July 8, 200718 yr Author July 7th 1967 UK single release: `All You Need Is Love'/`Baby, You're a Rich Man'. 1969 Studio 2. 2.30-11.45pm. Recording: `Here Comes The Sun' (takes 1-13). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: John Kurlander. 10.45-11.45pm. Re-recording and perfecting of acoustic guitar. Recording of rythm track for `Here Comes The Sun'. 1970 In Liverpool, George's mother Louise Harrison, dies of cancer. 1973 `Live And Let Die', reaches its peak position of number 2 (Billboard). 1975 A special surprise for Ringo's 35th birthday, Keith Moon arranges for a skywriter to write in the sky "Happy Birthday Ringo". Later at a birthday party at the Wiltshire Hotel, Los Angeles, the guests included the Rolling Stones.
July 8, 200718 yr Author July 8th 1963 Beginning of performances at the Winter Gardens, Margate, with Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas. 1964 Apearance on BBC-TV's `Top Of The Pops' (recorded 7 July 1964). 1968 Press preview of `Yellow Submarine' at the Bowater House Cinema. Paul, George and Ringo attend, and pose for photographers with a life-sized cardboard cut-out of their `Yellow Submarine' persona. 1989 Paul's My Brave Face peaks at #25 in the US Billboard singles chart.
July 9, 200718 yr Author July 9th 1960 Performance at the Corporation's Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Road, Liscard, Wallasey, Cheshire. 1969 Studio 2. 2.30-10.15pm. Recording: `Maxwell's Silver Hammer' (takes 1-21). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Phil McDonald; Engineer: John Kurlander. 1st John's session after his accident. A bed is brought into the studio so that Yoko could stay by John's side. 1972 Paul & Wings European concert tour started at Theatre Antique, Chateau Vallon, Toulon, France. 1981 During Tonight's 900th edition of BBC TV's Top Of The Pops, short excerpts of the Beatles performing from 1963 are included. 1990 Paul's US tour continues at the Giants Stadium, New Jersey.
July 11, 200718 yr Author July 10th 1963 Performance at the Winter Gardens, Margate, with Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas. 1964 To avoid fans, the Beatles cross the Thames on a boat to get to the ABC Studios in Teddington, from London. Teddington TV Studios, Middlesex. Live appearance on ABC-TV's `Lucky Stars (Summer Spin)'. 1976 The Beatles' Rock'N'Roll music hits #2 in the US Album charts. Also Paul & Linda are amongst a number of celebrities who attend a historic Beach Boys concert in Anaheim, California where Brian Wilson performs live with the group for the first time in 12 years. 1995 Klaus Voorman delivers his ideas for the Anthology album covers at a meeting at Apple Corps' Headquarters in London.
July 12, 200718 yr Author July 11th 1965 Dario Argento writes for the weekly Italian magazine `Sogno': `Questi sono in realita i Beatles, i favolosi Beatles, il piu imprevisto, incredible fenomeno musicale dei tempi moderni.' (`These really are the Beatles, the fabulous Beatles, the most unexpected, incredible musical phenomenon of modern times.') 1966 Brian buys Bernard Delfont and Tom Arnold's part of Saville Theatre shares, getting complete control over its leasing. 1968 Midday. St Sophia's Church, London. Marriage of John Alexis Mardas and Eufrosyne Doxiades. John, Yoko, George and Pattie attend. 1971 Ringo does an interview with Melody Maker weekly musical paper highlights included "I'll be in a group with John & George & Klaus (Voorman) and call it the Ladders or whatever you want to call it, but I don't think it would be called the Beatles" & comments on his former partners respective solo albums: John (Plastic Ono Band) "Some of the tracks are incredible" George (All Things Must Pass) "Well George is sensational. There are so many great tracks on it, good tracks and so much work." Paul (McCartney & Ram) "I feel sad with Paul's albums because I believe he's a great artist, incredibly creative & clever but he disappoints me with his albums. I don't think there's one tune on the last one Ram...... I just feel he's wasted his time, it's just the way I feel....he seems to be going strange."
