1961 The Beatles perform a noontime show at the Cavern Club in Liverpool then at night they perform two shows. One at the Aintree Institute in Aintree, Liverpool and then at Hambleton Hall in Huyton, Liverpool.

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1962 5.00-5.29pm. BBC’s `Teeneager’s Turn (Here We Go)’ broadcast (all 7 March 1962 session except `Hello Little Girl‘).

1963 The prefix `45-’ is dropped off EMI singles catalogue numbers.`Please Please Me‘ single number 1, 3rd week (UK New Musical Express chart).

1965 Brian attends the evening presentation of this year’s Mecca Carl-Alan awards, at the Empire Ballroom, Leicester Square, London. He collects from Princess Margaret an award as best group on behalf of The Beatles, and other on behalf of Cilla Black. The awards are televised by BBC 1.

1968 UK single release: Cilla Black – Step Inside Love written by Lennon/McCartney.

1969 `Yellow Submarine‘ LP, 8th week in the Top 30 (Billboard).

1971 Recording of John Lennon’s – Power To The People.

1971 UK single release: Paul McCartney – Another Day.

1982 Startling Studios. Recording basic tracks for LP `Old Wave’. Producer: Jim Nipar.

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1962 – The Beatles perform a nighttime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool.

1963 – The Beatles appear at the Playhouse Theatre in Manchester to record their fifth, and final, appearance on the BBC radio program “Here We Go” performing “I Saw Her Standing There,” “Misery,” “Do You Want to Know a Secret,” and “Please Please Me.” The show is broadcast on March 12, with “I Saw Her Standing There” edited out of the broadcast tape most likely due to time limit.

1964 – The Beatles continue filming for “A Hard Day’s Night” (as yet untitled). This day’s destination is Newton Abbot.

1967 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London. Overdubbing sound effects onto the song “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” The beginning audience murmurs and sounds of a band preparing for a performance are added, as are sounds of audience applause and laughter. Later, when the song is joined with “With a Little Help From My Friends,” screams will be added from a tape of the Beatles in concert at the Hollywood Bowl.

1970 – The Beatles’ single “Let It Be/You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)” (Apple R-5883) is released in the U.K.

1975 – John Lennon announces that his separation from Yoko was “not a success” and they are back together.

1976 – The Beatles’ collected singles “The Singles Collection 1962-1970″ (EMI) are re-released in the U.K. Includes 23 Beatles U.K. singles – the original 22 singles and the about-to-be released “Yesterday/I Should Have Known Better” (Parlophone R-6013). Singles: “Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You,” “Please Please Me/Ask Me Why,” “From Me to You/Thank You Girl,” “She Loves You/I’ll Get You,” ” Can’t Buy Me Love/You Can’t Do That,” “A Hard Day’s Night/Things We Said Today,” “I Feel Fine/She’s a Woman,” “Ticket to Ride/Yes It Is,” “Hey Jude/Revolution,” “Paperback Writer/Rain,” “Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever,” “Get Back/Don’t Let Me Down,” “Help!/I’m Down,” “Eleanor Rigby/Yellow Submarine,” “Let It Be/You Know My Name (Look Up the Number),” “I Want to Hold Your Hand/This Boy,” “All You Need is Love/Baby You’re a Rich Man,” “Hello Goodbye/I Am the Walrus,” “Lady Madonna/The Inner Light,” “Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out,” “Something/Come Together,” “The Ballad of John and Yoko/Old Brown Shoe,” and “Yesterday/I Should Have Known Better.”

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1962 – The Beatles perform a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool. That night, they perform at the Kingsway Club in Southport.

1963 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London, recording “From Me to You” just five days after John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote the song. Originally intended for the B-side of their second single, it is switched to the A-side with “Thank You Girl” on the B-side. They record “From Me to You” (13 takes) and “Thank You Little Girl” later changed to “Thank You Girl,” (13 takes). The Beatles record “The One After 909″ (5 takes) but none are considered good enough for release. The takes are shelved and remained unissued until “Anthology I” which includes a sequence of incomplete takes of “One After 909″ and a complete version of the song pieced together from the partial takes (Disc 1, Tracks 25-26).

