Today in Beatles History: September 23

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on September 23. **

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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 Aintree Institute, Aintree, Liverpool.

1962
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club at night.

[O] 1963
US release of Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas single "Bad to Me/I
Call Your Name" (Liberty). Both songs were written by John Lennon
and were cre***ed to Lennon-McCartney. The single will fail to
chart. "Bad to Me" will be re-released in 1964 as the flip side of
the Dakotas' single "Little Children" (Imperial). The 1964
re-release will be given greater airplay due to Kramer's connection
with The Beatles and Brian Epstein, his manager: "Little Children"
will rise to #7 on the Billboard singles chart, and the flip-side
"Bad to Me" will make it to #9. "Bad to Me" was never recorded by
The Beatles (although John Lennon did record a demo version for
producer George Martin), but The Beatles did record "I Call Your
Name", which appears on their Capitol LP "The Beatles' Second
Album".

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). Recording John's "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" (using the
working title "Happiness Is a Warm Gun in Your Hand"). 45 takes
are recorded, with John on lead guitar and singing guide vocal,
George playing a fuzz lead guitar, Paul on bass, and Ringo on
drums.

[O] 1969
The first "Paul Is Dead" rumors appear in print, in the 'Northern
Star', the Northern Illinois University newspaper.

[J] 1971
John and Yoko appear on "The Dick ****tt Show", ****tt's only
guests for the entire program.

[J] 1974
US release of John Lennon single "Whatever Gets You Through the
Night/Beef Jerky" (Apple). 11 weeks on Billboard chart; highest
position #1.

[J] 1975
John Lennon's deportation order is temporarily suspended on
humanitarian grounds due to Yoko's advanced pregnancy.

[P] 1997
US release of Paul McCartney's classical music album "Standing
Stone". Selections: "Movement 1 - After Heavy Light Years",
"Movement 2 - He Awoke Startled", "Movement III - Subtle Colours
Merged Soft", and "Movement IV - Strings Pluck, Horns Blow". Top
chart position: #1 for 9 weeks on the Billboard classical chart.



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