The Beatles History: Daily action

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on January 13. **
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1961
The Beatles perform at Aintree Institute, Aintree, Liverpool.
(1265)
1962
The Beatles perform at Hambleton Hall, Huyton, Liverpool. This is
The Beatles' last appearance at this location -- it wasn't the type
of venue that Brian Epstein wanted The Beatles to be seen in. (960)
1963
The Beatles travel to Alpha Television Studios, Aston, Birmingham,
Warwickshire, to tape a television appearance on the ABC Television
program "Thank Your Lucky Stars". They tape a lip-sync performance
of their new single, "Please Please Me", released two days earlier.
This is an important appearance for The Beatles, for "Thank Your
Lucky Stars" is broadcast over most of Britain and is very popular.
The show is broadcast on January 19, and The Beatles' music,
appearance, and wit are a big hit with the television audience,
earning The Beatles lots of positive publicity in the London
papers. Their big breakthrough, a #1 single, is only a few weeks
away. (1669)
1965
The Beatles put on two performances of "Another Beatles Christmas
Show" at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. (2260)
1968
The Beatles' single "Hello Goodbye" is #1 in the US charts for the
third straight week. (3669)
1969
US release of Beatles soundtrack LP "Yellow Submarine" (Apple).
Songs: "Yellow Submarine", "Only a Northern Song", "All Together
Now", "Hey Bulldog", "It's All Too Much", and "All You Need Is
Love". Side 2 consists of instrumental soundtrack music. 24 weeks
on Billboard chart; highest position #2. (109)
1969
Incredibly, The Beatles (minus George, who quit the group 3 days
earlier) return to Twickenham Film Studios and the "Get Back"
project. It must have been a miserable day. (2987)
[J] 1971
John and Yoko travel to Japan. (3249)
[J] 1972
John and Yoko appear with David Peel & the Lower East Side Band on
US television, on the program "The David Frost Show". (3265)
Hasta La Vista

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on January 14. **
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1961
The Beatles perform at Aintree Institute, Aintree, Liverpool.
(1264)
1962
The Beatles perform at the Casbah Coffee Club, West Derby,
Liverpool. (959)
1963
The Beatles perform at Civic Hall, Ellesmere Port, Wirral,
Cheshire, before a capacity crowd of 700, for a Wolverham Welfare
Association Dance. (1670)
1964
The Beatles (minus Ringo Starr, who is fog-bound in Liverpool)
depart for Paris for an 18-day engagement at the Olympia Theatre.
Arriving in Paris, John, Paul, and George are met by 60 teenagers.
Ringo, accompanied by Neil Aspinall, arrives the next day, just in
time for a dress-rehearsal performance. (2023)
1965
The Beatles put on two performances of "Another Beatles Christmas
Show" at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. (2261)
1969
The Beatles, still without George, rehearse at Twickenham Film
Studios for the ever-more-nebulous "Get Back" project. They
perform songs more or less at random. Perhaps they suspect that if
they quit playing, then it really will be the end for The Beatles.
(2988)
Hasta La Vista

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on January 15. **
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1961
The Beatles perform at the Casbah Coffee Club, West Derby,
Liverpool. (1263)
1962
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club - a lunchtime show. (958)
1964
The Beatles perform live at the Cinema Cyrano, Versailles, France,
before an audience of 2,000. The show is primarily a warm-up for a
three-week engagement at the Olympia Theatre that is scheduled to
open the next day in Paris. The Beatles are unhappy with their
performance and with the French organizers. (2024)
[O] 1964
VeeJay Records sues Capitol Records and Swan Records in New York
over US manufacturing and distribution rights to Beatles records.
In Chicago, Capitol Records is granted an injunction against
VeeJay, which restrains VeeJay from any further manufacture or
distribution of Beatles' records. VeeJay files a counter-suit
against the injunction two days later. (2037)
1965
The Beatles put on two performances of "Another Beatles Christmas
Show" at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. (2262)
1966
"We Can Work It Out" is the #1 single in the US for the second week
in a row. (64)
1969
George Harrison returns to London and has a five-hour meeting with
John, Paul, and Ringo. George makes it clear that he is fully
prepared to quit for good if certain con***ions of his aren't met.
