Film History Milestones - 1964 Event and Significance 1964 The first feature-length made-for-TV movie, an action film titled See How They Run (1964) and starring John Forsythe and Senta Berger, was broadcast on NBC-TV for its world premiere. It was the first broadcast of Project 120, an innovative deal between Universal and NBC. 1964 By 1964, especially with the rise of television, theater admission numbers had dropped dramatically to below 1 billion. The trend started to reverse itself with the arrival of blockbusters and multi-plexes, but Hollywood would never get back to its glory days in the 1940s and 1950s. 1964 Director/screenwriter Shirley Clarke's mainstream, fictional feature crime film The Cool World (1964), a cinema verite-style examination of the rise of the Black Power movement and street gangs among African-Americans in the inner-city, was the first commercial film venture to be shot on location in Harlem. The semi-documentary was also the first feature-length film credit produced by legendary documentary director Frederick Wiseman.

1964 Michelangelo Antonioni's and cinematographer Carlo DiPalma's visually-impressive French-Italian co-production Red Desert (1964, It.) (Il Deserto Rosso) made spectacular use of the recently-perfected telephoto lens, to create a shallow depth-of-field. It was also Antonioni's first film in color, used in extreme and expressive ways. 1964 Director Teinosuke Kinugasa's Japanese historical period drama Gate of Hell (1953/1954, Jp.) (aka Jigokumon), released during the wave of influential Japanese cinema in mid-century, was the first color film from Japan to be released outside of the country. It also won the Palme d'Or (Grand Prize) at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival, and the Best Costume Design (Color) Oscar. Its tale was about a brave 12th Century samurai named Moritoh Enda (Kazuo Hasegawa) who hopelessly longed for the beautiful but married Lady Kesa (Machiko Kyo).

1964 The mockumentary A Hard Day's Night (1964), the first Beatles film, premiered. The behind-the-scenes lives of the Fab Four were highlighted as Beatlemania erupted worldwide. The Beatles had made their first live TV appearance in the US on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on February 9, 1964. 1964 Sony began marketing the first reel-to-reel (video tape recorder) VTR designed specifically for home use in 1964 -- however, widescale consumer use of video tape recorders didn't really take off until the mid-1970s. 1964 Director Stanley Kubrick's brilliant, satirical, provocative black comedy/fantasy regarding doomsday and Cold War politics was released, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) . The landmark film - the first commercially-successful political satire about nuclear war, was a cynically-objective, Monty Python-esque, humorous, biting response to the apocalyptic fears of the 1950s.

1964 To obtain film rights to the intellectual property My Fair Lady (1964) , to be directed by George Cukor and starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison, Warners paid a record sum of $5.5 million in February 1962. (See Annie (1982) when the record was broken.) 1964 The Cockney flower vendor character, Eliza Doolittle, played by little-known Julie Andrews on the Broadway stage for My Fair Lady was replaced by well-known, non-singing 'Cinderella' actress Audrey Hepburn in the big-screen 1964 version. Ironically, Julie Andrews was awarded a Best Actress Academy Award (presented in 1965) for her role in Disney's competing film Mary Poppins (1964) as the title character British nanny, and Hepburn failed to receive a nomination for her part. 1964 Mary Poppins (1964) blended live-action and animation. It received 13 Academy Award nominations and won five Oscar statues, including Best Actress for Julie Andrews.

She was the first Disney star to win an Oscar, and the film has remained for many years the single most successful film that the Disney Studios has had at the Academy Awards. 1964 Mostly known for his "tough guy" roles, Alan Ladd died at the age of 50, due to a lethal combination of alcohol and drugs. During his film career, he was most memorably paired three times in film noirs with 'peekaboo' blonde star Veronica Lake in his breakthrough film This Gun For Hire (1942) as hired killer "Raven," in The Glass Key (1942), and in the mystery The Blue Dahlia (1946). Another notable role for which he was forever identified was as the title character in George Stevens' western Shane (1953) . 1964 Goldfinger (1964) , the third James Bond film in the long-running series, was released in the UK in September of 1964. A few months later in December, it was released in the US. It was the first James Bond film to receive an Academy Awards Oscar - Best Sound Effects Editing. It was also the first Bond film to receive an Academy Awards nomination.

It also introduced the not-so-subtly named Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman). Its iconic image was Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton) dying after being painted in gold. 1964 During the filming of The Cincinnati Kid (1965) starring Steve McQueen, maverick director Sam Peckinpah was fired by producer Martin Ransohoff (the President of Filmways, Inc.) for "vulgarizing" the picture with the unscheduled shooting of a non-scripted nude scene with a female extra (star-to-be Sharon Tate), supposedly for the European version. She was to be naked under a fur coat. Along with Peckinpah, actress Tate was fired. He was replaced by a new director, Norman Jewison. The theatrical release of the film contained no nudity. 1964 The musical Hello, Dolly!, starring Carol Channing, opened at the St. James Theatre in New York City on January 16, 1964. Five years later, Barbra Streisand played the lead role in the film version of Hello, Dolly! (1969) directed by Gene Kelly.

