August 6 in The Beatles History

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on August 6. **

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Beatles * [J] John * [P] Paul * [G] George * [R] Ringo * [O] Other
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1961
The Beatles perform at the Casbah Coffee Club, West Derby,
Liverpool.

1963
The Beatles perform at the Springfield Ballroom in St. Saviour,
Jersey, Channel Islands. This is the first of five nights playing
in the Channel Islands, four of them at this venue.

1963
Release in Sweden of Beatles single "Twist and Shout/Boys" (Odeon).
Seven weeks in the Swedish charts; highest position #3.

1965
UK release of Beatles LP "Help!" (Parlophone). The Beatles' fifth
album. Songs: "Help!", "The Night Before", "You've Got to Hide
Your Love Away", "I Need You", "Another Girl", "You're Going to
Lose That Girl", "Ticket to Ride", "Act Naturally", "It's Only
Love", "You Like Me Too Much", "Tell Me What You See", "I've Just
Seen a Face", "Yesterday", and "Dizzy Miss Lizzy". Highest chart
position: #1. [Note: the song "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" is spelled "Dizzy
Miss Lizzie" on some CD copies of this album.]

[J] 1966
John and Paul record, at Paul's home on ****ndish Avenue, St.
John's Wood, London, a BBC radio program, "The Lennon and McCartney
Songbook", giving opinions of already-released versions of
Lennon-McCartney songs performed by other artists. Broadcast on
August 29.

[J] 1968
John Lennon attends a fashion show at a discotheque in Mayfair, the
Revolution. He is interviewed, along with Pattie Harrison and
fashion e***or Suzy Menkes. The interview is broadcast that night
on BBC Radio 1 and 2, on the program "Late Night Extra".

1969
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studios Three and Two, EMI
Studios, London). With all of the basic tracks for "Abbey Road"
recorded, and only overdubs left, there will be only a few more
instances where all four Beatles are in the studio together. On
this day, George Harrison records an acoustic guitar overdub for
"Here Comes the Sun", and Paul records Moog synthesizer onto
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer".

[J] 1980
John Lennon records unreleased takes of "I'm Stepping Out".



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