Today in Beatles History: August 15

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on August 15. **

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Beatles * [J] John * [P] Paul * [G] George * [R] Ringo * [O] Other
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1962
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club at lunchtime and then again
at night. The night show is Pete Best's final appearance with The
Beatles, although he is completely unaware of it at the time. The
next day he is summoned to Brian Epstein's office, where he
receives a bombshell - the other Beatles no longer want him in the
group.

1963
The Beatles perform two shows at the Odeon Cinema in Llandudno,
Caernarvonshire.

1965
The Beatles perform what may be the most famous live performance of
their career, their first concert at New York's Shea Stadium. The
audience of 55,600 fans is the largest ever to attend a pop music
concert up to that time. The Beatles are paid $160,000 for this
one performance. New York City authorities veto The Beatles'
planned arrival inside the stadium by helicopter, so a Wells Fargo
armored truck transports them into the stadium and they run out
onto the stage, located at second base. The Beatles play "Twist
and Shout", "She's a Woman", "I Feel Fine", "Dizzy Miss Lizzie",
"Ticket to Ride", "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby", "Can't Buy Me
Love", "Baby's In Black", "Act Naturally", "I Wanna Be Your Man",
"A Hard Day's Night", "Help!", and "I'm Down". In ad***ion to the
support acts that were accompanying The Beatles on their North
American tour, an ad***ional group was added for this concert--the
Young Rascals. The concert is filmed by Sullivan Productions, in
association with NEMS Enterprises and Subafilms, for a one-hour
color television special, "The Beatles at Shea Stadium", for the US
market. In fact, though, it is first broadcast (in black and
white) in the UK, by the BBC, who transmit the show on March 1,
1966, and again on August 27, 1966. The film is first shown in the
US, in color, on January 10, 1967, on the ABC-TV network. "The
Beatles at Shea Stadium" opens with the closing number from the
concert, "I'm Down". "She's a Woman" and "Everybody's Trying to Be
My Baby" aren't included in the film at all. Also, some of the
other tracks have studio overdubs added to the live audio track to
"sweeten" it up. Two of the Rolling Stones are among the audience
at Shea Stadium--Mick Jagger and Keith Richard. Later that
evening, Bob Dylan visits The Beatles at their hotel. "The Beatles
Anthology 2" includes the Shea Stadium performance of "Everybody's
Trying To Be My Baby" (Disc one, Track 13). [Note: the song "Dizzy
Miss Lizzie" is often spelled "Dizzy Miss Lizzy".]

1966
The Beatles, on their final tour of America, perform one show at DC
Stadium, Washington, D.C., in front of a crowd of 32,164. Five
members of the Ku Klux Klan, led by the Imperial Wizard of
Maryland, picket the concert.

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). Recording "Rocky Raccoon". George Harrison sits in the
control booth while Paul, John, and Ringo record 9 takes of the
basic track. Later, John overdubs harmonica and George Martin
records a piano solo. John, Paul, and George Harrison then overdub
backing vocals. Take 8 is included on "The Beatles Anthology 3"
(Disc one, Track 21).

1969
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studios One and Two, EMI
Studios, London). Recording orchestral tracks for "Golden
Slumbers/Carry That Weight", "The End", "Something", and "Here
Comes the Sun". George records a new lead guitar solo for the
mid-section of "Something".



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