1964 In late June of 1964, 47 year-old actor Ernest Borgnine married 56 year-old singer Ethel Merman (with a long filmography of musicals that stretched back into the 1930s) - a union that lasted only 32 days. It was her fourth marriage - and divorce, and his third marriage. Their divorce was finalized in May of 1965. 1964 Ronald Reagan's last feature film appearance before his retiring from the screen was in director Don Siegel's post-noir crime thriller The Killers (1964) in which he played 'heavy' or bad-guy crime boss Jack Browning - the first time he had ever played a villain. Two years later, he would be elected governor of California. 1964 Austrian-born character actor Peter Lorre, with a distinctive accent and large bugged-out eyes, died of a heart attack/stroke at the age of 59. He first came to prominence in the role of Hans Beckert, a predatory serial killer of young children in director Fritz Lang's M (1931, Germ.).

He also had memorable roles in films opposite Humphrey Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet in The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Casablanca (1942) , as the star in a series of eight Mr. Moto films (from 1937 to 1939), and in the wacky comedy Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) . A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles (1964) - YouTube A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles (1964) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Apr 4, 2011 Category Five Common Myths About The Beatles' U.S. Invasion, 50 Years Ago Five Common Myths About The Beatles' U.S. Invasion, 50 Years Ago {{article.article.images.featured.caption}} Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Full Bio The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer.

Loading ... This story appears in the {{article.article.magazine.pretty_date}} issue of {{article.article.magazine.pubName}}. Subscribe By JOHN COVACH As excitement builds over the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ arrival in the US in February 1964, several myths about the band and the circumstances of the Fab Four’s first American television, film, and live performances persist. Here are a few: 1. “I Want to Hold Your Hand” was the first Beatles single released by Capitol in North America It is true that this song was the first released by Capitol in the US. “Please Please Me” and “From Me To You” were released by Vee Jay and “She Loves You” was released by Swan in the US when Capitol rejected them. But Capitol in Canada, led by Paul White, released all three of these songs plus “Love Me Do.” These first three Canadian singles did very poorly, seemingly confirming the Capitol US decision; “She Loves You,” on the other hand, did very well up north, prompting sales of the previous releases in its wake.

“She Loves You” was a hit in Canada in December of 1963, one week before “I Want To Hold Your Hand” was released in the US. 2. The Carnegie Hall and DC shows were added to the first US visit at the last minute to defray expenses The two shows at Carnegie Hall on February 12 were booked by New York promoter Sid Bernstein, who had contacted Beatles manager Brian Epstein several months before any contact with Ed Sullivan’s staff was made. Bernstein chose February 12 because it was Lincoln’s birthday and kids would have the day off from school. The Washington, D.C. show on February 11 was initially booked as a warm-up for the Carnegie Hall dates. The nation’s capital may have been chosen because it was the first city in which “I Want To Hold Your Hand” became popular, more than a month before its planned mid-January 1964 release by Capitol (though this show may have been offered to other venues elsewhere). WWDC disc jockey Carroll James played an imported copy he had secured via a British Airways stewardess, and when taped copies of this record began to break out in Chicago and St.

Louis as well, Capitol moved the release date up to December 26, 1963, usually a terrible time of year to release a new single, especially by an unknown band. English: Photograph of The Beatles as they arrive in New York City in 1964 Français : Photographie de The Beatles, lors de leur arrivée à New York City en 1964 Italiano: Fotografia dei Beatles al loro arrivo a New York City nel 1964 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) 3. Ed Sullivan booked the Beatles because his flight at Heathrow had been delayed by Beatles fans Evidence seems to indicate that Sullivan was not actually in London on the date of this Beatlemania craziness (October 31, 1963), though he had indeed been to London in September. Though Sullivan himself liked to tell the story that he was there, he learned about the Beatles’ success via Peter Prichard, his UK talent scout. Sullivan was sent press clippings about the band by Prichard and probably knew about this airport shutdown by reading newspaper accounts of it.

