Today in Beatles History: October 28

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on October 28. **

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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 Aintree Institute, Aintree, Liverpool.

1961
According to Beatles legend, it was on this day that a fan named
Raymond Jones attempted to purchase the single "My Bonnie" from
Brian Epstein's NEMS record store in Liverpool. Brian managed the
record shop, which was part of a large department store owned by
his father. The legend states that this was the first occasion on
which Brian Epstein heard of the single or, indeed, of The Beatles.
"Mersey Beat" e***or Bill Harry discounts this story as
improbable. Harry claims to have discussed The Beatles and other
local groups with Epstein well before this date, and he adds that
Epstein was already writing record reviews for "Mersey Beat" and
selling copies of the paper in his shop. Further, Epstein was
selling tickets to Sam Leach's 'Operation Big Beat' concert, and
The Beatles' name was at the top of the list of groups that were
scheduled to appear at the November 10 event.

1962
The Beatles perform at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool. This is a
major performance for The Beatles, their first at Liverpool's top
theatre. They are part of an eight-act, big-name program that
plays to two separate "houses" (two performances for two different
audiences, one at 5:40 pm and the other at 8:00 pm). Heading the
bill is Little Richard; also appearing is Craig Douglas (for whom
The Beatles provide musical backing in ad***ion to their own,
separate performance), Jet Harris (ex-Shadows bass player), and
Kenny Lynch & Sounds Incorporated. In Liverpudlian terms, The
Beatles have hit the big time.

1962
Beatles manager Brian Epstein arranges for The Beatles to be
included in a Helen Shapiro package tour scheduled for February
1963.

1963
The Beatles, on tour in Sweden, perform at the Borashallen, Boras,
Sweden. Preceding the show, The Beatles had spent half an hour in
a record shop in Boras, autographing records.

1964
The Beatles, resuming their tour of Britain, perform two shows at
the ABC Cinema in Exeter.

1965
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio One, EMI Studios,
London). The Beatles, listening to a rough mono mix of "We Can
Work It Out", realize that the vocal tracks are not good enough,
and they make plans to overdub the vocals the following day.

[J] 1971
John and Yoko record "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" with the Harlem
Community Choir.

[O] 1981
A play about John Lennon, "Lennon", opens at the Everyman Theatre
in Liverpool.

1996
UK release of Beatles double CD "The Beatles Anthology 3"
(Parlophone/Apple). Tracks: "A Beginning", "Happiness Is a Warm
Gun", "Helter Skelter", "Mean Mr. Mustard", "Polythene Pam",
"Glass Onion", "Junk", "Piggies", "Honey Pie", "Don't Pass Me By",
"Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da", "Good Night", "Cry Baby Cry", "Blackbird",
"***y Sadie", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Hey Jude", "Not
Guilty", "Mother Nature's Son", "Glass Onion", "Rocky Raccoon",
"What's the New Mary Jane", "Step Inside Love/Los Paranoias", "I'm
So Tired", "I Will", "Why Don't We Do It in the Road", "Julia",
"I've Got a Feeling", "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window",
"Dig a Pony", "Two of Us", "For You Blue", "Teddy Boy", "Rip It
Up/Shake, Rattle and Roll/Blue Suede Shoes", "The Long and Winding
Road", "Oh! Darling", "All Things Must Pass", "Mailman, Bring Me No
More Blues", "Get Back", "Old Brown Shoe", "Octopus's Garden",
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer", "Something", "Come Together", "Come and
Get It", "Ain't She Sweet", "Because", "Let It Be", "I Me Mine",
"The End". Some top chart positions: Finland - #7; Germany - #9;
Norway - #13.



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