Today in Beatles History: June 10

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on June 10. **

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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. (1185)

1963
The Beatles perform at the Pavilion in Bath, Somerset. (1811)

1964
The Beatles, on their first world tour, fly from Hong Kong to
Australia. They make an unscheduled fuel stop in Darwin,
Australia, and 400 fans are on hand at the remote airstrip to greet
their aircraft. The Beatles fly on to Sydney, where they arrive in
the middle of a heavy downpour. The Beatles are required to appear
in an open-top truck in the pouring rain to wave at the multitude
of fans greeting them at the airport. As was the case virtually
everywhere they went, The Beatles were confined to their hotel due
to massed fans in the throes of Beatlemania. (2124)

1966
UK release of Beatles single "Paperback Writer/Rain" (Parlophone).
7 weeks on the charts; highest position #1. (533)

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Three, EMI Studios,
London). John Lennon compiles sound effects and tape loops for
"Revolution 9". Cre***ed to The Beatles, "Revolution 9" will
primarily be a creation of John and Yoko, with some assistance from
George Harrison. (2844)

[G] 1968
In the USA, George Harrison films an appearance with Ravi Shankar
for a documentary feature film about Shankar. The film is to be
called "East Meets West", but it is not released until 3 years
later, at which time it is titled "Raga". George's appearance
consists of a sequence with him and Shankar together with their
sitars as Shankar instructs Harrison on how to play a raga. (2845)

1976
UK release of Beatles compilation double LP "Rock and Roll Music"
(Parlophone). Songs: "Twist and Shout", "I Saw Her Standing
There", "You Can't Do That", "I Wanna Be Your Man", "I Call Your
Name", "Boys", "Long Tall Sally", "Rock and Roll Music", "Slow
Down", "Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey", "Money", "Bad Boy",
"Matchbox", "Roll Over Beethoven", "Dizzy Miss Lizzie", "Any Time
at All", "Drive My Car", "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby", "The
Night Before", "I'm Down", "Revolution", "Back in the USSR",
"Helter Skelter", "Taxman", "Got to Get You Into My Life", "Hey
Bulldog", "Birthday", and "Get Back". Highest chart position: #11.
[Note: the song "Dizzy Miss Lizzie" is spelled "Dizzy Miss Lizzy"
on other albums.] (643)

[O] 1985
UK release of Beach Boys album "The Beach Boys". Ringo Starr plays
drums on the track "California Calling". (3359)



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