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Post by Admin on Aug 22, 2013 8:38:46 GMT -5
Sid Bernstein, the soft-spoken impresario whose long career included bringing the Beatles to Carnegie Hall in 1964 and Shea Stadium in 1965, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 95. Mr. Bernstein had built a varied career by early 1963, when he became fascinated with the Beatles after reading British newspaper coverage of the hysteria that typically erupted at their concerts. He had by then presented a West Coast tour by Tito Puente and concerts by Miles Davis, Judy Garland, Tony Bennett, Nina Simone and Ruth Brown. www.nytimes.com/2013/08/22/arts/music/sid-bernstein-who-helped-import-the-beatles-dies-at-95.html?pagewanted=all#h[SBtHw,1]
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Post by earleg on Aug 22, 2013 21:47:36 GMT -5
What a promoter! RIP Sid.
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Post by steve on Sept 7, 2013 8:40:30 GMT -5
Well he played a large part in their history. Cracking the USA for a British act was a daunting thing and he played a role in that so thanks Sid.
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