Today in Beatles History: September 10

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on September 10. **

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Beatles * [J] John * [P] Paul * [G] George * [R] Ringo * [O] Other
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[J] 1939
Cynthia Powell (John Lennon's first wife) is born in Blackpool,
England.

1960
The Beatles perform at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg,
West Germany.

1961
The Beatles perform at the Casbah Coffee Club, West Derby,
Liverpool.

1962
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club at lunchtime and at Queen's
Hall, Widnes at night. Rory Storm & the Hurricanes are the
supporting act at Widnes.

1963
The newspaper with the world's biggest circulation, Britain's
"Daily Mirror", publishes a two-page feature article about The
Beatles. Written by writer/columnist Donald Zec, the feature is
entitled "Four Frenzied Little Lord Fauntleroys Who Are Earning
5,000 Pounds A Week" (which was an overstatement about how much
money The Beatles were bringing in at the time). Zec, who had
attended a Beatles performance in Luton on Sept. 6 and then invited
them to his home to complete the interview, referred to The
Beatles' haircuts as "A stone-age hair style". The article
provided a "...major boost to their career" (Bill Harry).

[O] 1965
UK release of The Silkie single "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"
(Fontana). The song, cre***ed to Lennon-McCartney, was written by
John Lennon. The Silkie is a folk group managed by Brian Epstein,
and John Lennon and Paul McCartney produced the recording. Paul
plays guitar on the song, and George Harrison plays tambourine.
Highest UK chart position: no. 29. Released in the US on September
20, 1965 (Fontana), where it will peak at no. 10 in the Billboard
singles chart. The Beatles' version of "You've Got to Hide Your
Love Away" appears on their LP "HELP!" (and in the movie "HELP!").

1966
The Beatles' LP "Revolver" reaches #1 in the US charts.

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). Completion of "Helter Skelter".

[J] 1969
The New Cinema Club in the Institute of Contemporary Arts screens
films by John and Yoko: "Self Portrait", "Smile", "Honeymoon", "Two
Virgins", and "Rape". An infra-red camera films audience reaction,
while two people, presumed to be John and Yoko, sit on stage inside
a white sack. "Self Portrait" is a film of John Lennon's *****, in
various stages of erection. The film is not known to have been
reviewed. As Yoko would later say, "The critics wouldn't touch
it."

1982
UK release of Beatles LP "The Complete Silver Beatles"
(Audiofidelity). 12 tracks from the Decca au***ion of January 1,
1962. Songs: "Three Cool Cats", "Crying, Waiting, Hoping",
"Searchin'", "Sheik of Araby", "Money", "To Know Her Is to Love
Her", "Take Good Care of My Baby", "Memphis", "Sure to Fall", "Till
There Was You", "September in the Rain", and "Besame Mucho". First
UK release of these tracks.

[R] 1992
Ringo Starr appears on the MTV Video Awards show on US television.



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