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The Beatles record live sessions for singer Lorne Gibson's BBC radio show Side By Side at Piccadilly Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.Full article:
Lorne Gibson : Saturday Club got 150 requests a week for Cliff, 100 for some of the other stars, and the odd few for me. Suddenly, huge sackfuls of mail began to appear and they were full of requests for The Beatles. The Beatles came on my radio show, Side by Side, and then I guested on Pop Goes The Beatles! It was very refreshing because they had their own idea of what they wanted to do and they didn't want to be stereotyped. Paul McCartney liked country and he sat in on some of our songs, just as we did odd bits in theirs. It was great. Brian Epstein wanted to sign me, but I was working for Tommy Sanderson, who'd already lost a few artists. I thought, "No, I like Little Tommy. I'll stick with him.
(Source : Obituary by Spencer Leigh, The Independent, May 15, 2003)
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(Source : Obituary by Spencer Leigh, The Independent, May 15, 2003)