What did the Fab Four do on May 20?

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on May 20. **

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Beatles * [J] John * [P] Paul * [G] George * [R] Ringo * [O] Other
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1960
The Silver Beetles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison,
Stu Sutcliffe, and Tommy Moore) perform during the first night of
their short tour of Scotland backing singer Johnny Gentle, at Town
Hall, Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Gentle and the Silver Beetles
rehearse together for the first time 30 minutes prior to going on
stage. For this tour, three of the Silver Beetles adopt stage
names: Paul McCartney becomes Paul Ramon, George Harrison goes by
the name Carl Harrison, and Stuart Sutcliffe becomes Stuart de
Stael. (1404)

1961
The Beatles perform at the Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn, Hamburg, West
Germany. (1164)

1962
The Beatles perform at the Star-Club, Hamburg, West Germany. (364)

1963
The Beatles, touring with Roy Orbison, perform at the Gaumont
Cinema in Southampton, Hampshire. (1789)

1966
The Beatles do location filming for two color promo films for
"Paperback Writer" and "Rain". Filming is done in the gardens of
Chiswick House, Chiswick, London. Although filmed in color, these
two promo films are broadcast in black and white on the UK
television program "Top of the Pops". "Paperback Writer" is
broadcast on June 2 and again on June 23. "Rain" is broadcast on
June 9. (2525)

1967
Three Beatles (John, Ringo, and Paul) record interviews with Kenny
Everett for same-day broadcast on the BBC radio program "Where It's
At". The Beatles' about-to-be-released album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band" is played on the program, every track except "A
Day in the Life", which has been banned by the BBC for encouraging
a permissive attitude towards drug use. John introduces the title
track and also "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". He also talks
about Artificial Double Tracking, saying that The Beatles refer to
it as "double-flanging". Ringo talks about the past year's
activities for The Beatles. Paul chats about the lengthy process
of recording "Pepper", then says cheerio at the end of the program.
(2680)

1968
The Beatles, armed with a bunch of new songs after their visit to
India, meet at George Harrison's home in Esher, Surrey. They tape
23 demos of songs on George's 4-track recorder. Many will end up
on The Beatles' next album, "The Beatles" (the White Album). The
demos include: "Cry Baby Cry", "Child of Nature" [a John Lennon
song that was not used; John put a new lyric to the melody in 1971
to create the song "Jealous Guy"]; "The Continuing Story of
Bungalow Bill"; "I'm So Tired"; "Yer Blues"; "Everybody's Got
Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey"; "What's the New Mary
Jane?"; "Revolution"; "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"; "Circles" [a
George Harrison song that was not used; George released it as a
solo recording in 1982]; "Sour Milk Sea" [a George Harrison song
recorded by Jackie Lomax]; "Not Guilty" [a George Harrison song
that was not used; George released a solo version in 1979];
"Piggies"; "Julia"; "Blackbird"; "Rocky Raccoon"; "Back in the
USSR"; "Honey Pie"; "Mother Nature's Son"; "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da";
"Junk" [a Paul McCartney song that was not used; Paul included it
on his 1970 first solo album]; "Dear Prudence"; and "***y Sadie".
Some of these demos were released on "The Beatles Anthology 3":
Happiness Is a Warm Gun" (Disc one, Track 2) and "Mean Mr.
Mustard", "Polythene Pam", "Glass Onion", "Junk", "Piggies", and
"Honey Pie" (Disc one, Tracks 4-9). (2835)

1969
It is publicly announced that Allen Klein has been made The
Beatles' manager. Klein moves into Apple's offices, throwing out
executives, hangers-on, and hustlers. Apple stopped losing money
and Klein worked on maximizing record royalties for The Beatles.
(3066)

[P] 1978
Wings' single "With a Little Luck" reaches #1 in the US charts (2
weeks at #1). (3679)

[P] 1991
UK release of Paul McCartney CD, LP, and cassette "Unplugged (The
Official Bootleg)" (Parlophone). Songs: "Be-Bop-a-Lula", "I Lost
My Little Girl", "Here, There and Everywhere", "Blue Moon of
Kentucky", "We Can Work It Out", "San Francisco Bay Blues", "I've
Just Seen a Face", "Every Night", "She's a Woman", "Hi-Heel
Sneakers", "And I Love Her", "That Would be Something",
"Blackbird", "Ain't No Sunshine" (vocal: Hamish Stuart), "Good
Rockin' Tonight", "Singing the Blues", and "Junk". (850)



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