A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE BEATLES

1961--The Beatles perform at the Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn, Hamburg, West Germany.

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

 

1963- On this day they visit BBC's Aeolian Hall, London, to record the first show of their very own radio program, "Pop Go the Beatles." This is significant considering that one year previously The Beatles had not yet had a recording session with EMI. Four programs are initially contracted for, with an option for a further 11. The format is to be somewhat typical: The Beatles will play host to a guest act each week. The theme song for the program is a rockin' version of Pop Goes the Weasel, retitled Pop Go The Beatles. The Beatles' guest for this first show is The Lorne Gibson Trio. The Beatles' perform the songs From Me to You, Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby, Do You Want to Know a Secret, You Really Got a Hold On Me, Misery, and Hippy Hippy Shake. A BBC poll later indicates that the program had an audience appreciation index of 52 (out of 100), which is not especially impressive.

1963--The Beatles, touring with Roy Orbison, perform for two houses at the Granada Cinema, Walthamstow, London.

1964--The Beatles make their third appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Their performance is a clip of the group singing You Can't Do That, which was filmed during the making of their movie "A Hard Day's Night." The song was not included in the final film, giving Sullivan an exclusive. The clip was resurrected in the 1990s for inclusion in the excellent documentary, “Making of A Hard Day’s Night,” which was narrated by Phil Collins.

 

1969-The Beatles' single, Get Back, reaches #1 in the US charts.

1969-John and Yoko Ono (with Yoko's daughter, Kyoko) fly to Freeport, Bermuda, with the intention of holding another Bed-In for Peace, but leave when John realizes how far from the US they are. Plus, the heat and humidity are too high for comfortably staying in bed for seven days.
1972-The FBI “discovers” that the Lennons are planning a concert in Miami to coincide with the Republican Convention. By this time, however, any such plans have been abandoned, as John Lennon is forced to concentrate on his immigration battle.

1976--George begins recording sessions for his next album, Thirty Three & 1/3.

 
1980--Rock Lobster by the B-52's hits #56 on the charts. Upon hearing the song on the radio, John Lennon says to his wife, Yoko Ono, “Mother, they’re doing you!” This realization inspired John’s musical comeback with the Double Fantasy concept album (the concept of he and Yoko taking every other track on the album). John felt that Yoko would finally be accepted by the music-buying public. Unfortunately, he was wrong and it was something John would not live to see. It would be many years later that Yoko Ono would achieve a reasonable level of success in her recording career.

 1982--UK release of The Beatles’ single, The Beatles' Movie Medley / I'm Happy Just to Dance With You (Parlophone). Highest chart position is #10.

1984--Tarot card reader, John Green, publishes a laughable memoir, “Dakota Days,” intended as a tell-all expose of John Lennon’s final years. Green did indeed read cards for John and Yoko (mostly Yoko), but his book is filled with outlandish anecdotes of incidents that most likely did not happen.