The Beatles in Canada: The Evolution 1964-1970

Piers Hemmingsen with forewords by Sandy Gardiner, John Brower & Ritchie Yorke

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The Beatles in Canada: The Evolution – 1964–1970 continues the story begun in The Beatles in Canada: The Origins of Beatlemania! and explores how the band’s rapid musical and artistic growth reshaped Canadian culture during the latter half of the 1960s.

Covering the six years following The Beatles’ first Canadian tour in 1964, this second volume chronicles their return visits for four concerts in 1965 and 1966, set against a nation of 20 million people, hundreds of thousands of them teenagers, deeply attuned to every new Beatles release. As the group evolved from pop phenomenon to cultural force, their music, films, and television appearances left a lasting imprint on Canadian youth, influencing fashion, faith, politics, and community life.

Canadian-manufactured Beatles records sold in the hundreds of thousands, underscoring the band’s extraordinary reach. Nowhere was their impact more profound than on Canada’s performing arts and emerging music scene. Inside these pages, some of the country’s most celebrated artists of the 1960s and 1970s, including Andy Kim, Anne Murray, David Clayton-Thomas, Bruce Cockburn and others, share personal stories of how The Beatles inspired their lives and shaped their creative paths.

Publication Date: 07.05.26
ISBN: 9780987829344
Extent: 640 pages
Format: Hardback

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