August 27 in The Beatles History

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on August 27. **

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Beatles * [J] John * [P] Paul * [G] George * [R] Ringo * [O] Other
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1960
The Beatles perform at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg,
West Germany.

1961
The Beatles perform at the Casbah Coffee Club, West Derby,
Liverpool.

1963
The Beatles perform at the Odeon Cinema in Southport.

1963
The Beatles filming for a documentary being made to explore the
"Mersey Beat" boom. Their contract with the producer stipulates
that they will not appear in a rival documentary being made, to be
called "Beat City". To avoid the difficulties of filming a live
Beatles' concert, filming is done in a studio with The Beatles
performing "Twist and Shout" and "She Loves You", the group wearing
grey collarless suits. Later, they perform "Love Me Do" wearing
black collarless suits. The studio performances are intercut with
scenes of The Beatles' hysterical fans taped the previous night at
the Odeon Cinema in Southport. For the "Love Me Do" segment, the
released single version of the song is dubbed onto the film,
scrapping the "live" studio version.

1964
The Beatles, touring the USA, perform a show at Cincinnati Gardens,
Cincinnati, Ohio, in front of 14,000 fans. The Beatles fly to New
York City right after their performance, and even though they
arrived at 2:55 am, they were greeted at the airport by 2,000 fans.

1965
The Beatles, on the last day of a five-day break from their North
American tour, attend a recording session for The Byrds. Later
that afternoon, The Beatles meet Elvis Presley at his mansion in
Beverly Hills. It is an awkward meeting, one that leaves The
Beatles with the impression that Presley's personality is decidedly
"unmagnetic".

[O] 1967
Brian Epstein is found dead in his bed at home. A coroner's
inquest will later rule that his death was accidental suicide, the
result of an accumulation of the barbiturate Carbitol within his
body over a period of two to three days. The Beatles are in North
Wales with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and Paul McCartney receives a
phone call with the news that Brian has died. In interviews later
that day, The Beatles are visibly shaken, but the Maharishi had
told them that death was natural and not to be feared or mourned.

1969
Each of The Beatles sells his remaining shares in NEMS Enterprises.



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