Year: 2014
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The Backstage Story of How the Beatles Rocked America
The day before their show at Empire Stadium The Beatles had partied long into the night helping Jackie DeShannon celebrate her 23rd birthday in Seattle. DeShannon on tour as one of the opening acts, told an interviewer that she danced until 5 a.m. partying with the Beatles and the rest of the bands on tour…
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Beatlemania Goes Global
It’s been a hectic week of interviews leading up to the 50th anniversary of the Beatles‘ 1964 Vancouver concert. Here’s Global BC‘s Jen Palma with her take on the celebrations:
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Michael Bublé At The Diner!
What a genuine surprise last night at the Arts Club Theatre production of Red Rock Diner! Michael Bublé showed up and enjoyed the show in which he first appeared back in 1998. He became friends with Neil Minor (who plays “Red”) in the production. After the audience left Michael went up on stage with the entire…
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A Hard Day’s Night At Empire Stadium
Though it was 50 years ago this week, Brian Henderson vividly remembers the night the Beatles played Vancouver’s Empire Stadium. It was Aug. 22, 1964, and 17-year-old Henderson was selling programs, working, as he often did, at the Pacific National Exhibition. That evening at the stadium was different from the usual fare of soccer and…
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Pat O’Day “Gets Back” To Seattle
My friend Pat O’Day introduced The Beatles on stage at the Seattle Center Coliseum‘s first ever concert the day before their Vancouver appearance. On Saturday, Pat will mark the historic 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ 1964 Seattle performance with Get Back at McCaw Hall. As the creative genius behind KJR and Concerts West, Pat O’Day was a huge part…
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The Beatles Meet The Vancouver Police
Over the years I have become friends with Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu. When footage of the Beatles‘ 1964 appearance was discovered in the police archives they asked if I would like to see it. Of course I did! It shows the pandemonium on Georgia Street where the Beatles were booked to stay at the…
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Mountain FM Gets Beatlemania
Nice to talk about the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ Vancouver appearance with Mountain FM‘s Darren McPeake today. Click the poster to listen!
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It Was 50 Years Ago Today… The Beatles!
Old friend Brian Antonson was at the Beatles’ concert and shares his eyewitness account: “50 years ago, on August 22, 1964 the Beatles arrived in Vancouver and played a brief 27 minute set at Empire Stadium. The Vancouver Sun profiled the event recently, and as the PNE gets underway for another year, it’s worth…
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Happy Anniversary, Ray Ramsay!
Ray Ramsay was a primo representative for Quality Records, RCA, and BMG in our market. He would rush the new releases to radio stations and dream up promotional ideas for his artists throughout the decades. He was always generous with us radio mooches. This was the era of radio personalities and record promoters. We worked…
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Good Rockin’ Tonight At Ken Gibson’s
Ken Gibson (above, with Jayson Hoover) was responsible for so many successful TV shows: Let’s Go, Trivia Challenge, Good Rockin’ Tonight, The Irish Rovers… and the list goes on and on. Ken held a party at his home and many of the former performers showed up for this wonderful event. Ken started the idea of a…