Today in Beatles History: October 1

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on October 1. **

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Beatles * [J] John * [P] Paul * [G] George * [R] Ringo * [O] Other
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1960
The Beatles perform at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg,
West Germany.

[J] 1961
John Lennon and Paul McCartney take a two-week vacation in Paris,
France, funded with the 100 pounds that John had been given by his
Aunt Elizabeth two weeks before his 21st birthday. While in Paris,
they meet with Hamburg friend Jurgen Vollmer, who persuades John
and Paul to permanently restyle their hair into the "Beatle
haircut", which is the way most French teenagers are wearing their
hair. [Note: The Beatles, with the exception of Pete Best, had
adopted the "Beatle haircut" the previous spring during a 3-month
residency at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg, West Germany. Stu
Sutcliffe had been the first to have his hair cut in that fashion,
and the others (except Pete) soon had their hair cut in that style
also. But they had reverted to their earlier hair style upon their
return to England in July 1961].

1964
US release of double LP "The Beatles Vs. The Four Seasons"
(VeeJay). Another repackaging of "Introducing the Beatles" on one
disc, Four Seasons songs on the other. 3 weeks on Billboard chart;
highest position #142.

1964
Release in Sweden of Beatles single "I Should Have Known Better/You
Really Got a Hold On Me" (Odeon). Thirteen weeks in the Swedish
charts; highest position #1.

1967
The Beatles return to West Malling Air Station in Maidstone to film
miscellaneous shots for their film-in-progress, "Magical Mystery
Tour".

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Trident Studios, London).
George Martin, back from vacation, resumes his role as producer.
The Beatles record basic tracks for "Honey Pie".

1969
US release of Beatles LP "Abbey Road" (Apple). Songs: "Come
Together", "Something", "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", "Oh! Darling",
"Octopus's Garden", "I Want You (She's So Heavy", "Here Comes the
Sun", "Because", "You Never Give Me Your Money", "Sun King", "Mean
Mr. Mustard", "Polythene Pam", "She Came in Through the Bathroom
Window", "Golden Slumbers", "Carry That Weight", "The End", "Her
Majesty". 87 weeks on Billboard chart; highest position #1.

1989
US release of Beatles CD "Savage Young Beatles" (Romance Records).
Contains eight previously released tracks from the 1961 Hamburg
recordings, including the Beatles' instrumental "Cry For a Shadow"
and Tony Sheridan's "Why", "If You Love Me Baby", "Sweet Georgia
Brown", "Ya Ya", "Ruby Baby", "Let's Dance", and ""What'd I Say".



** The following events all took place sometime in October. **
1960
In Hamburg, West Germany, while contracted to perform at the
Kaiserkeller Club, The Beatles learn of the opening of a new club,
the Top Ten. They also learn that the club's owner, Peter Eckhorn,
has contracted musician Tony Sheridan to perform at his club. The
Beatles have great respect for Sheridan, and they visit the Top Ten
on their breaks and time off to see him perform. Before long, The
Beatles are up on stage jamming with Sheridan and his backing
group, the Jets. When Bruno Koschmider, owner of the Kaiserkeller,
learns of The Beatles behavior, he gives them a month's notice for
breaking their contract, which forbade them to appear at another
club within a 25-mile radius of the Kaiserkeller, unless they had
his written consent.

1963
Businessmen begin approaching Brian Epstein in droves, eager to get
The Beatles to endorse various products. Epstein sets up the firm
Stramsact to handle Beatles merchandising rights. Later, he would
set up a sister organization, Seltaeb (Beatles spelled backwards),
to handle merchandising in the US. Epstein also receives an offer
from United Artists for The Beatles to make their first feature
motion picture. The Beatles are offered 25,000 pounds apiece, plus
7 and one-half percent of the film's earnings.

[J] 1968
John Lennon, using a camera with a delayed-shutter release, takes
photos of himself and Yoko together naked for the cover of their
"Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins" album cover.

[J] 1969
John Lennon invites his father to his home, Tittenhurst Park, for
what will be their final meeting.

1969
Rumors begin circulating that Paul McCartney is dead, and that he
has been replaced in The Beatles by one William Campbell. Detroit
deejay Russ Gibb, started broadcasting "clues" that had begun to
turn up in support of the Paul-is-Dead rumor: Paul wears no shoes
on the "Abbey Road" album cover, Paul is the only one wearing a
black carnation during the "Your Mother Should Know" segment of
"Magical Mystery Tour", "Revolution 9" played backwards supposedly
reveals John saying "Turn me on, dead man", the end of "I'm So
Tired", played backwards, purportedly sounds like "Paul is dead;
miss him miss him", the "I buried Paul" at the end of "Strawberry
Fields Forever" that really turns out to be John saying "cranberry
sauce", the palm-forward hand above Paul's head on the "Sgt.
Pepperõ?Ư" album cover, and many other absurd 'proofs'. It's hard to
say how many people took this seriously and how many were simply
having a grand old time analyzing their favorite records. Paul
McCartney, learning of the rumor spreading like wildfire, announces
that he is very much alive.

[J] 1969
"Apotheosis (Balloon)", a John and Yoko film, premieres at the
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London.

[J] 1973
John Lennon and Yoko Ono separate and John begins living in Los
Angeles with Yoko's secretary May Pang. The reasons for the
separation vary depending upon who is telling the tale.

[G] 1980
US re-release of George Harrison LP "Dark Horse" (Capitol).

[J] 1980
US re-release of John Lennon LP "Mind Games" (Capitol).

[J] 1980
US re-release of John Lennon LP "Rock 'n' Roll" (Capitol).

[R] 1980
US re-release of Ringo Starr LP "Ringo" (Capitol).

1982
Release of the documentary "The Compleat Beatles" on videocassette.

[G] 1983
UK release of the movie "The Concert for Bangla Desh" on
videocassette.

[J] 1984
A secret agreement is reached which calls for Northern Songs to pay
John Lennon's estate and Paul McCartney about two million pounds
sterling, along with an increase in future royalty rates.

[J] 1992
US release of Elton John double CD "Rare Masters". Includes the
live Elton John/John Lennon "I Saw Her Standing There" recorded at
Madison Square Garden in November 1974.



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