George Harrison’s mom, Louise, spent much of her time corresponding with Beatles fans. She answered letters and even received a plaque for her dedication to Beatles fans everywhere. Still, she didn’t agree with all their behavior. In a letter to a fan, Harrison’s mother expressed her disgust with concertgoers.
George Harrison’s mom grew frustrated with some Beatles fans
After watching The Beatles perform at a 1963 concert, Louise Harrison could hardly believe the behavior of some audience members. At this point, The Beatles were exploding in popularity and their fans reacted fervently to their performances.
“Last Wednesday I went to Manchester and I was really disgusted at the way the so-called fans just screamed right through the whole of the Beatles act,” she wrote in a letter to a Beatles fan, per the BBC. “Nobody with any sense would pay and queue for a ticket just to...
George Harrison’s mom grew frustrated with some Beatles fans
After watching The Beatles perform at a 1963 concert, Louise Harrison could hardly believe the behavior of some audience members. At this point, The Beatles were exploding in popularity and their fans reacted fervently to their performances.
“Last Wednesday I went to Manchester and I was really disgusted at the way the so-called fans just screamed right through the whole of the Beatles act,” she wrote in a letter to a Beatles fan, per the BBC. “Nobody with any sense would pay and queue for a ticket just to...
- 10/1/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When George Harrison started playing music with John Lennon, he was 15 years old. Cynthia Lennon (Powell at the time), John’s then-girlfriend, was about 20. She thought of him as an annoying kid brother. When she got her appendix removed, he was the last person she wanted to see in her hospital room.
Out of all of John’s friends, Cynthia like George the least
According to the Beatles biography The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines, George was “the friend of John’s that Cynthia liked the least.” He had a way of annoying her. A big part of that was the amount of attention he gave to John.
“Slight and pale, he had his fair share of adolescent pimples,” reads Tlym. “More private than actually shy, it was obvious that George idolized John and did everything he could to emulate him.”
With his long hair, pointy shoes,...
Out of all of John’s friends, Cynthia like George the least
According to the Beatles biography The Love You Make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines, George was “the friend of John’s that Cynthia liked the least.” He had a way of annoying her. A big part of that was the amount of attention he gave to John.
“Slight and pale, he had his fair share of adolescent pimples,” reads Tlym. “More private than actually shy, it was obvious that George idolized John and did everything he could to emulate him.”
With his long hair, pointy shoes,...
- 6/17/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
John Lennon lived a majority of his childhood not really knowing his mother. She’d come by every now and then. But she was always in such a state that young John felt nervous to be around her. However, in his later teenage years, she established more of a presence in her son’s life. And, as it turned out, John was a chip off the ol’ block.
Nine-year-old John Lennon and mother Julia Lennon | Jeff Hochberg/Getty Images John Lennon’s complicated upbringing
When John’s mother, Julia, gave birth to him, his father, Fred, was out at sea. And he didn’t return for five more years. When Fred did eventually come home, he tried to run away with John to New Zealand. But Julia stopped him just in time. After lots of arguing about who should keep John, the parents decided to let little John choose. He...
Nine-year-old John Lennon and mother Julia Lennon | Jeff Hochberg/Getty Images John Lennon’s complicated upbringing
When John’s mother, Julia, gave birth to him, his father, Fred, was out at sea. And he didn’t return for five more years. When Fred did eventually come home, he tried to run away with John to New Zealand. But Julia stopped him just in time. After lots of arguing about who should keep John, the parents decided to let little John choose. He...
- 4/25/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
While those who knew George Harrison said he wasn’t exactly the Quiet Beatle, he was the most uncomfortable with fame, fan clubs, and paparazzi. He liked his privacy and grew tired of The Beatles’ fame by the mid-1960s. Still, it became a part of his life, and he dealt with it. In 1970, though, the fan club went too far. After learning about one of their plans, Harrison took steps to shut down the fan club.
George Harrison | William Lovelace/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images George Harrison was not happy with The Beatles’ fan club
Even after The Beatles broke up, their fan club continued on. Freda Kelly, the band’s longtime secretary and head of their fan club, stopped working for the band in 1972 but continued to answer fan mail until 1975.
“You can’t just close a fan club overnight,” she told The Guardian.
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George Harrison | William Lovelace/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images George Harrison was not happy with The Beatles’ fan club
Even after The Beatles broke up, their fan club continued on. Freda Kelly, the band’s longtime secretary and head of their fan club, stopped working for the band in 1972 but continued to answer fan mail until 1975.
“You can’t just close a fan club overnight,” she told The Guardian.
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- 4/25/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When The Beatles rose to fame in the early 1960s, their parents’ lives changed forever. Not only were their sons suddenly able to provide for them but they were also thrust into the spotlight. Here’s how they handled the sudden and dramatic change in their lives.
The Beatles | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Fred Lennon
John Lennon and his father, Fred Lennon, went nearly 20 years without any contact with one another after his parents separated. In 1964, Fred was working at a hotel when a coworker introduced him to The Beatles.
“One day the washing-up woman said to me, ‘If that’s not your son, Freddy, then I don’t know what.’ She said there was a boy in this group with the same name as me and the same sort of voice, though he didn’t sing as well as me,” Fred said, per the book The Beatles: The Authorized Biography by Hunter Davies.
The Beatles | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Fred Lennon
John Lennon and his father, Fred Lennon, went nearly 20 years without any contact with one another after his parents separated. In 1964, Fred was working at a hotel when a coworker introduced him to The Beatles.
“One day the washing-up woman said to me, ‘If that’s not your son, Freddy, then I don’t know what.’ She said there was a boy in this group with the same name as me and the same sort of voice, though he didn’t sing as well as me,” Fred said, per the book The Beatles: The Authorized Biography by Hunter Davies.
- 3/16/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
George Harrison's sister is writing a tell-all book about the Beatles legend. Louise Harrison, the older sister of the late guitarist - who died from lung cancer ten years ago today (29.11.11) - revealed she wants to tell the real story of her brother and his famous bandmates, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, because she believes it is her 'duty to get the truth out'. She told the Herald-Tribune: 'So much garbage has been written about George and the Beatles. Half of the stuff has been written by people who spent maybe an hour on a plane with the Beatles.
- 11/29/2011
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
The popular Nashville Beatles tribute band The WannaBeatles is joining forces with George Harrison’s sister for “Fab Fan Memories”, an audio book featuring songs, stories, recollections and fond thoughts about The Beatles from celebrities and everyday fans.
“Fab Fan Memories” will retail for $12, with proceeds supporting Louise Harrison’s newly formed organization, Keeping Music Alive. Harrison’s fundraising arm helps high school and college performing arts organizations raise money for their music departments.
The CD, which will be released on Sept. 1, will be narrated by Louise Harrison and include heartfelt and/or amusing introspections by well-known artists such as Phil Keaggy, Janis Ian, Wesley Orbison, Rod Davis (an original member of The Quarrymen) and Ken Mansfield. The project also will feature stories from hardcore Beatles fans and original songs performed by The WannaBeatles.
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“Fab Fan Memories” will retail for $12, with proceeds supporting Louise Harrison’s newly formed organization, Keeping Music Alive. Harrison’s fundraising arm helps high school and college performing arts organizations raise money for their music departments.
The CD, which will be released on Sept. 1, will be narrated by Louise Harrison and include heartfelt and/or amusing introspections by well-known artists such as Phil Keaggy, Janis Ian, Wesley Orbison, Rod Davis (an original member of The Quarrymen) and Ken Mansfield. The project also will feature stories from hardcore Beatles fans and original songs performed by The WannaBeatles.
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- 6/2/2011
- Look to the Stars
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