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mindgames

Apr 29, 2001, 04:21 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by beatlemethisbeatlemethat:

Originally written by Mr. George Harrison:
I hope to meet you two when we next come to Nottingham, so come along, please, and don't forget to bring the Sherrif.
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http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/laugh2.gif Very funny!

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bearkat77

Apr 29, 2001, 05:37 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by beatlemethisbeatlemethat:
The day after he posted the letter, From Me To You entered the charts and later became The Beatles' first No 1 record.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

If I'm not mistaken, wasn't "Please Please Me" their first #1.

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beatlemethisbeatlemethat

Apr 30, 2001, 12:34 AM

A letter written by guitarist George Harrison to a Beatles fan in 1963, has been sold at an auction for £3,290.

The hand written letter was sent to 15-year-old Gwen Speechley after she wrote to Harrison following a gig.

The note, which had a reserve price of £1,200 was bought by a private collector at the Christie's auction.

Harrison, then 20 and writing from his home in Liverpool, drew the logo of a "B" with an antennae on the envelope.

He told the fan: "I hope you don't forget to buy From Me To You and try to get it to No 1. I hope to meet you two when we next come to Nottingham, so come along, please, and don't forget to bring the Sherrif. [sic] Lots of love from George Harrison XXXXX."

The day after he posted the letter, From Me To You entered the charts and later became The Beatles' first No 1 record.

The fan, who is now a mother-of-two living in Norfolk, sold the letter for a few hundred pounds in the 1970s when her boiler burst and she needed the cash, states the Nottingham Evening Post.

mindgames

Apr 30, 2001, 02:35 PM

There goes http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/cat.gif again, correcting the news services! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/rolleyes.gif

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SleepyHead

Apr 30, 2001, 03:36 PM

Well, there goes the news services again, failing to do their research properly...

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Jerry

Apr 30, 2001, 05:52 PM

I seem to remember that there were a few different charts in England at the time. But if the song hit #1 on any of them, you would just say it was a #1 record. Maybe "From Me To You" was their first song to hit #1 on all of the charts?

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SleepyHead

May 01, 2001, 07:03 AM

Could be... didn't think of it that way...

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mindgames

May 01, 2001, 04:33 PM

Yeah, Jerry's right. "Please Please Me" was number 1 on 3 of the 4 national charts, but "From Me to You" was a unanimous 1. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thumbsup.gif

Pretty soon Nowhere Man will be along to tell us exactly the dates and what other songs were on the charts at the time.
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SleepyHead

May 02, 2001, 03:26 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by mindgames:
Pretty soon Nowhere Man will be along to tell us exactly the dates and what other songs were on the charts at the time.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Actually, since this topic is already over 24 hours old, I'm surprised he hasn't already!! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/laugh3.gif

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mindgames

May 02, 2001, 04:42 PM

http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/shocked.gif Uh oh, Nowhere Man has done a Lennon-McCartney on us and split with his new girl!

Oh, the humanity!

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This week, the Beatles' greatest hits album, "1", is at number thirty-three on the USA album charts.

jami

May 02, 2001, 04:49 PM

Naaaah, he'll be here soon. He's working very hard on some assignment. Any day now......

mindgames

May 02, 2001, 04:56 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by jami:
Any day now......<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Jami, I didn't know you liked Ronnie Milsap!

"There's a stranger in my house..."
"I wouldn't have missed it for the world..."
"And there's no gettin' over you..."
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jami

May 02, 2001, 05:01 PM

Heehe! Yes, I do actually like that song! He's pretty good!

SleepyHead

May 03, 2001, 06:05 AM

Oh, yes, Ronnie Milsap is a big fave in my book, too! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thumbsup.gif

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beatlebangs1964

Oct 21, 2006, 11:03 PM

I read recently that Louise the Elder had letters that had been copied for sale at Fests. I've never seen anything Louise the Elder has written, but I admit that I am interested. Does anybody know anything more about this?

One source that has mentioned it is Pat Kinzer Mancuso in her stellar book, "Do You Want to Know a Secret? The Story of the Official George Harrison Fan Club."