July 13, 200718 yr Author July 12th 1963 UK EP release: `Twist And Shout'. UK EP release: `My Bonnie'. 1964 In London, the `Observer' publishes a praiseful review of `A Hard Day's Night' film, specially of Ringo's work. While on his way to the concert in Brighton in his E-type Jaguar, George is involved in a car accident in New King's Road at Munster Road, London. Performance at the Hippodrome, Brighton, with Jimmy Nicol and the Fourmost. 1966 The Beatles receive 3 1965 Ivor Novello prizes: `Yesterday' (most broadcast song), `We Can Work It Out' (most sold song) and `Help!' (2nd most sold song). 1969 Ringo expresses his opinion about the banning of `The Ballad Of John And Yoko' decided by some US radios. 1971 George calls a meeting at Apple in Saville Row & informs members of Badfinger (whom he is producing) that he is returning to New York to organise the Concert for the people of Bangladesh. 1975 Ringo's Goodnight Vienna peaks at #31 in the US Buillboard singles chart.
July 13, 200718 yr Author July 13th 1961 Performance at St. John's Hall in Tuebrook, Liverpool. 1963 A contest is run on this day's issue of teen magazine `Boyfriend'. Prize: a lunch with the Beatles and attendance to a Beatles recording session. `Boyfriend' first publishes photograph from its Euston Road session. 1964 US single release: `A Hard Day's Night'/`I Should Have Known Better'. 1965 Savoy Hotel, London. Annual Ivor Novello awards lunch. Paul attends, to receive awards on behalf of the Beatles. 1971 George meets John in New York and asks John to perform at the Concert for Bangladesh concert as a favour for George playing on John's forthcoming Imagine album. 1974 Band on The Run tops the UK Album chart.
July 15, 200718 yr Author July 14th 1961 First performance at the Cavern after the return from Hamburg. The Beatles do noontime and evening performances. They share the evening bill with Johnny Sandon and the Searchers. 1964 Studio 2, Broadcasting House, London. 7.00-11.00pm. Recording for BBC's `Top Gear': `Long Tall Sally'; `Things We Said Today'; `A Hard Day's Night'; `And I Love Her'; `I Should Have Known Better'; `If I Fell'; `You Can't Do That'. `I Should have Known Better' is the commercially released version. 1973 A host of activity in the charts for Beatles related music: In the NME UK album chart: Beatles 1967-70 #1; George's Living in the Material World #5; Beatles 1962-66 #6; Paul's Red Rose Speedway #10. UK Singles: George's Give Me Love #9; Paul's Live & Let Die #11. USA Billboard Album chart: Living In The Material World #1; Red Rose Speedway #5; Beatles 67-70 #15 & Beatles 62-66 #18. USA Singles: Give Me Love #4; Paul's My Love #6 & Live & Let Die #28. 1979 George is interviewed by ITV's World O Sport as part of their coverge of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. He also takes part in a celebrity race but stalls his car at the start of the race, captured by TV cameras. 1985 The day after his Live Aid "Let It Be" performance, Paul goes back into the studio to overdub a vocal (to compensate for his missing vocal for the first half of the track) to be used in future TV highlights or releases should it be required.
July 15, 200718 yr Author July 15th 1958 Julia Stanley, John's mother, died. She is fatally struck down by a car driven by an off-duty drunken police officer. (When the trial ends, the officer was acquitted of the offence.) 1964 `A Hard Day's Night' single number 1, 1st week (UK New Musical Express chart). 1966 Klaus Voorman is released from his NEMS contract by Epstein so that he can join Manfred Mann as bassist. 1971 Yoko signs copies of her book `Grapefruit' at the store Selfridges, on occasion of its re-release. John attends. 1975 Following on from the split of the group Stone The Crows, Jimmy McCulloch joins Wings.
