A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE BEATLES

1960	The Silver Beatles perform at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Liscard, Wallasey. This is the first time they ever appear on the same bill with Gerry & the Pacemakers, the two groups destined to become Liverpool's most successful beat groups.
1961	The Beatles perform at the Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn, Hamburg, West Germany.
1962	The Beatles' first recording session at Abbey Road Studios, London--their EMI/Parlophone audition. After playing a large number of songs and getting the "thumbs-up" for actual recording, The Beatles record four songs: "Besame Mucho" and three Lennon-McCartney songs, "Love Me Do", "P.S. I Love You", and "Ask Me Why". Although sample lacquer discs are cut, none of these takes will be released on record. Ron Richards, George Martin's assistant, is in charge of the session initially, but balance engineer Norman Smith calls Martin in when his interest is aroused by "Love Me Do". Martin comes in and stays "for the remainder of The Beatles' career" (Lewisohn). George Martin gets along well with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison, but not so with the silent Pete Best. Worse, he considers Pete's drumming ability to be not up to professional standards, as he points out to Brian Epstein. There is some question as to whether Martin made finalizing The Beatles' recording contract conditional upon Pete Best being replaced as drummer, but it was clear that Martin had no intention of using Best in the studio. Since John, Paul, and George had been increasingly unhappy with Pete (he wasn't a great drummer, he wouldn't restyle his hair like theirs, and he was enormously popular with the girls), it was just a matter of time (August 16) until Pete Best was out as drummer and Ringo Starr was in. Brian was handed the unenviable task of breaking the news to Pete; John called Ringo and asked him to join The Beatles, telling him that his long sideburns would have to be sacrificed to fit in with the image Brian was creating for The Beatles. Pete Best, who had stuck with The Beatles through demanding Hamburg engagements, who had handled the group's bookings before Brian Epstein's arrival, and who had played a multitude of club performances with The Beatles, lived the nightmare of being booted out of The Beatles on the eve of their spectacular success. Neil Aspinall, Pete's close friend (he lived with the Bests), had to make a tough choice--he stayed on as The Beatles' road manager, but only at Pete Best's insistence.
1964	The Beatles, on a world tour, perform two shows at an auction hall (Veilinghal Op Hoop Van Zegen) in Blokker, The Netherlands. Drummer Jimmy Nicol fills in for the hospitalized Ringo Starr. Television news and newsreel cameras film The Beatles' second performance
1966	The Beatles in the recording studio(Studio Three, EMI Studios, London)A session devoted primarily to tape copying and mixing,but Paul does add the final vocal overdub to "Eleanor Rigby".
1968	The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios, London). Paul and Ringo work on "Don't Pass Me By". John films an interview with Victor Spinetti, discussing the upcoming National Theatre production, "In His Own Write", based on John's book and directed by Spinetti. Later, John worked on recording 12 additional sound effects tapes for "In His Own Write" (he had previously recorded effects tapes for the play on November 28, 1967). "The Beatles Anthology 3" features the song as it sounded at the end of this session, before the violin part is overdubbed (Disc one, Track 10).
1970	The Beatles album "Let It Be" reaches #1 in the UK.