In early 1964, on the eve of The Beatles’ first international tour, Ringo Starr fell ill. To avoid cancelling the shows at the height of Beatlemania, they hired Jimmie Nicol as a temporary replacement. The stand-in drummer serves as a case study in what happens to a human psyche when propelled from relative obscurity to worldwide fame (and back again…) all in the span of a few months.
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Music:
- It Was a Town by Brocker Way
- Mr. Rogers Day by Jonathan Kirkscey
- School Day by Chuck Berry
- Rave On by Buddy Holly
- Last Days of Disco by Yo La Tengo
- Yea Yea by Vince Eager
- Twenty Flight Rock by Colin Hicks & His Cabin Boys
- Drum Diddley by The Spotnicks
- Buzz, Buzz, Buzz by Vince Eager
- Summertime Blues by Eddie Cochran
- I Saw Her Standing There by The Silver Beatles
- Night Train by The Shubdubs
- Practicing by Justin Hurwitz
- Dismissed by Justin Hurwitz
- Do What You Are Doing by Dexter Britain
- I Want To Hold Your Hand by The Beatles
- The Horse by Cliff Nobles & Co.
- A Hard Day’s Night by The Beatles
- Can’t Buy Me Love by The Beatles
- Love Me Do by The Beatles
- Frances & Her Friends by Francis Faye
- Long Tall Sally by The Beatles
- Humpty Dumpty by The Shubdubs
- On the Green Tape by Musette
- Last Date by The Spotnicks
- Three King Fishers by Gabor Szabo
- Getting Better by The Beatles
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