All the talk about live performances must stop, and the sessions
must be geared towards recording an album AS AN ALBUM, not as a
sidelight to a film project. This would allow The Beatles to quit
rehearsing at the gloomy and cold Twickenham sound stage and start
recording at their own brand-new Apple Studios. The filming could
continue as long as it was for the making of a film about The
Beatles making an album. The other Beatles accepted his
con***ions; after all, they were getting nowhere with what they
were doing, and they certainly didn't want George to leave the
group. And so they now embarked upon the making of an album and a
film about the making of the album, both the record and the movie
to be called "Get Back". (2989)
[J] 1970
John Lennon exhibits 14 lithographs (some of them erotic), under
the title "Bag One", at the London Arts Gallery. The next day,
eight of the lithographs are seized by Scotland Yard as being
possibly pornographic. The lithographs are later ruled not to be
obscene, and they are returned to Lennon on April 27. (3186)
[G] 1971
UK release of George Harrison single "My Sweet Lord/What Is Life"
(Apple). 9 weeks on the charts; highest position #1. (577)
[P] 1984
While Paul and Linda McCartney are on vacation in Barbados, their
bungalow is searched by police and both Paul and Linda are charged
with possession of marijuana. The next day they both plead guilty
and are fined $200 each. (3267)
Hasta La Vista

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on January 16. **
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1963
The Beatles are at Granada TV Centre, Manchester, for a live
appearance on the Granada Television program "People and Places".
They lip-sync "performances" of "Ask Me Why" and "Please Please Me"
for the live transmission. They also record a radio appearance on
this day (see separate entry). (1671)
1963
The Beatles are at the Playhouse Theatre in Manchester to tape a
radio appearance for the BBC program "Here We Go". The Beatles
perform four songs, "Chains", "Please Please Me", "Three Cool
Cats", and "Ask Me Why", but "Three Cool Cats" is omitted from the
actual broadcast, which goes out on January 25. The Beatles also
appear live on Granada Television on this day (see separate entry).
The Beatles' hectic schedule for the day went as follows:
3:00-4:00 rehearsing at the Granada TV Centre; 4:30-5:30 rehearsing
at the Playhouse Theatre; 6:35-7:00 back at the Granada TV Centre
for their live television broadcast; 8:45-9:30 back to the
Playhouse Theatre for recording of the radio program. (1672)
1964
The Beatles perform two shows at the Olympia Theatre, Boulevard des
Capucines, Paris, France. This is the first an 18-night
engagement, spanning from Jan. 16 through February 4 (20 nights in
Paris with two nights off, Jan. 21 and Jan. 28). They perform two,
or even three, shows each night. Exactly who the headline act was
supposed to be was never particularly clear--but The Beatles did
close every show, which included French singer Sylvie Vartan, US
singer Trini Lopez, and six other acts. The Beatles' repertoire
was "From Me to You", "Roll Over Beethoven", "She Loves You", "This
Boy", "Boys", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "Twist and Shout", and
"Long Tall Sally". This first night was a disaster--The Beatles'
amplification equipment broke down three times during their
performance (George Harrison suspected sabotage). The first show,
which was attended mostly by Paris' "top society" members (all
dressed in formal evening attire), went over like a lead balloon.
The audience was unresponsive, and The Beatles didn't like them
much either. The French press had little good to say about The
Beatles in the next day's papers, but The Beatles didn't really
care, because they'd just received news that their single "I Want
to Hold Your Hand" had hit #1 in the US, vaulting to the top spot
from the #43 position it had held the previous week. It is
estimated that in mid-January, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was
selling 10,000 copies an hour in New York City alone. Now, all of
The Beatles' recordings were hitting the receptive US market at
once, including re-releases of the VeeJay and Swan releases that
had hardly dented the US charts in 1963. In less than a month The
Beatles would be in America, and their reputation was about to leap
from mere fame into legend. (2025)
1965
The Beatles put on two performances of "Another Beatles Christmas
Show" at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. This is the final night
of the revue. (2263)
[J] 1970
Detectives from Scotland Yard converge upon the London Arts
Gallery, raiding the John Lennon "Bag One" lithograph exhibit.
They confiscate eight of the lithographs, those which have been
deemed to be erotic and indecent. The City of London breathes a
collective sigh of relief as these highly dangerous materials are
safely under the control of the authorities. [Sorry, couldn't
resist the sarcasm]. (3187)
[G] 1971
George Harrison's single "My Sweet Lord" is #1 in the US charts for
the third week in a row. (3271)
[P] 1980
Paul McCartney and Wings arrive in Tokyo, Japan, for a tour. After
marijuana is found in his luggage, Paul is arrested for possession
and the tour is cancelled. Paul is kept in jail for 10 days.
