A ’60s Detroit Music Moment Recalled: 1966

 

 

 

 

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FROM THE BACK-PAGES OF THE DETROIT FREE PRESS

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DETROIT — Saturday, August 13, 1966 — Today’s the day, the day of the Beatles for Detroiters, the day that the four celebrated mopheads from Britain set down at Metropolitan Airport . . . (MORE see article below) . . . .

— THE DETROIT FREE PRESS

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A ’60s Detroit Music Moment Recalled: 1966

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FROM THE BACK-PAGES OF THE DETROIT FREE PRESS

 

DETROIT — Thursday, March 24, 1966 — Nick Londes, general manager of Olympia Stadium, said Wednesday that he is attempting to bring the Beatles to Detroit for an appearance at Olympia around mid-August. (MORE see article below) . . . .

— THE DETROIT FREE PRESS

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A ’60s Detroit Music Moment Recalled: 1966

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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

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A ’60s Detroit Music Moment Recalled: 1966

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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

 

 

 

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FROM THE BACK-PAGES OF THE DETROIT FREE PRESS

 

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) . . . . 

— THE DETROIT FREE PRESS

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1964

DETROIT FREE PRESS: ‘MEET THE BEATLES’

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