Prichard made the initial contact withBrian Epstein and the booking was then negotiated with Sullivan himself in mid- November 1963 for February 1964, keeping Bernstein’s Carnegie Hall shows in mind. 4. Their Ed Sullivan Show performance was the first time the Beatles appeared on US television Just a few weeks after the death of President Kennedy, Walter Cronkite ran a short feature about the Beatles on the CBS Evening News. His friend Ed Sullivan seems to have called him asking if he knew whether the band were any good (Cronkite didn’t). Jack Paar ran a clip of the band performing in the UK on his show in January 1964, which infuriated Sullivan, who had hoped to be the first to present the band on TV. The Beatles performance on Sullivan’s show was their first live performance on American television, however, and Sullivan need not have worried: his broadcast was the record setter. 5. A Hard Day’s Night was the Beatles’ first film performance, and was hastily arranged after the band had a hit in the US in January of 1964 The arrangements for the Beatles’ first feature film began with United Artists no later than October of 1963.

UA had lately released the James Bond film, Dr. No (1962) and the Beatles deal was the brainchild of UA’s Bud Ornstein, who was aiming to capitalize on the band’s UK success and was betting Beatlemania would spread to America. The plan was to release a soundtrack album in the US at a time when Capitol was still not interested in releasing Beatles music there; the film was originally expected to be a money-loser and was primarily meant to promote the record. When the Beatles did break in the US, Ornstein seemed like a genius. The warm-up show in Washington, DC, however, became the first Beatles film to appear in theaters. CBS filmed this concert and most of it played in US theaters nationwide one weekend in March of 1964, months before the premiere of A Hard Day’s Night in July. Once the Beatles became hot in the US, Capitol quickly made plans to record the Carnegie Hall shows for future release. The plan was abandoned after the American Federation of Musicians refused to allow Beatles British producer George Martin to work in the venue. John Covach is the director of the Institute for Popular Music at the University of Rochester.

June 1964: The Beatles released the album "A Hard Day's Night" in the US - Do You Remember? Do You Remember? June 1964: The Beatles released the album “A Hard Day’s Night”... Photos: filmreference.com/ theBeatles.com June 1964: The Beatles released the album “A Hard Day’s Night” in the US By 1 1032 A Hard Day’s Night was the third studio album by the Beatles, released on 10 July 1964, with side one containing songs from the soundtrack to their film A Hard Day’s Night. The American version of the album was released two weeks earlier, on June 16 1964 by United Artists Records, with a different track listing. In contrast to their first two albums, all 13 tracks on A Hard Day’s Night were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney showcasing the development of their songwriting talents. The album includes the title track, with its distinct opening chord, and the previously released “Can’t Buy Me Love”, both transatlantic number-one singles for the band. The title of the album was the accidental creation of drummer Ringo Starr.

According to Lennon in a 1980 interview with Playboy magazine: “I was going home in the car and Dick Lester [director of A Hard Day’s Night] suggested the title, ‘Hard Day’s Night’ from something Ringo had said. I had used it in ‘In His Own Write’, but it was an off-the-cuff remark by Ringo. You know, one of those malapropisms. A Ringo-ism, where he said it not to be funny … just said it. So Dick Lester said, ‘We are going to use that title.'” In 2000, Q placed A Hard Day’s Night at number five in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 2012, A Hard Day’s Night was voted 307th on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. The album was also included in Robert Dimery’s 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

"A HARD DAYS NIGHT!" (THE BEATLES) INDIANAPOLIS 1964 “A Hard Day’s Night” It’s been a hard day’s night, and I’d been working like a dog It’s been a hard day’s night, I should be sleeping like a log But when I get home to you I find the things that you do Will make me feel alright You know I work all day to get you money to buy you things And it’s worth it just to hear you say you’re going to give me everything So why on earth should I moan, cos when I get you alone You know I feel OK When I’m home everything seems to be right When I’m home feeling you holding me tight, tight, yeah It’s been a hard day’s night, and I’d been working like a dog It’s been a hard day’s night, I should be sleeping like a log But when I get home to you I find the things that you do Will make me feel alright owww So why on earth should I moan, cos when I get you alone You know I feel OK When I’m home everything seems to be right When I’m home feeling you holding me tight, tight, yeah It’s been a hard day

’s night, and I’d been working like a dog It’s been a hard day’s night, I should be sleeping like a log But when I get home to you I find the things that you do Will make me feel alright You know I feel alright You know I feel alright giphy.com Facts sourced by wikipedia.com/lyrics by azlyrics.com Moreover, if a lady lacks intelligence, then there is only a single other cause why a man is maintaining her around — but that will get real old, real rapid.

