Fact #67198
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Short story:
Little Richard plays at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, UK, supported by The Beatles, The Big Three, Billy Kramer with The Coasters, The Dakotas with Pete MacLaine, The Four Jays [later to become The Fourmost], Lee Curtis And The All Stars, The Merseybeats, Rory Storm And The Hurricanes and The Undertakers.
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Little Richard : The Beatles went on and sang Love Me Do. They couldn't do my numbers, Lucille and Long Tall Sally, because I was there.
John Lennon : It's hard for people to realise just how thrilled the four of us were just to see any great American rock'n'roller in the flesh. We were almost paralysed with adoration. And a side note is that Little Richard's organist was Billy Preston! He looked about ten, but he was good even then.
Little Richard : When they came off, Brian Epstein said to me, 'Richard, I'll give you fifty per cent of The Beatles.' I couldn't accept because I never thought they would make it. Brian Epstein said, 'Take the masters (of Beatle songs) back to America with you and give them to the record company for me.' I didn't do that, but I did call up some people for them. I phoned Art Rupe, and I also got in touch with Vee-Jay, but I didn't take a piece of them.
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John Lennon : It's hard for people to realise just how thrilled the four of us were just to see any great American rock'n'roller in the flesh. We were almost paralysed with adoration. And a side note is that Little Richard's organist was Billy Preston! He looked about ten, but he was good even then.
Little Richard : When they came off, Brian Epstein said to me, 'Richard, I'll give you fifty per cent of The Beatles.' I couldn't accept because I never thought they would make it. Brian Epstein said, 'Take the masters (of Beatle songs) back to America with you and give them to the record company for me.' I didn't do that, but I did call up some people for them. I phoned Art Rupe, and I also got in touch with Vee-Jay, but I didn't take a piece of them.