Canadian Beatles historian Piers Hemmingsen

01/31/25 • 43 min

Not many people know that Canada discovered the Beatles one full year before the States did. Piers Hemmingsen is probably the foremost Canadian expert on the Beatles, and he is a curator of the "From Me To You: The Beatles in Canada 1964-1966" exhibit at the National Music Centre in Calgary, Alberta.

And he has a great story to tell.

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And he has a great story to tell.

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