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Another 2 wins & 5 nominations. See more awards » Videos Ringo finds himself the human sacrifice target of a cult and the band must try to protect him from it. Director: Richard Lester Magical Mystery Tour (TV Movie 1967) Comedy | Musical Directors: George Harrison, John Lennon, and 3 more credits » Stars: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison The filmed account of the Beatles's attempt to recapture their old group spirit by making a back to basics album, which instead drove them further apart. Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg The Beatles Anthology (TV Mini-Series 1995) Documentary | Music An autobiographical documentary of the greatest of the rock bands. Stars: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr A compilation of found footage featuring music, interviews, and stories of The Beatles ' 250 concerts from 1963 to 1966. Director: Ron Howard A biography of the rock music star. Director: Andrew Solt The first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise humanitarian relief funds for the refugees of Bangladesh of 1971 war.

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Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net> The greatest rock & roll comedy adventure See more » Genres: 7 July 1964 (UK) See more » Also Known As: Quatre garçons dans le vent See more » Filming Locations: $50,445 (USA) (1 December 2000) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia The whole of the original first day's shooting (the train sequence) was lost because the clapper-loader was mistaken by fans at the station for one of The Beatles . In running away from the screaming fans, he dropped the cans of negative. See more » Goofs Around 00:21:51, grandfather is holding a plate in his left hand. On the next shot, the plate is in his right hand. See more » Quotes John : And we're looking after him, are we? Grandfather : I'll look after myself. Paul : Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of. John : He's got you worried, then? Paul : Him? He's a villain, a real mixer. And he costs you a fortune in Breach of Promise cases.

See more » Crazy Credits The opening credits are superimposed over the action. The Beatles are running from a mob of fans whilst the title track plays. See more » Connections I Should Have Known Better (1964) (uncredited) (elgin, illinois) – See all my reviews I was in my mid-thirties when the Beatles came to America, and appeared at Shea Stadium and (famously) on the Ed Sullivan. I saw their success, with the screaming girls, as just another teen-age phenomenon. I must have read in some column that this film was interesting for its direction and photography. That was true. What I did not expect was that I would be caught up by the Beatles themselves, both as personalities and as musicians. Those who comment adversely on their lack of acting ability are way off base, because neither they nor the director were looking for dramatic skill; only for a degree of naturalness, which was achieved. Those who criticize the technical aspects are not well-acquainted with new developments in film technique especially in France; for instance, the jump shot. Those who criticize lack of plot must be interested only in straight narrative.

I suggest that all the previously mentioned critics see the documentary materials on the making of the film, particularly those contained in the DVD set. They will see, for better or worse, that the creators and performers achieved what they wanted, allowing room for the unexpected. For forty years now I have been an admirer, own all their recordings, etc.; and taught this movie in my history of film class regularly. Don't believe the nay-sayers; see for yourself. 94 of 102 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night - YouTube The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jan 19, 2011 Category A Hard Day's Night, Beatles Albums, Beatles Movies, 1964 A Hard Day's Night: The Beatles Conquer America The Beatles' third album, A Hard Day's Night, was released on July 10, 1964.

It was the first Beatles album to feature all original Lennon and McCartney originals. The first seven songs were from the soundtrack to the Beatles' first movie, A Hard Day's Night. The album cover features 20 different pictures of the Beatles appearing as frames of film. A Hard Day's Night is one of five album covers shot/designed by photographer Robert Freeman.

Track Listing 1) A Hard Day's Night (Lennon/McCartney) 2) I Should Have Known Better (Lennon/McCartney) 3) If I Fell (Lennon/McCartney) 4) I'm Happy Just to Dance With You (Lennon/McCartney) 5) And I Love Her (Lennon/McCartney) 6) Tell Me Why (Lennon/McCartney) 7) Can't Buy Me Love (Lennon/McCartney) 8) Any Time at All (Lennon/McCartney) 9) I'll Cry Instead (Lennon/McCartney) 10) Things We Said Today (Lennon/McCartney) 11) When I Get Home (Lennon/McCartney) 12) You Can't Do That (Lennon/McCartney) 13) I'll Be Back (Lennon/McCartney) Learn how to play The Beatles' song A HARD DAY'S NIGHT on guitar Singles: Can't Buy Me Love/You Can't Do That (released March 20, 1964) A Hard Day's Night/Things We

 Said Today (released July 10, 1964) EPs: A Hard Day's Night 1: I Should Have Known Better/If I Fell/Tell Me Why/And I Love Her (released November 4, 1964) A Hard Day's Night 2: Any Time At All/I'll Cry Instead/Things We Said Today/When I Get Home (released November 6, 1964) The Beatles On Capitol Records Right after the Beatles' performance on the Royal Variety Show in early November 1963, Brian Epstein gathered the British newspaper headlines mentioning the Beatles and flew to the U.S.

