August 13 Music et al
Beatles Help!
August 13, 1965, The Beatles: US release of Help!.
- Label: Capitol (US)
- Recorded: 15–19 February, 13 April, 10 May & 14–17 June 1965
- Released: 13 August 1965
- Produced by George Martin and Dave Dexter, Jr.
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While it may appear that the Beatles are holding out their arms in a semaphore-like manner to spell out the letters H E L P, they are actually spell out the letters N V U J.
August 13 Music et al
Beatles 1965 tour
August 13, 1965: The Beatles arrived at Kennedy International Airport for a tour of North America. The set list for the tour was ‘Twist and Shout’, ‘She’s a Woman’, ‘I Feel Fine’, ‘Dizzy Miss Lizzie’, ‘Ticket to Ride’, ‘Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby’, ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’, ‘Baby’s in Black’, ‘Act Naturally’, ‘A Hard Day’s Night’, ‘Help!’, and ‘I’m Down’ and ‘I Wanna Be Your Man.’ The tour was not a happy one for The Beatles, John Lennon took to screaming off-microphone obscenities at the audiences. [NYT article] (see Aug 14)
August 13 Music et al
see Rock Venues/Future Woodstock Performers for more
August 13, 1965: The Matrix, San Francisco, opened. Jefferson Airplane’s first show. (RV, see Oct 16; FWP, see October)
August 13 Music et al
Summer in the City
August 13 – September 2, 1966: “Summer in the City” by the Lovin’ Spoonful #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
August 13 Music et al
Beatle roast
August 13, 1966: KLUE-AM of Longview, TX held the first of the “Beatles bonfires,” where ex-Beatle fans came to burn the groups’ records in protest to John’s Jesus statement.
In Cleveland, the Reverend Thurman H. Babbs, of the New Haven Baptist Church, called for the excommunication of all Beatles fans.
In an interesting twist, the morning after KLUE’s bonfire, the stations’s radio tower was struck by lightning, throwing the station off the air. (see Aug 23)
August 13 Music et al
Wonderland Pop Festival
August 13 – 14, 1969: Wonderland Pop Festival, Wonderland Gardens, London, Canada (see Wonderland for a bit more)
August 13 Music et al
The [bumpy] Road to Bethel
Wednesday 13 August 1969
- nearly 30,000 people had already shown up for festival and are in the “bowl.” Bill Hanley pulled his sound truck into the service road behind the stage, plugged in some equipment to a portable amplifier and piped prerecorded music for the appreciative crowd.
- staff technicians notice drop in water pressure throughout site. Audience members had accidentally stepped on and cracked plastic pipes. Repairs made.
- John Roberts with his father and brother, arrived on site to discover that there are no ticket booths for the 30,000 people already on-site.
- the suit against the festival withdrawn after a promise of police protection for the residents was agreed to.
- it is discovered that the $200 an hour crane is trapped within its own construction of the pedestrian bridge over West Shore Road.
- NYC Police Commissioner Howard Leary reminded all NYC police officers that “moonlighting” was strictly prohibited.
- NY State Police “randomly” stop and frisk young people in cars at Harriman interchange on NY State Thruway. Drivers, passengers, and cars were checked for anything illegal. (see Chronology for complete Woodstock story)
