Today in Beatles History: October 8

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on October 8. **

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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.

1962
The Beatles travel to EMI House, Manchester Square, London, to tape
an appearance on the Radio Luxembourg program "The Friday
Spectacular". The Beatles are taped in front of an audience of
over 100 teenagers. They give an interview, but do not perform
live. Instead, both sides of their new single ("Love Me Do" and
"P.S. I Love You") are played, with live applause from the audience
added in. The program is broadcast on October 12.

1964
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). Recording "She's a Woman" for the next Beatles single.
They record seven takes and then tape overdubs, recording the song
from start to finish in five hours (3:30 pm-5:30 pm and 7:00
pm-10:00 pm).

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). All four Beatles are in the studio for this 16-hour
session. George and Paul add overdubs to "Long Long Long"
(acoustic guitar, vocals, bass). Next, "I'm So Tired" is begun and
completed in 14 takes (plus overdubs). Then "The Continuing Story
of Bungalow Bill" is recorded in its entirety. The basic track is
perfected in only three takes. Numerous overdubs are recorded,
including Yoko's one-line vocal solo "not when he looked so
fierce". Among the people singing in the background chorus is
Maureen Starkey. Chris Thomas plays mellotron. An e***ed version
of takes 3, 6, and 9 is included on "The Beatles Anthology 3" (Disc
one, Track 24).

[J] 1971
UK release of John Lennon LP "Imagine" (Apple). Songs: "Imagine",
"Crippled Inside", "Jealous Guy", "It's So Hard", "I Don't Want to
Be a Soldier Mama, I Don't Want to Die", "Gimme Some Truth", "Oh My
Love", "How Do You Sleep?", "How?", and "Oh Yoko". [Note: Later
releases of the album will change the name of "Gimme Some Truth" to
"Give Me Some Truth", and "I Donâ?Tt Want to Be a Soldier Mama, I
Don't Want to Die" is changed to simply "I Donâ?Tt Want to be a
Soldier".]

[J] 1971
John and Yoko hold a press conference in Syracuse, New York.

[R] 1990
UK release of Ringo Starr CD, LP, and cassette "Ringo Starr and His
All-Starr Band" (EMI). Live recordings from performances Sept.
3-4, 1989, at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. Ringo plays drums
and sings "It Don't Come Easy", "No No Song", "Honey Don't",
"You're Sixteen", and "Photograph". Other members of the band sing
the remaining songs (Dr. John, Levon Helm, Nils Lofgren, Clarence
Clemmons, Rick Danko, Billy Preston, and Joe Walsh).

[J] 1999
The BBC announces the results of its poll for the "Nation's
Favourite Song Lyric", which was sponsored in celebration of the
UK's 6th annual National Poetry Day. Voted #1 was John Lennon's
"Imagine". Two Lennon-McCartney songs also placed in the top ten:
"I Am the Walrus" at #4 and "Yesterday" at #6.



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