably spurred George's interest in Formula 1 racing many years later.
Great story! Thanks for posting.
Thank you Parlogram! This was the first time I heard about them refusing to play for segregated audiences. All the press at the time played up the mayhem of "degenerates".
"WHO'S WINNING?" Lmaooooo!!!! Most hilarious factoid ever! 😂🤣😆
I wasnt alive back then but there is a documentary of the entire '64 tour on YT. This tour was wild, weird, and surreal. The Righteous Brothers were one of the opening acts on the '64 tour but outside of the West coast, nobody knew or cared about them. By the time the Beatles performed at NY Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, they had enough and dropped out of this tour. There was a near riot on the stage in Cleveland. To me the New Orleans show was crazy. The cops were outnumbered and nearly lost control of the crowd. It got crazier in 1965 and '66. I can now see why they didnt want to tour anymore and it was more than just noise and not hearing anything.
Thank you for sharing your experience.
@@Parlogram hi hi I want u to do a video of the Beatles bootlegs like kum back. It would be nice
This is a superb account. Thank you.. The contemporary reporting is fascinating.
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Yes, just when you think you know everything Andrew comes along with more in-depth info…which is great!
I, we, still find it so amazing how strong The Beatles and camp were to put up with so much insanity in the USA. The day I read that they would not play, if segregation had a play in the Florida show, was my first real realization that The Beatles were really the first ambassadors of peace and harmony with their fans and stood up to the powers that be. The rest is more incredible history.
A wonderful episode Andrew. Thanks!
It was rough back then and they put up with so much. Glad you enjoyed the episode.
amen!
Fascinating stuff, Andrew. American tours were chaos, at best. From Ian MacDonald's "Revolution In the Head": "Asked what next for the Beatles on returning to London [after the grim Manila shows in summer 1966], a glum Harrison replied: ' We'll take a couple of weeks to recuperate before we go and get beaten up by the Americans.'"
Excellent reporting. Your in-depth and fresh take on these historic events is the best on RUclips. Thanks so much for all you do, for us original Beatles fans and to those that have joined us from later generations. Again, thank you. All You Need Is Love. Cheerio from Texas.
Thanks you! Glad you enjoyed it.
Andrew, this video is nothing short of superb. Unfortunately, we here in the good ole USA missed the mark much too often, but I understand why Derek Taylor quit after that tour
Thanks for your excellent work, Andrew. We live in Seattle and were married in June 1994. We spent our wedding night in the Beatles suite at the Edgewater. (Aug 21 would have been the 30th anniversary of the Beatles visit.) The room was nice but remarkably ordinary and undecorated. Unfortunately we did not do any fishing. Today at the 60th anniversary they have really dolled it up quite garishly. Pics are available at their website. We paid a then expensive $400 whereas now prices are “from $1230 a night”.
Thanks for sharing your experience. I saw the rooms online and you're right, the are pretty garish looking!
This has nothing to do with the Beatles but,i was stationed at Ft.Lewis when i served in the Army and spent a lot of time in Seattle.I loved it there i.m from Chicago.It's been 30 years since i was there i never forgot the beauty of the city and the Pacific Northwest.Always have a special place in my heart for Seattle.Love your city!
My godfather was 13 in 1964 saw The Beatles on this tour with his sister, in Toronto, Canada on September 7th 1964, he was introduced to The Beatles music’ by his sister, a week before the concert he saw film A Hard Day’s Night, his memory of the concert is that he sat in the fourth row on the left side of the stage, he couldn’t hear a single note of music due to the screaming girls in the audience, the only piece of music he heard was the iconic first chord of A Hard Day’s Night, he saw them again in 1965, and again the next year in 1966
Thanks for sharing his experiences.
Just want to say how amazing it is that you put these together on a weekly basis - for FREE.
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Being from America this was extra entertaining for me..thanks again Andrew!!!
