On This Day In Beatles History – July 1st

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 at 10:10 am

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1961 – The Beatles perform at the Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn, Hamburg, West Germany. This is the final night of their 92-night stand at this club. The Beatles travel back to Liverpool on July 2 and 3, and take a holiday from July 4 through July 12.

1962 – The Beatles perform a nighttime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool. Also appearing at the Cavern is Gene Vincent.

1963 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London. The Beatles record the songs for their next single, “She Loves You” and “I’ll Get You” (under the working title “Get You In the End”). EMI will issue “She Loves You/I’ll Get You” (Parlophone 5055) on August 23. It will go on to become The Beatles’ first million-selling single. The single was No.1 for four weeks, dropped to No.2 or No.3 for the next seven weeks, then regained the No.1 chart position for another two weeks. The Beatles’ recording schedule having been published in the weekly pop papers, a large crowd had gathered outside EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, and the police had to be summoned twice.

1965 – John Lennon’s second book, “A Spaniard In the Works,” is published in the U.S. by Simon and Schuster. The Beatles fly from Nice, France, to Madrid, Spain.

1966 – The Beatles perform two shows at the Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan.

1968 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London, recording of bass track and John’s lead vocal for “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey.” John Lennon’s art exhibition “You Are Here” (dedicated to Yoko), opens at the Robert Fraser Gallery in London.

1969 – The Beatles, without John who is in Scotland, are in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London. George Martin, having agreed to resume acting as The Beatles’ producer (on condition that they behave themselves in the studio), rejoins The Beatles in the studio, but only Paul arrives this day. He records a lead vocal for “You Never Give Me Your Money.” This day formally begins the recording sessions for “Abbey Road” (which is unnamed at this point), even though The Beatles have several songs already near completion for the album. After visiting John’s aunt in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland, John, his son Julian, Yoko, and her daughter Kyoko are in an auto accident in Golspie, Scotland. No other vehicles are involved. John requires 17 stitches to close a facial wound; Yoko receives 14 stitches. Kyoko needs 4 stitches, while Julian suffers from shock.

1980 – John Lennon and a five-man crew sail to Bermuda on Lennon’s 63-foot yacht ‘Isis’ sometime in early July. During the trip he begins to compose music again.