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Tuesday, October 01, 2024

Which Beatle was the first to go to America?!

 


September 1963: while Paul and Ringo vacationed in Greece, and John and Cynthia had a belated honeymoon in Paris, George was the first Beatle to visit the U.S.A. when he and his brother Peter spent a couple of weeks with their niece Leslie and sister Louise in Benton, Illinois.

Here's the story about that trip...

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/.../charming-story-george.../

3 comments:

SEALY said...

What a great article. I love all this stuff as I wait patiently for the second book in Mark Lewisohn's trilogy. I thought the first book was as good as anything I'd ever read..

diamonddave said...

Brilliant stuff Andy. Don't know where you find them, but keep them coming neighbour. Cheers DD

Andy Swapp said...

Thanks boys for your comments and I just find these things wandering round’ t’interwbbiemcthingie! usually other folks’ blogs!