Jazz Meets The Beatles

March 1957 sixteen year old John Lennon formed a band The Quarry Men with several friends. 1958 Paul McCartney and George Harrison were playing with the band. 1960 the name changed to ‘Beetals’ as a tribute to Buddy Holly and the Crickets. August 1960 they were playing as the Beatles. 1962 Ringo Starr joined the band. Carroll James of AM radio station WWDC in Washington DC first played "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in mid-December 1963. February 7 1964 34% of the American population was introduced to the Beatles via The Ed Sullivan. By April 1964 the Beatles held twelve positions on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart including the top five. 10 years 236 original compositions worldwide album sales top 800 million. It was over on December 31 1970.

Maggie Worsdale sings some of the more popular Beatles tunes and tells the stories behind them. The Beatles wrote about what they knew what they read about in the news what they dreamed about and the passion of the 1960’s. Worsdale’s handpicked Beatles songs are uniquely interpreted just for this tribute to what many consider the greatest rock band of all time.

The Jazz Protagonists

Special Guest - Ken Slavin

Host or Publisher Maggie Worsdale