Northern Songs Publishing was a good idea. But like business in general, things aren’t that transparent.
the marvelettes
1963 starts off with a lawsuit against Chubby Checker and his team, as Gary U.S. Bonds sued him for plagiarism.
On April 10, Stu Sutcliffe, the original bassist of The Beatles, passed away. He only played with them for a short while, and according to a lot of what I’ve read about him, he wasn’t very good, but that doesn’t mean he is not worth mentioning.
It’s the end of another year, and it’s been a bit more difficult to decide which was the best release, at least more difficult than last year. So I’ve basically chosen the ten albums and singles that I liked the best, but the order might be a bit random. But just a bit though.
At a lunchtime show on November 9th, 1961, Brian Epstein saw The Beatles for the first time at The Cavern Club in Liverpool.
Tensions has been high in Berlin since the war, and in August, 1961, East Germany decided to construct a wall; The Berlin Wall.