Today in Beatles History: August 20

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on August 20. **

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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 Hambleton Hall, Huyton, Liverpool.

1962
The Beatles perform at the Majestic Ballroom, Crewe.

1963
The Beatles perform at the Gaumont Cinema, Bournemouth.

1964
On a tour of America, The Beatles perform two shows at the
Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Attendance for both
concerts is 16,000. The Beatles add the song "Till There Was You"
to their song list for one of the shows.

1965
The Beatles, on tour in North America, perform two shows at White
Sox Park, Chicago, Illinois. Total attendance is 62,000 and The
Beatles earn $155,000.

1966
The Beatles, touring America for the last time, are forced to
cancel/reschedule their planned performance in Cincinnati's
open-air stadium, Crosley Field, when heavy rain (and no cover
provided) makes electrocution a virtual certainty were The Beatles
to attempt to perform.

1966
"Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby" is the #1 single in the UK charts.

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studios Three and Two, EMI
Studios, London). Two separate sessions, with John and Ringo in
Studio Three and Paul in Studio Two. George is in Greece, having
left suddenly on a four-day trip. John and Ringo complete "Yer
Blues", recording Ringo's intro ("two, three..."). Paul works on
"Mother Nature's Son", adding overdubs that include the recording
of two trumpets and two trombones. Engineer Ken Scott will later
recall that John and Ringo walked in during Paul's session and that
the sudden negative tension that immediately developed between Paul
and the others was striking. When John and Ringo left, things
returned to normal. Late in Paul's session, he records the demo
for a song named "Etcetera". This is followed by "Wild Honey Pie",
which is recorded in its entirety.

1969
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studios Three and Two, EMI
Studios, London). Completion of "I Want You (She's So Heavy)". A
preliminary master tape of "Abbey Road" is compiled. The medley is
slated for side one, and the placement of "Octopus's Garden" and
"Oh! Darling" are reversed from the final version. The album ends
with the slashed guitar chord that finishes "I Want You (She's So
Heavy)". All four Beatles attended this session. This is the last
time that all four Beatles will be together at the EMI Abbey Road
studios.



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