August 12 in the Beatles History

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on August 12. **

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Beatles * [J] John * [P] Paul * [G] George * [R] Ringo * [O] Other
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1960
Pete Best au***ions to become The Silver Beatles' drummer. He is
asked to travel to Hamburg with them as their new drummer. Before
leaving for Hamburg, The Silver Beatles change their name to
simply, "The Beatles".

1961
The Beatles perform at Aintree Institute, Aintree, Liverpool.

1962
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club at night.

1963
The Beatles perform two shows at the Odeon Cinema in Llandudno,
Caernarvonshire. This is the first of a six-night engagement at
this venue.

1966
The Beatles perform two shows at the International Amphitheatre in
Chicago, Illinois. This is the first stop on what will turn out to
be The Beatles' final US tour. Support acts are the Remains, Bobby
Hebb, the Cyrkle, and the Ronettes. Although they'd just released
a new album, The Beatles didn't bother rehearsing any new songs,
using the same repertoire as they'd used on their tour of West
Germany, Japan, and the Philippines.

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). George's lead vocal for "Not Guilty" is recorded. The
song is mixed into mono and is shelved until the "Anthology" series
is released. It appears on "The Beatles Anthology 3" (Disc one,
Track 18).

[J] 1971
John and Yoko donate 1,000 pounds sterling to the strike fund of
the Upper Clyde Shipbuilding Union, who are refusing to STOP work
in order to save their jobs.

[O] 1981
US release of Bob Dylan's album "Shot of Love". Ringo Starr
appears on the song "Heart of Mine", on which he plays drums and
tom-tom. [Note: one source gives the US release date as Aug. 10
and the UK release date as Aug. 21. This source also cre***s Ringo
as contributing only tom-tom to the song].

1991
UK release of Beatles cassette singles set (EMI). The 22 original
Beatles UK singles released on cassettes.

[R] 1997
US release of Ringo Starr album "Ringo Starr and His Third
All-Starr Band" (Blockbuster Exclusive). Recorded live performance
from June 27, 1995, in Tokyo, Japan. Members of the band, besides
Ringo, are John Entwistle, Billy Preston, Mark Farner, Randy
Bachman, Felix Cavaliere, Zak Starkey, and Mark Rivera. Ringo
sings the songs "Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go", "I Wanna Be
Your Man", "It Don't Come Easy", "Boys", "You're Sixteen", and
"Yellow Submarine". Other songs: "Locomotion", "Nothin' From
Nothin'", "No Sugar Tonight", "People Gotta Be Free", "Boris the
Spider", and "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet".



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