The early Beatles singing “Beautiful Dreamer” a popular American song, the last known song written by Stephen Foster. It was published posthumously in 1864, the year Foster died.
The video is an edit with the Fabs’ early footage “Some Other Guy” at the Cavern Club
“I’ll Be on My Way” is a Lennon/McCartney song, which was first released on 26 April 1963 by Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas as the b-side of their single “Do You Want to Know a Secret?”, a song also written by Lennon/McCartney. The single reached number two in the UK charts while “From Me to You” by The Beatles was occupying the number 1 position. According to John Lennon, the song was mainly written by Paul McCartney: “This was early Paul.”
“Red Sails In The Sunset” is a song from “The Beatles Live! At The Star Club, 1962″ album.
“Red Sails in the Sunset” is a popular song. Published in 1935, its music was written by Hugh Williams (pseudonym for Will Grosz) with lyrics by prolific songwriter Jimmy Kennedy. The song was inspired by the “red sails” of Kitty of Coleraine, a yacht Kennedy often saw off the northern coast of Ireland and by his adopted town Portstewart, a seaside resort in County Londonderry.
One of the earliest versions recorded was by Guy Lombardo, done on October 11, 1935. This recording was issued by Decca Records as catalog number 585.
The song was revived by Nat King Cole in 1951. This recording was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 1468. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on July 13, 1951 and lasted 2 weeks on the chart, peaking at #24.
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The Beatles playing “Lend me your comb”. Another live performance at the Star Club in Hamburg.
“Lend Me Your Comb” was a song written by Kay Twomey, Fred Wise and Ben Weisman. It was originally the B-Side of Carl Perkins’ “Glad All Over”, released December 1956. Today it is best known for a cover by The Beatles, recorded 2 July 1963 at the BBC Maida Vale Studios in London. The Beatles cover has helped the song gain some notablity. Musically, it’s best known as a Rock’n'Roll song, and is usually performed as such. The Beatles version was released on their Anthology 1 album.
It also appeared on The Beatles Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962 album.
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The Beatles performing “Ask Me Why” live At Star Club Hamburg in 1962
John singing “To Know Her Is Love Her” in the early 60s. At that time The Beatles were known as the “Silver Beatles”…
In April 1961 the Beatles made their second visit to Hamburg to appear at the Top Ten Club, 136 the Reeperbahn, Hamburg. They performed April through June 1961. Within a few weeks Stu had left the band to be with Astrid Kirchherr and to enrol at the Hamburg Art College.
The pictures are sourced from various sources on the Net and are all taken at the Top Ten Club, primarily they comprise 4 different sets of photos during the Beatles season at the Club.
The pics show for example Paul playing Piano, singing without a guitar, or playing lead guitar using a right-handed guitar turned upside down. Also Crates of beer can be seen on the stage along with half drunk beer bottles testiment to the endless supply of beer that was supplied free to the Band.
The audience join in their performance and John can be seen jumping around the stage. This is a rare glimpse into the life of the Beatles in Hamburg.
There is no recording in existence of the Beatles at the Top Ten Club 1961 so as a backdrop to the pictures a ‘quality’ live recording of Twist and Shout was used from The Royal Command performance November 1963. This is something of the sound of the Beatles from this time.
John was widely quoted as saying that the Beatles played some of their best music in Hamburg. It is also widely acknowledged that their later success was due in large part to the many long nights performing and honing their skills and teamwork in Hamburg.
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The Beatles playing “A Taste Of Honey” live at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany (1962).
The Beatles performing “Don’t Ever Change” from the album “The Beatles Live At The BBC”
“Don’t Ever Change” is a 1961 popular song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It is one of their lesser-known songs, although a version by The Crickets reached the top 5 in the United Kingdom. The Beatles performed the song on their BBC radio show Pop Go The Beatles, which was later released on their 1994 compilation Live at the BBC. It was taped on August 1, 1963, had its first broadcast on August 27, 1963, was produced by Terry Henebery and was a rare harmony duet between Paul McCartney and George Harrison
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“Carol” is a song written by Chuck Berry, first released in 1958. It was later covered by The Beatles for a live BBC performance during 1963, this version was released on the 1994 compilation album “Live at the BBC”.
