The Beatles | Fest For Beatle Fans

Another great Beatles show with three amazing guests and Beatle authors.

1) Piers Hemmingstein on the Beatles in Canada and the two shows the Fab Four played there.

2) Jim Bernkenstadt,  Rock and Roll Detective and former attorney of many years who consulted on a number of audio, video, and online projects for George Harrison, as well as for The Beatles’ company Apple Corps and many others in the music industry and his books on Black Market Beatles and The Beatle Who Vanished, and Mysteries in the Music, and

3) Chuck Gunderson on his Fab Four Exhibit, Ladies and Gentlemen The Beatles and his book on Some Fun Tonight 1964-1966 on the Beatles US Tour including Hollywood Bowl, Shea Stadium and Candlestick Park.

Guests for our show:

1. Piers Hemmingsen

Piers Hemmingsen, author of The Beatles in Canada: The Origins of Beatlemania, where Canadian teens fell in love with The Beatles months before teens in the U.S. did.

Here are the events, people, and stories that led to Beatlemania in Canada between 1963 and 1964. This great and much-awaited new book celebrates the release of the Beatles’ first records in North America and their very first number one charted record in Canada, She Loves You.

Websites:

• Meet Piers Hemmingsen

2. Jim Berkenstadt

Jim Berkenstadt is an author and Rock n Roll Detective, who spent a lifetime researching, writing, and consulting in pop music history. His books talk about unreleased recordings of The Beatles (Black Market Beatles).

Berkenstadt has served as a consultant to:

• The Beatles (Apple Corps Ltd.)
• George Harrison
• The Traveling Wilburys (Dark Horse)
• The band Garbage
• Producers Butch Vig, Barbara Orbison (Mrs. Roy Orbison), Maria Elena Holly (Mrs. Buddy Holly)
• And many International Record Labels.

Currently, Berkenstadt has released a new Best Seller entitled The Beatle Who Vanished, which along with his other books, has been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Permanent Library and Archives. The new Beatles book (the true story of Beatles deputy drummer Jimmie Nicol, who briefly took over for Ringo Starr before vanishing). As well as Mysteries in the Music: Case Closed.

Websites:

• https://rockandrolldetective.com/

3. Chuck Gunderson

Chuck Gunderson: Beatles author of Some Fun Tonight 1964-1966 and the Beatles US Tours. He is co-owner of the “Fab Four Exhibit, Ladies and Gentlemen…The Beatles!”, created in partnership with the Grammy Museum, now in Chicago and later in New Jersey.

Websites:

• https://www.somefuntonight.com/
• https://www.fabfourexhibits.com/