Things you might not know. 2 Jan. 1. 1955: Johnny Aces funeral is held in Memphis, TN, attracting an unprecedented 5,000 mourners. Junior Parker and Roscoe Gordon, fellow blues/R&B stars, are among his pallbearers. 2. 1962: An upcoming appearance by the Weavers on NBC-TVs influential Tonight Show , with host Jack Parr, is canceled after the left-leaning folkies refuse to sign a statement denying any involvement with the US Communist Party. 3. 1975: US District Court judge Richard Owen allows John Lennon and his counsel access to his FBI files in his ongoing deportation case, on Lennons suspicion that the deportation attempt is politically motivated. 4. 1969: The Beatles gather in Twickenham Studios in London to begin rehearsals for their new project, tentatively titled Get Back and eventually released as the LP and film Let It Be . Conceived by Paul McCartney as a bare-bones, return to roots worldwide satellite concert that would bring the band back to the camaraderie of their earliest days, it proves instead to be a disaster -- the Twickenham studios are cold, the new material is mostly subpar, the band seems half-hearted, and all four members begin sniping with each other over unresolved issues left over from The White Album. The film and LP would eventually be released after the band breaks up, and the Beatles would go on to record one more proper studio farewell LP, Abbey Road , but for all intents and purposes the Beatles were over.
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