July 16, 200718 yr Author July 16th 1960 Performance at the Corporation's Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Road, Liscard, Wallasey, Cheshire. From now the Silver Beatles are: John, Paul, George, Stu and Norman Chapman (drums). 1963 BBC Paris Studios, London. 3.00-5.00pm. Recording for BBC's `Pop Go The Beatles' (8th edition): `Pop Goes The Beatles'; `I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)'; `Crying, Waiting, Hoping'; `Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!'; `To Know Her Is To love Her'; `The Honeymoon Song'; `Twist And Shout'; `Pop Goes The Beatles'. The only BBC recording of all these songs, except `Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!' and `Twist And Shout'. BBC Paris Studio, London. 6.00-8.30pm. Recording for BBC's `Pop Go The Beatles' (9th edition): `Pop Goes The Beatles'; `Long Tall Sally'; `Please Please Me'; `She Loves You'; `You Really Got A Hold On Me'; `I'll Get You'; `I Got A Woman'; `Pop Goes The Beatles'. BBC Paris Studio, London. 8.45-10.50pm. Recording for BBC's `Pop Go The Beatles' (10th edition): `Pop Goes The Beatles'; `She Loves You'; 'Words Of Love'; `Glad All Over'; `I Just Don't Understand'; `Devil In Her Heart'; `Slow Down'; `Pop Goes The Beatles'. `She Loves You' is the same version recorded earlier today (6.00-8.30pm session). Only take of `I Just Don't Understand', and only BBC take of `Slow Down'. 1968 Studio 2. 4.00-9.00pm. Recording: `Cry Baby Cry' (takes 1-10, tape reduction take 10 into takes 11, 12). 10.00pm-2.00am. Recording: `Cry Baby Cry' (overdub onto take 12). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Last day of Geoff Emerick's work as Beatles engineer. He will not be back until the `Abbey Road' sessions. 1974 John & May Pang take up residence in a small apartment at a two storey building at East 52nd Street New York. They are visited by Paul & Linda where they spend a couple of ... "Beaujolais evenings, reminiscing about the old times".
July 16, 200718 yr Author July 17th 1961 Performance at noontime at the Cavern Club in Liverpool and then at night at the Town Hall in Litherland, Liverpool with Gerry and the Pacemakers. 1963 The Playhouse Theatre, London. 8.45-9.45pm. Recording for BBC's `Easy Beat': `I Saw Her Standing There'; `A Shot Of Rythm And Blues'; `There's A Place'; `Twist And Shout'. Only live take of `A Shot Of Rythm And Blues'. 1964 BBC Paris Studio, London. 2.45-6.15pm. Recording for BBC's `From Us To You' (4th edition): `From Us To You'; `Long Tall Sally'; `If I Fell'; `I'm Happy Just To Dance With You'; `Things We Said Today'; `I Should Have Known Better'; `Boys'; `Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!'; `A Hard Day's Night'; `From Us To You'. Only live take of `I'm Happy Just To Dance With You'. 1968 London Pavilion. `Yellow Submarine' premiere. Ringo, Maureen, Paul, John, Yoko and George attend. After the premiere, party at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, which named its new discoteque `Yellow Submarine' for the event. 1971 John & Yoko record an interview on BBC1's (Michael) Parkinson show: John "I never wanted them (The Beatles) to slide down and sort of make comebacks and things like that. I said, when I was 20 in the Beatles that 'I'm not going to be singing 'She Loves You' when I'm 30! Well I was 30 this year and I didn't force it to happen. It just happenned naturally. I guessed that by the time I was 30 I would have just grown out of it. And I have, you know..." 1974 The US Immigration and Naturalization Service Board denies John's appeal and orders him to leave the country within sixty days or face deportation.
July 18, 200718 yr Author July 18th 1963 Studio 2. 7.00-10.45pm. Recording: `You Really Got A Hold On Me' (takes 1-11); `Money (That's What I Want)' (takes 1-7); `Devil In Her Heart' (takes 1-6); `Till There Was You' (takes 1-3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham. First session for `With The Beatles' LP. 1968 Recording: `Helter Skelter' (takes 1-3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Take 3 of `Helter Skelter' lasted 27'11'', the longest Beatle recording ever. (It was not used for the released version.) 1974 Paul celebrates his five year marriage to Lind by telling the Daily Expres "I've discovered I'm rather old-fashioned-I believe in a marriage contract". 1983 Studio 2. Start of the show `The Beatles at Abbey Road', 3 times in the day, while the upstairs control room is being equipped with a new recording console. It runs until 11 September 1983.
