Today in Beatles History: July 11

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on July 11. **

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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 night. (1495)

1963
The Beatles perform two shows at the Winter Gardens, Margate, Kent.
(1843)

1964
The Beatles appear live on the ABC Television program "Lucky Stars
(Summer Spin)". They lip-sync to their songs "A Hard Day's Night",
"Long Tall Sally", "Things We Said Today", and "You Can't Do That".
To avoid the crowd of fans waiting for them, The Beatles get to
the Teddington Studio Centre by boat, traveling down the Thames
River to the studio's own mooring platform. (2148)

1965
In the US, the Beatles' Capitol LP "Beatles VI" is at #1 in the
charts. (2395)

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Three, EMI Studios,
London). Overdubbing electric piano and bass onto "Revolution"
(the kick-ass single version). The electric piano part is played
by Nicky Hopkins. Then three saxophones and bass are overdubbed
onto "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da". (2867)

1969
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). Recording overdubs for "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" and "You
Never Give Me Your Money", followed by mixing for "Something".
(3090)

[O] 1981
EMI's Abbey Road Studio announces the "finding" of supposedly lost
Beatles recordings: "How Do You Do It", "That Means a Lot", "If
You've Got Trouble", and "Leave My Kitten Alone". (2498)

[J] 1988
UK release of John Lennon interview CD "The Last Word" (Baktabak).
Contains 55 minutes of the 150-minute interview with John Lennon
for RKO Radio that was taped on Dec. 8, 1980, only hours before
Lennon was murdered. A shorter version of this interview had been
previously released in the US on the vinyl LP "Reflections and
Poetry". (804)



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