Bob Eubanks
and The Beatles
by Mickey Cochran
Bob Eubanksby Mickey Cochran
Mandolin Website Map • Complete Website Map • Return to Lessons Section • Return to Homepage Source Story from "Introduction to Fingerstyle Mandolin" Bob Eubanks & The Beatles Source Story from "Introduction to Fingerstyle Mandolin" go to: http://www.beatles.ws/ for lots of great stories on The Beatles • The above story was used by permission from: FRK, at the Beatles Worldsite
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"In retrospect, it seems hard to believe, but the management of the world famous Hollywood Bowl had to be persuaded and cajoled into "taking a chance" on letting the "upstart" Beatles perform there during their first American tour in 1964. They weren't at all sure, whether the British group was really a big enough draw to fill their amphitheater!
The man who did most of the persuading and cajoling was a Los Angeles radio DJ, artists' agent and promoter by the name of Bob Eubanks, who proposed to produce and promote the concert. The Bowl people demanded a non-refundable security deposit, just in case the British Rockers failed to bring in a large enough audience to cover expenses. Bob Eubanks actually had to go out and mortgage his home to raise the money!
As it turned out, Eubanks and Capitol Records, with some help from the local media, created an event, the likes of which Los Angeles and the Hollywood Bowl had never seen before.To this day, the Bowl concert dates, all produced by Eubanks, are recalled, and replayed, as among the most important live appearances of the Beatles' careers.
Bob Eubanks, born on 8 January 1938 in Flint, Michigan, USA, began his broadcasting career as a disc jockey and, by the early 60's, had become one of the most successful DJs at Los Angeles' premier rock-and-roll station, KRLA. Besides producing the Beatles Bowl appearances for three years running, Eubanks produced live concerts for Elton John, Barry Manilow, Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones.
In 1966 the superbly telegenic Eubanks became the host of ABC Television's "The Newlywed Game", which became one of the top rated prime time game shows of all time.
By 1972 he had entered the country music business as a producer and artists manager, guiding the careers of performers such as Marty Robbins, Barbara Mandrell, Dolly Parton and Merle Haggard, for whom he produced over a hundred concert dates a year for a decade.
Eubanks continued to produce and/or host some of the most successful game programs and musical shows for the major television networks into the 1990's, but is probably best known to audiences around the world for his coverage of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade for KTLA-TV, which he has done every New Years Day since 1978!
And he will always be remembered as the man who brought the Beatles to the Hollywood Bowl." (which of course was the main reason for the Beatles' first visit)
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