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Location: The Connaught Hotel • London • UK
Timeline
Article Feb 18, 1965 • Northern Songs goes public on the London Stock Exchange
Article Feb 19, 1965 • The Beatles attend a private party given by EMI's Joe Lockwood
Session Feb 19, 1965 • Recording "You're Going to Lose That Girl"
Next article Feb 22, 1965 • The Beatles fly to the Bahamas to film "'Help!"
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On this day, after an afternoon spent recording “You’re Going to Lose That Girl,” The Beatles attended a private party, at the Connaught Hotel in London, held in their honour by Sir Joseph Lockwood, chairman of EMI.
In 1965, my family was staying at the Connaught Hotel in London. We had just gone out to dinner and when we returned to the hotel the concierge rushed over to tell us that the Beatles had just finished dinner in the dining room and were about to come out. He thrust a hotel postcard into our hands and said: ‘Quick…get their autographs.’
We patiently waited in the hallway for a few minutes and when the doors opened all 4 Beatles and their wives and manager walked out. It was just my 10-year-old sister and me (18) in the hall. It had been less than a year that the Beatles were on the Ed Sullivan TV show in the US. I was surprised how short and thin they were. TV is so deceptive. John was actually my height. We chatted for a while…they commented how interesting it was that we came all the way from America to get their autographs.
From Beatles Signatures – Obtained at The Connaught Hotel in London (1965)
