Jimmy and Frances Fay?
Frances Fay was a semi-out lesbian lounge singer. Jimmy is teased at a June 12 press conference about his meeting with Fay.
Beatles Press Conference: Adelaide, Australia, June 12, 1964. Video here (worth seeing for the girl who’s the Ringo look-alike).
Q: “Jimmy, do you think that Brian Epstein is going to wave his magic wand at you sometime and include you as a fifth Beatle? Or a stand-in drummer for Ringo permanently?”
JIMMY: “That I don’t know.”
Q: “What happened with Frances Faye? You went to play the drums didn’t you, Jim?”
JIMMY: “No. I went down to, you know, enjoy myself.”
Q: “How did you get up on-stage? Did she call you up?”
JIMMY: “Well, as soon as I walked through the door she was just finishing the latter part of her act. And she said ‘The Beatles are coming!’ because everyone turned ‘round. And she invited me back to the dressing room…”
JOHN: (comically) “Oh!! You didn’t tell us about THAT!!”
(laughter)
JIMMY: “…where we had a drink, you know. And then the second show I did the whole lot.”
(laughter)
Q: “She gave you something in return, didn’t she, Jim?”
BEATLES: (laugh)
JIMMY: “She hasn’t given me anything but she going to. She going to give me all her albums, and also she’s having a sweater made for me.”
JOHN: (comically) “Huh-huh-hoo!”
Q: “Jimmy, having played with all these bands— what’s it like being suddenly thrust in with The Beatles?”
JIMMY: (laughs) “It’s the ‘end,’ you know!”
Q: “Do you have any trouble getting the same beat as Ringo?”
JIMMY: “Well, I do my best.”
JOHN: (comically) “Awwww!!”
(laughter)
