Today in Beatles History: October 19

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on October 19. **

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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.

1961
The Beatles perform at Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool. Also on
the bill are Gerry and the Pacemakers. Midway through the evening
show, The Beatles and The Pacemakers get together on stage for
several songs, dubbing themselves "The Beatmakers". George
Harrison plays lead guitar, Paul McCartney rhythm guitar, Pete Best
and Freddy Marsden share the drumming, Les Maguire plays saxophone,
Les Chadwick is on bass, John Lennon plays piano, and Gerry Marsden
sings and plays lead guitar. Sharing the singing is Karl Terry of
Karl Terry & the Cruisers. Together they perform the songs "Whole
Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", "What'd I Say?", "Red Sails in the
Sunset", and "Hit the Road, Jack".

1962
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club at lunchtime.

1963
The Beatles perform at Pavilion Gardens Ballroom in Buxton.

1964
Resuming their tour of Britain, The Beatles perform at the ABC
Cinema in Edinburgh.

1967
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio One, EMI Studios,
London). Guitar and vocal overdubs for "Hello Goodbye". Take 16,
lacking many of the final overdubs, was released on "The Beatles
Anthology 2" (Disc two, Track 18).

1968
"Hey Jude" is the #1 single in the US for the fourth week in a row.

[J] 1968
John and Yoko appear at Marylebone Magistrates Court and are
released on bail, their arrest on the charges of possession of
cannabis resin and of obstructing police in the execution of a
search warrant scheduled to be heard by the court on November 28.

[R] 1973
UK release of Ringo Starr single "Photograph/Down and Out" (Apple).
6 weeks on the charts; highest position #8.

[O] 1977
The Liverpool City Council rejects a proposal to build a monument
to The Beatles in the city.

1987
US re-release of Beatles album "Abbey Road" on CD (Capitol).

1987
US re-release of Beatles album "Let It Be" on CD (Capitol).

[P] 1987
UK re-release of the Wings album "Venus and Mars" on CD (EMI).

[G] 1987
UK release of 12-inch vinyl single of George Harrison's "Got My
Mind Set on You (extended version)/Got My Mind Set on You (single
version)/Lay His Head" (Dark Horse). Also released as picture
disc.

1987
UK re-release of Beatles albums on CD: "Abbey Road" and "Let It Be"
(EMI).

[P] 1999
Release of Paul McCartney classical album "Working Classical" in
the US (EMD/EMI Classics) and the UK (EMI Classics). Tracks: "A
Leaf", "Spiral", "Tuesday", "Haymakers", "Midwife", "She's My
Baby", "The Lovely Linda", "My Love", "Warm and Beautiful", "Junk",
"Somedays", "Golden Earth Girl", "Calico Skies", and "Maybe I'm
Amazed". The first three tracks, arranged for full orchestra, are
performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. The remaining eleven
tracks, arranged for string quartet, are performed by the Loma Mar
String Quartet. Released this day on CD; released on cassette on
October 26.

[R] 1999
US release of Ringo Starr album "I Wanna Be Santa Claus"
(UNI/Island). Tracks: "Come on Christmas, Christmas Come On",
"Winter Wonderland", "I Wanna Be Santa Claus", "Rudolph the Red
Nosed Reindeer", "Blue Christmas", "The Christmas Dance",
"Christmas Time is Here Again", "Christmas Eve", "Dear Santa",
"White Christmas", and "Pax Um Biscum (Peace Be With You)".
Released on CD and cassette.


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