1964 – The Beatles continue filming for “A Hard Day’s Night” (as yet untitled), aboard a train, this time headed to Taunton and back.

1970 – The Beatles’ promotional film for “Let It Be” is broadcast on U.K. television, on the program “Top of the Pops.” Ringo Starr is in the recording studio, Morgan Studios, London, recording songs for his “Sentimental Journey” album: “Whispering Grass” and “Bye-Bye Blackbird.” For “Blackbird” he uses an arrangement written by Bee Gee Maurice Gibb.

1990 – The Beatles single “Let It Be/You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)” (Parlophone RP-5833) is re-released in the U.K. 20th anniversary release. Released as a regular single and also as a picture disc.

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1963 – The Beatles perform at the Gaumont Cinema, Hanley, Staffordshire, on the final night of the Helen Shapiro tour. After starting the tour as the opening act at the bottom of the bill, The Beatles have worked their way up to closing the first-half of each show.

1964 – The Beatles continue filming for “A Hard Day’s Night” (as yet untitled), aboard a train headed to Minehead and back.

1967 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London. Working on the song “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” Four french horn players (James Buck, Neil Sanders, Tony Randall, and John Burden) are brought into the studio to record overdubs. John Lennon secretly records the musicians’ conversation for his personal tape archive (which he was compiling for use in his experimental works). Later in the session, George Harrison overdubs a distorted lead guitar solo.

1971 – The Beatles are no longer banned from radio play by the South African Broadcasting Corporation. The ban had been in effect since August 8, 1966, in response to the John Lennon “Beatles bigger than Jesus” controversy. However, the lifting of the ban does not extend to John Lennon’s compositions, vocals, or solo work, which remain banned.

Cover of "Concert for Bangla Desh"

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1973 – George Harrison’s album “The Concert for Bangla Desh” is awarded the Grammy for 1972 Album of the Year.

1991 – George Harrison takes the stage at a convention of George Formby fans at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens. Playing a ukulele, he sings Formby’s “In My Little Snapshot Album.”

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1963 – The Beatles perform a nighttime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool. The supporting act is Lee Curtis & the All-Stars, the group for which Pete Best is drummer. This is the last time that any of The Beatles will see Pete Best in person.

1965 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London. John’s song “You’re Going To Lose That Girl” is recorded in one day (two basic takes plus overdubs). An unsuccessful attempt is made on March 30 to improve the song, and the track completed this day is the one released on the “Help!” album.

1970 – The Plastic Ono Band appear on “Top of the Pops,” in a pre-taped performance of “Instant Karma!

1971 – Paul McCartney’s single “Another Day/Oh Woman, Oh Why” (Apple R-5889) is released in the U.K.

1977 – Ringo Starr (with Paul Williams) is a guest presenter at the Grammy Awards ceremony in the U.S.

1990 – John Lennon posthumous compilation album “The John Lennon Collection” (Capitol C2-91516) is released on CD in the U.S. Adds four songs not on the vinyl LP version: “Happy Xmas (War Is Over),” “Stand by Me,” “Move Over Ms. L,” and “Cold Turkey.

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

1962 – The Beatles perform a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool. That night they perform before an audience of 3,500 at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, Wallasey. Sharing the bill with The Beatles is Terry Lightfoot and his New Orleans Jazz Band.

1963 – The Beatles perform at the Ritz Ballroom, Birmingham.

1964 – The Beatles give an interview by telephone to Dick Clark during the ABC-TV show “American Bandstand.” That afternoon they rehearse at the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, for their second live appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.

1965 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London, recording “Ticket to Ride,” “Another Girl,” and “I Need You.” “Ticket to Ride” is completed, but the other two songs require overdubs, which are done the following day. The Beatles’ single “Eight Days a Week/I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party” (Capitol 5371). 10 weeks on Billboard chart; highest chart position: No.1.

