3 - Episode 3 – The Full Monty

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Episode 3 – The Full Monty The Beatles had backed Johnny Gentle on a short tour of Scotland in 1960. While on tour, John Lennon had helped him finish ‘I’ve Just Fallen for Someone’. In 1962, Johnny Gentle was also on Parlophone but with a new name, Darren Young. The song was released as a single just before ‘Love Me Do’, so some of John Lennon’s songwriting was on Parlophone before ‘Love Me Do’. In October 1962 the Beatles were at Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight and were interviewed by Monty Lister for Clatterbridge Hospital. Monty describes how it came about and most of it (seven minutes) is played. This was their first recorded interview, admittedly only heard by sick people in the Wirral, but it shows how their repartee was developing. Protest songwriting was developing alongside the Beatles as both ‘Where Have All the Flowers Gone’ and ‘What Have they Done to the Rain’ were written in 1962 The Beatles did a show with Little Richard and Craig Douglas at the Empire and Craig Douglas has clear memories of the day. The Beatles supported Frank Ifield in Peterborough and the local reporter was unimpressed, but he added, “The Lana Sisters added a welcome feminine flavour.” Their line-up included Dusty Springfield but nobody knew that. At the Mersey Beat awards, the Beatles performed ‘Please Please Me’. “When I heard that, I knew they could be bigger than Elvis,” says Billy J Kramer. The Beatles returned to Hamburg for Christmas and we find out why George Harrison nearly lost his Christmas lunch. They were recorded at the Star-Club on New Year’s Eve and we end with a look to 1963, which is really when the 60s started.

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