THE BEATLES: Unknown Beatles Facts

Unknown Beatles Facts





During the Cavern gigs, Ringo became female fans 
favourite. Maureen Cox asked Ringo for his autograph 
while on her way to a hair dressing class in 1962. 
Another time, she kissed him as he was leaving the 
Cavern dressing room. He then asks her to dance and 
later drove her and her friend home afterward.

The Beatles become millionaires in 1965.

In 1964, Beatle-related products brought an 
estimated $50 million (over $250 million in 1997 
dollars) in the United States.

On the day the Beatles arrived in New York for the 1st 
time, radio deejays announced temperature in "Beatle 
degrees" and time in "Beatle minutes".

In Seattle, a female fan who was trying to get 
backstage, fell 25 feet down a ventilation shaft and 
dropped onto the floor at Ringo's feet. He asked her 
if she was sure she was okay, but she ran from him and 
disappeared in the crowd.

In California, fans were seen eating the grass that 
Ringo walked on. When he was asked what he thought 
about this, he replied, "I just hope they don't get 
indigestion."

They rarely wore headphones in the studio.

On "Love Me Do", John plays harmonica, which he says 
he shoplifted from a store in Holland. 

After George came to the band, the name Quarry Men was 
dropped and the band tried names as The Rainbows,  or 
the Moondogs, or even for one night, Johnny & the 
Moondogs. 

Yoko Ono's name means 'ocean child'.

George, 3 grades behind John, also attended Dovedale, 
but they never met. George later moved on to the Liverpool 
Institute in 1954, where Paul was a student one year 
ahead of him.

On the last day before break at the Institute, Paul 
brought his guitar to class, stood on a desk, played
and sang 2 Little Richard songs: "Long Tall Sally" 
& "Tutti Frutti".

Paul still owns his first guitar.

George was introduced to the Quarry Men by Paul and 
became accepted into the group by the much older 
John. The band could now practise at George's and 
Paul's, but never at John's. Mimi wouldn't even let 
George in the house after he showed up with a crew 
cut and a pink shirt. 

When Beatlemania broke, a factory in a London suburb 
started producing Beatle wigs, and claimed they 
received orders from Buckingham Palace and Eton.

George told a reporter that when they received 
notification of the MBE awards by mail, they thought 
that the official envelope and 10 Downing Street 
return address meant they were being drafted.

Brian Epstein reportedly asked Sullivan the night of 
the first performance, "I would like to know the exact 
wording of your introduction." Sullivan replied, "I 
would like you to get lost."

The Beatles received a telegram of congratulations from 
Elvis, which was read on the air. 

In one scene of "Help!" The Beatles sing Beethoven's 
"Ode To Joy" to calm a lion. Off camera, was a lion 
tamer with a rifle ready.