1968 – John Lennon and George Harrison, with their wives Cynthia and Patti, travel to Rishikesh, India, to study Transcendental Meditation with the Maharishi. Paul McCartney, Jane Asher, and Ringo Starr and his wife Maureen, follow on the 19th.

1971 – George Harrison’s single “What Is Life/Apple Scruffs” (Apple 1828) is released in the U.S.

1974 – Paul McCartney and Wings’ single “Jet/Let Me Roll It” (Apple R-5996) is released in the U.K.

1988 – George Harrison publishes a limited edition book titled “Songs by George Harrison,” available only by mail order. Each is individually autographed and the buyer had a choice of a 7″ single or 5″ CD of unreleased songs.

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1961 – The Beatles perform at the Cassanova Club, Liverpool, and at Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool. Advertisements for the Cassanova Club appearance credited The Beatles as the originators of a foot-stomping dance called “The Atom Beat.” At Litherland Town Hall, while The Beatles are presenting a Valentine’s Day show, Paul McCartney sings Elvis Presley’s “Wooden Heart,” and is wearing an actual wooden heart pinned to his coat, covered with satin and embroidered with the names “John,” “Paul,” “George,” and “Pete.” The heart is raffled off, and the winner also gets a kiss from Paul. When the winning girl goes on stage to get her prize and kiss, dozens of other girls follow her, squealing in an early display of “Beatlemania.” John is knocked to the floor and the club’s bouncers close the curtain and stop the show until order has been restored. In 1996, a 35-second colour, soundless film of The Beatles performing at the Cassanova Club on this day is discovered by the son of the fan who filmed it.

1962 – The Beatles perform a nighttime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool.

1963 – The Beatles perform at the Locarno Ballroom, Liverpool. This is a St. Valentine’s Day dance.

1964 – The Beatles rehearse for their second live appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” at the Deauville Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida.

1967 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London, recording overdubs for “Only a Northern Song,” including two George Harrison lead vocals.

1972 – Paul McCartney and Wings performs at Lancaster. John and Yoko serve as guest hosts for “The Mike Douglas Show,” a U.S. television program, for the week of Feb. 14-18.

1979 – George Harrison’s album “George Harrison” (Dark Horse DHK-3255) is released in the U.S. Tracks: “Love Comes to Everyone,” “Not Guilty,” “Here Comes the Moon,” “Soft Hearted Hana,” “Blow Away,” “Faster,” “Dark Sweet Lady,” “Your Love is Forever,” “Soft Touch,” and “If You Believe.” George Harrison’s single “Blow Away/Soft Hearted Hana” (Dark Horse DRC-8763) is released in the U.S.

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Feburary 13th – On This Day In Beatles History

1962 – Brian Epstein and George Martin meet for the first time to discuss a recording contract with the Parlophone label. Brian Epstein played Martin some 78 rpm records made from The Beatles’ Decca audition tapes. Martin expresses some interest though it would be nearly three months before he contacts Epstein. The Beatles perform a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool.

1963 – The Beatles perform at the Majestic Ballroom in Hull.

1964 – The Beatles fly from New York to Miami Beach, Florida, for their second live appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” to be broadcast from the Deauville Hotel.

1967 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London. The Beatles record “Only A Northern Song,” but the song would not be completed until April 20 and would not be released until its inclusion on the “Yellow Submarine” album in 1969. George Harrison, not having a name for the song, used “Not Known” as the working title. The Beatles record nine takes of the basic rhythm track. The Beatles single “Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane” (Capitol 5810) is released in the U.S. 10 weeks on Billboard chart; highest chart position: No.1.

1972 – Paul McCartney and Wings performs at Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

1995 – The Beatles single “Baby It’s You/I’ll Follow the Sun/Devil in Her Heart/Boys” (Parlophone/Apple R 6406) is released in the U.K. Highest U.K. chart position is No.7.

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