Denny Laine is very upset at the turn of events. (3268)
[J] 1981
UK release of John Lennon/Yoko Ono single "Woman [John]/Beautiful
Boys [Yoko]" (Geffen). (700)
[G] 1988
George Harrison's single "Got My Mind Set On You" is #1 in the US
charts. (3270)
Hasta La Vista

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on January 17. **
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1962
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club at lunchtime and then again
at night. (957)
1963
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club at lunchtime; at night they
appear at the Majestic Ballroom, Birkenhead. At the Majestic,
every ticket had been sold in advance, leaving 500 disappointed
fans waiting outside. (1673)
1964
The Beatles perform two shows at the Olympia Theatre in Paris,
France. (2026)
1967
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). "Penny Lane" is completed with the overdubbing of a
piccolo trumpet part, played by David Mason using a B-flat piccolo
trumpet. Paul McCartney had seen/heard Mason during a BBC2
television program of the English Chamber Orchestra performing
Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major". "The Beatles
Anthology 2" includes a remix version of "Penny Lane" that
highlights features from the many different takes that make up the
original master, plus an extra piccolo trumpet bit at the end and
an extra "suitable ending" (Disc two, Track 4). (2612)
1969
UK release of Beatles LP "Yellow Submarine" (Apple). The Beatles'
tenth album. Songs: "Yellow Submarine", "Only a Northern Song",
"All Together Now", "Hey Bulldog", "It's All Too Much", "All You
Need Is Love", and one side of George Martin instrumental music
from the film. Highest chart position: #3. (554)
[J] 1981
John Lennon's single "(Just Like) Starting Over" is #1 in the US
charts for the fourth straight week (its final week at #1). (3269)
[R] 1988
US re-release of Ringo Starr album "Blast From Your Past" on CD
(Capitol). (418)
[P] 1988
US re-release of Paul McCartney albums on CD: "McCartney", "Tug of
War", "Wings Over America" (double CD), and "Ram" (all Capitol).
(419)
Hasta La Vista

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on January 18. **
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1961
The Beatles perform at Aintree Institute, Aintree, Liverpool, for a
fee of 8.5 pounds. (1262)
1963
The Beatles perform at the Floral Hall Ballroom, Morecambe. (1674)
1964
The Beatles perform two shows at the Olympia Theatre in Paris,
France. (2027)
[P] 1967
Paul McCartney is interviewed by Granada TV, the interview to be
included in a half-hour program on the "counter-culture", to be
called "Scene Special: It's So Far Out It's Straight Down".
Broadcast on March 7. Viewers saw the well-dressed McCartney,
sporting a moustache, politely describing the aims of the
'underground' movement. Also on the program was a film clip of
Pink Floyd performing "Interstellar Overdrive" at the UFO Club, and
a poetry gathering at the Royal Albert Hall featuring Allen
Ginsberg, Adrian Mitchell, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. (2613)
[G] 1968
George Harrison returns to England from India. (2799)
[J] 1969
John Lennon, in an interview for "Disc and Music Echo", tells
reporter Ray Coleman that Apple could be broke in six months if it
keeps losing money at its present rate. Lennon also admits that
much of Apple's problem comes from having too few people with
business experience. George Harrison, furious with John for making
the remarks, argues with John so fiercely that the two nearly come
to blows. Meanwhile, Allen Klein reads John's comments and decides
that it's time to renew his bid to become The Beatles' manager.
(2990)
[J] 1988
Westwood One radio network begins broadcasting the four-year series
"The Lost Lennon Tapes", using material provided by Yoko Ono.
