Saturday, 3 January 2015

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE BEATLES

January 3rd

1926:George Martin is born in London.



1962: Lunchtime and night performances at the Cavern Club.

1963: The Beatles began their first headlining tour with four nights in Scotland appearing at the Two Red Shoes Ballroom, Elgin. Two of the dates were cancelled due to bad weather. The Beatles earned £42 a night.

End of Christmas pantomime 'Babes In The Wood', with Gerry and the Pacemakers.

1964:  `Beatles Christmas Show', at the Astoria Cinema, Finsbury Park, London. 
The Beatles were seen for the first time on US TV when a clip from the BBC's 'The Mersey Sound' showing the group playing 'She Loves You' was shown on The Jack Paar Show.

 

'The Jack Paar Show' transmits a fragment of a Beatles' concert at the Winters Garden, Bournemouth. It includes 'She Loves You'. 1st important exposure of the Beatles in American television.

1968
'Hello, Goodbye' number 1, 5th week (UK New Musical Express chart).

1969
The second day of rehearsals for the Get Back/Let It Be sessions  .
30 000 copies of 'Two Virgins' are confiscated in New Jersey, on a judge's order, accused of pornographic cover.
1970: Studio 2. 2.30pm-12.15am. Recording: `I Me Mine' (takes 1-16). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham. Last song recorded by the Beatles. Paul, George and Ringo regrouped at EMI Studios to complete the Get Back album, as it was then called, while. They worked from 2.30pm until 12.15am the following morning, during the session George improvises a version of `Peggy Sue'.John was holidaying in Denmark at the time.
The remark was included on Anthology 3, along with the basic version of take 16.



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