Outliers: The Story of Success · chapter 2 · id outliers-c2-05-gladwell-claims-the-beatles-pe

“Gladwell claims the Beatles performed 1,200 times in Hamburg between 1960 and 1964, accumulating thousands of hours of stage time. Contemporary records suggest approximately 270-280 performances across five trips between August 1960 and December 1962.”

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Wikipedia: The Beatles in Hamburg (with primary sources)source alive

The Beatles made five trips to Hamburg: 106 nights at the Indra/Kaiserkeller (1960), 92 nights at the Top Ten Club (1961), 48 nights at the Star-Club (April 1962), and further Star-Club engagements in late 1962.

Beatles Bible, detailed Hamburg performance recordssource alive

At the Indra Club they performed four and a half hours each weekday night and six hours on Saturdays.

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