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friedrich-ebert-halle
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On June 22, 1961, the Beatles drove with Tony Sheridan of the Hurricanes to Hamburg-Harburg (a suburb of Hamburg) to record at the Freidrich-Ebert Hall. They were paid 330 Deutschmarks (around $75) to back-up Sheridan on his recording of "My Bonnie".
The single was released as 'Tony Sheridan and Beat Brothers' on October 31, 1961 on Polydor Records. It was released in the U.K. on January 5, 1962, and saw limited release in the U.S. on Decca Records.
The Beatles received a one-year contract from Polydor Records based on the strength of this record at their first session on June 22, 1961.
beatlemania hamburg
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Opened in May 2009, this is a museum conceived as a "Beatles experience".
It is located in the St. Pauli district, near the Beatles-Platz and the Große Freiheit, location of the clubs in which the Beatles played during their formative Hamburg period in the early '60s.
akustik studio
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In a small booth on the fifth floor of 57 Kirchenallee (also known as the Klockmann-House), the Fab Four recorded together for the first time.
On October 18, 1960, the Beatles manager, Alan Williams, had arranged for them to do play and sing harmonies as a backup for the Hurricane's singer Lou Walters. Since Pete Best was buying drumsticks, the Hurricane's drummer Ringo Starr sat in on the recording. This was the first time Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr recorded together.
They recorded three songs: "Fever", "September Song" and "Summertime".
view full location details...the indra club
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This was the first club that the Beatles played when they arrived in Hamburg. The club was owned by Bruno Koschmider, who also owned the Kaiserkeller and the Bambi Kino.
Koschmider had a contract with the Beatles. They were paid £2.50 each a day, seven days a week, playing from 8:30-9:30, 10 until 11, 11:30-12:30, and finishing the evening playing from one until two o'clock in the morning.
German customers found the group's name comical, as "Beatles" sounded like "Peedles", which meant a small boy's penis.
After the closure of the Indra because of complaints about the noise, The Beatles played in the Kaiserkeller, starting on October 4, 1960.
view full location details...the top ten club
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Th Top Ten Club opened in 1960 by Peter Eckhorn. The Beatles played here during their first stint in Hamburg from October-November of 1960. After three of the Beatles had been deported, they returned to Liverpool.
The band returned for a residency at the club from April to July 1961. Eckhorn secured their return by paying 158 deutsche marks to the authorities, the cost of deporting McCartney and Best the previous winter.