What did they do on June 2?

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on June 2. **

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Beatles * [J] John * [P] Paul * [G] George * [R] Ringo * [O] Other
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1960
The Silver Beetles perform at The Institute, Neston, Wirral,
Cheshire. They are paid 10 pounds, and they give their manager
Allan Williams a commission of 1 pound. During the performance, a
16-year-old boy is nearly kicked to death. (1412)

1961
The Beatles perform at the Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn, Hamburg, West
Germany. (1177)

1963
The Beatles, touring with Roy Orbison, perform at the Hippodrome
Theatre in Brighton, Sus***. (1804)

1964
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). They record 11 takes each of John's songs "Any Time At
All" and "When I Get Home". Then came three takes of Paul's song
"Things We Said Today". All were recorded for the "A Hard Day's
Night" LP. (2116)

[G] 1965
George Harrison and Brian Epstein attend the premiere of Richard
Lester's movie "The Knack" at the London Pavilion. (2371)

1966
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). Recording George's song "Laxton's Superb", the working
title for his song "I Want to Tell You". The rhythm track is
completed in five tracks, some overdubs are added, then a reduction
mixdown is made to allow for further overdubs during the next
recording session. Initially, the song was titled "I Don't Know",
because that is what George Harrison answered when George Martin
asked him what the title of the song was. Geoff Emerick came up
with "Laxton's Superb", which is a type of apple. (2531)

1966
US magazine "Disc" publishes the banned "butcher cover" for the
upcoming LP release "Yesterday and Today". (2704)

1967
US release of Beatles LP "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
(Capitol). Songs: "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "With a
Little Help from My Friends", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds",
"Getting Better", "Fixing a Hole", "She's Leaving Home", "Being for
the Benefit of Mr. Kite", "Within You Without You", "When I'm 64",
"Lovely Rita", "Good Morning Good Morning", "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band (Reprise)", and "A Day in the Life". 121 weeks on
Billboard chart; highest position #1. (98)

1967
The Beatles in the recording studio (De Lane Lea Recording Studios,
Kingsway, London). George Martin joins The Beatles at the De Lane
Lea studio for the first time. A bit of work is done on "It's All
Too Much", but the session consists mainly of more instrumental
jamming. The Beatles also bring bass/contra bass clarinetist Paul
Harvey and four trumpeters into the studio to join them in the
experimental music-making. (2686)

[J] 1969
Their Montreal bed-in completed, John and Yoko leave the Queen
Elizabeth Hotel and fly to Ottawa to attend a university conference
on peace. Later that evening they take a flight back to London.
[Note: Allen Wiener reports that John and Yoko flew back to London
on June 7]. (3074)

[P] 1973
Wings' single "My Love" reaches #1 in the US singles charts (it
will hold the #1 position for 4 weeks). Wing's album "Red Rose
Speedway" reaches #1 in the US album charts. (3487)

[R] 1975
US release of Ringo Starr single "It's All Down to Goodnight Vienna
- Goodnight Vienna (reprise)/Oo-Wee" (Apple). 7 weeks on Billboard
chart; highest position #31. (192)



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