Love Letters to the Beatles (and a Fest recap!)

02/14/24 • 40 min

This Valentine's Day, we're reading some of the love letters fans sent to the Beatles 60 years ago this year, published in 1964's Love Letters to the Beatles. Plus a recap of the 2024 Fest for Beatles Fans at the fabulous TWA hotel!

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Previous Episode

A Really Big Show: How the Beatles Made It to ‘Ed Sullivan’

It’s the 60th anniversary of the Beatles’ first American visit and their groundbreaking appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. We’re tracing the twists and turns that brought the Beatles to America, and opened the doors to a cultural revolution in the process.

And we tell the story of Erika’s grandfather, the jazz guitarist who met the Beatles, got his picture taken by none other than Paul McCartney, and maybe... overdubbed George Harrison on The Ed Sullivan Show?

Rebeat’s interview with Louise Harrison
More about Erika’s grandfather, Hy White, and his encounter with the Beatles
“Take My Break, Please:” McCall and Brill’s opportunity of a lifetime—an appearance on Ed Sullivan—became a disaster, thanks to being on the bill with the Beatles (This American Life)

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Next Episode

Happy Birthday(s), George! [Encore Episode]

This week marks what would have been George Harrison’s birthday... or is it birthdays? So we pulled one of our most popular episodes out of the archives in his honor. We’re looking at George’s early life in Liverpool, his all-encompassing guitar obsession, and the talent that even impressed the much-older John Lennon. Plus, we attempt to get to the bottom of the age-old question: what is George’s actual birthday?

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Contact us at [email protected].