The Beatles had an emotional, musical, physical, and spiritual relationship to Hollywood and Southern California.
In the mid-seventies John Lennon moved to Los Angeles, liked it too much, and returned to New York to retire. Paul, George, and Ringo all purchased homes in Los Angeles County; George died in 2001 and cremated at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. His funeral was held in Pacific Palisades at the Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine.
“I think Hollywood--the town and the industry--really set the stage for Beatlemania,” UCLA graduate, and novelist Daniel Weizmann said in 2023.
The Beatles played the Hollywood Bowl on August 23, 1964 to roaring crowds.
A news release below on Martin Lewis’ August 23rd Beatles’ event touts the world premiere of an unheard track from the Sgt. Pepper sessions. The celebration will be held at L.A.’s Philosophical Research Society - just 4 miles from the Hollywood Bowl Friday August 23rd marks the exact 60th anniversary of the Beatles’ landmark first appearance in Los Angeles in 1964.
Their L.A. debut was a sold-out concert at the Hollywood Bowl. It was the first of the four concerts the Beatles gave in L.A. between 1964-1966.
Celebrating that historic occasion Martin Lewis - considered one of the world’s foremost Beatles scholars by authorities such as the Encyclopedia Britannica - will be debuting a special ‘TED-Talk’ style illustrated presentation in L.A. - titled The Greatest Beatles Story NEVER Told.
During his Talk, Lewis will reveal the fascinating untold tale of exactly how the Beatles went from total unknowns in the USA on Christmas Day 1963 (when 99.9% of the US population had never heard of them) to their spectacular US TV debut just 46 days later on The Ed Sullivan Show with a then recordbreaking 73 million Americans tuning in to see them. (The usual Sullivan audience in that era was just 14 million.) Which led to their riotous sold-out Hollywood Bowl concert just 6 months later.
The story includes fascinating tangential details involving iconic American figures such as President John F. Kennedy, TV news anchors Walter Cronkite & Mike Wallace, TV hosts Ed Sullivan & Jack Paar, Oscar-nominated movie star Nancy Olson (Sunset Boulevard), the cartoon characters Sylvester the Cat & Tweety Bird, a 14-year-old schoolgirl from Silver Springs, Maryland and even Bozo The Clown! Martin Lewis’ expertise about the Fab Four includes very extensive credits across the Beatles universe - as a producer (the two-disc Deluxe DVD edition of A Hard Day’s Night, TV special ReMeet The Beatles etc etc), marketing strategist (Beatles Anthology, Beatles Live At The BBC, and projects for Paul McCartney & George Martin) and Beatles author (for Encyclopedia Britannica, Time, Variety, Salon, Huffington Post).
The finale of the illustrated talk will include a notable first - likely to intrigue and excite Beatles fans. The World Premiere of a never-before-heard recording from the 1967 Sgt. Pepper sessions.
The biggest under-sung hero of the Beatles’ extraordinary global breakthrough was their then 29- year-old manager Brian Epstein - who despite having zero entertainment industry experience - used his natural instincts and his passion for the Beatles. He beat two of the biggest leaders of the US entertainment world and paved the way for the Beatles’ meteoric invasion of America.
Lewis - a protégé of famed Beatles publicist Derek Taylor - organized the first-ever reissue of Epstein’s 1964 autobiography, wrote the 25,000-word companion narrative and led the 16-year campaign that is widely credited with leading to Epstein’s belated induction as a non-performer into the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. He instigated and runs the official Brian Epstein website.
Event: The Greatest Beatles Story Never Told
Date: August 23rd 2024 – 7:30pm
Location: The Philosophical Research Society 3910 Los Feliz Boulevard, L.A. CA 90027
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