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An incredible story, Andrew, thank you. It just goes to show how unprepared the band and promoters were for a tour of this magnitude and popularity.
Here in Vancouver, a friend and bandmate was at the Empire Stadium show and can verify what you've mentioned. At one point, local deejay and one of the earliest proponents of Rock 'n' Roll, Red Robinson, took to the stage mid-show to tell the crowd to calm down. In his memoir, he relates that John yelled at him to "Get the f--- off the stage!".
The Beatles swore never to play her again, yet this scrapbook makes the Vancouver show to sound tame in comparison to other venues. If their '65 and '66 yours were anything like this (and the Philippines nightmare suggests they were) it's no wonder the band chose to stop touring.
Great story!
Heh, I knew Red Robinson enjoyed inserting himself into the Beatles' story, kind of like a Canadian Murray the K, but didn't know he actually inserted him into the actual show! From what I remember, he was the MC for the evening as CKWX was the presenting radio station, but once the Beatles hit the stage, his job for the night was over. But it seems he took his role as MC very seriously!
@@moxievision Red certainly enjoyed the limelight, though as emcee, he may have been asked to go out and speak.
@@Sp33gan It would make sense for the promoter to ask him to go out and address the crowd to get them to calm down.
@@moxievision I agree.
Great video again! As for the Vancouver concert, it was covered on the local radio stationn in what we'd call today a behind-the-scenes documentary. People reported about fans fainting, the police struggling, the show being interrupted, more casualties, bad sound quality, and even more casualties. The sound of the reporting voices is all you need to understand what a force of nature had descended on the unsuspecting Canadians. The radio coverage and the show itself is captured on a double LP set of very modest sound quality and, obviously, no legitimate parentage. You may have listened to it. It dates from the mid seventies and it was my first introduction to the reality of the American tours.
Thanks for the info. Glad you enjoyed it.
Great video as always. With everything that went on, it's even more amazing that they carried on touring for another 2 years!
the Beatles anthology book stated that Pat Boone had bought up all of the front row seats at the Hollywood Bowl for him, his daughters and their friends. George Harrison later commented that he didn't know that Boone had so many daughters. thank you, Andrew, for an eye opening video. wow. gotta love Philadelphia !
Great story!
Awesome video, Andrew. Thank you. Dare I say that few bands then or today would last half as long as The Beatles did when you think of all the troubles they went through while touring 1964-1966. Those who don't understand why Harrison (especially) and Lennon were fed up and later bitter about the whole "Beatles' thing, should watch this video.
Glad you enjoyed it, Dave.
That was so interesting ! Just to show that when The Beatles were touring in America, it was quite nerve racking for them and quite dangerous too ! No wonder George Harrison said in The Anthology, that The Beatles gave up their nervous systems !! Great video Andrew ! I've learned alot in this one ! Cheers from Montreal Canada !
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Another great episode. Thanks Andrew.
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Very enjoyable video about the Beatles 64 tour. So many things I didn’t know and that’s after reading Chuck Gunderson’s amazing book Some Fun Tonight which hopefully your viewers will know as it’s a great resource about the Beatles U.S. tours. Thanks so much Andrew!
Thanks Bill. Glad you enjoyed it!
Great stories. Thank you.
Thank you for watching!
Great video, Andrew about this ground breaking tour! No wonder the band looked so weary on the Beatles For Sale cover!
Another great video production, I really enjoyed this one. Larry Kane has an excellent first person book on the Beatles touring year. Thanks for sharing.
I’m reading Mal’s book and just finished reading about this tour. It’s amazing how they got through it intact! I enjoy your Y/T episodes.
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Fantastic video Andrew. Thank you!
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This was one of my favorite videos you've done. So much information I've never heard before. The poor guys. No wonder they didn't want to tour anymore. Great video.
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Again, a fab video Andrew.
It looks like the US tour at the height of Beatlemania when all was going well was as tough and dangerous as the 1966 one. Those scrapbooks are gems.
