Today in Beatles History: September 12

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on September 12. **

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Beatles * [J] John * [P] Paul * [G] George * [R] Ringo * [O] Other
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1959
The Quarry Men perform at the Casbah Coffee Club, West Derby,
Liverpool.

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

1962
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club at night. Also appearing is
Freddie & the Dreamers, and The Beatles serve as backing group for
vocalist Simone Jackson.

1963
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). More work on their 2nd album, "With the
Beatles"--ad***ional takes of songs that they'd previously
recorded. They tape 10 takes of "Hold Me Tight", which they'd
initially recorded on February 11 for their first album, but those
earlier takes had not been satisfactory. The Beatles then record
10 takes of "Don't Bother Me", 16 takes of "Little Child", and six
takes of "I Wanna Be Your Man".

1964
The Beatles, on tour in the USA, perform at Boston Garden, Boston,
Massachusetts.

1965
The Beatles' album "Help!" reaches #1 in the US.

1967
Filming continues for "Magical Mystery Tour". The bus heads for
Widecombe on the Moor, where a local fair is being held and where
The Beatles hope to get some productive shooting accomplished. The
bus driver (Alf Manders) takes a shortcut to bypass the heavy
traffic, but ends up stuck on a bridge, causing a traffic jam. The
coach ends up having to drive in reverse for a half-mile before it
can turn around; the trip to Widecombe is dropped, disappointing
the many local fans who'd gotten wind of The Beatles' planned visit
and gone to the fair. Meanwhile, the bus heads for lunch in
Plymouth, tailed by a 20-car convoy of journalists and
photographers. On to the town of Bodmin, where the bus stops for
shooting of the scene where Jolly Jimmy Johnson the Courier (played
by Derek Royle) comes onto the bus and welcomes everyone to the
Magical Mystery Tour. Finally, the bus travels to Newquay, its
stop for the night. Indeed, The Beatles, passengers, and film crew
will stay here for three nights, having decided it would be wiser
to work from an established base than go gallivanting around the
countryside.

1968
A promotional video of The Beatles performing "Hey Jude" is
broadcast on UK television, on the BBC1 program "Top of the Pops".

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). Recording John's lead vocal and tambourine overdubs onto
"Glass Onion".

[G] 1975
UK release of George Harrison single "You/World of Stone" (Apple).

[P] 1977
James Louis McCartney, son of Paul and Linda, is born.



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