Today in Beatles History: September 17

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on September 17. **

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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 Hambleton Hall, Huyton, Liverpool.

1962
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club, Liverpool, at lunchtime and
at Queen's Hall, Widnes, that night.

1964
The Beatles, on tour in the USA, perform at Municipal Stadium,
Kansas City, Missouri. This would become known as the "extra"
show, because Kansas City Athletics (baseball team, now in Oakland)
owner Charles Finley paid The Beatles $150,000 to add a Kansas City
concert to their tour. The Beatles added the song "Kansas City/Hey
Hey Hey Hey" to their song list, with the Kansas City audience
being appropriately delighted. As in Cleveland, The Beatles had to
leave the stage in mid-concert until the audience calmed down
(somewhat). After The Beatles left Kansas City, the manager of
their hotel sold their bed linen to two Chicago businessmen for
$750. Unlaundered, the sheets and pillow cases were cut into
three-inch squares; each square was mounted on a card, packaged
with an affidavit of authenticity, and sold for $10 each. (The
towels with which The Beatles had mopped their faces after their
Hollywood Bowl concert had been similarly cut up and sold. Hotels
also received requests for the Beatles' bathwater and used shaving
foam).

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). Overdubs bring "I Will" to completion.

1969
Release in Sweden of Beatles LP "Abbey Road" (Apple).

[R] 1976
UK release of Ringo Starr LP "Ringo's Rotogravure" (Polydor).
Songs: "A Dose of Rock and Roll", "Hey Baby", "Pure Gold",
"Cryin'", "You Don't Know Me At All", "Cookin' (in the Kitchen of
Love)", "I'll Still Love You", "This Be Called a Song", "Las
Brisas", "Lady Gaye", and "Spooky Weirdness".

1999
The United States Postal Service (USPS) issues a postage stamp
honoring The Beatles. The 33-cent stamp includes the words "The
Beatles" and a picture of the yellow submarine, as depicted in the
animated motion picture "Yellow Submarine", on a blue background
(pictures/photos of living persons are never placed on postage
stamps in the United States). The issue of the stamp is announced
at a "first day of issuance" ceremony held at the Hard Rock Café in
Denver, Colorado. The stamp is one of 15 postage stamps issued to
represent the 1960's as part of the USPS continuing series
"Celebrate the Century". All 15 stamps were selected by nationwide
(US) balloting conducted in May 1998.



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