Monday, May 13, 1968
Paul and John give interviews to the US business press
Last updated on October 12, 2024
Monday, May 13, 1968
Last updated on October 12, 2024
Location: The St. Regis Hotel, New York, USA
Article May 11, 1968 • Paul McCartney and John Lennon fly to New York to promote Apple
Article May 12, 1968 • Paul and John meet Ron Kass in New York
Article May 13, 1968 • Paul and John give interviews to the US business press
Interview May 13, 1968 • Interview with Larry Kane
Article May 14, 1968 • The Beatles promote Apple Corps in New York
May 11, 1968 • Paul McCartney and John Lennon fly to New York to promote Apple
May 12, 1968 • Paul and John meet Ron Kass in New York
May 13, 1968 • Paul and John give interviews to the US business press
May 13, 1968 • Interview with Larry Kane
May 14, 1968 • The Beatles promote Apple Corps in New York
May 14, 1968 • Press conference announcing Apple
May 14, 1968 • The Beatles interview for NBC
May 14, 1968 • The Beatles interview for WNDT
May 15, 1968 • Paul and John fly from New York to London
The Beatles hire Alexis “Magic Alex” Mardas
Aug 24, 1967
Apple Corps open offices in London
Jan 22, 1968
Designing the Apple Records logo
February - July 1968
Mar 29, 1968
Paul McCartney meets American scriptwriter Francie Schwartz
April or May 1968
Apple publishes an ad to find new talent
Apr 19, 1968
Paul and John meet Ron Kass in New York
May 12, 1968
The Beatles promote Apple Corps in New York
May 14, 1968
Paul and John fly from New York to London
May 15, 1968
The Apple shop mural is being removed
May 15-18, 1968
May 23, 1968
Paul McCartney celebrates his 26th birthday
Jun 18, 1968
On May 11, 1968, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, joined by ‘Magic’ Alex, Neil Aspinall, Mal Evans and Derek Taylor, travelled from London to New York to promote their newly formed company, Apple Corps. On May 12, they met with Ron Kass, the newly appointed head of Apple in the US.
On this day, John and Paul conducted a series of interviews for the business press. Those interviews took place at the St Regis Hotel in New York.
They were also interviewed by Larry Kane, a Miami-based disc jockey who had been a key supporter of The Beatles since their US invasion in 1964. His interview was filmed in colour, and the footage remained unreleased till its inclusion in Kane’s book “Lennon Revealed” in 2007.
The following day, they hosted a press conference and appeared in television interviews, then returned to London on May 15.
101 Hours with John Lennon & Paul McCartney
[…] Monday was the day Lennon and McCartney made their full-scale debut in New York as businessmen.
There were to be a series of interviews at the St. Regis. No high-circulation teeny papers. No psychedelic monthlies. No avant-garde rock publications. Just the business press. Fortune. Business Week. Time (Financial Section). Newsweek (Financial Section). But where was the Wall Street Journal? It would be interesting to know who turned whom down. […]
Later at the St. Regis, which didn’t deserve it, Nat Weiss threw a big Apple party. John and Paul, with a mammoth press conference the next day, and not one but two television interviews (they had decided to do an hour for educational television as well as the Tonight Show) excused themselves from the festivities and prepared for an early night. […]
From “101 Hours with John Lennon & Paul McCartney” by Lillian Roxon
The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years
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