to approach Ed Sullivan to have the Beatles as guests on his popular variety show. Ed Sullivan was not hard to convince. Initially, he offered the Beatles one appearance performing on his show as one of many acts, but Brian insisted that the deal be for two shows with the Beatles as headliners. Sullivan finally agreed to the deal with the first appearance scheduled for Feb. 9, 1964. After making the deal with Ed Sullivan in November 1963, Brian went to meet with Capitol Records. After turning down the Beatles several times in the past two years, Capitol Records in the U.S. finally got behind the band and agreed to release their latest single, "I Want to Hold your Hand," one month before the Ed Sullivan appearance. However, The Beatles had already released two albums in the U.K.-- Please Please Me, and With the Beatles. Capitol wanted to release their own versions of The Beatles albums and thus, the U.K. versus U.S. album discrepancy begins. Beatles 50th Anniversary Series The Beatles Are Coming According to Alan Livingston, then-President of Capitol Records, Brian Epstein would only agree to the deal if Capitol agreed to spend $40,000 promoting the single.

As explained in the book, "The Beatles' Story on Capitol Records (part 1)" by Bruce Spizer , a budget of $40,000 was unheard of in those days to promote a single. But this enabled Capitol to launch a massive marketing campaign (outlined in a company memo dated Dec. 23, 1963) that targeted radio and record stores to carry the Beatles. Marketing materials included everything from a 4-page tabloid newspaper (pictured above) containing stories on the Beatles, to Beatle buttons and even Beatle wigs! It's impossible to measure how much this marketing strategy actually helped boost the Beatles image in the U.S., but it definitely played a large role in spreading the word that "The Beatles Are Coming." The Beatles Invade New York When the Beatles plane landed on Feb. 7, 1964 at JFK airport, there were thousands of screaming teenage fans awaiting their arrival. There were also a mob of reporters waiting to attack in a press conference at the airport. Expecting the Beatles to come across as idiots, the press was pleasantly surprised with the Beatles' humorous one-line responses to the many questions shouted at them.

This image of the Beatles as funny, likeable, charming young men enhanced their appeal throughout their career. Watch a CBS News Report from 1994 looking back at the Beatles invasion of America in February 1964 The Ed Sullivan Show Ed Sullivan received 50,000 requests for tickets to the Beatles appearance on Feb. 9, 1964 in a theater that only held 700. A record 73 million people watched the show that night. After the Beatles historic performance on the Ed Sullivan show, they literally became worldwide sensations overnight. They had become the first British band to conquer America, and many bands tried to follow on the heels of their success. But the impact was immense, and from that historic day, February 9, 1964, to the present, nobody would top the Beatles in terms of popularity or success. Two days later, The Beatles played their first U.S. concert on February 11, 1964 at the Washington Coliseum in Washington DC. Then they quickly returned to New York City to play two concerts on February 12 at Carnegie Hall. Before the Beatles returned to England, they performed on The Ed Sullivan Show two more times.

Post by Daytrippin' Beatles Magazine . For a behind the scenes look at their first visit to America, watch the documentary, The Beatles - The First U.S. Visit , filmed by the Maysles brothers For a fan's perspective, watch the hilarious feature film, " I Wanna Hold Your Hand ", about four teenagers trying to sneak into the Plaza hotel in New York to meet the Beatles DAYTRIPPIN' MAGAZINE EXCLUSIVE: Read about The Beatles' First Visit to the U.S. in 1964 in Issue #25 of Daytrippin' Magazine (available in PDF format or hard copy) Visit Daytrippin' Back Issues page for more information The Beatles Top the Billboard Charts "I Want to Hold Your Hand" turned out to be the fastest selling single ever with one million sales within two weeks of its U.S. release. On Feb. 1, 1964, it hit number one on the U.S. Billboard chart. No one could have asked for better timing--a week before their first U.S. television appearance!

On March 31, 1964, the Beatles held the top 5 positions on the singles charts with "Can't Buy Me Love", "Twist and Shout", "She Loves You", "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "Please Please Me," and had 7 more Beatles singles in the Billboard Hot 100. For the next 6-1/2 years, the Beatles would hold the number one single spot in the U.S. for 59 weeks, and the number one album spot for 116 weeks. In 1964, the Beatles won the Grammy for Best New Artist, and for Best Vocal Performance by a Group for "A Hard Day's Night." A Hard Day's Night, the Movie The Beatles - Biography - IMDb The Beatles Jump to: Overview (1) | Mini Bio (1) | Trivia (40) Overview (1) The Fab Four Mini Bio (1) The Beatles were an English rock band that became arguably the most successful act of the 20th century. They contributed to music, film, literature, art, and fashion, made a continuous impact on popular culture and the lifestyle of several generations.

