In the summer of 1961, the Beatles recorded eight songs for Bert Kaempfert Produktion in Hamburg. On six songs they were the backup band for Tony Sheridan, lead vocal and guitar. On two, "Cry for a ...

The original contract for The Beatles to perform at one of their Hamburg residencies is expected to fetch up to £30,000 at ...

Rare photos of The Beatles performing in their early days ... had recently returned from performing in Hamburg, where they had been "slogging 500 stage hours in 90 days", he said.

BIG: Beatles In Germany is a profound pictorial document of the bond between The Beatles and their 'guardian' country: from their first trip to Hamburg in 1960 to a national tour and John's film work ...

Reminiscent of styles already popular amongst French youth and of the German artistic scene they had come into contact with in Hamburg, the Beatles' hairstyles gave the band the air of being at the ...

Voormann suggests the Hamburg influence on the band aesthetic is most visible on the Beatles' For Sale album cover while baulking at their silver suit years preceding 1964. “Those silly suits.

Hamburg Days is a signed, two-volume set that presents The Beatles as seen through the photographs of Astrid Kirchherr and the art of Klaus Voormann. It is their memoir of the days they spent with The ...

The site of The Beatles first ever performance is set to ... gem where the band cut their teeth" before their breakthrough Hamburg tour. Graham Stanley, director of the Jacaranda, said the World ...

From the very beginning, a big part of The Beatles appeal was visual ... rejected in favor of an illustration by an old friend from Hamburg, Klaus Voormann. Perhaps inspired by illustrator ...

“There was The Beatles… and then there was everyone ... another Liverpool group who played long stints in the clubs of Hamburg. Ringo’s personality, sense of humour and rock-solid, inventive ...

Just down the street from the iconic Cavern Club, the three-floor Beatles Museum shows off 1,000 items primarily from the band’s early years in Liverpool and Hamburg. General admission is steep ...