Today in Beatles History: September 27

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on September 27. **

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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 at lunchtime and then again
at night.

[O] 1963
UK release of Cilla Black single "Love of the Loved" (Parlophone),
a Lennon-McCartney song written by Paul McCartney. The single's
highest chart position will be no. 30. The song, one of
McCartney's earliest compositions, had been in The Beatles'
repertoire since the Quarry Men days, and The Beatles performed the
song as part of their Decca Records au***ion on January 1, 1962.

1967
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studios One and Three, EMI
Studios, London). A marathon day of recording. In Studio One from
2:30 pm to 5:30 pm, the orchestral overdubs for "I Am the Walrus"
are recorded (16 musicians playing violins, cellos, clarinet, and
horns). Then The Beatles move to Studio Three, starting at 7:00 pm
and not ending until 3:30 am. They work with 16 singers from the
Mike Sammes Singers (8 male and 8 female), getting them to sing odd
bits such as "Ho-ho-ho, He-he-he, Ha-ha-ha", "Oompah, Oompah, stick
it up your jumpah!", and "Got one, got one, everybody's got one".
The singers also record a series of shrill whooping noises. Before
the end of the session, Paul records another vocal onto "The Fool
on the Hill".

[O] 1972
Rory Storm, leader of Ringo's old group The Hurricanes, commits
suicide.

[J] 1974
John Lennon is guest deejay on Los Angeles radio station KHJ-AM.

[R] 1976
US release of Ringo Starr LP "Ringo's Rotogravure" (Atlantic).
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". 9 weeks on Billboard
chart; highest position #28.

[P] 1976
Wings performs a concert in Munich, Germany.

1982
US re-release of Beatles LP "The Complete Silver Beatles" (Audio
Rarities), a re-packaging of 12 of the 15 songs from the Jan. 1,
1962, Decca au***ion.

1989
Worldwide video release of the movie "Yellow Submarine" with a
"digitally enhanced stereo hi-fi soundtrack".

1992
US broadcast on The Disney Channel of "The Making of Sgt. Pepper".



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