Today in Beatles History: July 1

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on July 1. **

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Beatles * [J] John * [P] Paul * [G] George * [R] Ringo * [O] Other
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1961
The Beatles perform at the Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn, Hamburg, West
Germany. This is the final night of their 92-night stand at this
club. The Beatles travel back to Liverpool on July 2 and 3, and
take a holiday from July 4 through July 12. (1206)

1962
The Beatles perform a night show at the ****rn Club, Liverpool.
Also appearing at the ****rn is Gene Vincent. (1485)

1963
The Beatles in the recording studio: Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London. The Beatles record the songs for their next single, "She
Loves You" and "I'll Get You" (under the working title "Get You In
the End"). It takes 345 minutes to record the two songs; the
number of takes is not documented. EMI will issue "She Loves
You/I'll Get You" on the Parlophone label on August 23. It will go
on to become The Beatles' first million-selling single, reaching
that milestone on November 27 (or October 11, according to one
source). The single also had an unusual chart experience. It was
#1 for 4 weeks, dropped to #2 or #3 for the next 7 weeks, then
regained the #1 chart position for another 2 weeks. The Beatles'
recording schedule having been published in the weekly pop papers,
a large crowd had gathered outside EMI's Abbey Road Studios, and
the police had to be summoned twice. One girl managed to get
inside the studio, being intercepted just before she reached John
Lennon. (1833)

[J] 1965
John Lennon's second book, "A Spaniard In the Works", is published
in the US by Simon and Schuster. (2384)

1965
The Beatles, on a tour in Europe, fly from Nice, France, to Madrid,
Spain. (2391)

1966
The Beatles perform two shows at the Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo,
Japan. The first show is filmed, The Beatles wearing white suits.
(2551)

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). Recording of bass track and John's lead vocal for
"Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey". (2858)

[J] 1968
Opening of John Lennon's art exhibition "You Are Here" at the
Robert Fraser Gallery in London, featuring Lennon's sculpture
"Built Around", which visitors are invited to add whatever they
like onto. The show, which is dedicated to Yoko, is launched with
the release of 365 balloons. Students at Hornsey Art College sent
John a rusty bicycle with the note, "This exhibit was inadvertently
left out." Lennon placed it on exhibit immediately. (2859)

[J] 1969
After visiting John's aunt in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland, John,
his son Julian, Yoko, and her daughter Kyoko are in an auto
accident in Golspie, Scotland. No other vehicles are involved.
John requires 17 stitches to close a facial wound; Yoko receives 14
stitches. Kyoko needs 4 stitches, while Julian suffers from shock.
The accident causes John to miss the start of the "Abbey Road"
recording sessions, although some of the songs destined for that
album have already been recorded to varying degrees of completion.
John and Yoko will also be unable to appear at the press conference
accompanying the release of "Give Peace a Chance", so Ringo and
Maureen will appear in their place. (3078)

1969
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). George Martin, having agreed to resume acting as The
Beatles' producer (on con***ion that they behave themselves in the
studio), rejoins The Beatles in the studio, but only Paul arrives
this day. He records a lead vocal for "You Never Give Me Your
Money". John Lennon, having been in a serious car accident that
day in Scotland, will miss several days' worth of recording
sessions. This day formally begins the recording sessions for
"Abbey Road" (which is unnamed at this point), even though The
Beatles have several songs already near completion for the album.
(3079)

[G] 1972
The movie "Concert for Bangla Desh" opens in the UK. (2491)

1991
US re-release of Beatles' original UK singles as cassette singles.
Five of the 22 singles were issued on this date; five more released
on Aug. 5, Sept. 3, and Oct.7. The last two were released on Nov.
4. (469)


** The following events all took place sometime in July. **
** Any help in determining the exact dates would be appreciated. **

[J] 1946
Freddie Lennon, John's father, returns and takes the five-year-old
John to Blackpool for a holiday. Freddie tries to persuade his
young son to leave England with him. John is placed in the
position of having to choose between his mother and his father --
he chooses to stay with his Aunt Mimi so he can be close to his
mother, Julia. (883)

1960
For one week in early July, The Silver Beatles provide live musical
backing for a stripper named "Janice". Unable to read the sheet
music she gave them, The Silver Beatles perform old standards like
"The Third Man Theme", "Summertime", "September Song", and "Begin
the Beguine". (1429)

[J] 1971
John Lennon records demos of his song "I'm the Greatest". He will
later give the song to Ringo Starr for his album "Ringo". (3420)

[J] 1973
John Lennon begins recording songs for his "Mind Games" LP.
Recording will be completed sometime in August. (3489)

[J] 1980
John Lennon and a five-man crew sail to Bermuda on Lennon's 63-foot
yacht 'Isis'. During the trip he begins to compose music again.
(3683)

1987
US release of CD "The Beatles: The Early Tapes" (Polydor).
Contains 14 Tony Sheridan recordings. (408)

1987
UK re-release of Beatles compilation album "The Beatles Box" on
cassette (EMI). Eight cassettes, each with a 4-page booklet,
containing a total of 126 Beatles songs. The original release on
vinyl LPs, issued in 1980, had been deleted in 1982. (781)

[J] 1991
Re-release of John Lennon 4-CD box set "Lennon" (Capitol).
Technically, this is the first official US release, because the
previous release on Oct. 30, 1990, had been of sets imported from
Europe. (471)



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