March 8th – On This Day In Beatles History

Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 9:09 am  
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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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March 6th – On This Day In Beatles History

Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at 9:09 am  
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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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March 5th – On This Day In Beatles History

Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 9:09 am  
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1961 – The Beatles perform at the Casbah Coffee Club, West Derby, Liverpool.

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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March 4th – On This Day In Beatles History

Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 9:09 am  
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1961 Performance at Aintree Institute in Aintree, Liverpool.

1964 Studio 3 (control room only). 10.00-11.00am. Mono mixing: `I Call Your Name’ (from take 7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: unknown; 2nd Engineer: not assigned.`Please Please Me’ LP, 50th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). `With The Beatles‘ number 1, 15th week (UK New Musical Express chart). Shooting of early scenes for `A Hard Day’s Night‘, on board a train leaving from Paddington Station. [Some day between 2 and 6 March 1964.] After a day of filming in the West Country for `A Hard Day’s Night’, the Beatles return to Westbourne Park Station, London.

1966 UK EP release: `Yesterday’. Yesterday (EP). The `Evening Standard‘ publishes Maureen Cleave’s interview to John, with comments on Christianism.

1967 Robert Stigwood signs the Bee Gees to an agency contract with NEMS Enterprises for 5 years. Michael Bullock is reinstated by Brian as Saville Theatre house manager.

1969 Odeon Theatre, London. Premiere of the film `Isadora’. Paul attends. Surprise visit of Princess Margaret during shooting of a scene in a French restaurant for `The Magic Christian’. After,lunch of Princess Margaret, Denis O’Dell, Ringo and Peter Sellers. Paul, Linda and Heather visit during shooting of `The Magic Christian’.

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March 3rd – On This Day In Beatles History

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 9:09 am  
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1961 – The Beatles perform at St. John’s Hall, Bootle.

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

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"

Cover of Concert for Bangla Desh

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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March 1st – On This Day In Beatles History

Monday, March 1st, 2010 at 9:09 am  
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono in Ottawa, (1969).
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1957 – John Lennon persuades his Aunt Mimi to buy him a guitar that costs 17 pounds, sometime early in March of this year. John forms a skiffle group with friend Pete Shotton. The name The Blackjacks lasts only about a week. It is then changed to The Quarry Men, after their school named Quarry Bank High School for Boys. The first line-up of the Quarry Men includes John Lennon (guitar), Pete Shotton (washboard), Colin Hanton (drums), Eric Griffiths (guitar), Rod Davis (banjo), and Bill Smith (tea-chest bass). There is considerable dispute about how John Lennon acquired his first guitar. Mark Lewisohn and Bill Harry both claim that John’s Aunt Mimi bought it for him, but Lewisohn claims this happened in March 1957 while Harry says it took place when John was 17, which means it had to have occurred after October 9, 1957. Since the Quarry Men first played in public in June 1957, one would naturally assume that John acquired the guitar prior to his 17th birthday.

1961 – The Beatles perform at Aintree Institute, Aintree, Liverpool.

1962 – The Beatles perform a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool. That night they give a performance at the Storyville Jazz Club on Temple Street in Liverpool.

1963 – The Beatles, on the Helen Shapiro tour, perform at the Odeon Cinema, Southport, Lancashire.

1964 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London. They record three songs in three hours. “I’m Happy Just to Dance With You,” a song John Lennon had written for George Harrison to sing, is completed in four takes. “Long Tall Sally” is recorded in a single, terrific take, and “I Call Your Name” is completed in seven takes. Note: “Long Tall Sally” and “I Call Your Name” is released in the U.K. on the “Long Tall Sally” EP (Parlophone 8913) and in the U.S. on the album “The Beatles’ Second Album” (Capitol 2080). “I’m Happy Just to Dance With You” is included on the “A Hard Day’s Night” album in both countries, although the U.K. and U.S. albums will be quite different. “I’m Happy Just to Dance With You” will also be released on the U.S. album “Something New” (Capitol 2108).

1966 – The Beatles’ Shea Stadium concert, filmed on August 15, 1965, is broadcast in the U.K. by the BBC.

1967 – The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, London. A new piano track is taped for the already-mastered “A Day in the Life,” but this new overdub is later discarded. Recording then begins for “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” Seven takes are recorded.

1970 – The Beatles’ promotional film of “Two of Us” and “Let It Be” is shown on U.S. television, on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Paul McCartney announces, in early March, that he intends to release his first solo album in April, which conflicts with the scheduled release of Ringo’s “Sentimental Journey” and The Beatles’ “Let It Be.” John and Yoko undergo three weeks of intensive ‘primal scream’ therapy in London with Arthur Janov, creator of the method in early March.

1972 – John and Yoko begin recording songs for “Some Time in New York City.”

1975 – John Lennon (with Paul Simon) is a guest presenter at the Grammy Awards. Paul McCartney receives two Grammys for “Band on the Run.”

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Feburary 19th – On This Day In Beatles History

Friday, February 19th, 2010 at 3:28 pm  
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1961 – The Beatles perform at the Casbah Coffee Club, West Derby, Liverpool.

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

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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Feburary 17th – On This Day In Beatles History

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 at 9:09 am  
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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 8) 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.”

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