(3638)
Hasta La Vista

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on January 19. **
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1961
The Beatles perform at Alexandra Hall, Crosby, Liverpool. (1261)
1962
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club at lunchtime. That night
they play at the Tower Ballroom in New Brighton, Wallasey. (956)
1963
The Beatles perform at Town Hall Ballroom, Dodington, Whitchurch,
Shropshire. (1675)
1964
The Beatles perform three shows at the Olympia Theatre in Paris,
France. A portion of one of the shows is broadcast by French radio
station Europe 1, for its program "Musicorama", and includes
Beatles songs "From Me to You", "This Boy", "I Want to Hold Your
Hand", "She Loves You", and "Twist and Shout". (2028)
1967
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). The Beatles begin recording "A Day in the Life". They
record four takes, but there is a missing middle section that they
aren't sure what to do with, so they mark out the place and timing
where the missing segment will go by having Mal Evans count out the
bars, one through 24, his voice heavily echoed and backed by a
tinkling piano, and with an alarm clock ringing to flag the end of
the 'missing' section. (2614)
[J] 1968
UK release of Grapefruit's "Dear Delilah", which was produced by
John Lennon and Paul McCartney. (2800)
1969
Pete Best wins a defamation lawsuit that he had filed against The
Beatles following remarks Ringo had made in a 1965 interview with
"Playboy" magazine. (2991)
[J] 1970
"Bag One" lithograph sales skyrocket following the police raid in
which a number of John's lithographs were confiscated by Scotland
Yard for being potentially pornographic. Three hundred sets of the
lithographs were available for sale, at a cost of 550 pounds per
set. (3188)
1973
The ex-Beatles turn down promoter Bill Sargent's offer of $130
million for The Beatles to reunite for one concert. (3272)
[J] 1984
US release of John Lennon/Yoko Ono LP and CD "Milk and Honey"
(Polydor/PolyGram). Songs: "I'm Stepping Out", "I Don't Wanna
Face It", "Nobody Told Me", "Borrowed Time", "(Forgive Me) My
Little Flower Princess", "Grow Old With Me" [all Lennon], and the
following Yoko songs: "Sleepless Night", "Don't Be Scared",
"O'Sanity", "Your Hands", "Let Me Count the Ways", and "You're the
One". All songs were recorded during the "Double Fantasy"
sessions. (378)
[O] 1986
An intruder lowers himself from the roof of the Dakota building and
enters Yoko Ono's apartment through an open window. He leaves
several notes, a photograph, and a letter to Yoko, who was sleeping
at the time. The jerk is later arrested by New York City Police.
(3622)
[J] 1994
Paul McCartney makes the induction speech for John Lennon's
entrance into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a solo artist
(having been previously inducted as a member of The Beatles). Only
Clyde McPhatter (of the Drifters) had been previously inducted for
both solo and group careers. Yoko accepts on behalf of John.
Later, Paul and Yoko hold a press conference, announcing that the
surviving Beatles will record a song using a demo tape of John's
for a planned project to be called "Anthology". (3273)
2000
The British Department of the Environment, Transport, and the
Regions rejects a request from the Liverpool City Council that the
city be permitted to erect road signs promoting Liverpool as the
home of The Beatles. The reason given for the disapproval is that
such signs would be a hazard for motorists. Liverpool had planned
to put up brown and white signs reading "Liverpool - Birthplace of
The Beatles" on the M6 motorway. But the department ruled that the
signs were to include information about other tourist attractions
in the city and that "drivers have just four seconds to assimilate
information [from signs]. There is a limit on the number of words
allowed. It comes down to safety grounds -- it was too
distracting." One Liverpool councillor wondered why such signs are
allowed for Stratford-upon-Avon, home of William Shakespeare. The
Liverpool City Council plans to protest the decision to the Culture
Minister. (3892)
Hasta La Vista

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on January 20. **
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1961
The Beatles perform at Lathom Hall, Seaforth, Liverpool. (1260)
1962
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club - a night show. (955)
1963
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club at night. (1676)
1964
US release of Beatles LP "Meet the Beatles" (Capitol). Songs: "I
Want to Hold Your Hand", "I Saw Her Standing There", "This Boy",
"It Won't Be Long", "All I've Got to Do", "All My Loving", "Don't
Bother Me", "Little Child", "Till There Was You", "Hold Me Tight",
"I Wanna Be Your Man", and "Not a Second Time". 69 weeks on
Billboard chart; highest position #1. (7)
1964
The Beatles perform two shows at the Olympia Theatre in Paris,
France. A short interview with The Beatles is broadcast on radio
station Europe I at midday. (2029)
1967
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). Overdubbing begins for "A Day in the Life". John Lennon
and Paul McCartney record vocals, Paul adds a bass line, and Ringo
adds drums. The alarm clock that was recorded to mark the end of
the 'missing section' is a perfect lead-in for the first line of
Paul's song fragment that had been spliced into the song ("Woke up,
fell out of bed"), so the ringing clock is kept on the track.
Paul's vocal, intended as a rough guide for a later (Feb. 3) final
recording, ends on an expletive when Paul makes a mistake. (2615)
1969
The Beatles are scheduled to begin recording sessions for the "Get
Back" album at their new Apple Studios on this day. They had
entrusted the construction of the studio to their resident
electronics wizard, Alex Mardas, better known as "Magic Alex".
Alex had promised that The Beatles wouldn't have to work with puny
8-track recording equipment--he would provide 72-track equipment.