July 20, 200718 yr Author July 19th 1961 Performance at noontime and again in the evening at the Cavern Club. 1964 Blackpool. Appearance on the programme `Big Night Out'. 1967 `All You Need Is Love' hits number 1 (UK Record Retailer chart). 1968 Studio 2. 7.30pm-4.00am. Recording: `Sexy Sadie' (takes 1-21). Producer: George Martin; Enginer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. During the session, John improvises a satyric song about Brian and Clive. 1975 Wings 'Listen To What The Man Said' single & 'Venus & Mars' album reach #1 on the Billboard charts in America. 1991 Paul in concert at the Southend Cliffs Pavilion, England.
July 20, 200718 yr Author July 20th 1961 Beatles perform at St. John's Hall in Tuebrook, Liverpool. 1968 Jane Asher announces through the BBC the end of her engagement with Paul. 1987 Beginning of recordings for Paul's Russian album. Recording: `Kansas City'; `Twenty Flight Rock'; `Lawdy Miss Clawdy'; `I'm In Love Again'; `Bring It On Home To Me'; `Lucille'; `I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday'; `That's All Right Mama'; `Summertime'; `Just Because'; `Midnight Special'. 1990 Paul's World Tour continues at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Clevland, Ohio.
July 22, 200718 yr Author July 21st 1963 Concert at the Queen's Theatre, Blackpool. 1969 Studio 3. 2.30-9.30pm. Recording: `Come Together' (takes 1-8). Studio 2 (control room only). 9.30-10.00pm. Tape copying: `Come Together' (of take 6, called take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick/Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: John Kurlander. Copy of `Come Together' from 4-track to 8-track tape. First full day of Geoff Emerick back as Beatles' balance engineer. 1971 Filming starts of Imagine "One of the most expensive home movies ever produced" by John & Yoko. 1987 Paul's private studio. Recording: `Don't Get Around Much Anymore'; `Ain't That A Shame'; `Crackin' Up'. End of recordings for Paul's Russian album. 1998 Paul's former Liverpool home 20 Forthlin Road is unveiled to the public for the first time. The house would remain open to the public from Wednesdays to Saturdays for the following four months as a National Trust museum piece.
July 22, 200718 yr Author July 22nd 1961 Performance at Holyoake Hall in Wavertree, Liverpool. 1963 Beatles' English tour begins, with Gerry and the Pacemakers and Tommy Quickly, at Weston-Super-Mare, Odeon Cinema. Tommy Quickly's debut on stage. Photographer Dezo Hoffmann present. 1967 John and Julian fly from the Heathrow Airport for a holiday in Greece. 1968 Studio 1. 7.00pm-1.40am. Recording: `Don't Pass Me By' (edit pieces takes 1-4); `Good Night' (takes 23-34, overdub onto take 34). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Recording of intro for `Don't Pass Me By' and of `A Beginning'. 7.00-10.30pm. Recording: `Good Night' (orchestra). 10.30-11.50pm. Recording: `Good Night' (choir). 11.50pm-1.40am. Recording: `Good Night' (lead vocal). 1972 Wings single 'Mary Had A Little Lamb' reaches #28 in the American charts. (The single will later reach UK#9). 1998 BBC2 in the UK screen the programme Birthplace of The Beatles focusing on the renovation of Paul's former Liverpool house by the National Trust.
