Groovy Beatles pictures

[ricmic]

Kent, those are some great pics. Thanks alot Bro for posting them. Mark

[kieran campbell]

+1

[kieran campbell]

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[brammy]

Saturday August 19 1961 - Aintree Institute

[brammy]

The Shimmy-Shimmy Queens

[brammy]

How cool would it be to go back in time and attend THIS gig?

The Shimmy-Shimmy Queens on stage with The Beatles.... thats what the caption reads, but it's not clear that this statement is accurate.... the guitar in the background doesn't match any Beatle guitar that I can see. "The Beatles-A Diaary" by Barry Miles makes no mention of the Shimmy-Shimmy Queens joining The Beatles on that date.

In August 1961 Bob Wooler noticed two girls dancing in rhythm at Aintree Institute. He considered them so good he invited them to dance on stage and suggested they form an act. Bob coined the name the Shimmy Shimmy Queens for them and with specially made dresses and the addition of another girl dancer, they made their debut at Litherland Town Hall. Further appearances followed at venues such as Aintree Institute and Hambleton Hall. The girls names were Marie Williams, Joan Pratt and Maureen O'Donnell.

[brammy]

That's Cynthia closest to John

[shamustwin]

Egads! Ponder for a moment how long Paul's been holding a guitar and singing.
Still doing it. Wow.

[brammy]

yup!.... but not on THIS night....

Thurs Aug 17 1961, St John's Hall. Tuebrook, Liverpool
"During this evening The Beatles played as a five-man outfit, augmented by Johnny Gustafson, a good-looking bassist with the Big Three, who were also on the night's bill. In frivolous mood, Paul moved around the stage and among the audience singing into a microphone sans guitar, in the style of the solo singers of the day."
(from "The Complete Beatles Chronicle" - Lewisohn)

St Johns Hall, Tuebrook, Liverpool

[brammy]

[brammy]

Palais Ballroom in Aldershot, southern England, on December 9, 1961.

Palais Ballroom in Aldershot

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[brammy]

Does anyone here have any Beatles tattoos?

[brammy]