Best Band 4 Ever

The year was 1964. The Beatles had just come to America and had performed at The Hollywood Bowl. On August 24, 1964 they were introduced to Hollywood at a private party in Beverly Hills, California.

We are the 5 children of James Brewster Conkling and Donna Olivia Driggs Conkling. Our father took Super 8 movie film that day and the reels have been sitting in storage in a garage for 47 years. We have inherited that film and have decided to share the pictures with the world of fans of the BEST BAND 4 EVER! Even though The Beatles were gaining fame and popularity, they took the time that Monday, August 24, 1964 to go to a charity event for Hemophilia Research and in fact spent the whole day there to raise money for children with that disease.

The Beatles Prints

John Lennon Print 5" x 7" - $7.95 - #051-1 8½" x 11" - $9.95 - #051-2	Paul McCartney Print 5" x 7" - $7.95 - #021-1 8½" x 11" - $9.95 - #021-2
George Harrison Print 5" x 7" - $7.95 - #049-1 8½" x 11" - $9.95 - #049-2	Ringo Starr Print 5" x 7" - $7.95 - #036-1 8½" x 11" - $9.95 - #036-2
Paul & Ringo Print 5" x 7" - $7.95 - #039-1 8½" x 11" - $9.95 - #039-2	John Lennon Print 5" x 7" - $7.95 - #120-1 8½" x 11" - $9.95 - #120-2
George Harrison Print 5" x 7" - $7.95 - #103-1 8½" x 11" - $9.95 - #103-2

James Brewster Conkling

James Brewster Conkling was a music and broadcasting executive who helped create the award now commonly called The Grammy Awards. He also started the Columbia Record Club.

He became president of Columbia Records in 1951. There he was instrumental in establishing the 12-inch LP as a medium for popular music, which had previously been sold on singles and 10-inch LP's. He kept the price under $4 per LP by convincing publishers to lower their royalties temporarily for songs on LP's. Noting the sales of classical music through record clubs, he also started the Columbia Record Club (now Columbia House), which sold pop and jazz along with classical music by mail order.

In 1957, he was instrumental in founding the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which awards the Grammys, and then became the founding chairman of the Academy. He built membership by selling discounted albums to members. "Without Jim, there would have been no academy", said the producer George Avakian, who worked with Mr. Conkling at Columbia.

In 1958, Mr. Conkling became the founder and first president of Warner Brothers Records. He stayed until 1961, when he helped found Bonneville International, a premier broadcasting company in the United States. At Warner’s he created an international record company from scratch, including signing Bob Newhart, the Everly Brothers, Connie Francis, Connie Stevens, Peter Paul and Mary and many others.