A ’60s Detroit Music Moment Recalled: 1966
DETROIT — Saturday, April 9, 1966 — The mailbags being carted into Olympia’s ticket office point to an astonishing verdict: The Beatles, due at Olympia for two performances August 13, are more popular now than in their earlier appearances in Detroit. (MORE see article below) . . . .
— THE DETROIT FREE PRESS
A ’60s Detroit Music Moment Recalled: 1966
DETROIT — Friday, August 12, 1966 — Anyone still inside a yellow submarine on Saturday instead of Olympia Stadium will be missing the biggest show to hit Detroit this year. (MORE see ‘WHERE THE ACTION IS‘ article below) . . . .
— THE DETROIT FREE PRESS
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A 1960s Detroit Music Moment Recalled
DETROIT — Tuesday, April 5, 1966 — The Beatles have been signed for two performances at Olympia Stadium On Saturday, August 13.
Detroit will be the second stop on the Beatles’ 14-city summer tour which will begin the previous day in Chicago. (MORE) . . . .
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BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING JULY 9, 1966
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NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’66 * The Beatles * WEEK OF 07/03/66 – 07/09/1966___
TEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Paperback Writer” by The Beatles peaked this week at No. 01 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100, week-ending July 3 through July 9, 1966. (source: Billboard)
MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1966 GO HERE.
From the MCRFB NEWS archive: 1964
Marketing Beatles’ UA Film LP Translates Sell-Outs
NEW YORK — United Artists Records’ soundtrack album of the Beatles’ “A Hard Day’s Night“ has become one of the fastest selling LP’s in the history of the record business. Within four days after the album’s introduction at the UA distributor meet in Miami Beach last week, 1,000,000 copies were sold and delivered.
UA released the 1,000,000 figure July I and reported that orders were continuing to pour in at the same fantastic rate.
The film, “A Hard Day’s Night,” is slated for saturation bookings and multiple city openings in early August. UA toppers are predicting that at least 3 million copies will be sold prior the opening, after which, with the movie play dates and coast-to-coast personal appearances of the Beatles building sales, it’s anticipated that five million copies will be sold by the end of the year.
The album contains eight vocal selections by the Beatles plus four instrumental themes from the film, all composed by Beatles John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The vocal selections are the title song, “A Hard Day’s Night,” “Tell Me Why,” “I Cry Instead,” “I’m Happy Just to Dance With You,” “I Should Have Known Better,” “If I Fell,” “And I Love Her” and “Can’t Buy Me Love.”
The instrumentals are played by George Martin, the Beatles’ musical director. UA has released a single of Martin’s instrumental treatment of “Ringo’s Theme (This Boy)” and “And I Love Her.”
The Beatles’ next album for Capitol is due sometime in August. Meantime, Capitol has released a Beatles single of the title song. END
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(Information and news source: Billboard; July 11, 1964)
The Beatles’ anticipated first full-length motion picture film, ‘A HARD DAY’S NIGHT,’ premiered in London at the Pavilion Theater on this day, 52-years ago, July 6, 1964.
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING JUNE 25, 1966
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TEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Paperback Writer” by The Beatles peaked this week at No. 01 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100, week-ending June 19 through June 25, 1966. (source: Billboard)
MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1966 GO HERE.
