Today in Beatles History: May 30

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on May 30. **

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Beatles * [J] John * [P] Paul * [G] George * [R] Ringo * [O] Other
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1960
The Silver Beetles perform at Allan Williams' Jacaranda Coffee Bar
on Slater St. in Liverpool. This is the first of approximately 12
appearances at the club, but there are no records of the number or
dates of those performances. (1411)

1961
The Beatles perform at the Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn, Hamburg, West
Germany. (1174)

1962
The Beatles perform at the Star-Club, Hamburg, West Germany. (374)

1963
The Beatles, touring with Roy Orbison, perform at the Odeon Cinema,
Manchester, Lancashire. The Beatles' performance is reviewed by
"Daily Express" correspondent Derek Taylor. Taylor will later
become Brian Epstein's personal assistant and, later still, press
officer for The Beatles and for Apple Records. (1800)

1964
"Love Me Do" becomes the #1 single in the US (Billboard). (47)

1964
The Beatles' single "Cry For a Shadow" (instrumental recorded in
1961) is #1 on the charts in Australia. (3351)

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). Recording sessions begin for the next Beatles album,
which will turn out to be "The Beatles", widely known as The White
Album. This double-LP will be the first Beatles album released
with the Apple label. Recording begins for "Revolution" (the album
version, later titled "Revolution 1"). The Beatles record 18
rhythm track takes of "Revolution", the last take running 10 mins
17 secs. The creation of "Revolution 9" is conceived during this
session, but it will not be realized until the lengthy take 18,
after many overdubs, is cut into two songs. (2838)

1969
UK release of Beatles single "The Ballad of John and Yoko/Old Brown
Shoe" (Apple). 8 weeks on the charts; highest position #1. (558)

1969
The Beatles' single "The Ballad of John and Yoko" is banned by the
Australian Broadcasting Commission on the grounds that it is
blasphemous. In the US, some stations also ban the song, while
others e*** the word "Christ", clipping it out and replacing it
back in backwards, as a means of avoiding being banned, but John
Lennon does not approve of the unauthorized alteration of his work.
(3070)

[G] 1973
US release of George Harrison LP "Living in the Material World"
(Apple). Songs: "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)", "Sue Me,
Sue You Blues", "The Light That Has Lighted the World", "Don't Let
Me Wait Too Long", "Who Can See It", "Living in the Material
World", "The Lord Loves the One (That Loves the Lord)", "Be Here
Now", "Try Some, Buy Some", "The Day the World Gets 'Round", and
"That Is All". 26 weeks on Billboard chart; highest position #1.
(161)

[P] 1975
UK release of Wings LP "Venus and Mars" (Capitol). Songs: "Venus
and Mars", "Rock Show", "Love In Song", "You Gave Me the Answer",
"Magneto and Titanium Man", "Letting Go", "Venus and Mars
(reprise)", "Spirits of Ancient Egypt", "Medicine Jar", "Call Me
Back Again", "Listen to What the Man Said", "Treat Her
Gently/Lonely Old People", and "Crossroads Theme". (628)

1989
UK re-release of Beatles single "The Ballad of John and Yoko/Old
Brown Shoe" (Parlophone). 20th anniversary reissue. Released as a
regular single and also as a picture disc. (824)



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