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Beatles' secretary breaks silence in new film "Good Ol' Freda"
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AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - For Freda Kelly, secretary to the Beatles and chief of the band's fan club, work sometimes involved trailing the Fab Four to the barber shop, sweeping their locks from the floor and mailing strands of hair to adoring female fans.

Kelly, one of the Beatles' longest-serving employees, worked for the band for more than a decade - longer than the British band was together - but has never shared her stories publicly until now.

She breaks her silence in a new documentary, "Good Ol' Freda," to have its world premiere on Saturday on the second day of the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. 

"It's such a classic Cinderella story: Girl picks the job of a lifetime," director Ryan White told Reuters.

The tale is sure to delight Beatles fans, but White seeks to tell a story that transcends that audience, a story about an amazing decade in an otherwise ordinary life.

The film features four Beatles songs, which required the permission of many people, including the living Beatles. It also includes never-before-seen photos of the Beatles.

A mutual friend and a family connection to the 1960s Liverpool music scene brought Kelly to the attention of White, who took the opportunity to tell Kelly's story.

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This is a nice rare picture  from 'Long, Long, Long' ago. At least rare to us at BI, we had never seen this one before.

Today is an historic day because 55 years ago, on 6 July 1957, John and Paul were first introduced by mutual friend Ivan Vaughan at St. Peter's Church Hall in Liverpool. Read an account of that meeting here: http://www.beatlesbible.com/1957/07/06/john-lennon-meets-paul-mccartney/

(Source: www.beatlesbible.com)

Some additional information as to whether this is really Stuart's voice we hear on the recording. An interview by Beatles Examiner with Stuart's sister Pauline http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/exclusive-ex-beatle-s-stu-sutcliffe-s-sister-tells-why-voice-on-song-is-his
Here's a link to a unique recording by Stuart Sutcliffe of Love Me Tender. The recording has been released by the Sutcliffe estate. Listen to it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2xO_Qvnu6_I. For additional info go to http://cmgworldwide.com/news/?p=2949

On Saturday and Sunday 27-28 May Beatles International will be at the well-known BEATLES WEEKEND,
organised by our friends at the BEATLES MUSEUM in Halle (Saale). In Germany near Leipzig.
This great annual Pentecost meeting with Beatles fans is back after 2 years of Covid regulations.
Beatles fans know this is the best Beatles Museum in the world, having 4 floors of Beatles memorabelia.
Open 6 days every week: Tuesday-Sundays 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
see website https://www.beatlesmuseum.net/

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Halle is a friendly city in the heart of what we used to call Eastern Germany
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Birthplace of the famous classic composer GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL.
And if you come to Halle during the well-known Beatles Weekend you can also enjoy the HÄNDEL FESTSPIELE,
mostly held in the same weekend (Whitsun). And of course there is the Händel House to visit.
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Get a great view over the city, when you climb the church towers in the centre and walk across the bridge. Halle Market

Check out this article by Hunter Davies in the Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2041394/Liverpool-weekend-breaks-A-Fab-tour-city-Beatles.html
Today, 3 August 2011, it is exactly 48 years ago that the Beatles played the Cavern stage for the very last time. Here's a link to an article about this memorable day on Beatlesbible.com http://www.beatlesbible.com/1963/08/03/the-beatles-final-cavern-club-show/.

David Mason, the man who performed the famous piccolo trumpet solo on the Beatles song Penny Lane, has died on 29 April. The trumpet player was awarded the prestigious Beatles gig in 1967 after Paul McCartney saw him performing Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major with the New Philharmonia on the BBC.