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Andrew, fantastic information, my friend. Your content is essential for a deep dive into Beatles history.
Glad you think so!
I'm curious, have you ever thought about doing a video on Alma Cogan? I feel she's a fascinating singer, who was gone too soon and holds a small, yet interesting place in Beatles history, even if some of it could be conjured up to rumours and hearsay.
Specifically about Cogan's relationship to John Lennon, or her song "It's You" having production input from all 4 Beatles, with Paul on tambourine and possibly having Ringo on drums.
She was a very talented and interesting lady.
Great Job Andrew. Don’t forget Alf ! He was also part of their entourage and a valued driver. He was also seen coming down the plane stairs.
Hello Andrew, I like your Beatles videos and I never thought I would be correcting an expert such as yourself. I was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida and was 8 1/2 years old when hurricane Dora slammed into our town. The Beatles played in Jacksonville, Florida, NOT Jackson as is stated in the film and they played at the Gator Bowl football stadium, not just the Gator Stadium. So named for the University of Florida football team in Gainesville, Fla. about 75 miles to the south west.
The Beatles stayed at the Hotel George Washington and played for about 22 minutes according to the newspaper reports I read on microfilm at the library.
Our friend down the street went to the concert, there family had a little more money and fewer kids than ours. Before hurricane Dora ruined everything, the papers said the Beatles were supposed to have gone deep sea fishing and some fun stuff but Dora made a great big catastrophe that was felt for years.
Thanks for the info and correction.
Absolutely frightening to think that the Beatles survived this without getting seriously injured or killed.
Good lord that's an insane and intense tour
Im not a fan of their music but i love learning history of any band. The Beatles have some interesting history.
Many thanks Andrew for that fantastic story!
My pleasure. Glad you enjoyed it.
Ohhh… well done! This should help to give particular context to their short-lived touring. Many, many, many thanks for this!!!!
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it!
I really enjoyed this well-researched presentation. The clips reveal Beatlemania wasn't just about screaming girls, but jealous boys and hostile authorities & press. For the Beatles themselves I'm sure at times the tour was fun and exhilarating, but also frightening and downright miserable.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Nice video, as usual. A good complement is the two-volumes book "Some Fun Tonight" about The Beatles tours in America (1964-66k by Chuck Gunderson. A lot of details for each stop and every tour and a lot of superb photos
That's an excellent book! Glad you enjoyed the video.
Thank you Andrew,great work,and more new info,🎉thanks again
My pleasure, Jordi!
Thanks so much for the fabulous research and commentary!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I felt tired just hearing all this crap can’t imagine what it was like for them living through it. Of course this video was about the troubles of the tour. Im guessing you could make one about the fun and cool parts of the tour as well. But being that huge you become a magnet for literally everything and nobody was bigger than the Beatles in 1964. After a year of this insanity, not just in the US but worldwide it’s amazing they ever agreed to tour again! They were tough gotta give them that.
Great as always! See you next time.
I felt exhausted making it!
Oh the infamous Edgewater Inn...I wonder if they had any Mudshark episodes like the Vanilla Fudge/Led Zeppelin tour 5 years later!!! Of course, made infamous by Frank Zappa and the Mothers-ironically at the same show where John and Yoko joined them onstage
Thanks again Andrew 👍
My pleasure!
Great information Andrew. I was just 9 at the time and although an obsessed fan since February 8 of that year, I don't ever recall hearing about the 1964 tour until years later - but never knew of some of the things mentioned.
Another great video to put on your list in which the Beatles did not fare so well would be their 1966 tour in Asia that included the horrific events in the Philippines. All the Beatles, notably George Harrison remarked in later interviews how that experience had convinced him to stop touring. Thanks for the great information. ---Tom
Thanks for watching, Tom. Will do one on the '66 tour later.
