I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern (2011)
I Was There…When the Beatles Played The Cavern tells the story of the underground venue which has become synonymous with one of the world’s greatest bands.
47 min
I Was There…When the Beatles Played The Cavern tells the story of the underground venue which has become synonymous with one of the world’s greatest bands – The Beatles. The programme includes rare archive footage of the Cavern Club in the sixties, including film of The Beatles performing ‘Some Other Guy’ at the club. On 9 February 1961, having recently returned to Liverpool from performing in Hamburg, The Beatles played at The Cavern for the first of nearly 300 appearances at the club. By the time they played their last gig there, Beatlemania had swept Britain and the band was conquering the world.
- Release date
- February 9, 2011
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
Cast
- Pete Best as Self
- Billy Butler as Self
- Bernadette Byrne as Self
- Frankie Connor as Self
- Tony Crane as Self
- Paddy Delaney as Self
- Ken Dodd as Self
Crew
- Neil Aspinall · Archive footage
- The Beatles · Archive footage
- Elvis Costello · Archive footage
- John Piper · Director
- John Piper · Producer