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1960

- as The Beatals / Silver Beats /

Silver Beetles / Silver Beatles /

(and by the middle of august) The Beatles

Personel

John Lennon - guitar, vocals (march 1957-april 1970)

Paul McCartney - guitar, vocals (october 1957 - 1970)

George Harrison - lead guitar, vocals (march 1958 - 1970)

Stuart Sutchcliff - bass (january 1960 - november 1960)

Tommy Moore - drums (may 1960 - june 1960)

Norman Chapman - drums (july 1960)

Pete Best- drums, vocals (august 1960 - august 1962)

Chas Newby - bass (17 december 1960 - 31 december 1960)

 

 

Songs played in concerts 1960

Ainīt she sweet / Ainīt that a shame / All over again / All shook up / Almost grown / Apache / Baby blue /

Baby I donīt care / Baby letīs play house / Bad boy / Be-bop-a-lula / Begin the beguine / Better luck next time /

Blue moon of Kentucky / Blue suede shoes / Bony Moronie / Bopping the blues / Bony Moronie /

Canīt believe you wanna leave / Carol / Cathyīs clown / Catswalk (L/M) / Clarabella / Cīmon everybody /

Coquette / Corrine, Corrina / Cracking up / Crying, waiting, hoping / Dance in the streets /

Darktown strutterīs ball / Dizzy miss lizzy / Do you want to dance / Donīt be cruel / Donīt forbid me /

Donīt let the sun catch you crying / Down the line / Espaņa caņi (Spanish gypsy dance) / Everyday /

A Fool for you / Fools like me / Glad all over / Gone, gone, gone / Good golly miss Molly /

Good rocking tonight / Great balls of fire / Hallelujah i love her so / Harry lime (Third man theme) /

Heartbreak hotel / Heavenly / Hello little girl (L/M) / Hey Ba-ba-re-bop / Hey, good looking / Honey hush /

High school confidential / Home / The Honeymoon song / Hound dog / A House with love in it /

How high the moon / Hully gully / I forgot to remember to forget / I got a woman / I know / I remember /

I will always be in love with you / I wonder if I care as much / Iīll follow the sun / Iīll never let you go /

Iīm gonna be a wheel someday / Iīm gonna sit right down and cry / Iīm in love again / Itīll be me /

Itīs a long way to Tipperary / Itīs now or never / Itīs so easy / Jailhouse rock / Jambalaya / Johnny B. Goode /

Just because / Lawdy miss clawdy / Lazy river / Lend me your comb / Like dreamers do / Little Queenie /

Long tall Sally / Love me tender (Stuart-vocal) / Love of my life / Love of the loved / Loving you / Lucille /

Matchbox / Maybe baby / Maybellene / Mean woman blues / Memphis Tennessee / Midnight shift /

Midnight special / Miss Ann / Money / Moonglow and the theme from Picnic / Movinīand groovinī /

Nothing shaking / The One after 909 (L/M) / Ooh! My soul / Over the rainbow / Party / Peaches and cream /

Peggy Sue / Railroad Bill / Raining in my heart / Ramrod / Raunchy / Ready Teddy / Red sails in the sunset /

Reeling and rocking / Rip it up / Rock and roll music / Roll over Beethoven / San Francisco bay blues /

Say mama / Searchinī / Send me some loving / September song / Shaking all over / Shimmy shimmy /

Short fat Fanny / Shout / Slow down / Stay / Sticks and stones / Summertime / Sure to fall / Sweet little sixteen /

Teenage heaven / Tennessee / Tequila / Thatīll be the day / Thatīs all right, mama /

Thatīs when your heartaches begin / Think it over / Thirty days / Three cool cats / Three steps to heaven /

Three-thirty blues / Time will bring you everything / To know her is to love her / Tonight is so right for love /

Too much monkey business / True love / Tutti frutti / Twenty flight rock / Vacation time / Walk donīt run /

The Wayward wind / Wedding bells / Weep no more my baby / Well...Baby please donīt go / Whatīd i say /

When Iīm sixty-four / Whole lotta shaking going on / Wild cat / Words of love /

The World is waiting for the sunrise / Yakety yak / You donīt understand me / You were meant for me /

You win again / Youngblood / Your true love

 

(% - two shows / # - first visit)

John & Paul performing in a bar as "The Nerk Twins" during the Easter holidays. The bar was owned by Paulīs cousin Bett Robbins in Berkshire, south of England.

