1961 phone #'s for the Beatles were as follows:
George - GAR 4596
John - GAT 1696
Pete - STA 1556
Paul - GAR 6922

Paul McCartney helped judge The Imperial Miss 1963 contest.

Paul's present day assistant/roadie is named John Hammel.

The extensive underground tunnels on George's property at his Oxfordshire estate make it a nightmare for security people to guard him.

Ringo's son, Zack, is also a drummer and they have played together on many gigs. Ringo says that in addition to having two sons that drum, he also has grandsons that drum!

Paul has written a symphony called Standing Stone which was premiered at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 14 as part of the 100th anniversary of EMI. The author of this page attended and spoke with Sir Paul, his wife Linda, two of his daughters, and his son, James.

George met his wife when she acted in the movie, A Hard Day's Night, with him. Ringo met his wife when she was standing in line to see him play and he walked by. John met his wife when they were students together in a class at scho ol. Paul met his wife at a nightclub called The Bag O' Nails. She took photographs of him at the press party presenting Sargeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

When John and Paul wanted to play guitars together, John's Aunt Mimi (who reared him) would make them stay on the porch at her house, Mendips. She did not approve of being in a band. After attaining such astounding success in the m usic world, John presented a gold plaque to his Aunt Mimi that had some of her regretted advice, "Playing guitar is wonderful, but you'll never make a living of it!"

John loved to experiment with different sounds he could make, especially with his voice. Sometimes he would even lay on his back on the floor as he sang.

Neil Aspinal, the Beatles long-standing (and current) employee was encouraged to stay with the group by his best friend, Pete Best, when Pete was asked to leave.

John & Paul performed as the Nerk twins twice in a bar run by Paul's cousin Bett (Elizabeth) Robbins. They were allowed to perform as pay for helping run the bar.

Rory Storm and the Hurricanes played split shifts with the Beatles at the Kaiserkeller club in Hamburg, Germany. They had a fierce contest between them to see which of them could demolish the club's rotten stage by stomping on it.

Delbert McClinton, who played for Bruce Channel,inspired John Lennon to play harmonica.

Pete Best was forced to leave his drums behind when he and Paul were deported from Germany on trumped-up charges of arson.

The Beatles spent 500 hours on stage in Hamburg, playing for very low wages, as little as 30 DM (Deutsche Marks) a day.

The film Oh Heavenly Dog features Paul McCartney's song "Arrow Through Me" from the CD Back to the Egg.

Yoko Ono's address is 1 West 72nd St./New York/NY/10023/USA.

The section in London called Marylebone is significant because it was the section where The Beatles started the filming of their hit movie A Hard Days Night. It also was where Paul and Linda got married.

The first Beatles record not to make #1 in Britain was Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane.

Please Please Me was the Beatles' first album, and it was recorded in one day-long session. Released in England in March 1963, it reached #1 on the charts, where it stayed until the release of With The Beatles, their second album. Please Please Me was released in the U. S. in July 1963 under the name Introducing the Beatles.

Paul and Linda McCartney were married 29 years. All the other Beatles have had at least one divorce.

Of the first wives of the Beatles, the only one who was not pregnant when getting married was Patti Harrison. She and George never had children. She left George for one of his best (and current) friends, Eric Clapton.

While George Harrison was being filmed for the movie Let It Be, he received several painful shocks from faulty equipment.
 

The last song that all four Beatles played on in the studio was I Want You; She's So Heavy.

It has been widely thought that John never used a stage name, however, Paul stated in John's induction speech at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that John did use the name Long John early in their career.

After The Beatles' break-up, Paul used the name Billy Martin to book time in recording studios.

The Beatles were allowed to play at the Jacaranda Coffee Bar when the resident group had their night off. They each received a Coca-Cola and beans on toast, but no money.