And they would no longer have to hide Ringo away behind sound
baffles to isolate his drums, for Alex was going to install an
invisible sonic force-field that would do a much better job.
Problem was, "Magic Alex" was a flake. The mixing console was
constructed from odd bits of wood and an old oscilloscope, "and
[it] looked not unlike the control panel of a B-52 bomber"
(Lewisohn). The Beatles tried a sample recording and the results
were dismal; the tape was useless. The Beatles had to bring in
rented equipment, and they lost two days getting the studio in
shape for proper recording. (2992)
[J] 1970
John and Yoko have most of their hair cut off while in Denmark (in
the barn of Anthony Cox's north-Jutland retreat). Their hair will
be auctioned off to benefit black activist Michael X's (Abdul
Malik) "Black House" in London. At a Black House rally on Feb. 4,
Michael X will give John and Yoko a pair of Muhammad Ali's boxing
trunks in return. Michael X will be hanged for murder in Trinidad
on December 29, 1975. (3189)
[J] 1971
John meets Yoko's parents for the first time. (3250)
[J] 1977
John and Yoko attend US President Jimmy Carter's inauguration
celebration. (3274)
1988
The Beatles are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and Yoko, Sean, and Julian Lennon
attend. Paul McCartney does not attend, sending instead a letter
stating that continuing business differences with the other
ex-Beatles was the reason for his absence. Beach Boy Mike Love
later makes remarks that are highly critical of McCartney.
Inductees into the Hall of Fame this night, besides The Beatles,
are the Beach Boys, Drifters, Leadbelly, Bob Dylan, Les Paul, Woody
Guthrie, the Supremes, and Berry Gordy, Jr. (3275)
[O] 1999
UK release of Remo Four CD-single "In the First Place" (Pilar).
The song, recorded in 1967, features a vocal by George Harrison.
Harrison produced the song, which was composed by Colin Manley and
Tony Ashton (members of the Remo Four). The song was recorded
during sessions for the soundtrack for the motion picture
"Wonderwall" (composed and produced by Harrison), although it was
not included in the film's soundtrack at that time. It was
rediscovered by the film's director Joe Massot 30 years later as he
was remastering the film's soundtrack in conjunction with
re-e***ing the film. Massot received Harrison's permission to add
"In the First Place" to the film. The 1999 single (released on
Massot's Pilar label) includes the 1967 Abbey Road mix and a new
movie mix. Not released in the US. [Thanks to Jon Gass for much
of this info.] (3876)
Hasta La Vista

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on January 21. **
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1961
The Beatles perform at Lathom Hall, Seaforth, Liverpool, and at
Aintree Institute, Aintree, Liverpool. (1259)
1962
The Beatles perform at the Casbah Coffee Club, West Derby,
Liverpool. (954)
1963
The Beatles go to EMI House, London, for their third radio
appearance on the Radio Luxembourg program "The Friday
Spectacular". As before, they chat with the host and their songs
are played for a live audience. The show is taped for broadcast on
January 25; the featured songs are from The Beatles' second single,
"Please Please Me" and "Ask Me Why". (1677)
[G] 1966
George Harrison and Patricia (Pattie) Boyd are married at Esher
Register Office, Surrey. (2457)
[J] 1971
"Rolling Stone" magazine publishes part one of a lengthy interview
with John Lennon, the article titled "The Working Class Hero". A
photo of Lennon appears on the cover. The second part of the
interview will be published in the following issue, under the title
"Life With the Lions". Later in the year, the two installments of
the interview will be combined and published in book form under the
title "Lennon Remembers" (Straight Arrow Press). "Rolling Stone"
e***or Jann Wenner will publish the book without Lennon's
permission and without providing for Lennon to receive any of the
income from the book, both of which will anger John. (3234)
[J] 1971
John and Yoko return to England from Japan. (3251)
[O] 1972
UK release of Gary Wright's LP "Footprint". George Harrison plays
guitar on the album, using the name "George O'Hara". (3276)
[P] 1980
Wings, except for Paul (who is still in jail), leave Japan and
return to England. (3569)
Hasta La Vista

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on January 22. **
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1962
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club at lunchtime. Their usual
two-hour show is cut to one hour as an experiment, with an
admission price of one shilling (5 pence). That night The Beatles
perform at the Kingsway Club, Southport, Lancashire. The Kingsway
booking showed that Brian Epstein was intent on getting The Beatles
into respectable clubs (places with a real stage, curtains, and
dressing-rooms) instead of the seedy, violent "jive halls" they'd
played in before. He also wasn't above exaggerating The Beatles'
accomplishments, making much ado of their recording career (which
at this point consisted of their single with Tony Sheridan, "My
Bonnie"). (953)
1963
On this day The Beatles are especially busy, recording two radio
programs and appearing live on a third. First The Beatles go to BBC
Paris Studio, London, for the live radio broadcast (see separate
entry). Following that, they move to the Playhouse Theatre,
London, to tape a radio appearance on the top pop radio program
"Saturday Club". The Beatles record five songs for the broadcast,
"Some Other Guy", "Love Me Do", "Please Please Me", "Keep Your
Hands Off My Baby", and "Beautiful Dreamer". The program is
broadcast on January 26. The second half-hour of the show is
broadcast overseas to Australia, Africa, the Middle East, the Far
East, the Me***erranean, and southeast Asia, that portion of the
program including the songs "Some Other Guy" and "Love Me Do".
