The Casbah Coffee Club, officially Casbah Club, was a rock and roll music venue in the West Derby area of Liverpool, England, that operated from 1959 to...
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Mona Best (category The Beatles)
music club proprietor, best known as the owner of The Casbah Coffee Club, a club in Liverpool which served as a venue for rock and roll music during the late...
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Pete Best (redirect from The Pete Best Band)
(1924–1988), opened the Casbah Coffee Club in the cellar of the Bests' house in Liverpool. The Beatles (at the time known as the Quarrymen) played some...
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Flask presented from Stuart Sutcliffe Casbah Coffee Club's guitar The Quarrymen's instruments Zenith Model 17, the model played by Paul McCartney, donated...
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Brown) opened the Casbah Coffee Club on 29 August 1959. The opening night performance was attended by about 300 local teenagers, but as the cellar had no...
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playing with the Black Jacks in The Casbah Coffee Club (which was run by his mother, Mona Best). He was regarded as a steady drummer, playing the bass drum...
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subsequent death of a brain haemorrhage), the Beatles continued performing throughout 1962, most notably at The Cavern Club in Liverpool, where they were discovered...
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series The Casbah (music venue), in San Diego, US Casbah Coffee Club (also known as The Casbah), a former music venue in Liverpool, England Casbah Recording...
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July 2016 the site has been the Soho Poppies Fish & Chips restaurant. The 2i's was the inspiration for the establishment of the Casbah Coffee Club in Liverpool...
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Stuart Sutcliffe (category The Beatles members)
painted the rooms yellow and black, which their landlady did not appreciate. After talking to Sutcliffe one night at the Casbah Coffee Club (owned by...
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Neil Aspinall (category The Beatles)
week as a trainee accountant. The Beatles played at the opening of the Casbah Coffee Club on 29 August 1959, which was in the cellar of Mona Best's house...
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Brian Epstein (category Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art)
and his mother—Mona Best, owner of the Casbah Coffee Club—were impressed with Epstein's professional image as were the other Beatles, because he was a businessman...
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Liverpool Top Ten Club Whaddon House 10 Admiral Grove 12 Arnold Grove 20 Forthlin Road 251 Menlove Avenue Abbey Road Studios Casbah Coffee Club and Mona Best...
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Harrison's dentist, John Riley, secretly added LSD to their coffee. Lennon described the experience: "It was just terrifying, but it was fantastic. I...
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Ken Brown (musician) (category Musicians from the London Borough of Enfield)
was a member of the Les Stewart Quartet with Les Stewart, George Harrison, and Geoff Skinner. Mona Best opened The Casbah Coffee Club on 29 August 1959...
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Billy Kinsley (category The Merseybeats members)
re-joined The Merseybeats. In 1999, he once again joined The Pete Best Band and recorded Casbah Coffee Club, which he produced and sang lead vocal, played bass...
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whose mother owns the teenagers' hangout spot The Casbah Coffee Club. They begin to prepare for the trip to Hamburg, which lasts several months; they...
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(14 March 2008). "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". The Beatles Bible. "Strawberry Fields Forever". The Beatles Bible. 16 March 2008. Kronemyer, David...
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The Pete Best Band, released by Lightyear Entertainment and distributed in the US and Canada by EMI. Pete Best plays drums, and co-wrote most of the tracks...
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Eleanor Rigby (statue) (category Monuments and memorials to the Beatles)
and made by the entertainer Tommy Steele. It is based on the subject of the Beatles' 1966 song "Eleanor Rigby", which is credited to the Lennon–McCartney...
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Deaths in September 1988 (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
playback singer and actor. Mona Best, 64, Indian-born British owner of the Casbah Coffee Club, mother of Pete Best, heart attack. Leroy McGuirk, 77, American...
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Norman Chapman (category The Beatles members)
an English drummer who played with the Beatles. After Tommy Moore left the group in June 1960, Chapman joined the Silver Beatles. He was employed one...
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Allan Williams (category The Beatles)
of the Kaiserkeller Club. By coincidence, Williams and Koschmider met again in July at the 2i's Coffee Bar, where they arranged for Derry and the Seniors...
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Capitol Records (redirect from The Capitol Tower)
America. Starting with Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Beatles' albums were released unmodified. The issue of 45 RPM singles featuring album tracks...
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Liverpool Beatles Museum (category Cultural depictions of the Beatles)
books listing the names of the officers who guarded the Beatles during their visit of New York City, the "All You Need Is Love" doll from the BBC Our World...
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Jimmie Nicol (category The Beatles)
spotted by Larry Parnes whilst drumming with various bands in London's The 2i's Coffee Bar, a time that saw Britain's skiffle-dominated music scene giving...
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Tommy Moore (musician) (category The Beatles members)
drummer who played with the Beatles from May to June 1960. He first played drums with the Silver Beetles in May 1960, at the suggestion of manager Allan...
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The Top Ten Club was a music club in Hamburg's St. Pauli district at Reeperbahn 136, which opened on 31 October 1960 and kept its name until 1994. In...
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Joseph Lockwood (category The Beatles)
1954 and 1974, he oversaw the company's expansion in the music business, and the signing and marketing of acts including The Beatles. He was knighted in...
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Pop Go the Beatles was a weekly radio show that ran for fifteen episodes on the BBC Light Programme from June to September 1963. Hosted by Lee Peters for...
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