1961 – The Beatles perform at the Cassanova Club, Liverpool.

1962 – The Beatles record their first radio appearance, at the Playhouse Theatre, Hulme, Manchester, for the BBC radio program “Teenager’s Turn – Here We Go.” After a rehearsal, the Beatles put on suits for the first time and, along with the other artists appearing on the program, record the show in front of a teenage audience. The Beatles perform three songs, all cover versions: “Dream Baby,” “Memphis,” and “Please Mr. Postman.” Broadcast the following afternoon, March 8.

1963 – The Beatles perform at the Elizabethan Ballroom, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. The Beatles headline a four-act bill of groups managed by Brian Epstein. Supporting The Beatles are Gerry & the Pacemakers, The Big Three, and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas. Two hired buses transport all of the performers, along with 80 devoted Liverpool fans.

1964 – The Beatles take the weekend off from filming their first movie (“A Hard Day’s Night“).

1967 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London. Additional overdubs are recorded for “Lovely Rita,” including harmony vocals, effects, and the percussive sound of a piece of toilet paper being blown through a haircomb.

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1961 – The Beatles perform a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool. That night they appear at the Liverpool Jazz Society.

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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1961 – The Beatles perform at Litherland Town Hall.

1962 – The Beatles perform at two different venues. First they play at St. John’s Hall in Bootle, and then at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, Wallasey. The support group for the Bootle appearance is The Searchers. The Tower event was billed as a “Mad March Rock Ball.”

1963 – The Beatles, on the Helen Shapiro tour, perform at City Hall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, playing for two “houses.” After the second show, The Beatles drove to Manchester’s Didsbury Studio Centre to appear live on the ABC Television news-magazine program “ABC At Large,” which is broadcast to the Midlands and the north regions. The Beatles and Brian Epstein give an interview with host David Hamilton. Although The Beatles do not perform on the show, a brief clip of them doing a lip-sync performance of “Please Please Me,” from their February 23 appearance on “Thank Your Lucky Stars,” is replayed.

1964 – The Beatles begin filming for their first movie, “A Hard Day’s Night,” although the film has no title at this point. The Beatles have to join the actor’s union minutes before getting on the train at Paddington Station so that filming can begin. The first week’s filming is scheduled to take place on a train. On this first day, the train travels west to Minehead and then returns to London. Because of the Beatlemania surrounding their first day’s departure, The Beatles decide to board the train on the following days at the more discreet Acton Main Line and having their chauffeurs meet them at out-of-the-way drop-off points in the evenings. Schoolgirl actress Pattie Boyd, whose train sequence with The Beatles is filmed this day, meets George Harrison. They marry on January 21, 1966. The Beatles’ single “Twist and Shout/There’s A Place” (Tollie 9001) is released in the U.S. 11 weeks on Billboard chart; highest chart position: No.2.

1967 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London. Overdubs are recorded for “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” including vari-speed vocals and instrument recordings. By the end of the session, the song is essentially completed, although additional mixing will be done. “The Beatles Anthology 2″ includes a remix of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (Disc two, Track 10).

1969 – John and Yoko perform at Lady Mitchell Hall in Cambridge, England, before a crowd of 500. John plays feedback guitar as accompaniment to Yoko’s non-stop screaming.

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1961 – The Beatles perform at St. John’s Hall, Tuebrook, Liverpool.

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

1963 – The Beatles tape an appearance for ABC Television’s “Thank Your Lucky Stars,” which was the most influential British pop program at the time. The Beatles ‘play’ a lip-sync performance of “Please Please Me.” The show is broadcast on February 23.

1965 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London, recording “The Night Before” (2 takes) and “You Like Me Too Much” (8 takes). The Beatles are awarded the Carl-Alan Award for Best Group of 1964.

1967 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London, recording begins for “Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite.” John’s lyrics for this song came almost entirely from an antique poster advertising a circus performance scheduled to take place near Rochdale, Lancashire, in February 1843. John had purchased the poster in Sevenoaks on January 31, while The Beatles were on location for the filming of the “Strawberry Fields Forever” promotional film. Seven takes are recorded of the rhythm track for “Kite,” and John then adds vocal overdubs. George Martin plays harmonium. “The Beatles Anthology 2″ includes the incomplete takes 1 and 2 (Disc two, Track and the completed take 7, with ending tape effects completed on Feb. 20 added onto the end (Disc two, Track 9). The Beatles single “Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane” (Parlophone R 5570) is release in the U.K.

1972 – Paul McCartney and Wings performs at Sheffield.

1975 – John Lennon’s album “Rock ‘n’ Roll” (Apple SK-3419) is released in the U.S. Tracks: “Be-Bop-a-Lula,” “Stand By Me,” “Rip It Up/Ready Teddy,” “You Can’t Catch Me,” “Ain’t That a Shame,” “Do You Want to Dance,” “Sweet Little Sixteen,” “Slippin’ and Slidin’,” “Peggy Sue,” “Bring It On Home to Me/Send Me Some Lovin’,” “Bony Maronie,” “Ya Ya,” and “Just Because.”

1961 – The Beatles perform at the Cassanova Club, Liverpool, and at Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool.

1962 – The Beatles perform at Technical College Hall in Birkenhead and at the Tower Ballroom in New Brighton, Wallasey.

1963 – The Beatles perform at Carfax Assembly Rooms, Oxford, Oxfordshire.

1964 – The Beatles’ second live appearance on U.S. television, on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” exactly one week after the first. Before an audience of 3,500 at the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, The Beatles perform “She Loves You,” “This Boy,” “All My Loving,” “I Saw Her Standing There,” “From Me to You,” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” 70-75 million viewers tuned in. The show is re-broadcast on September 20.

1965 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London. “I Need You” is completed with overdubs of George’s vocal, cowbell, and tone-pedal guitar. “Another Girl” is completed with the overdubbing of a guitar part. Then “Yes It Is” is begun and completed in 14 takes. Take 2 of “Yes It Is,” with the ending from the master version, is included on “The Beatles Anthology 2″ (Disc one, Track 2).

1967 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Three, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London, recording vocal and bass overdubs for “Good Morning Good Morning.” “The Beatles Anthology 2″ includes this day’s completed version of the song, before animal sounds, horns, and other additional instruments are overdubbed (Disc two, Track 6). The Beatles’ promotional videos for “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane” are broadcast on U.K. television, on the BBC program “Top of the Pops.” “Penny Lane” is repeated on February 23 and “Strawberry Fields Forever” is repeated on March 2.

1972 – Paul McCartney and Wings performs at Leeds Town Hall.

1979 – George Harrison’s album “George Harrison” (Dark Horse K 56562) is released in the U.K. 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 Touch” (Dark Horse K 17327) is released in the U.K.

1987 – The Beatles single “Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane” (Parlophone RP 5570) is re-released in the U.K. 20th anniversary reissue. Issued as a regular single and also as a picture disc.

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.