November 20th – On This Day In Beatles History

Friday, November 20th, 2009 at 7:00 am

1960 – The Beatles perform at the Kaiserkeller Club, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, West Germany.

1962 – The Beatles perform at Floral Hall, Southport, playing two shows.

1963 – The Beatles, on a tour of Britain, perform for two “houses” at the ABC Cinema in Manchester, Lancashire. Before the show they give a radio interview (for the BBC’s “Voice of the North”), a television interview (for Granada TV’s “Scene at 6:30″), and an interview for a short newsreel documentary being filmed by Pathe News. The Beatles permitted Pathe News to film two songs from their first show of the evening (“She Loves You” and “Twist and Shout”) for the eight-minute documentary called “The Beatles Come to Town.” The short film was distributed to theatres during the week of December 22. The footage of the Beatles performing “She Loves You” and “Twist and Shout” was later incorporated into a 70-minute movie known as “Pop Gear” (it was released in the U.S. under the title “Go Go Mania”).

1964 – John Lennon records part of his appearance on the first show of the new Dudley Moore/Peter Cook BBC television program “Not Only… But Also.”

1976 – George Harrison’s compilation album “The Best of George Harrison” (Parlophone PAS 10011) is released in the U.K. Tracks: “Something,” “If I Needed Someone,” “Here Comes the Sun,” “Taxman,” “Think For Yourself,” “For You Blue,” “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” “My Sweet Lord” , “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth),” “You,” “Bangla Desh,” “Dark Horse,” “What Is Life.” George Harrison’s promotional films for “Crackerbox Palace” (directed by Eric Idle) and “This Song” (directed by Harrison) are broadcast on U.S. television, on the program “Saturday Night Live.”

1979 – Paul McCartney’s single “Wonderful Christmastime/Rudolph the Red Nosed Reggae” (Columbia 1-11162) is released in the U.S.

1981 – Ringo Starr’s album “Stop and Smell the Roses” (RCA RCALP 6022) is released in the U.K. Tracks: “Private Property,” “Wrack My Brain,” “Drumming Is My Madness,” “Attention,” “Stop and Take the Time to Smell the Roses,” “Dead Giveaway,” “You Belong to Me,” “Sure to Fall,” “Nice Way,” and “Back Off Boogaloo” (version 2).

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