Top Ten Club

Fascher then worked as a waiter in a restaurant in the Große Freiheit, where he persuaded Manfred Weissleder to turn the former Stern cinema into a music club, the Star-Club, becoming his manager.

[7] The Beatles, who until 31 December 1960 were under contract with Bruno Koschmider, the owner of Kaiserkeller, often visited Top Ten Club, where Tony Sheridan performed with his Jets.

It is assumed that it was Bruno Koschmider who tipped off the police because he was annoyed that the Beatles were unfaithful to him and wanted to switch to the Top Ten Club.

They were said to have set fire to a condom when they packed their personal belongings in Bruno Koschmider's Bambi cinema, where they slept, to bring them to the Top Ten Club.

[13] The Beatles appeared back at the Top Ten Club with Tony Sheridan from 1 April to 1 July 1961; together they performed there for 92 nights consecutively.