September 4 in The Beatles History

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on September 4. **

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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.

1962
The Beatles' first formal recording session at EMI's Abbey Road
studios. George Martin did not consider any of the recordings from
June 6 to be good enough for commercial release, so he called The
Beatles back into the studio to try again. They rehearse six
songs, including "Love Me Do" and "Please Please Me", and two of
the songs are picked for recording: "Love Me Do" and Mitch Murray's
song "How Do You Do It". The Beatles are unhappy with recording
Murray's song, which they had rearranged from the original demo
that George Martin had sent them. However, Martin is insistent,
and they do record the song. An unknown number of takes of "How Do
You Do It" are recorded, but over 15 takes of "Love Me Do", with
Ringo Starr drumming, are taped. Mitch Murray is notified the next
day that his song will be released by The Beatles, but he will be
told later that things have changed (when "Love Me Do" and then
"Please Please Me" are chosen over "How Do You Do It"). The song
will eventually be given to Gerry & the Pacemakers, who will use
The Beatles' arrangement in their recording of it, and they will
reach #1 on the charts with it. The Beatles' recording of "How Do
You Do It" is included on "The Beatles Anthology 1" (Disc 1, Track
23).

1963
The Beatles perform at the Gaumont Cinema in Worcester. Their fee
is 250 pounds.

1964
The Beatles, on tour in the USA, perform at Milwaukee Arena,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

1965
"Help!" becomes the #1 single in the US (Billboard).

1968
The Beatles are at Twickenham Film Studios to tape promotional
videos for "Hey Jude" and "Revolution". The vocals are recorded
live over the pre-recorded instrumental tracks to circumvent the
British Musicians Union ban on lip-sync performances. Michael
Lindsay-Hogg directs the filming (he'd directed the "Paperback
Writer" and "Rain" videos). Four color video clips are created,
two each for "Hey Jude" and "Revolution". For "Hey Jude", The
Beatles are accompanied by a 36-piece orchestra and 300 fans and
other assorted extras who join in singing the long refrain. "Hey
Jude" is broadcast on September 8 for UK television, in black and
white, on the ITV program "Frost on Sunday". It is re-shown on
"Top of the Pops", twice (Sept. 12 and 26). It is broadcast again
on December 26, for "Top of the Pops '68". "Revolution" is only
shown once in the UK, on the Sept. 19 e***ion of "Top of the Pops".
In the US, "Hey Jude" is broadcast on October 6 and "Revolution"
is broadcast on October 13 (both in color and both on "The Smothers
Brothers Comedy Hour").

[P] 1971
Paul and Linda McCartney's single "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"
reaches #1 in the US charts.

[P] 1987
UK re-release of Paul McCartney LP "McCartney II" (Fame). Note:
Keith Badman and Chip Madinger/Mark Easter give the alternate date
of October 5, 1987, for this re-release.

[G] 1989
UK release of soundtrack album on CD, LP and cassette: "Lethal
Weapon 2", which includes the George Harrison track "Cheer Down"
(Warner Brothers).

1989
UK re-release of Beatles singles on 3-inch CD: "Let It Be/You Know
My Name (Look Up the Number)" and "Something/Come Together" (EMI).

[R] 1989
Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band complete their first tour with a
performance at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles.



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