Today in Beatles History: August 19

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on August 19. **

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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 Aintree Institute, Aintree, Liverpool.

1962
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club at night, their first
appearance at the ****rn with Ringo as drummer. A fight breaks out
with fans of Pete Best as The Beatles enter the club, and George
Harrison gets a black eye.

1963
The Beatles perform at the Gaumont Cinema, Bournemouth. The first
of six nights, two shows per night, at this location.

1963
Photographer Robert Freeman shoots the half-shadow Beatles photo
that will become the album cover for their second LP, "With the
Beatles" (and also the cover for the American LP "Meet the
Beatles). Freeman takes the photo at The Beatles' hotel in
Bournemouth, the Palace Court. The exact date is not known for
certain, but it is one of the six days of The Beatles' engagement
at the Gaumont Cinema in Bournemouth (August 19-24).

1964
The Beatles open their tour of the USA with a performance at the
Cow Palace in San Francisco, California, for a crowd of 17,130.
They perform the 12 songs which make up their repertoire for the
entire tour: "Twist and Shout", "You Can't Do That", "All My
Loving", "She Loves You", "Things We Said Today", "Roll Over
Beethoven", "Can't Buy Me Love", "If I Fell", "I Want to Hold Your
Hand", "Boys", "A Hard Day's Night", and "Long Tall Sally". There
will be some variation in song selection or order, but not much.
What was the difference anyway, when no one, not even The Beatles
themselves, could hear the music? The supporting acts are the Bill
Black Combo, the Exciters, the Righteous Brothers, and Jackie
DeShannon.

1965
The Beatles, touring North America, perform two shows at Sam
Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas. The Beatles earn $85,000 for the
two performances, each with an audience of 12,000. Beatlemania was
"...at possibly its most acute level yet witnessed" (Lewisohn).

1966
The Beatles, touring America for the last time, perform two shows
at Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee. An anonymous phone
caller threatens that one or all of The Beatles will be
assassinated during one of their performances. Midway through the
second show, someone in the audience throws a lighted firecracker
onto the stage, and it explodes, causing The Beatles a moment of
alarm.

1967
"All You Need Is Love" becomes the #1 single in the US (Billboard).

[R] 1967
Jason Starkey, Ringo and Maureen's second son, is born.

1969
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). A synthesizer overdub for "Here Comes the Sun" is
recorded.

[O] 1974
US release of Harry Nilsson LP "***** Cats" (RCA). John Lennon
produced the album. Ringo Starr plays drums on six tracks and
maracas on another. One of the songs on the LP is John's "Mucho
Mungo", which is joined with Nilsson's "Mt. Elga". Klaus Voorman
plays bass guitar. Some of the other musicians appearing on the
album are Keith Moon, Jesse Ed Davis, Jim Keltner, Bobby Keys, and
Sneeky Pete. On the back of the album are the following
inscriptions: "Everything is the opposite of what it is"--Dr.
Winston O'Boogie M.D. (Manic Depressive) and "But somehow it isn't
only not just the words isn't it?"--Prof. Schmilsson M.E. (Me).
The gatefold album cover includes numerous photos of John and
Ringo.

[G] 1991
UK re-release of George Harrison (with Ringo Starr and others)
album "The Concert for Bangla Desh" on double CD (Epic).



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