Episode 93- Shake It Up Baby!: The Beatles and 1963 with Ken McNab (Part 1 of 2)

Following the shows on 1962, we seamlessly move to 1963 with the welcome return of Ken McNab to talk about his new book 'Shake It Up Baby!: The Rise of Beatlemania And The Mayhem of 1963'. After Ken gives some thoughts on Peter Jackson's 'Get Back' (his previous appearances on Glass Onion were prior to its release), we cover the events of the first half of the year and the slow creep of Beatlemania.

The Beatles move from also-rans to bill-toppers while covering an incredible amount of ground criss-crossing the country on British tours. They also record and release their first album and a couple of seminal early singles, John Lennon becomes a father and John and Brian Epstein go on holiday…

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links to Ken's 1963 book and his other work

https://books.telegraph.co.uk/Product/Ken-McNab/Shake-It-Up-Baby--The-Rise-of-Beatlemania-and-the-Mayhem-of-1963/28593694

https://www.waterstones.com/author/ken-mcnab/1270697

Ken's previous appearances on Glass Onion

https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/episode-17-and-in-the-end-with-ken-mcnab-part-1-of-2

https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/episode-18-and-in-the-end-with-ken-mcnab-part-2-of-2

episode links

Beatles 1963 timeline

https://dmbeatles.com/history.php?year=1963

The Beatles at Stowe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIrVGg68X2Y

Please Please Me album remastered

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF8degF-CITi6MhbrOOuk10yLb6JZLiSY

Helen Shapiro on a programme about child stars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SObQe7eqN-U