Welcome to MusicDayz

The world's largest online archive of date-sorted music facts, bringing day-by-day facts instantly to your fingertips.
Find out what happened on your or your friends' Birthday, Wedding Day, Anniversary or just discover fun facts in musical areas that particularly interest you.
Please take a look around.

Fact #98906

When:

Short story:

The Beatles release a new single, All My Loving, in the USA. For the group itself, however, this is a rest day spent water ski-ing and fishing in Miami, Florida, USA.

Full article:

Steve Brandt (journalist, Photoplay) : In Miami, The Beatles didn't have much chance to get out. Fans patrolled the hotel entrances twenty-four hours a day. Many times guards would come up to the room to say that fans had chained themselves to their cars or were lying underneath them!

The few times they got a chance to go out, they'd visit a private home, and use the pool.

Cynthia Lennon : There was an occasion in Florida that I will never forget. This off-duty policeman who was looking after us, our security guard, invited us to dinner at his home to get away from the lunacy.

Steve Brandt (journalist, Photoplay) : One night, all the boys snuck out and visited the home of one of their guards, Buddy Dresner. Buddy had mentioned his children were dying to meet them and could he bring them over to the hotel. "We'll do better than that," the boys suggested, "we'll come to your place." Sure enough, there they were, seated around the Dresner's table, enjoying the two delicious roasts Mrs. Dresner had prepared!

Dezo Hoffman (photographer) : I saw how comfortable he (Paul) suddenly seemed, with the two children there - the smallest was about four, the other about nine. And the unbelievable patience he had with those kids was incredible - they didn't let him alone for a moment. He sat there reading to them - he was completely at home. The others were embarrassed, especially John - he couldn't stand that sort of thing.

Steve Brandt (journalist, Photoplay) : The Beatles loved to do thoughtful things for people they like and trust. I've seen them go out of their way many times for fans young and old. One evening we came into the hotel and were about to go up in the elevator. Just as The Doors were closing, two elderly ladies spotted the boys and started running towards them. They held papers in their hands for autographs. I wasn't a bit surprised when Ringo pushed the button, opened The Doors, and he and his Beatles brothers obliged the women with all the autographs they needed for their grandchildren.

While The Beatles were at the Deauville, Carol Lawrence and Don Rickles were appearing in the hotel's night club. The boys stopped in to catch the acts, then went back to their rooms. We were just sitting around talking about what had happened that evening, when there was a knock at the door. It was Buddy the bodyguard, with a big grin on his face. It seemed Liberace had stopped by the hotel and given Buddy a sealed note for Ringo! The boys went absolutely mad. They all dashed for the note, but Ringo grabbed it, ran into the bathroom and locked himself in! A few moments later, Ringo emerged from the bathroom and showed us the note. It was a request for him to sign an autograph to a young lady friend of Liberace's.

Morris Lansburg (he owns the Deauville) let the boys use his yacht whenever they wanted "to get away from it all." We tried our luck at fishing, but only George got one. We suggested he have it mounted, but he felt so guilty about keeping it (it was a mighty small fish) -- he threw it back in. Everyone cheered.

George Harrison : I tried some water-ski-ing while I was out there. Great! I came a cropper once though. I told the man at the helm of the boat to go real fast. He did, and I lost my balance. And they rescued the skis first