June 5 in The Beatles History

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on June 5. **

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Beatles * [J] John * [P] Paul * [G] George * [R] Ringo * [O] Other
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[J] 1955
John Lennon's uncle, George Smith, dies suddenly. John had been
living with and was being raised by his Aunt Mimi and Uncle George,
and now his Aunt Mimi is left to take care of John on her own.
[Note: several sources report 1953 as the year in which this
occurred.] (887)

1961
The Beatles perform at the Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn, Hamburg, West
Germany. (1180)

1963
The Beatles, touring with Roy Orbison, perform at the Odeon Cinema,
Leeds, Yorkshire. (1807)

1964
The Beatles record a performance for Dutch television in Hillegom,
The Netherlands. They answer questions from fans in the studio
audience, aided by translator Berend Boudewijn. Then The Beatles
put on lip-sync performances of their songs "Twist and Shout", "All
My Loving", "Roll Over Beethoven", "Long Tall Sally", "She Loves
You", and "Can't Buy Me Love". Since The Beatles' microphones were
left open, they had the option of singing live vocals on top of the
pre-recorded tracks. In what must have been a confusing and
perhaps somewhat humorous scene, the audience of dancers slowly
began *****rround The Beatles as they performed, until The Beatles
were completely engulfed by gyrating fans. Mal Evans, Neil
Aspinall, and Derek Taylor rushed out to clear the area around The
Beatles, but they were unsuccessful. Neil directed The Beatles to
leave the stage, which they did, while their pre-recorded music was
still playing. Jimmy Nicol, however, continued on, drumming alone
on the stage, perhaps to show that he was taking his job as The
Beatles' temporary drummer very seriously indeed. The performance,
along with clips of The Beatles touring Amsterdam, is broadcast on
June 8, with the title "The Beatles in Nederland". (2121)

1966
On US television, "The Ed Sullivan Show" broadcasts color promo
films for both songs on The Beatles' latest single, "Paperback
Writer" and "Rain". (2537)

1967
The Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" reaches
#1 in the UK charts. It will hold the #1 position for 27 weeks.
(2694)

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Three, EMI Studios,
London). Recording begins on Ringo's song "Don't Pass Me By",
which he had partially written as early as 1963. Three takes of
the basic track, then overdubs are added. Although Ringo had
referred to this song as "Don't Pass Me By" during interviews back
in the Beatles' early days, its working title for this session is
"Ringo's Tune (Untitled)". It will later be called "This Is Some
Friendly" and, still later, be renamed "Don't Pass Me By". (2841)

[G] 1972
UNICEF awards its "Child Is the Father of the Man" award to George
Harrison and Ravi Shankar for their efforts to aid the starving
people of Bangla Desh. (3472)

[P] 1979
US release of Wings single "Getting Closer/Spin It On" (Columbia).
(251)

[G] 1981
UK release of George Harrison LP "Somewhere in England" (Dark
Horse). Songs: "All Those Years Ago", "That Which I Have Lost",
"Save the World", "Writing's on the Wall", "Blood From a Clone",
"Unconsciousness Rules", "Life Itself", "Baltimore Oriole",
"Teardrops", and "Hong Kong Blues". Ringo plays drums on the
album. Highest chart position is #13. (705)

[P] 1989
UK release of Paul McCartney CD, LP, and cassette "Flowers in the
Dirt" (Parlophone). Songs: "My Brave Face", "Rough Ride", "You
Want Her Too", "Distractions", "We Got Married", "Put it There",
"Figure of Eight", "This One", "Don't Be Careless Love", "That Day
is Done", "How Many People", and "Motor of Love". CD and cassette
formats have ad***ional song "Ou Est Le Soleil?" (825)

1989
UK re-release of Beatles singles on 3-inch CDs: "All You Need Is
Love/Baby You're a Rich Man" and "Hello Goodbye/I Am the Walrus"
(EMI). (826)



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