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Friday, March 31, 1972

The Beatles’ Fan Club closes

Last updated on March 13, 2022

Timeline

Session Mar 27, 1972 • Recording "Mary Had A Little Lamb"

Article Mar 31, 1972 • McCartney Productions Ltd. publish its results

Article Mar 31, 1972 • The Beatles' Fan Club closes

Interview Apr 08, 1972 • Paul McCartney interview for New Musical Express (NME)

Article April 20 - July 22, 1972 • Ads published in Sounds Magazine to launch a Paul McCartney fan club

More from year 1972

On this day, the official Beatles’ Fan Club closed.

Freda Kelly, who had been running it for 11 years, noted:

Paul pulled out of the fan club last August and John, George and Ringo in January. So there was no point in keeping the project running as a corporate Beatles fan club with the four principals shooting off in different directions. […] Around 1965 the membership was 80,000 … the membership now is down to 11,000.

Freda Kelly – From “The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-Up 1970-2001” by Keith Badman

Going further

The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-Up 1970-2001

"An updated edition of the best-seller. The story of what happened to the band members, their families and friends after the 1970 break-up is brought right up to date. A fascinating and meticulous piece of Beatles scholarship."

We owe a lot to Keith Badman for the creation of those pages, but you really have to buy this book to get all the details - a day to day chronology of what happened to the four Beatles after the break-up and how their stories intertwined together!

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The Beatles - The Dream is Over: Off The Record 2

This edition of the book compiles more outrageous opinions and unrehearsed interviews from the former Beatles and the people who surrounded them. Keith Badman unearths a treasury of Beatles sound bites and points-of-view, taken from the post break up years. Includes insights from Yoko Ono, Linda McCartney, Barbara Bach and many more.

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