The fascinating history of the Beatles in Hamburg

https://www.iamexpat.de/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/fascinating-history-beatles-hamburg?fbclid=IwAR3JwAJJQ18fmF38O81mS-3A081XeqGfNovP42uldxPBd4n7HrJMap1Jywg By Matt Adomeit Updated on Aug 17, 2023 No history of the Beatles’ meteoric rise to fame would be complete without mentioning their episode in Hamburg . In the rags-to-riches story of the Beatles, their stint in the West German port city represents the obligatory montage scene in which our heroes finally put in the work, pay their dues and come out ready to take on the world. Setting sail Hamburg in the early 1960s was a grungy, even dangerous city, not exactly the first place you would think to send a bunch of teenage boys (in fact the youngest, George Harrison, was briefly deported for being underage). The parents of both John Lennon and Paul McCartney had to be convinced to let their sons go; in McCartney’s case by a personal visit from booking agent Allan Williams, who accompanied the Beatles to Hamburg, and in Lennon’s case by th...