Today in Beatles History: June 17

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on June 17. **

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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. (1192)

1963
In Studio 5 of the BBC's Maida Vale Studios in London, The Beatles
record the 4th "Pop Go the Beatles" radio program. This will be
the last of the series, but it will be subsequently extended. The
Beatles perform the songs "I Saw Her Standing There", "Anna",
"Boys", "Chains", "P.S. I Love You", and "Twist and Shout". The
program is broadcast on June 25, and the featured guests are The
Bachelors. (1817)

1963
The Beatles are photographed by Dezo Hoffman during a London
recording session for a "Pop Goes the Beatles" radio program, while
dining at a restaurant, and in Delaware Road doing a little
clowning-around to celebrate Paul McCartney's 21st birthday on the
following day. (1818)

1964
The Beatles, in Australia on their first world tour, perform two
shows at Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia. The second show is
filmed for an hour-long television program, "The Beatles Sing for
Shell", which is broadcast on July 1. (Shell Petroleum was the
program sponsor). (2131)

1964
Release in Sweden of Beatles single "Ain't She Sweet/If You Love Me
Baby" (Polydor). Twelve weeks in the Swedish charts; highest
position #1. (3771)

1965
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). The song "Yesterday" is completed with the overdubbing of
an ad***ional vocal track by Paul McCartney and of the string
quartet brought in to augment the track. Needing a song for Ringo
to sing to replace the failed "If You've Got Trouble", The Beatles
select "Act Naturally" for Ringo's vocal contribution on the
"Help!" album. They record 13 instrumental track takes of "Act
Naturally", and Ringo's vocal (along with Paul's backing vocal) is
overdubbed onto the 13th take. Then The Beatles record the song
"Wait", in four takes. "Wait" will not be included on the "Help!"
album; it is included on the following LP, "Rubber Soul". (2375)

1966
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). Recording final overdubs for "Here, There and Everywhere"
and "Got to Get You Into My Life". (2542)

[P] 1966
Paul McCartney buys a farm in Kintyre, Scotland. (2705)

[J] 1986
Members of Elephant's Memory sue Yoko and the Lennon estate for
$104 million. They claim that Yoko was profiting improperly from
record and video releases of "John Lennon: Live in New York City",
which features Lennon's' One to One charity concert. The suit
alleges that Yoko faked playing keyboards at the concert (Yoko
denied this). Since Elephant's Memory backed-up John Lennon for
free, they feel entitled to some of the profits now being realized.
Yoko, through her lawyers, requests that the "scandalous" lawsuit
be thrown out of court as a "nuisance case" brought by "10th rate
backup musicians". (3364)



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