Today in Beatles History: September 6

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on September 6. **

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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 night show.

1962
The Beatles perform a lunchtime show at the ****rn Club, Liverpool,
and that night they perform at the Rialto Ballroom, Toxteth,
Liverpool.

1963
UK release of Beatles EP "The Beatles Hits" (Parlophone). Songs:
"From Me to You", "Thank You Girl", "Please Please Me", and "Love
Me Do". Highest chart position: #1.

1963
The Beatles perform at the Odeon Cinema in Luton, Bedfordshire.

1964
The Beatles, on tour in the USA, perform at Olympia Stadium,
Detroit, Michigan. Two shows in the city that had produced some of
The Beatles' favorite music.

[J] 1966
John Lennon's hair is given an army regulation haircut for his role
as Muskateer Gripweed in Richard Lester's film "How I Won the War".
Headlines around the world report the unthinkable--a Beatle has
gotten a haircut!

1967
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). Overdubs are recorded for "I Am the Walrus", including
Paul's bass, Ringo's drums, and John's lead vocal. Then Paul
records a demo version of "The Fool On the Hill", singing and
playing piano. This is followed by The Beatles recording take one
of the rhythm track for "Blue Jay Way". This session begins at
7:00 pm and ends at 3:00 am. The demo of "The Fool On the Hill" is
included on "The Beatles Anthology 2" (Disc two, Track 15).

[P] 1968
Paul McCartney films a short film with Mary Hopkin, accompanying
her on piano, for inclusion in a six-minute promotional film about
Mary. Broadcast on September 10.

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). Overdubs are recorded onto "While My Guitar Gently
Weeps", bringing the song to conclusion. Perhaps the most
prestigious outside musician to play on a Beatles recording is in
the studio with them. Eric Clapton records a guitar solo onto
George's song. Paul plays a fuzz bass guitar, Ringo adds
percussion, George adds some organ notes, and then George records
his lead vocal. Engineer Ken Scott continues to act as producer to
fill in for the vacationing George Martin.

[J] 1972
John and Yoko appear (with Elephant's Memory) live on Jerry Lewis'
Muscular Dystrophy Telethon.



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