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John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr during rehearsals for The Beatles' first appearance on Ready, Steady, Go, 4th October 1963. Part 1 (part 2, part 3)

With thanks to @i-am-the-oyster for bringing this video to my attention!

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(...) Epstein flew into a rage and asked where the airline proposed to put us [in Anchorage, Alaska] while we waited for the typhoon to blow itself away. He was not completely reassured by the captain's personally delivered promise that arrangements were in hand to put up our entire party in a downtown Anchorage hotel, probably the Westwood, one of the best in the area and well-known to airline crews. (...) Seeing that Brian was still angry, he returned later to say that he had fixed for John, Paul, George and Ringo to share the hotel's bridal suite and several equally well-appointed adjoining rooms. This caused much amusement among the four boys who instantly began proposing marriage to one another.

John, Paul, George, Ringo & Me: The Real Beatles Story, Tony Barrow (2005)

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By Todd Alcott

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the revolution wasn't bad we hit the streets with all we had

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Life in Kenwood through the eyes of John Lennon and his camera. All scenes were recorded in 1967.

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“The Beatles is over but John, Paul, George and Ringo, God knows what relationship they’ll have in the future, I don’t know. You know, but they still, I still love those guys. Because they’ll always be those people that were that part of my life.”

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An extract from 2010 podcast “American Masters: LENNONYC" featuring Jack Douglas* talking about plans John and Paul had to work together on Ringo’s “Stop and Smell the Roses”, slated to be recorded in early 1981. John also hoped that George would join them, despite being upset by [George’s] biography. (source) 

“My understanding was that, I mean, John and Paul… Paul was on board with John to do this Ringo record. That was set, according to John. […] They were going to do a Ringo album, it was gonna be the next he kept talking about. ‘It’s gonna be the boys! It’s gonna be the boys! That’s what we’re doing. Get ready to do this. It’s gonna be the boys!’ It was gonna be a Ringo album. Paul and John were writing material, a lot of it that John had written already. A lot of the material that ended on ‘Milk and Honey’. Some of it was slated to be going to Ringo**.” 

*Jack Douglas is an American producer who first worked with John in 1971 on “Imagine”. He also worked on “Double Fantasy” and was working on “Milk and Honey” before Lennon was murdered in 1980. 

**Ringo allegedly didn’t feel comfortable recording John’s songs after his death. Douglas is also the one who recently made Ringo listen to John’s Bermuda Tapes and the “Grow Old With Me” demo. Ringo covered the song for his new album, “What’s My Name”, with the help of Paul (who played the bass and did some vocals). (source)

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Ringo Starr + John Lennon in the studio recording Hey Jude (30th July 1968)

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12 October 1962 The Beatles with their idol (especially Paul’s!) Little Richard at the Tower Ballroom, Brighton, Wallasey Image Source: Beatles Source

“Brian Epstein booked me to play with them and Paul would just sit down and look at me. He’d say, ‘Oh Richard, you’re my idol. Just let me touch you’ He wanted to learn my little holler, so we sat at the piano, going ‘Oooooooh!’ until he got it.” - Little Richard

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Honestly, I really enjoy diving into Ringo’s earlier interviews, because I feel like out of the four, he showcased a vulnerability and a special ability for grasping and articulating certain emotional nuances that I think truly highlight the band’s dynamic. Take for instance, this quote below from a July 1988 interview of his. It stands as one of my favourite insights into the inner workings and relationships among those four boys in the band, and how these dynamics shaped their music.

INT: I would imagine it was an adjustment personally, but did you feel lost musically?

RINGO: Well, I'd never played with a better band, you see, so I think that's the loss I felt.

INT: Where does one go from the best?

RINGO: It's not even just the best. A lot of it was telepathy. We all felt so close. We knew each other so well that we'd know when any of us would make a move up or down within the music, and we'd all make it. No one would say anything or look at each other; we'd just know. The easiest word is telepathy. The band worked so well, and we were four good friends a lot of the time. But like any four friends, we had rows and shouted and disliked each other for a moment.

Then it ended, and I started playing sessions and had a really good time, but I was just playing. You can play with any band, but that band was something special to me, and it's never been like that again. I've had great sessions, great tracks, but it's never been like that, and you can't expect that if you walk into a studio and play someone's session. You're strangers.

We had all lived together so close; we knew each other so well that it crossed over into the music. We knew exactly what the other was doing. That's even the wrong way to explain it. We just knew that the chemistry worked! The excitement! If things were just jogging along and one of us felt, “I'm going to lift it here,” it was just a feeling that went through the four of us and everyone lifted it, or everyone lowered it, or what-ever. It was just telepathy. When I do sessions now, I'm playing the best I can, and some sessions are really great. But I've never played on anyone's album all the way through, because I always felt it was boring, so I'd do three or four tracks.

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The Beatles visit Central Park in New York City on February 8, 1964.

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Paul and Ringo having dinner with their families after Stella McCartney’s fashion show, 2024

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JAY LENO: Who was the best cuddler?

RINGO: Ohhh. Georgie loved a hug.

“We’d walk down Lilly Lane which was like a lovers’ lane and kiss and cuddle.” - Iris Caldwell 

“He was just standing there. Little George, all lost. I gave him a big bag of sweets and some apples. He threw his arms around me and Stu, which was the sort of demonstrative thing they never did.’" - Astrid Kirchherr

“George giving me a bear hugggg. My first time in London and…what a welcome!!! ‘It’s Klaus!’ George Harrison called, setting his guitar aside and walking toward me to give me a firm hug.” - Klaus Voormann

“I was surprised to see how affectionate he was with Olivia, holding hands, heads touching as they talked, snuggling up next to her at every opportunity…” - Chris O’Dell

“Olivia was in the room and asked Madeleine her name. The next thing [Madeleine] knew, George was walking across the room directly to her, and as if they were old friends, put his arms around her! She was so overwhelmed and she automatically put her arms around him and hugged him back.” - A fan

“Even hugging George was a psychedelic experience, what a gem of a man. Love him forever.” - Dave Stewart

“George was the kind of guy who wasn’t going to leave until he hugged you for five minutes and told you how much he loved you.” - Tom Petty

“Just a few months after his death, I was in Bungalow 8, a New York club that Paul Shaffer dragged me to, when I noticed a skinny fellow who was the spitting image of George - only young George - coming right toward me. Before I could say anything this young man embraced me in a tender hug and then pulled back to explain himself. ‘I’m Dhani Harrison,’ he said. ‘One of the last things my father told me was that if I ever come across people who were important to him, I should give them a hug.’” - Martin Short

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it's george harrison's birthday, and i love so much these yahoo chat transcripts, he's so cute, love him!!!

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The Beatles during the filming of the BBC TV documentary The Mersey Sound in Liverpool, England | 29 August 1963

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