Beatle News  # 20: India, Cinema & September Births

 

  • 1963 – The Beatles perform at the Great Pop Prom show at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. Also making an appearance are the ‘Rolling Stones’.

How I Won The War (1967) NSFS

  • 1966 – George Harrison, with his wife Pattie Boyd, fly to India where George is to take sitar lessons from the renowned sitar maestro, Ravi Shankar. The couple stay at the Taj Mahal Hotel. Meanwhile John Lennon is busy with the filming of Richard Lester’s How I Won The War (1967) in Germany and Spain, where Lennon plays the lead alongside Michael Crawford.
  •  1968 – Hey Jude (which was released in USA on August 26th, and in UK on August 30th), tops the UK singles chart for the first of it’s two weeks.

September Births affiliated to The Beatles

The McCartney Household: Paul McCartney’s first wife, and their last two children together, were all born in the month of September.

  • Wife – Photographer Linda McCartney (née Linda Eastman) : 24th September 1941
  • Daughter – Fashion designer Stella McCartney : 13th September 1971
  • Son – Songwriter James McCartney : 12th September 1977

The Starr/Starkey Household: Ringo Starr’s eldest son and grandchild were born in the month of September.

  •  Son – Latter years drummer, for the 60’s & 70’s band, ‘The Who’ (from 1996 onwards), Zak Starkey : 13th September 1965
  • Granddaughter (Daughter of Zak Starkey) – Tatia Jayne Starkey : 6th September 1985 (Ringo Starr was the first Beatle to become a grandfather)

The Epstein Household: The Beatles manager, Brian Samuel Epstein, was born in Liverpool, on the 19th of September, 1934.

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Nuwan Sen & The Beatles ().

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