MUSI 217 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: From Me To You, Ringo Starr, Stuart Sutcliffe
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1957-1959: the quarry men, struggling to maintain together, barely a band at all. 1961: stu quits and paul takes up the bass, 274 gigs in liverpool, 4 months in. 1962: failed audition for decca, hamburg again (april/may + 2 weeks nov), signed to. Parlophone, re pete best & get ringo starr, love me do , 275 gigs in liverpool. 1964: paris, america: ed sullivan show, washington dc, nyc, miami, a hard days. Night lm and album, vacation: nearly all of may. Came back from sweden, 20-30 000 fans waiting for them. Dec 1963 - i want to hold your hand - requested in washington and all of a sudden was a hit. Played at carnegie hall, ed sullivan show (feb 1964), miami, dc. At this time, cynthia and john were married and had an infant son. Tried to hide this so people would love them.
