November 26th – On This Day In Beatles History

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 at 7:00 am

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

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

1962 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London, recording for their second single. They record “Please Please Me” in 18 takes, and it is selected for the A-side of The Beatles’ new single. Then they record 6 takes of “Ask Me Why” for the flip side (they had recorded this song previously, but none of those takes had been judged to be good enough for release). The Beatles also play a third Lennon-McCartney number, “Tip of My Tongue,” for producer George Martin. Martin doesn’t care for the arrangement, and the song will never be recorded by The Beatles. However, “Tip of My Tongue” will be recorded in July 1963 by Tommy Quickly, another artist managed by Brian Epstein. The Beatles’ second single, “Please Please Me/Ask Me Why” will be issued on January 11, 1963. George Martin confidently and accurately predicts that the single will hit No.1.

1963 – The Beatles, on a tour of Britain, perform two shows at the Regal Cinema in Cambridge. Before the show, they give a live television interview from their dressing-room (for the BBC-TV news magazine “East at Six Ten”).

1967 – The Beatles’ promotional film clip for “Hello Goodbye” (version one) is broadcast on U.S. television, on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”

1969 – John Lennon special titled “John Lennon: A Tribute,” is broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Company.

1969 – Buckingham Palace announces that John Lennon has returned his MBE.

1974 – George Harrison performs in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

1984 – The Beatles single “I Feel Fine/She’s a Woman” (Parlophone R 5200) is re-released in the U.K. as a 20th anniversary vinyl single and also as a picture disc.

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