Monday, April 26, 2010

The Beatles in Houston and KILT

Postcards from Texas on Houston's 55 has done a feature on the Beatles only appearance in Houston, in August 1965. They talked with a couple of sisters who got to go to the show and interviewed Texas Radio Hall of Fame member Chuck Dunaway, who grew up in Houston and started his career in the Houston area and who was a disc jockey at KILT at the time, the station which sponsored the concert. Chuck reveals why Ringo Starr was so eager to come to Houston.

The show will be rebroadcast this Friday, April 30, at 1:30 pm or you can watch Part I of the feature online in this clip and Part II here.

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