Jackie DeShannon opening for The Beatles at The Hollywood Bowl on the
23 of August, 1964

Up next were The Beatles

Jackie DeShannon’s biggest break came in February 1964 when she was an
opening act for The Beatles on their first US tour. She formed a band with slide
guitarist Ry Cooder, who briefly attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon.

DeShannon currently is an entertainment broadcast correspondent reporting
historical anecdotes and current Beatles band members’ news for Breakfast
with the Beatles on Sirius XM Satellite Radio on the weekends.

Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder will be 67 on March 15

Jackie is 72 (Aug. 21, 1941)

Contrary to the title, Breakin’ It Up On the Beatles Tour, the Liberty
Records LP was not recorded during a Beatles tour.

A bow from The Beatles

A benefit concert called “One to One” was held at Madison Square
Garden in New York City to help raise money for Willowbrook, a home
for the mentally challenged at Staten Island. John Lennon headlined
the concert and was backed by a Greenwich Village band called The
Elephant’s Memory. It was the first full concert for Lennon in the U.S.
since the Beatles played Candlestick Park, San Francisco in 1966. As
fate would have it, it would be the only full concerts of his solo career.

Lennon himself bought $59,000 worth of tickets & gave them away to
fans. Overall, $1.5 million dollars was raised to help improve living
conditions at the facility.

 
Camille Bohannon

2010

Bernstein released his first album as a singer. Sid Bernstein Presents
is a collection of some of his favorite songs, and was released on
February 14, 2012 as a digital download.