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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