Outstanding video as always. Thank you Andrew.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great reporting work andrew.this was quite the eye opener indeed.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
I always learn so much from these videos. Makes you wish there were more live album offerings from this time besides the Hollywood Bowl, especially now when they can probably isolate the band from the screaming audience with the MAL software
Absolutely Steve!
In 64 I was 10 and remember when they played at Cincinnati gardens, which was about 8 miles from my home. Was too young for concerts then and had to be happy with my Meet the Beatles and Introducing the Beatles LPs. No problems here that I ever heard of, just a great time for those lucky enough to go. Mom did get me a mail in Beatles booklet with pix from the Cincy show. It was indeed a magical time.
Thank you for sharing your story!
Hi Andrew, I knew some of this but as usual you bring new great stuff to our attention, I did not know the reference about here today. I cannot imagine what they must have felt like in the eye of the storm, I suspect it was great fun at first then tiresome then completely weary. It's not difficult to see why they wanted to quit after several years of this. Having said all that I still would love peter Jackson to work his magic on some live Beatles shows and for Apple to release some stuff. Why not make an amazing box set of The Beatles Live including say Star Club, Stowe School, EMI house, Hollywood Bowl, Shea etc? Come on Apple the technology is there so is Peter, we live in hope? Great upload as always Andrew, cheers Tim
Agreed Tim. We need more live material.
Great stuff Andrew, terrific research and presentation.
Thanks Robert.. Glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing how chaotic touring in the US back then was. To go from Montreal to Jacksonville and then back to Boston and then at the end of the tour to go from Dallas to NYC. This would never happen today and no wonder a lot of bands from the era didn't last long.
It was gruelling to be sure!
A good book on this subject is "Beatles '64: A Hard Day's Night in America" with photographs by Curth Gunther and text by A.J.S. Rayl. It's got photos plus stories about the various cities.
Amazing video Andrew! It makes more sense now why Beatles for sale sounds more sad or weary than hard days night because of the stuff they went through during some of these tours, but thank God nothing happened to the Beatles during that time, but it could’ve been something worse for the Fab Four. And as an American myself, I am surprised by the things that a lot of people in documents missed out on the Beatles tour in 1964. A lot of people talk about the good times in the tours and excitement of the teenage girls from 1964 tours all over the country and some of that even in 1965, but never the crazy stuff you Andrew have refilled the more deep and depth stuff The Beatles and their management have witnessed during American and Canadian tours thank you for sharing this awesome video Andrew! The more I watch your videos the more I like to hear from you, looking at other British invasion bands, and the Beatles, of course our favourite band! And see the in-depth personal stuff of a lot of these awesome 60s bands!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Please make more videos like this, they are unbelievably fascinating!
Thanks. More soon!
What a life! The boys were heroes! Just read a book about The Beatles in 1969. After seeing this footage you can only have a big understanding why they did what they did back then.
Absolutely brilliant!
Thank you!
I would be interested in a video about their disastrous trip to the Philippines.
Back in 2013 to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Beatles concert in Québec, there was an exhibition in Montréal at the Pointe-à-Callière museum called "Les Beatles à Montréal". A nice catalog was edited with the whole story of their Montréal concert and their fame in the province of Québec
Hey, Andrew. don't know if you've heard yet but on Nov. 22 the first six American Beatle albums are coming out in a mono only ( as far as I know ) box. ahhhh, Dave Dexter at his finest !
Beatlemania is still one of the strangest things to ever happen. It's so unexplainable
Somebody said it was like teenage girls all fell in love at the same time. Being a boy, I was more into the Dave Clark Five. What I have yet to figure out is that many American girls actually had hopes of marrying a Beatle. Huh? They lived across the ocean and girls had a minuscule chance of even seeing one, much less meeting one.
@@Paul_Wetor it's weird because we've never really seen anything else like it
Excellent episode, Andrew! Now I’m looking forward to your review next year for the American 1965 tour! - Roger
Thanks Roger. Stay tuned!
