October 27 in the Beatles History

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on October 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 Kaiserkeller Club, Grosse Freiheit,
Hamburg, West Germany.

1961
The Beatles perform at Village Hall in Knotty Ash, Liverpool.

1962
The Beatles perform at Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight, Birkenhead, as
top act for a dance promoted by the local Recreations Association.

1962
Before their live performance that night, The Beatles tape a radio
interview to be broadcast to the patients of local hospitals via
the closed-circuit radio station within each hospital. The
program, consisting of an interview, is first broadcast the next
day, on the regular show "Sunday Spin". This interview is released
in 1986 on a flexi-disc included with Mark Lewisohn's "The Beatles
Live!"

1963
Touring Sweden, The Beatles perform three shows at the Cirkus in
Goteborg, Sweden.

[R] 1969
Ringo Starr begins recording his first solo album, to be called
"Sentimental Journey". This is the first solo studio album
recorded by a Beatle.

[P] 1975
US release of Wings single "Venus and Mars - Rock Show
(medley)/Magneto and Titanium Man" (Capitol). 9 weeks on Billboard
chart; highest position #12.

[J] 1980
US release of John Lennon/Yoko Ono single "(Just Like) Starting
Over [John]/Kiss Kiss Kiss [Yoko]" (Geffen).

1980
US re-release of Disc 1 from the Beatles' 1976 compilation double
LP "Rock and Roll Music" as "Rock and Roll Music - Vol. 1"
(Capitol).

1980
US re-release of Disc 2 from the Beatles' 1976 compilation double
LP "Rock and Roll Music" as "Rock and Roll Music - Vol. 2"
(Capitol).

[R] 1981
US release of Ringo Starr LP "Stop and Smell the Roses"
(Boardwalk). Songs: "Private Property", "Wrack My Brain",
"Drumming Is My Madness", "Attention", "Stop and Take the Time to
Smell the Roses", "Dead Giveaway", "You Belong to Me", "Sure to
Fall", "Nice Way", and "Back Off Boogaloo" (version 2). Also
released same day is Ringo's single "Wrack My Brain/Drumming Is My
Madness" (Boardwalk).

[G] 1982
US release of George Harrison LP "Gone Troppo" (Dark Horse).
Songs: "Wake Up My Love", "That's the Way It Goes", "I Really Love
You", "Greece", "Gone Troppo", "Mystical One", "Unknown Delight",
"Baby Don't Run Away", "Dream Away", and "Circles".

[J] 1986
US release of posthumous John Lennon CD "Menlove Avenue"
(Capitol). Songs: "Here We Go Again", "Angel Baby" (artificially
lengthened, so it runs longer than the version found on the
unauthorized "Roots" LP), "My Baby Left Me", "To Know Her Is to
Love Her", "Rock and Roll People", and alternate versions of "Steel
and Glass", "Scared", "Old Dirt Road", "Nobody Loves You (When
You're Down and Out)", and "Bless You". None of these tracks had
been previously issued on authorized releases.

[J] 1992
US release of Frank Zappa double CD (Barking Pumpkin). Includes
remixes of live recordings featuring Zappa with John and Yoko at
the Fillmore East on June 6, 1971 (and originally issued on the
Lennon/Ono album "Some Time in New York City").

[J] 1997
UK release of John Lennon compilation LP "Lennon Legend"
(EMI/Parlophone). Songs: "Imagine", "Instant Karma", "Mother"
(single e***), "Jealous Guy", "Power to the People", "Cold Turkey",
"Love", "Mind Games", "Whatever Gets You Through the Night", "#9
Dream", "Stand By Me", "(Just Like) Starting Over", "Woman",
"Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)", "Watching the Wheels", "Nobody Told
Me", "Borrowed Time", "Working Class Hero", "Happy Xmas (War Is
Over)", and "Give Peace a Chance". Some top chart positions:
Austria - #5; Germany - #11; Switzerland - #13; Finland - #22;
Sweden - #57.



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