{"id":8342,"date":"2020-09-25T16:33:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T21:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefest.com\/kdstaging2\/?p=8342"},"modified":"2020-09-25T16:33:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T21:33:50","slug":"the-beatles-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.thefest.com\/the-beatles-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beatles in September"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1961, Hayley Mills starred in the film, \u201cThe Parent Trap,\u201d whose theme song employed a catch-phrase, soon to be echoed by our own Fab Four, in 1963. \u00a0In the Disney film, twin daughters (both played by Mills) scheme to see that their estranged parents will try to \u201cget together, yeah, yeah, yeah!\u201d. Of course, by the end of that production, the twins (and the clever screenwriters) achieved a happy ending. The parents were remarried; the girls, reunited, and the phrase \u201cyeah, yeah, yeah\u201d was fondly ingrained in our memories. But all \u201ctriple-yeahs\u201d aside, there is a more important link between The Beatles and \u201cThe Parent Trap\u201d theme song\u2026that being, of course, togetherness. <\/em><\/p>\n

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In <\/em>The Anthology, John Lennon wrote: \u201cOnce upon a time, there were three little boys called John, Paul, and George, by name christened. They decided to get together, because they were the getting together type. When they were all together, they wondered what for, after all, what for? So, all of a sudden, they all got guitars and formed a noise.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Indeed, being together<\/strong> was the very essence of The Beatles. And each September that they experienced as a group found them reuniting to tour, to record, \u201cto form a noise,\u201d and to have fun doing it. Let\u2019s look back on some of those precious moments.<\/em><\/p>\n

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September 1960 – The Beatles in Hamburg for the first time<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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After hounding Liverpool\u2019s charismatic impresario and Jacaranda Coffee House owner, Allan Williams, to get them a gig in Hamburg, Germany, The Beatles were finally on their way to the port city\u2019s bright lights. Unbeknownst to Williams, his boys were booked on \u201cthe dark end of the Reeperbahn\u201d in a seedy strip club called The Indra. But in only weeks, the hardworking Beatles had transformed the vacant dive into a hot spot, and they were promoted to the burgeoning Kaiserkeller. Sharing the boards in \u201cthe \u2019Keller\u201d with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes (and their suave, gregarious drummer, Ringo Starr), The Beatles quickly adopted a vast catalogue of new music and learned how to mach shau<\/em>\u2026put on a show! By the time John, Paul, George, and Pete returned Merseyside in the winter of 1960, they were a highly-honed stage band. Together<\/strong>, they had become, as Neil Aspinall would call soon them, The Fabulous Beatles.<\/p>\n

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September 1962 – The Beatles in EMI recording \u201cLove Me Do\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Having very recently acquired cool Ringo Starr as their new drummer, September 1962 found The Beatles hard at work in London\u2019s EMI Studios, trying to earn<\/em> \u201cthe break of a lifetime.\u201d They had traveled to \u201cThe Smoke\u201d (London) to record their first real record. And although accomplished producer, George Martin, wanted the skinny Liverpool boys to perform the Tin Pan Alley song, \u201cHow Do You Do It?\u201d, The Beatles were dead set on \u201cLove Me Do.\u201d Assuring Martin that they \u201ccould not return to Liverpool\u201d having recorded \u201cHow Do You Do It?\u201d without being laughed off the quay, The Beatles stuck to their guns. However, the original number \u2014 that featured John Lennon on mouth organ and<\/em> lyrics \u2014 was tricky. \u201cYou simply can\u2019t <\/em>play the harmonica and sing as well, John,\u201d Martin had objected. \u201cIt will come out as \u201cLove Me\u2026Wahhh.\u201d So, reluctantly, Paul McCartney assumed the lead vocal role. And \u201cta-dah!!!\u201d Only four weeks later, \u201cLove Me Do\u201d rocketed to Number 17! Not bad for a first-time session with a new drummer, a new producer, and a new studio. Getting together<\/strong> equaled a brand-new sound!<\/p>\n

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September 1964 – First North American Tour<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Chuck Gunderson in Some Fun Tonight: The Backstage Story of How The Beatles Rocked America: The Historic Tours of 1964-1966<\/strong> said it best: On the 1964 North American Tour \u201c\u2026The Beatles would play a staggering thirty-two shows in twenty-six venues in twenty-four cities in just thirty-three days.\u201d (p. 14) Talk about togetherness<\/em>! And ah, the memories they made! They sang goose-bumpy harmony in the shimmering amphitheater of the Hollywood Bowl. They echoed over the rugged landscape around Red Rocks. They brought mayhem to Montreal and the New Orleans City Park. They diverted around Hurricane Dora and discovered new friends down in Key West. And unexpectedly, they gave Kansas City a raucous medley that furnished the \u201ctwo extra songs\u201d Charlie O. Finley craved. Gunderson writes, \u201cNo musical act before or since will ever rival The Beatles on their incredible groundbreaking tour of 1964. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr not only would leave an indelible impression on their fans in the United States and Canada, but would leave the fans hungering for more in 1965.\u201d (p. 14) And they did it all, together<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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September 1967 – The Making of <\/em>Magical Mystery Tour<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Magical Mystery Tour<\/em> was, for John, Paul, George, and Ringo, a crucial restorative process. In the aftermath of Brian Epstein\u2019s tragic death, it gave them \u201ca way forward.\u201d It was a project to bind them \u2014one to another \u2014 to employ their talents and creativity, and to keep them close together<\/strong>, both physically and in spirit. According to our Beatles Guru, Mark Lewisohn in The Complete Beatles Chronicle<\/em>, the Magical Mystery Tour<\/em> recording sessions commenced on 5 September with the 7.00 p.m. – 1.00 a.m. EMI Studio One recording of \u201cJohn\u2019s glorious \u2018I Am the Walrus\u2019\u201d (p. 261). And the grand filming event began on 11 September and concluded 24 Sept 1967. \u00a0Throughout this grief-laden month, the necessity of rising each morning and being productive each day, whilst surrounded by dear friends (Freda Kelly, Neil and Mal, Victor Spinetti, etc.) helped to assuage The Beatles\u2019 pain and to focus their energies on what would be<\/em> rather than what had been.<\/p>\n

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No clearer example of \u201cWe\u2019re Better Together\u201d<\/strong> can be given to us than The Beatles in their shared Septembers. Despite worldwide pandemics, economic crises, and fiery political divisions, we need to reach out to one another and seek bonds not barriers. September is a month for finding our own harmony, our own new horizons, and our own way forward. Together<\/strong> the boys always found a way to shine on\u2026and so can we.<\/em><\/p>\n

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To hear the adorable song \u201cLet\u2019s Get Together, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!\u201d performed by Haley Mills and her double, Haley Mills for \u201cThe Parent Trap,\u201d go <\/em>here<\/em><\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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