After taping that show, The Beatles go back to the BBC Paris Studio
to record an appearance on the radio program "The Talent Spot".
They perform "Please Please Me", "Ask Me Why", and "Some Other Guy"
before a live audience for the taping. The show is broadcast on
January 29. A song recorded for "Saturday Club" is included on the
1994 Beatles double-CD "Live at the BBC"--"Keep Your Hands Off My
Baby" (Disc one, Track 6). (1678)
1963
The Beatles, at BBC Paris Studio in London, appear live on the BBC
radio program "Pop Inn". The Beatles chat live with the show's
host, and their new single "Please Please Me" is played. One of
the other guests appearing on the program is Jon Pertwee, who will
go on to play the third incarnation of 'The Doctor' in the popular
sci-fi series "Doctor Who". After the live broadcast, The Beatles
spend the rest of the day taping two ad***ional radio appearances
(see separate entry). (1679)
1964
The Beatles perform two shows at the Olympia Theatre in Paris,
France. (2030)
1968
The Beatles open offices at 95 Wigmore St., London, to house Apple
and its subsidiaries. It will soon become a haven for crackpots
such as "Magic Alex". (2801)
1969
The Beatles in the recording studio (Apple Studios, London).
Moving from Twickenham Film Studios to Apple studios, the Beatles
begin recording the "Get Back" LP. Billy Preston is pulled into the
studio when George Harrison sees him in the reception area at 3
Savile Row (John, Paul, and George knew Preston from 1962, when he
was a member of Little Richard's backing group). The Beatles are
determined to leave the studio effects and overdubs behind and
record an album "live", flaws and all. Their intent becomes muddied
when The Beatles find themselves doing take after take of "live"
tracks in order to obtain one without flaws. The whole thing is
pretty disorganized, and George Martin's role in the project is
unclear. Glyn Johns is engineer and uncre***ed producer. However,
twice Johns will compile a "Get Back" LP master for The Beatles,
and twice they will reject it. The tapes will eventually be given
to Phil Spector to make an album out of. The Beatles work on songs
rather randomly. On this day they run through "All I Want Is You"
(later named "I Dig a Pony"), "I've Got a Feeling", "Don't Let Me
Down", an instrumental named "Rocker", "Bathroom Window" (later
named "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window), and covers of
other artists' songs. Billy Preston first appears playing electric
piano as The Beatles work out the chord structure for "Bathroom
Window" (which will end up on "Abbey Road"). Recordings from this
day of "I've Got a Feeling", "She Came In Through the Bathroom
Window", and "Dig a Pony" were released on "The Beatles Anthology
3" (Disc two, Tracks 1-3). (2993)
[J] 1970
John Lennon's 'Bag One' lithographs go on exhibit at the London
Gallery in Detroit, Michigan, USA. American tastes apparently
differ from English ones, for all 14 lithographs in the series are
displayed, including the ones confiscated by Scotland Yard for
being obscene; no controversy or accusations of immorality will be
made. (3190)
[J] 1971
John Lennon records "Power to the People". (3252)
[J] 1973
Northern Songs Ltd. And Maclen (Music) Ltd. accuse John Lennon with
improperly placing copyrights to his recent songs with Ono Music
Ltd. (3277)
[P] 1977
The Wings LP "Wings Over America" is #1 in the US charts. (3278)
1982
UK release of Beatles LP "Rare Beatles" (Phoenix). Another reissue
of tracks from the Star-Club tape of Dec. 31, 1962. (715)
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