Sat 23 April 1960 the Fox and hounds # Caversham UK
Sun 24 April 1960 the Fox and hounds Caversham  

 

As Silver Beats

Sat 14 May 1960 Lathom hall # Liverpool  

 

Silver Beetles tour in Scotland backing Johnny Gentle

Fri 20 May 1960 Town hall # Allon (Scotland)
Sat 21 May 1960 Northern meeting ballroom # Inverness  
Mon 23 May 1960 Dalrymple hall # Fraserburgh  
Wed 25 May 1960 S:t Thomas hall # Keith  
Thu 26 May 1960 Town hall # Forres  
Fri 27 May 1960 Regal ballroom # Naira  
Sat 28 May 1960 Rescue hall # Peterhead  

 

Alan Williams club (where they played around 10 more mondays in 1960, dates unknown, could be 20/6, 27/6, 4/7, 11/7, 18/7, 25/7, 1/8, 8/8, 15/8, 19/12, 26/12)

Mon 30 May 1960 Jacaranda coffee club # Liverpool  

 

Thu 2 June 1960 The Institute # Wirral  

 

Sat 4 June 1960 Grosvenor Ballroom # Liscard, Wallasey  

 

Tue 6 June 1960 Grosvenor Ballroom Liscard, Wallasey  

 

Thu 9 June 1960 The Institute Wirral  

 

Sat 11 June 1960 Grosvenor Ballroom Liscard, Wallasey  

Otherwise drummerless, John asked the audience for help and a teddy-boy, Ronnie (who never had seen a drum-kit before) "played" with the band this night.

 

Mon 13 June 1960 Jacaranda coffee club Liverpool  

 

Thu 16 June 1960 The Institute Wirral  

 

Sat 18 June 1960 Grosvenor Ballroom Liscard, Wallasey  

Paulīs 18th birthday

 

Thu 23 June 1960 The Institute Wirral  

 

Sat 25 June 1960 Grosvenor Ballroom Liscard, Wallasey  

 

Thu 30 June 1960 The Institute Wirral  

 

Sat 2 July 1960 Grosvenor Ballroom Liscard, Wallasey  

 

Thu 7 July 1960 The Institute Wirral  

 

During one week in July "Silver Beetles" was booked by Alan Williams to back an illegal strip-show at the "New Cabaret Artistes" in the `viceī area of Liverpool.

 

Sat 9 July 1960 Grosvenor Ballroom Liscard, Wallasey  

 

Sat 16 July 1960 Grosvenor Ballroom Liscard, Wallasey  

 

Sat 23 July 1960 Grosvenor Ballroom Liscard, Wallasey  

 

Sat 30 July 1960 Grosvenor Ballroom Liscard, Wallasey  

Further performances were cancelled due to the audiences violence and rowdiness (!)

 

The First of five trips to Hamburg

Wed 17 August 1960 Indra club # Hamburg West Germany
  Indra club Hamburg  
...every night... Indra club Hamburg  
  Indra club Hamburg  
...for 48 nights... Indra club Hamburg  
  Indra club Hamburg  
...four hours Indra club Hamburg  
per night in the Indra club Hamburg  
weekdays Indra club Hamburg  
  Indra club Hamburg  
and Indra club Hamburg  
  Indra club Hamburg  
six and a half hours Indra club Hamburg  
per night in Indra club Hamburg  
weekends Indra club Hamburg  
  Indra club Hamburg  
Mon 3 October 1960 Indra club Hamburg  

 

Tue 4 October 1960 Kaiserkeller # Hamburg West Germany
  Kaiserkeller Hamburg  
...58 nights... Kaiserkeller Hamburg  
  Kaiserkeller Hamburg  
Wed 30 November 1960 Kaiserkeller Hamburg  

 

Sat 17 December 1960 Casbah coffe club Liverpool UK

 

Sat 24 December 1960 Grosvenor ballroom Liscard, Wallasey  

 

Tue 27 December 1960 Litherland Town hall ballroom Liverpool  

 

Sat 31 December 1960 Casbah coffe club Liverpool  

 

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