Their songs and images carrying powerful ideas of love, peace, help, and imagination evoked creativity and liberation that outperformed the rusty Soviet propaganda and contributed to breaking walls in the minds of millions, thus making impact on human history. In July of 1957, in Liverpool, 'Paul McCartney (I)' met John Lennon . Both were teenagers. Paul impressed John with his mastery of acoustic guitar, and was invited to join Lennon's group, The Quarrymen. George Harrison joined them in February of 1958. In 1959 they played regular gigs at a club called The Casbah. They were joined by vocalist Stuart Sutcliffe, and by drummer Peter Best, whose mother owned The Casbah club. Early incarnations of the band included The Quarrymen, Johnny & the Moon Dogs, and The Silver Beetles. John Lennon dreamed up the band's final name, The Beatles, a mix of beat with beetle. In 1960 The Beatles toured in Hamburg, Germany. There they were joined by Ringo Starr , who previously played with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes.

In Hamburg, The Beatles made their first studio work as a backing band for singer Tony Sheridan's recordings for the German Polydor label, however, in the credits the band's name was changed to The Beat Brothers. From February 1961 to August 1963, The Beatles played a regular gig at the Cavern. They were paid five pounds for their first show, rising to three hundred pounds per show in 1963. In two and a half years The Beatles gave 262 shows at the Cavern in Liverpool. Brian Epstein was invited to be the manager of the Beatles in November 1961. His diplomatic way of dealing with the Beatles and with their previous manager resulted in a December 10, 1961, meeting, where it was decided that Epstein would manage the band. A 5-year management contract was signed by four members at then-drummer Pete Best's home on January 24, 1962. Epstein did not put his signature on it, giving the musicians the freedom of choice. At that time McCartney and Harrison were under 21, so the paper wasn't technically legal.

None of them realized this and it did not matter to them. What mattered was their genuine trust in Epstein. He changed their early image for the good. Brian Epstein made them wear suits and ties, classic shoes, and newer haircuts. They were advised to update their manners on stage and quit eating and drinking in public. Brian Epstein worked hard on both the Beatles' image and public relations. He improved their image enough to make them accepted by the conservative media. Most if not all of their communication off-stage was managed by Brian Epstein. On January 1, 1962, The Beatles came to London and recorded fifteen songs at the Decca Records. They were not hired, but the material helped them later. During the year 1962, they made several trips to London and auditioned for various labels. In May of 1962 Epstein canceled the group's contract with Tony Sheridan and the German label. Brian Epstein was persistent in trying to sign a record deal for the Beatles, even after being rejected by every major record label in UK, like Columbia, Philips, Oriole, Decca, and Pye.

Epstein transferred a demo tape to disc with HMV technician Jim Foy, who liked their song and referred it to Parlophone's George Martin. On June 6, 1962, at the Abbey Road studios, they passed Martin's audition with the exception of Pete Best. George Martin liked them, but recommended the change of a drummer. Being asked by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison; Epstein fired Pete Best. After a mutual decision the band was completed with Ringo Starr , who duly became the fourth Beatle. In September of 1962 The Beatles recorded their first hit Love Me Do, which charted in UK, and reached the top of the US singles chart. London became their new home since 1963. On February 11, 1963, The Beatles recorded the entire album 'Please, Please me' in one day, working non-stop during ten-hour studio session. In May and June, 1963, the band made a tour with Roy Orbison. In August of 1963, their single She Loves You became a super hit.

Their October 1963 performance at the London Palladium made them famous in Great Britain and initiated the Beatlemania in the UK. The show at the London Palladium was broadcast live and seen by twelve million viewers. Then, in November 1962, The Beatles gave a charity concert at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London. There, performing for the rich and famous, John Lennon made his famous announcement: Would the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry. In early performances the Beatles included popular songs from the 40s and 50s. They played rock-n-roll and R&B-based pop songs while they gradually worked on developing a style of their own. Their mixture of rock-n-roll, skiffle, blues, country, soul, and a simplified version of 1930s jazz resulted in several multi-genre and cross-style sounding songs. They admitted their interest in the music of Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Little Richard and other entertainers of the 40s, 50s and early 60s. Beatles' distinctive vocals were sometimes reminiscent of the Everly Brothers' tight harmonies.