July 23, 200718 yr Author July 23rd 1960 Performance at the Corporation's Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Road, Liscard, Wallasey, Cheshire. 1961 Performance at Blair Hall in Walton, Liverpool. 1964 Charity performance on `The Night Of 100 Stars', at the London Palladium. The Beatles meet Lawrence Olivier. Photographer Dezo Hoffmann present. 1965 UK single release: `Help!'/`I'm Down'. 1969 Studio 3. 2.30-11.30pm. Recording: `Oh! Darling' (overdub onto take 26); `Come Together' (overdub onto take 9); `Ending' (working title for `The End') (takes 1-7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick/Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: John Kurlander. Recording of lead vocal (released version) for `Oh! Darling'. 11.30pm-12.30am. Playback of finished titles for `Abbey Road' LP. 1982 Phillip Norman's best selling Beatles biography Shout! is published in paperback in the UK. 1989 Ringo & the All-Starr Band start their first ever US tour at the Park Central Amphitheater, Dallas, Texas.
July 24, 200718 yr Author July 24th 1967 London `The Times' publishes an advertisement signed by the Beatles, Epstein and other famous personalities, calling for the legalization of marijuana. The Beatles appear on front cover of magazine `Life' (Asia Edition), with the headline: `The New Far-Out Beatles'. 1969 Studio 2. 2.30-3.30pm. Recording: `Come And Get It' (take 1). Stereo mixing: `Come And Get It' (remix 1, from take 1). Tape copying: `Come And Get It' (of remix stereo 1). Producer: not assigned; Engineer: Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: John Kurlander. Studio 2. 3.30-10.30pm. Recording: `Here Comes The Sun-King' (working title of `Sun King'/`Mean Mr Mustard') (takes 1-35). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick/Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: John Kurlander. Paul's solo session, recording a demo of `Come And Get It' for Badfinger. During recording of `Sun King', jam of `Be-Bop-A-Lula', `Who Slapped John?' and `Ain't She Sweet'. 1971 Denny Laine (ex Moody Blues vocalist) receives a phone call from Paul asking if he would be interested in working with him. 1973 Mixing continues at Sunset Sound Recording Studios in LA on Ringo's forthcoming album 'Ringo'. 1976 In the singles chart 'Back In The USSR' reaches UK#19 & 'Got To Get You Into My Life' reaches USA#7.
July 26, 200718 yr Author July 25th 1961 Performances at the Cavern, with Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Bluegenes, and the Remo Four and the Four Jays. 1964 `A Hard Day's Night' LP number 1, replacing `Rolling Stones' LP (UK Record Retailer chart). Billboard comments that `A Hard Day's Night' LP has already sold enough copies to cover all the films costs. A record in the subject. 1968 Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.15am. Recording: `While My Guitar Gently Weeps' (take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Recording of acoustic demo for `While My Guitar Gently Weeps'. 1969 Studio 2. 2.30pm-2.30am. Recording: `Here Comes The Sun-King' (working title of `Sun King'/`Mean Mr Mustard') (overdub onto take 35); `Come Together' (overdub onto take 9); `Polythene Pam'/`She Came In Through The Bathroom Window' (takes 1-39). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick/Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: John Kurlander. 10.30pm-2.30am. Re-recording of bass and drums, and recording of lead vocal for `Polythene Pam'/`She Came In Through The Bathroom Window'. 1973 George pays taxes amounting to 1 million pounds in relation to the concert for Bangla Desh. 1983 Paul, George & Ringo are seen enjoying a quiet drink together in the bar of the Gore Hotel in Queen's Gate, Kensington, London.
July 26, 200718 yr Author July 26th 1962 Brian presents Joe Brown and his Bruvvers, heading a bill including the Beatles, at the Cambridge Hall, Southport. 1964 Concert at the Opera House, Blackpool. 1968 Night: Paul and John give the final touches to `Hey Jude', at Paul's home studio. Opening party of the Vesubio Club. Paul attends and plays an advance pressing of `Hey Jude'/`Revolution'. 1970 In Los Angeles, John records demos of the track 'God' which include the lyric "I don't believe in Beatles." 1976 While Paul revels in the acclaim of a successful sell out US concert tour with Wings, George fails to deliver an album due to A&M Records under the terms of his contract. George cites a serious bout of hepatitis as the reason for the delay of Thirty Three & a Third LP.
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