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Whiskey a go go tonight2/11/2024 ![]() Within a few minutes the wall of human flesh around the booth was so solid that Harrison and Ringo Starr, also slipped by the deputies, had to be lifted bodily and passed over heads, where they joined seven others, including Jayne Mansfield, in a booth upholsterer for four.Ī few lucky fans got Beatle autographs on cocktail napkins smuggled through the wall by a waitress as Davis announced over the loudspeaker, "We have honored guest from England here tonight. when 200 patrons jamming Davis' Whiskey A Go-go at 8901 Sunset Blvd., and 100 or so crowding the street outside, discovered John Lennon had been slipped into a corner booth by Sheriff's deputies. "It was frantic, impossible, ridiculous-but fun." "It was frantic," said Shelly, 17 years a newspaperman, flack and showman. in which property damage was estimated at $5,000.Īppraisals of havoc wrought around Beatle Manor in Bel-air came early today as shaggy George Harrison was tossing a highball at a photographer in a Sunset Strip night club, and the last of more than 50 juveniles was being released from police custody.Įven so, authorities who worked overtime during the millionaire recording artists' three day stay were inclined to agree with night club operator Shelly Davis' conclusions as he mopped thrown Scotch from a Beatle fan, Mamie Van Doren, who ogt between George and the photographer. The Beatles, Britian's anti-barbershop quartet headed for Denver after visiting L.A. It would be all over TMZ and everyone would have captured it on their cell phone cameras. Here is how the Herald Examiner reported George throwing the drink. The newspaper that shows the date of the event. Did the Herald Examiner made a mistake in the date? But I have to admit that even that time line does not match up with the first hand accounts and other reports. On the 24th they had the party at Alan Livingston's house and went to the Whiskey a go-go, and on the 25th they did a photo shoot at the pool at the rented house and went to Burt Lancaster's house. I spoke with Beatles concert expert, Chuck Gunderson along with some other Beatle friends and it was figured out that the Beatles did their Hollywood Bowl concert on the 23rd and had a party (where John broke a camera) afterwards. Well, I found a newspaper (the Herald Examiner) with the photos and it gives the date as August 24, 1964. Today I have seen the date of Auggoing around as the date that three of the Beatles went to the Whiskey a Go-Go and George threw the drink on a photographer. ![]() The exact dates of when the Beatles did various things in 1964 while in L.A. Excuse me while I totally Beatle Geek out on you all for a moment.
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