By 1965 their style absorbed ethnic music influences from India and other Oriental cultures, and later expanded into psychedelic experiments and classical-sounding compositions. Their creative search covered a range of styles from jazz and rock to a cosmopolitan cross-cultural and cross-genre compositions. Initially the Beatles were a guitars and drums band. In the course of their career every member became a multi-instrumentalist. George Harrison played the lead guitar and also introduced such exotic instruments as ukulele, Indian sitars, flutes, tabla, darbouka, and tampur drums. John Lennon played a variety of guitars, keyboards, harmonicas and horns. Paul McCartney played bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitars, piano and keyboards, as well as over 40 other musical instruments. The Beatles were the first popular band that used a classical touch of strings and keyboard instruments; their producer George Martin scored Baroque orchestrations in several songs, such as Yesterday, Eleanor Rigby, In My Life, and a full orchestra in Sgt. Pepper. John Lennon and Paul McCartney played piano in many of their songs. Their jamming on a piano together led to creation of their best-selling hit I Want to Hold Your Hand in 1963.

At first the Beatles were rejected by Dick Clark after testing a recording of their song on his show. Then Brian Epstein approached Ed Sullivan, who discussed them with Walter Cronkite after seeing them on his CBS Evening News in 1963. Brian Epstein also managed to get their music played by influential radio stations in Washington and New York. The US consumer reaction was peaking, a single 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' was released in December 1963 by the Capitol Records. Their sensational tour in the USA began with three TV shows at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York, in February of 1964. After that The Beatles endured several years of extremely intensive recording, filming, and touring. They stopped public performances after 1966, but continued their recording contracts. By 1985 The Beatles had sold over one billion records. Music became their ticket to ride around the world. Beatlemania never really ended since its initiation. It still lives as a movable feast in many hearts and minds, as a sweet memory of youth, when all you need is love and a little help from a friend to be happy.

The Beatles' first two feature films, A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help (1965), were made in collaboration with an American director, Richard Lester . Their humorous, ironic, and farcical film performances are reminiscent of the Marx Brothers' comedies. Later The Beatles moved into the area of psychedelic innovations with the animated film Yellow Submarine (1966). Their surrealistic TV movie The Magical Mystery Tour (1967) became the cause for the first major criticism of their work in the British press. Their film music was also released as studio albums. Original music by The Beatles as well as re-makes of their songs has been also used, often uncredited, in music scores of feature films and documentaries. Some of The Beatles concert and studio performances were filmed on several occasions and were later edited and released after the band's dissolution. In 1999 the remastered and remixed film The Beatles Yellow Submarine Adventure (2000) delighted a younger audience with incredible animation and songs. All four members were charismatic and individually talented artists, they sparked each other from the beginning. Eventually they made a much better group effort under the thorough management by Brian Epstein .

His coaching helped consolidate their talents and mutual stimulation into beautiful teamwork. Paul McCartney had the privilege of a better musical education, having studied classical piano and guitar in his childhood. He progressed as a lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, as well as a singer-songwriter. McCartney wrote more songs for the Beatles than other members of the band. His songs Yesterday, Eleanor Rigby, Blackbird, When I'm 64, Let It Be are among the Beatles' best hits. Yesterday is considered the most-covered song in history with over three thousand versions of it recorded by various artists. McCartney accepted the agreement that was offered by John Lennon in 1957, about the 50/50 authorship of every song written by either one of them. Most of The Beatles' songs are formally credited to both names, regardless of the fact that many of the songs were written individually. On June 25, 1967, The Beatles made history becoming the first band globally transmitted on TV to an estimated 400 million people worldwide. The Beatles were a segment in the first-ever worldwide satellite hook-up and their new song "All You Need Is Love" was broadcast live during the show.

Two months later The Beatles lost their creative manager Brian Epstein , whose talent for problem-solving was unmatched. "That was it, the beginning of the end", said Lennon. Evolution of each member's creativity and musicianship also led to individual career ambitions. John Lennon was experimenting with psychedelic poetry and art. His creativity was very unique and innovative. Lennon wrote Come Together, Girl, Revolution, Strawberry Fields and many other Beatles' hits. An out-of-context reprinting of Lennon's remarks on the Beatlemania phenomenon caused problems in the media. His comparison of Beatles' popularity to that of Jesus Christ was used to attack them publicly, causing cancellations of their performances and even burning of their records. Lennon had to apologize several times in press and on TV, including at a Chicago press conference. In 1967 John Lennon met Japanese artist Yoko Ono , whom he later married. George Harrison was the lead guitar player and also took sitar lessons from Ravi Shankar . Harrison had his own inner light of creativity and spirituality, he wrote Something, Taxman, I me mine, and other hits. Ringo Starr sang 'Yellow Submarine' and a few other songs.