Shirley Temple’s daughter Lori, went on to play bass in the Melvins.
Cool! Thanks for the info!
Trivia: they played two shows in Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens because the owner of the venue sold another show and immediately released tickets. Brian Epstein was furious but to avoid causing any bad press he managed to fit the extra show in. The owner of the arena was Harold Ballard, a notoriously underhanded man who did jail time in the 1970s for another matter. It was rumoured he had the water fountains turned off to sell more soft drinks if the legend is true.
Great story!
@@ParlogramFound a source for the story!
Or how about the time, in the 1960s, when Ballard booked the Beatles into Maple Leaf Gardens, and on the day of the show, turned off the air conditioning and the water fountains so that he could reap a windfall selling soft drinks? (And sold tickets to two Beatles show, even though they'd agreed to do only one.)Jun 5, 2019, cbc news
Another wonderful scrapbook history lesson! I really do love these, Andrew. All of the additional detail and insight into these events really make it all come alive. I think I'm coming down with a case of Beatlemania!!! :D
Glad you enjoyed it, Errol!
Thanx, Andrew, great video! 😊
Glad you liked it! 😊
Always looking forward to you posting a video!!!! Can't wait to watch this 🎉
Hope you like it!
@@Parlogram LOVED IT!
Considering the quality of the performance (they had not yet become totally fed up and jaded with touring) and the recorded sound quality, the August 23rd Hollywood Bowl concert from this tour stands as the best live concert recording of their career - with Ringo's killer "Boys" a particular highlight. Very much worth hearing the show in its entirety with all the between song stage patter included as available on bootleg.
Tony Barrow was their press officer then.
He recounted the tours and the business matters through 1966 rather comprehensively in his book.
I'd recommend it to anyone who's interested in that side of their history.
Wow, good telling of the events!
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it!
Yes, the situation was very dangerous in Montreal in the 1960s. The Front de Liberation du Québec was blowing up mailboxes in English-speaking areas, as well as many landmarks. Several people were killed or injured, the latter including someone who had successfully dismantled several mailbox bombs but was severely injured by one of them.
Thanks for the info!
Jackie DeShannon has unfortunately been somewhat forgotten, a real trailblazer for women in the golden age of pop music
@charliestoops8815
I have a few of her albums. A UK one called 'Don't Turn Your Back On Me' is great apart from when she sings 'He's Got The Whole World In His Hands'!
The CD collections of her complete 1960's singles on Ace are excellent too.
I don't know what the demand would be like, but occasional videos from Andrew on singers like Jackie DeShannon and Billie Davis, who he's a fan of, would be very interesting. Not much is known about them and they could introduce some Beatles fans to more excellent and now near forgotten 60's pop music.
Excellent timing Andrew! On September 3rd 1964 'The Beatles' performed at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis. On September 3rd 2024 the Fairgrounds will host a variety of events:
An art installation
A listening session of the original audio from the 1964 performance
A live performance of the original setlist by cover band 1964 The Tribute
A photo and selfie station
Merchandise
Food and drinks, including the "Hard Days Flight," "Strawberry Fried Green Salad," "Yellow Submarine Sandwich," and "Here Comes the Sun Punch Drink"
I'll be there for this one since I couldn't afford tickets or a ride for the one in 1964.
Sounds like fun. Hope you have a great time!
You can see quite a few clips from that crazy tour on "The Beatles Anthology". It must have felt fantastic and frightening at the same time to be in the middle of all that hysteria. They all say that they managed to stay sane because they had eachother.
Thank you Andy
Very welcome!
Very informative info on that famous tour sixty years ago.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow the stuff we didn't know that went on! Great video as always!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@Parlogram I find it weird that those girl fans ate the grass.., that's just plain bonkers
The dave clark five ibelieve was the second band to follow the fab four to the usa.
