Today in Beatles History: October 23

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on October 23. **

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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.

1963
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). The final session for "With the Beatles". The Beatles
record take 16 of "I Wanna Be Your Man". After observing the
mixing of this song, "Little Child", and "Hold Me Tight", The
Beatles head to the airport for a flight to Sweden--for their first
foreign tour.

1964
The Beatles, on a tour of Britain, perform two shows at the Gaumont
State Cinema in Kilburn, London.

1965
"Yesterday" is the #1 single in the US for the 3rd week in a row.

[G] 1989
UK release of George Harrison compilation CD, LP, and cassette "The
Best of Dark Horse: 1976-1989" (Dark Horse/Warner Brothers). A
greatest hits compilation, but it includes two new songs:
"****amamie Business" and "Poor Little Girl". Previously released
songs: "Cheer Down", "Blow Away", "That's the Way It Goes", "Wake
Up My Love", "Life Itself", "Got My Mind Set on You", "Crackerbox
Palace", "Cloud 9", "Here Comes the Moon", "When We Was Fab", "Love
Comes to Everyone", and "All Those Years Ago". The CD and cassette
formats have an ad***ional song, "Gone Troppo".

[J] 1989
UK re-release of John Lennon posthumous compilation album "The John
Lennon Collection" on CD (EMI). In ad***ion to the 17 tracks on
the UK album version (only 15 tracks on the US LP), the CD added
the tracks "Move Over Ms. L" and "Cold Turkey".


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