Today in Beatles History: June 20

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

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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. (1195)

1962
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club at lunchtime and then again
at night. (1475)

1964
The Beatles perform two shows at Sydney Stadium, Sydney, Australia.
(2134)

1965
The Beatles begin a 14-day European tour with two performances at
the Palais Des Sports in Paris, France. The afternoon show is
recorded for later broadcast on French radio, while the evening
show is broadcast live on radio and also taped for later television
broadcast. The Beatles get a much warmer reception in Paris than
they had received in 1964. The Beatles' song list for this tour:
"Twist and Shout", "She's a Woman", "I'm a Loser", "Can't Buy Me
Love", "Baby's In Black", "I Wanna Be Your Man", "A Hard Day's
Night", "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby", "Rock and Roll Music",
"I Feel Fine", "Ticket to Ride", and "Long Tall Sally". (2379)

1965
The Beatles are interviewed by Chris Denning of Radio Luxembourg,
for the weekly series "The Beatles". As he had done in a previous
interview for this series, Denning suggests The Beatles come up
with some song dedications. John offers a dedication to Harold
Wilson, Paul comes up with one for three critics, Ringo makes
dedications for Beatles Fan Club secretary Freda Kelly and "all of
the dockers in Liverpool". George, following Ringo's lead, offers
one for "all of the miners in S****horpe". (2380)

1966
US re-release of Beatles LP "Yesterday and Today" with a new album
cover. The album had been recalled from distributors after their
shocked reaction to the original "butcher cover". The "butcher"
covers were destroyed and replaced with a rather bland sleeve. The
Beatles are miffed: John states that the "butcher" cover is "as
relevant as Vietnam", while Paul said the photo is "very tasty
meat" and that those offended are "soft". Nonetheless, Capitol
issues an 'apology' for the 'ill-starred "attempt at pop-art
satire"'. Some of the "butcher" covers were not destroyed, but new
covers were pasted over the old. An undetermined number of Beatles
fans bought albums with the original cover underneath the
'sanitized' photo. The cost of replacing covers caused Capitol
Records to lose money on the album. (93)

1968
John Lennon commandeers Studios 1, 2, and 3 (EMI Studios, London)
to work on creating the master tape of "Revolution 9". At least
100 individual effects and voice clips are utilized, with John
sitting at the recording console. During this session, John
creates the tape loop of the voice saying "Number 9, number 9,."
(taken from an instruction tape), mixing it in and out and shifting
tracks. He also overdubs a mellotron track and, along with Yoko
and George Harrison, overdubs some spoken-word bits. (2852)

1970
The Beatles' single "The Long and Winding Road" is #1 in the US
charts for the second straight week. (3675)

[P] 1989
US re-release of Wings and/or Paul McCartney CDs: "Wild Life" (with
bonus tracks "Oh Woman, Oh Why", "Mary Had a Little Lamb", and
"Little Woman Love"); "London Town" (with bonus track "Girl's
School"); "Pipes of Peace"; "Back to the Egg" (with bonus tracks
"Daytime Nightime Suffering", "Wonderful Christmastime", and
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reggae"); and "Wings at the Speed of Sound"
(with bonus tracks "Walking in the Park with Eloise", "Bridge Over
the River Suite", and "Sally G"). (448)

[J] 1997
At the 22nd Silver Clef awards luncheon in London, John Lennon is
honored posthumously for his contribution to world peace and for
his outstanding contributions to British music. Yoko Ono accepts
the award on Lennon's behalf, saying that John believed
passionately in the healing powers of music. A statue of Lennon,
which had been specially commissioned, is auctioned at the
luncheon, and it is purchased by the Beatles museum in Liverpool.
(3706)



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