A&E Dispatch | Rooftop Concert Redux: Free Beatles tribute at Pike Place on Friday

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Beatles' last performance, the band's former U.S. manager, Ken Mansfield, is teaming up with Seattle Beatles cover band Crème Tangerine for a free performance at Pike Place Market Friday. Mansfield was standing with Yoko Ono for the Beatle's final show, just steps away from the band. It was an impromptu performance to a London lunch crowd atop the rooftop of their record company, Apple. That show, in 1969 — later to be known as "the rooftop concert" — turned out to be the hallowed band's last public performance.

Grammy Award-winning producer Mansfield went on to serve as a senior vice president of Capitol Records and write several books, including "The Beatles, the Bible and Bodega Bay" and "The White Book." Besides the Beatles, he worked with Willie Nelson, the Beach Boys, Judy Garland, Merle Haggard, David Cassidy and Dolly Parton.

Crème Tangerine focuses on The Beatles' sound rather than their look. The five-piece band released their debut album, "Crème Tangerine," in 2007; their latest, "The Abbey Road Project" is due later this year.

The free 40th-anniversary tribute concert starts at noon, Friday Jan. 30, on the rooftop balcony of the Copacabana Cafe in Pike Place Market (1520 ½ Pike Place, Seattle). After the show, Mansfield will discuss his work with the famous band and answer audience questions.

For more on Mansfield, go to — www.fabwhitebook.com/html/meet_ken.html. And for more Crème Tangerine, head here — www.cremetangerine.com.

Marian Liu: 206-464-3825 or mliu@seattletimes.com