September 7 in The Beatles History

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on September 7. **

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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 ****rn Club at lunchtime. That night
they play at Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool.

1962
The Beatles perform at Newton Dancing School, Village Hall,
Thingwall Rd., Irby, Heswall, Wirral, Cheshire.

1963
The Beatles, traveling to Croydon, stop at the Playhouse Theatre in
London to record an appearance on the BBC radio program "Saturday
Club", a special e***ion marking the show's 5th anniversary. The
Beatles record the songs "I Saw Her Standing There", "Memphis",
"Happy Birthday Saturday Club" (arrangement cre***ed to John
Lennon), "I'll Get You", "She Loves You", and "Lucille". Broadcast
on October 5. The last three songs are included in the portion of
the program that is broadcast overseas. Following the "Saturday
Club" recording session, Paul McCartney tapes a solo interview for
"A World of Sound", broadcast on November 21. This day's recording
of "Lucille" is included on the 1994 Beatles double-CD "Live at the
BBC" (Disc one, Track 31).

1963
The Beatles perform at Fairfield Hall in Croydon.

1964
US release of various artists LP "The Big Hits From England and the
USA" (Capitol). Includes songs by The Beatles: "Can't Buy Me Love"
and "You Can't Do That".

1964
The Beatles, again swerving into Canada during their American tour,
perform two shows at Maple Leaf Gardens, Ontario, Canada.
Attendance for both shows is 35,522.

1967
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). Recording vocal overdubs for "Blue Jay Way". The session
begins at 7:00 pm and ends at 3:15 am.

1969
The US cartoon series, "The Beatles", is cancelled after four
years.

[G] 1976
A court rules that George Harrison plagiarized the chorus from
"He's So Fine" when writing his big hit "My Sweet Lord". The
following November 8, damages in the amount of $587,000 will be
awarded to Bright Tunes, publishers of "He's So Fine". The damages
will be paid on February 26, 1981, to ABKCO, Allen Klein's company,
which had bought ownership of the copyright to "He's So Fine" in
1980.

[G] 1976
George Harrison is found guilty of "subconscious plagiarism" of the
song "He's So Fine" in the composition of his song "My Sweet Lord".
Harrison is ordered to pay $587,000 in royalties as compensation.

[P] 1976
Having purchased the rights to Buddy Holly's song catalog, Paul
McCartney stages the first "Buddy Holly Week" celebration,
beginning on the anniversary of Holly's birth. This will become an
annual event.



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