He has made a film career and also toured with his All Stars Band and released several solo albums. His 1973 release "Ringo" was the last album to feature all four living Beatles, although not on the same song. The Beatles created over 240 songs, they recorded many singles and albums, made films and TV shows. Thousands of memorable pictures popularized their image. In their evolution from beginners to the leaders of entertainment, they learned from many world cultures, absorbed from various styles, and created their own. Their cross-style compositions covered a range of influences from English folk ballads to Indian raga; absorbing from Johann Sebastian Bach , Ludwig van Beethoven , Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , Karlheinz Stockhausen , Elvis Presley, Everly Brothers, Little Richard, and others. The songwriting and performing talents of Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, fused in the Beatles' music. Lennon and McCartney initiated changes in music publishing industry by breaking the Tin Pan Alley monopoly of songwriting. Their legacy became possible due to highly professional work by Brian Epstein and George Martin.

In 1994 three surviving members reunited and produced Lennon's previously unknown song 'Free as a Bird'. It was preserved by Yoko Ono on a tape recording made by Lennon in 1977. The song was re-arranged and re-mixed with the voices of three surviving members. The Beatles Anthology TV documentary was watched by 420 million people in 1995. The Beatles represent the collective consciousness of several generations. Millions of viewers and listeners across the universe became conditioned to the sounds and images of The Beatles. Their influence on the modern world never stopped. Numbers may only show the tip of the iceberg (record sales, shows admissions, top hits, etc.). As image-makers and role models they pushed boundaries in lifestyle and business, affecting customers behavior and consumption beyond the entertainment industry by turning all life into entertainment. A brilliant blend of music and lyrics in their songs made influence on many minds by carrying messages like: give peace a chance and people working it out. A message more powerful than political control, it broke through second and third world censorship and regulations and set many millions free.

Steve Jobs , being a big fan of Paul McCartney and The Beatles, referred to them on many occasions and also was interviewed on a showing of a Paul McCartney concert. When asked about his business model, Steve Jobs replied: My model for business is The Beatles: They were four guys that kept each other's negative tendencies in check; they balanced each other. And the total was greater than the sum of the parts. Great things in business are never done by one person, they are done by a team of people. The Beatles made impact on human history, because their influence has been liberating for generations of nowhere men living in misery beyond the Iron Curtain. Something in their songs and images appealed to everybody who wanted to become free as a bird. Their songs carrying powerful ideas of real love, peace, help, and imagination evoked creativity that outperformed the rusty Soviet propaganda and contributed to breaking chains and walls in the minds of millions. The Beatles expressed themselves in beautiful and liberating words of love, happiness, freedom, and revolution, and carried those messages to people across the universe. Their songs and images helped many freedom-loving people to come together for revolutions in Prague and Warsaw, Beijing and Bucharest, Berlin and Moscow.

The Beatles has been an inspiration for those who take the long and winding road to freedom. Even after The Beatles had gone, the individual members continued to spread their message; from the concert for Bangladesh by George Harrison and Ringo Starr in 1971, to 2003 "Back in USSR" concert by Paul McCartney on the Red Square in Moscow, and his 2004 show near the Tsar's Winter Palace in St. Petersburg where the Communist Revolution took place, just imagine. In 2005 the Entertainment magazine poll named The Beatles the most iconic entertainers of the 20th Century. In July of 2006, the guitar on which Paul McCartney played his first chords and impressed John Lennon, was sold at an auction for over $600,000. In July 2012, Paul McCartney rocked the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He delivered a live performance of The Beatles 's timeless hit "Hey Jude" and engaged the crowd of people from all over the world to join his band in a sing along finale.

The show was seen by a live audience of 80000 people at the Olympic Park Stadium in addition to an estimated TV audience of two billion people worldwide. The Beatles Albums - A Hard Day's Night - 1964 Release Date: July 10, 1964 Length: 30;45 Recorded: Abbey Road Studios and Pathé Marconi Studios Label: Parlophone A Hard Day's Night is the third UK album by The Beatles, released on 10 July 1964 as the soundtrack to their first film of the same name on Parlophone in mono) and stereo. The album, their fourth U.S. release, was released on 26 June 1964 by United Artists Records with a different tracklisting.

The American version of the album was released on 26 June 1964 by United Artists Records in mono and stereo and contained the seven songs from the film: "A Hard Day's Night," "Tell Me Why," "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You," "I Should Have Known Better," "If I Fell," "And I Love Her," and "Can't Buy Me Love." It also features "I'll Cry Instead", which, although written for the film, was cut from it at the last minute. The American version also included four easy listening-styled instrumental versions of Lennon and McCartney songs by George Martin: "I Should Have Known Better", "And I Love Her", "Ringo's Theme (This Boy)", and "A Hard Day's Night", each of which later appeared on George Martin's own instrumental albums released by Capitol, United Artists and Parlophone. The album went to number one on the Billboard album chart, spending 14 weeks there, the longest run of any album that year. Other Albums

Question: What was the title of The Beatles' first film released in 1964?
Answer: A Hard Day's Night