Today in Beatles History: October 16

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on October 16. **

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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 Kaiserkeller Club, Grosse Freiheit,
Hamburg, West Germany.

1960
The Beatles' contract with Bruno Koschmider is extended until
December 31, although events would see all of them except Stu
Sutcliffe back in England by December 10.

1961
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club, Liverpool - a lunchtime
show.

1962
The Beatles perform at La Scala Ballroom, Runcorn, Cheshire, 14
miles south of Liverpool.

1963
The Beatles tape an appearance for the BBC radio program "Easy
Beat". In front of a live audience, they perform "I Saw Her
Standing There", "Love Me Do", "Please Please Me", "From Me to
You", and "She Loves You". Recorded at the Playhouse Theatre,
London, and broadcast on October 20. Brian Epstein, fearing for
The Beatles' safety and trying to limit the seemingly unlimited
requests for Beatles appearances, announced that The Beatles would
no longer appear on radio shows involving a live audience; for
concerts The Beatles would only play in theatres or halls with
fixed seating--no more ballrooms. After the taping for "Easy
Beat", The Beatles are interviewed about the invitation they had
received to perform at the Royal Variety Show on November 4. The
interviewer is clearly condescending to The Beatles, but they just
as clearly deflate his arrogance with their clever wit. The
interview is broadcast that evening on the BBC news program "Radio
Newsreel". One of the recordings from this day is included on the
1994 Beatles double-CD "Live at the BBC"--"I Saw Her Standing
There" (Disc one, Track 27).

1964
The Beatles, on a tour of Britain, perform two shows at the ABC
Cinema in Hull.

1965
"Yesterday" is the #1 single in the US for the second week in a
row.

1965
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). The Beatles record a song for their next single, "Day
Tripper". After three takes of the basic instrumental track, they
add vocals and other overdubs, completing the song before the end
of the session. Then they record a basic rhythm track for George
Harrison's song "If I Needed Someone", leaving the overdubbing of
vocals and ad***ional instruments for the following day.

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studios One, Two, and Three,
and Rooms 41/42, EMI Studios, London). Needing to get mixing,
e***ing, and the running order for "The Beatles" completed, The
Beatles conduct a 24-hour session that utilizes, at some point
during that time, every studio and listening room at EMI Studios.
Ringo and George having already departed for Sardinia and Los
Angeles, respectively, it is left to John and Paul and George
Martin to finish everything up. "What's the New Mary Jane" and
"Not Guilty" are dropped from the album, leaving 30 songs. Then
the running order and side allocations are worked out. George
Martin had urged The Beatles to cull the material down to one
album's worth of songs, thinking that the album included tracks of
dubious quality, but The Beatles insisted on releasing all of it.
"The Beatles", released in a stark white cover that would earn it
the nickname 'the White Album', will be issued in Britain on
November 22, 1968. Released in the US on November 25, it would
sell nearly two million copies within the first week. It remains
one of the most popular of The Beatles' albums. [Note: "The
Beatles" was issued in both mono and stereo versions in the UK, but
it was released only in stereo in the US].

[G] 1968
George Harrison flies to the USA to produce seven weeks of
recording sessions for Jackie Lomax's "Is This What You Want?"
album.

1972
Re-release in Sweden of Beatles LP "Magical Mystery Tour" (Hor Zu).

[G] 1987
US release of George Harrison single "Got My Mind Set On You/Lay
His Head" (Dark Horse). Also released as cassette single. The
B-side is a remixed version of a song released on either CD or
vinyl EP included with George Harrison's book "Songs by George
Harrison".

[G] 1992
George Harrison joins a number of other musicians for a 30th
anniversary tribute concert for Bob Dylan at New York's Madison
Square Garden. Harrison sings the Dylan songs "If Not For You" and
"Absolutely Sweet Marie". He also joins in on the concert's final
songs, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" and "My Back Pages". The event
is broadcast live on pay-per-view cable television in the US. The
Harrison songs, with the exception of "If Not For You", are among
the songs released on August 24, 1993, on an album of the concert.

[P] 1999
Premiere performance of Paul McCartney's "Working Classical" in
Liverpool, England. Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.
Songs for orchestra and string quartet. Some of the string quartet
arrangements were previosuly played at memorial services held for
McCartney's late wife, Linda. The album "Working Classical" is
scheduled for release on October 19, 1999.



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