Feburary 22nd – On This Day In Beatles History

Monday, February 22nd, 2010 at 9:09 am

1961 – The Beatles perform at Aintree Institute, Aintree, Liverpool, and at Hambleton Hall, Huyton, Liverpool.

1963 – The Beatles perform at the Oasis Club, Manchester.

1964 – The Beatles return to England. Arriving at London Airport in the morning, they hold a press conference, which is broadcast in the middle of a popular sports television broadcast, “Grandstand.” Pathe News covered The Beatles return to England and made a documentary film out of the footage for distribution to theatres. There was plenty of radio coverage, too! The Beatles gave a phone interview to Brian Mathew for the program “Saturday Club.” That interview was followed by a song request dedicated to George Harrison for his upcoming birthday-it was sent in by his mother (and the song was “Shop Around”).

1965 – The Beatles fly to the Bahamas to begin filming their second movie, tentatively titled “Eight Arms To Hold You,” that would become “Help!”

1967 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London, recording the piano note ending for “A Day in the Life.” John, Paul, Ringo, and Mal Evans, using three different pianos, simultaneously strike E major. It requires nine takes to get everyone hitting the note at the same moment. This is overdubbed three times, with a harmonium overdub by George Martin added in. The perfect ending for the song, and the album, had been found. Later in the session, the Beatles record an experimental track, “Anything” (aka “Drum Track”), 22 mins 10 secs long, of Ringo playing drums, augmented by tambourine and congas.

1969 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Trident Studios, London, recording “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” (35 takes). The track will not be completed until August 11.

1970 – Paul McCartney and film-maker Charlie Jenkins shoot footage for a promotional film of Paul’s “Maybe I’m Amazed.

1971 – Paul McCartney’s single “Another Day/Oh Woman, Oh Why” (Apple 1829) is released in the U.S.

1972 – Paul McCartney and Wings performs at Swansea University.

1994 – The Fireman (Paul McCartney and Youth) CD “strawberries oceans ship forest” (Capitol Capitol CDP-8) is released in the U.S. Tracks: “Transpiritual Stomp,” “Trans Lunar Rising,” “Transcrystaline,” “Pure Trance,” “Arizona Light,” “Celtic Stomp,” “Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest,” “444,” and “Sunrise Mix.