MUS 116 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Boris Karloff, Keith Richards, Sounds Incorporated
The Beatles in 1965
● Matters chronological (1965)
○ Jan 1965 - George & John 1st given LSD, by their dentist
○ Feb - April → filming & recording Help!
In London, The Bahamas, & the Austrian
Alps
○ June - Queen Elizabeth knights The Beatles, making them MBEs (Members of
the Order of the British Empire)
○ June 20 - July 3 → European tour: France, Italy, & Spain
○ July 29 - film Help!
premieres
○ Aug 6 - album Help!
Released
○ Aug 15 - 31 → US tour
○ Sept - The Beatles
(animated Saturday morning series on ABC) begins, runs till
Sept 1967
○ Oct - Nov → Recording Rubber Soul
○ Dec 3 - Release of Rubber Soul
○ Dec 2 - 12 → UK tour
● Some Representative plots ( and the songs of the day)
○ 1. A Hard Day’s Night/ I Want to Hold Your Hand. The Beatles are in
Transylvania rehearsing in a haunted house with “monstrou” visitors, including a
vampire, a ghost, a werewolf, & a witch, with a parody of Boris Karloff; To hide
from their fans, the Beatles run inside a diving bell which drops them into the
ocean w/ a lovesick octopus
○ 2. I’m Happy Just To Dance With You/ Mr. Moonlight: The Beatles are in a
Roman Street Festival where Paul wins a dancing bear named Bonnie; The
Beatles meet Professor Ludwig Von Brilliant who is on a mission to view an
eclipse. After being adrift at sea, they escape from an island on a submarine
● Shea Stadium (15 Aug 1965)
○ 1st large stadium concert ever
○ More than 55,600 in audience
○ Gross earnings $304, 000
○ Beatles transported from Manhattan to Queens via helicopter & armored car
○ More than fifty 100 - watt amplifiers
○ No on - stage monitors, few microphones
○ Opening sets from Brenda Holloway backed by King Curtis, Cannibal and the
Headhunters, Sounds INcorporated, and The Discotheque Dancers
○ Beatles played from 9:00 - 9:30 PM
○ McJagger, Keith Richards & … sat in dugout observing
■ McJagger kind of glad he wasn't as popular as the Beatles
● US tour set list
○ About 30 min
● 1965 tour better planned geographically
○ 16 shows?
● 1966 - Rolling Stones US tour
Document Summary
Jan 1965 - george & john 1st given lsd, by their dentist. Feb - april filming & recording help! June - queen elizabeth knights the beatles, making them mbes (members of. June 20 - july 3 european tour: france, italy, & spain. Aug 15 - 31 us tour. Sept - the beatles (animated saturday morning series on abc) begins, runs till. Oct - nov recording rubber soul. Dec 3 - release of rubber soul. Dec 2 - 12 uk tour. Some representative plots ( and the songs of the day) A hard day"s night/ i want to hold your hand. I"m happy just to dance with you/ mr. moonlight: the beatles are in a. Roman street festival where paul wins a dancing bear named bonnie; the. Beatles meet professor ludwig von brilliant who is on a mission to view an eclipse. After being adrift at sea, they escape from an island on a submarine.