How crazy. I was only 10, and had no way to even dream about seeing them in person. I had some fan magazines that my parents bought me from a local store, but I'm not even sure I was aware they were on this tour. I did go to see "A Hard Day's Night", which I think did show locally in August. I remember standing in a VERY long line all across the parking lot, waiting for the next showing to start. I never had seen that big of a line for a movie before. It was a big event.
Thanks for sharing your memories!
That was an excellent documentary.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it!
The Las Vegas Convention Center has a framed photo of the band at the airport and a framed ticket stub with a sign commemorating the performance in 64.
Thanks for that info!
Great summary of possibly the first 'modern' rock concert tour, a grittier experience than was generally reported.
Small nerdy comment - the crowd photo at 11:11 is clearly not New York City in late August! 🙂 Possibly a February shot?
America's always simmering hostility bubbles to the surface in virtually all circumstances. It's one of the strange things about living in America. Perhaps elsewhere too, but I've only lived here. Hamburg must have seemed tame to the Beatles after touring around America.
Just GREAT ! XXX
Thanks!
Many thanks Andrew ✌️🤘
My pleasure!
Many places from The Beatles' first and second tours in the San Francisco Bay Area still exist today. The Cabana Hotel near Los Altos in the peninsula (Silicon Valley) is now known as Crowne Plaza Palo Alto. The Cow Palace in Daly City, where I attended many rock concerts in my 20s, is still standing. The old San Francisco Hilton has been transformed into The Hilton San Francisco Union Square. Unfortunately, Candlestick Park, where The Beatles held their last US concert in 1966, was demolished in September 2015. However, Paul McCartney performed at The Stick in August 2014, using film footage from The Beatles' performance at Candlestick Park as a backdrop. Although I didn't attend, I heard it was a great show.
Thanks for the info!
@@Parlogram Thanks for the channel!
Jackson, Florida? Gaiter Bowl? Gator Stadium? The Beatles couldn't fly into Jacksonville, so they went to Key West, 150 miles from their accommodation? Miami is about 150 miles from Key West. And Miami is another 350 miles from Jacksonville. Charlie Finley was the owner of the Kansas City A's baseball team, not a concert promoter. He brought the Beatles in as a PR move.
10:19 I went to a coffee shop in Michigan called "Beatles and Beans" that has one of these framed on a wall!
Very cool!
A sensational video.
Thanks very much!
Thanks Andrew!!
You're welcome, Alex!
Thanks for this, Andrew. I wonder what the poster maker was thinking (0:07) when typing up "Gaiter Bowl" instead of "Gator Bowl." A stadium dedicated to rainwear?
There are, indeed, seven levels. I know, as I have tumbled down all of them.
Another great video.
The picture of Liberace , it looks like Tommy Sands next to him , not Pat Boone.
The molestation story disturbed me. I had a feeling that it perhaps might’ve been a blackmail situation because she’s had several opportunities over the years to tell her story and she has not.
Yes it is very disturbing. I think it might be the same incident I recently heard discussed in an interview with Ken Womack about Mal Evans' sketchy version of the story on Phoebe Lord and Allison Bumstead's excellent ANOTHER KIND OF MIND podcast. The inference from Mal was that the perpetrator was from one of the support bands. Just because an alleged victim of abuse chooses not to come forward doesn't indicate it never happened of course. She has an absolute right to anonymity and has no duty to enter the glare of the media spotlight to relay a completely unacceptable traumatic event she has hopefully put as much behind her with the passing of time as she can. We will probably never know.
The frenzied reception of the Beatles in America and the rest of the world has always seemed like it was somehow connected to the assassination of JFK in Dallas in November, 1963. The tidal wave of shock and grief in the wake of that event kind of flipped over into Beatlemania. It must have been particularly scary for them getting roughed up there in Dallas as they did on this tour, less than a year later.
The biggest band in the world played at 29 minutes set? I would be pretty mad!
That was the norm back then for rock/pop groups they played for roughly half and hour plus all of the support groups.