Today in Beatles History: September 11

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on September 11. **

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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 Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg,
West Germany.

1961
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club, Liverpool - a lunchtime
show.

1962
The Beatles return to EMI Studios in London for a third attempt at
recording their first single. George Martin insists that studio
drummer Andy White take Ringo Starr's place during the session.
Ringo is left to play maracas on "P.S. I Love You" and tambourine
on "Love Me Do". Ten takes of "P.S. I Love You" and 18 takes of
"Love Me Do" are recorded, along with an unknown number of takes of
"Please Please Me". George Martin suggests that "Please Please Me"
could be improved with increased tempo and tight vocal harmonies.
"Love Me Do" is selected to be The Beatles' first A-side, with
"P.S. I Love You" on the flip side (a reversal of the original
plan). The single is issued on October 5, and it features a Sept.
4 version of "Love Me Do" (Version I) that has Ringo on drums. The
album "Please Please Me", however, includes Version II, with Andy
White on drums. One of this recording session's takes of "Please
Please Me" is included on "The Beatles Anthology 1" (Disc 1, Track
24).

1963
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI's Abbey Road
studios, London). Back in the studio to work on songs for their
2nd album, the title to be "With the Beatles". They record one
take of "I Wanna Be Your Man", two takes of "Little Child", 15
takes of "All I've Got to Do", nine takes of "Not a Second Time",
and the first seven takes of "Don't Bother Me". The day before,
John and Paul had given the song "I Wanna Be Your Man" to the
Rolling Stones, who recorded it for a single which made it into the
Top 20.

1964
The Beatles, on tour in America, perform at the Gator Bowl in
Jacksonville, Florida. The Beatles had refused to perform until
they received an assurance from the local promoter that the
audience would not be segregated by race. Unfortunately, due to
the extensive damage that had been caused in Jacksonville by
"Hurricane Dora", 9,000 of the 32,000 persons who had purchased
tickets for The Beatles' concert were unable to make it to the
show.

[G] 1964
George Harrison forms his own music publishing company, Mornyork
Ltd.

[O] 1964
UK release of Peter and Gordon single "I Don't Want to See You
Again" (Columbia). The song, cre***ed to Lennon-McCartney, was
written by Paul McCartney. The single failed to chart in the UK.
Released in the US on September 21, 1964 (Capitol), where it
reached no. 16 in the Billboard singles chart. The Beatles never
recorded "I Don't Want to See You Again", although it is probable
that a demo was recorded for Peter and Gordon's recording manager
Norman Newall.

1965
"Help!" is the #1 single in the US for the second week in a row.

1967
Filming begins for "Magical Mystery Tour". The entire project is
poorly planned, poorly directed, and pretty chaotic all around .
There is no script, nor a very clear idea of exactly what is to be
accomplished, not even a clear direction about where the bus is
supposed to go. Things go wrong from the very start. The bus,
being decorated in its magical psychedelia, is two hours late,
leaving the assembled passengers and film crew cooling their heels.
The bus finally heads into the West Country, with Paul the only
Beatle on board. The first stop is at Virginia Water, Surrey, to
pick up John, George, and Ringo. During the day filming proceeds
inside the bus and at the day's lunch stop, the Pied Piper
restaurant in Basingstoke, Hampshire. Everything is ad-libbed.
Late in the evening, the bus stops for the night in Teignmouth,
Devon (183 miles from London). Four hundred fans, who'd gotten
wind of The Beatles' plans, greet them at their hotel. Later, Paul
conducts a spur-of-the-moment press conference, making vague
comments about The Beatles' vague filming plans. After squabbles
break out amongst the bus passengers (over who is going to room
with whom), The Beatles recognize that some order must be
maintained. Paul, John, Neil Aspinall, and technical director
Peter Theobalds meet to roughly define what they hope to accomplish
the next day (they will do this every evening for the rest of the
trip).

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). Recording "Glass Onion" (34 takes).



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