we first heard about the beatles in the london airport. there was an enormous crowd of kids gathered around. and we asked what was going on? we didn t each know who the beatles were, we never heard of them. that night i booked ringo starr, paul mccartney, george harrison and john lennon for three shows for $10,000. for four white guys that were british, to come out of nowhere and be everywhere was quite unbelievable. the beatles are a butch of guys from liverpool. i mean, people in london would have looked down at liverpool back then. but liverpool was a port town and port towns become places where all sorts of contraband gets exchanged. one of them at that point was great music. a lot of the sailors coming back to america were bringing back these records. some were pop records. some were race records because they were by black artists.
i have to ask how you first found out about them. we first heard about the beatles in the london airport. there was an enormous crowd of kids gathered around. and we asked what was going on? we didn t each know who the beatles were, we never heard of them. that night i booked ringo starr, paul mccartney, george harrison and john lennon for three shows for $10,000. for four white guys that were british, to come out of nowhere and be everywhere was quite unbelievable. the beatles are a butch of guys from liverpool. i mean, people in london would have looked down at liverpool back then. but liverpool was a port town and port towns become places where all sorts of contraband gets exchanged. one of them at that point was great music. a lot of the sailors coming back to america were bringing back these records. some were pop records.
i have to ask how you first found out about them. we first heard about the beatles in the london airport. there was an enormous crowd of kids gathered around. and we asked what was going on? they said the beatles were here. we didn t even know who the beatles were, we never heard of them. that night i booked ringo starr, paul mccartney, george harrison and john lennon for three shows for $10,000. for four white guys that were british, to come out of nowhere and be everywhere was quite unbelievable. the beatles are a bunch of guys from liverpool. i mean, people in london would have looked down at liverpool back then. but liverpool was a port town and port towns become places where all sorts of contraband gets exchanged. one of them at that point was great music. a lot of the sailors coming back to america were bringing back these records. some were pop records. some were race records because
the kids were gathered around and we asked what was going on? we didn t each know who the beatles were, we never heard of them. that night i booked ringo starr, paul mccartney, george mccartney and john lennon for three shows for $10,000. for four white guys that were british, to come out of nowhere and be everywhere was unbelievable. the beatles are a butch of guys from liverpool. i mean, people in london would have looked down at liverpool back then. but liverpool was a port town and port towns become place where is contraband gets exchanged. one of them at that point was great music. a lot of the sailors coming back to america were bringing back these records. some were race records because they were by black artists.
but i have to ask how you first found out about them. when i first heard about the beatles, it was at london airport, with an enormous crowd of kids gathered around. we asked them what was going on and they said the beatles were here. we didn t even know who the beatles were, never heard of them. and that night, i booked ringo starr, paul mccartney, george harrison and john lennon for three shows for $10,000. you know, for four white guys who are british, they come out of nowhere and be everywhere was quite unbelievable. the beatles are a bunch of guys from liverpool. i mean, people in london would have looked down at liverpool back then, but liverpool was a port town, and these port towns become places where all sorts of contraband gets exchanged, and one of them at that point was great music. a lot of the sailors and people coming back to america were bringing back these records. some were pop records some were