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September 5th

 

1959

The Quarry Men perform at the Casbah Coffee Club in West Derby, Liverpool.

 

1962

Brian listens to the first acetates of `Love Me Do', at George Martin's office at EMI House, Manchester Square, London.

 

1963

Concert at the Gaumont, Taunton.

 

1964

Concert at the International Amphitheater, Chicago.

 

1967

Studio 1. 7.00pm-1.00am. Recording: `I Am The Walrus' (takes 1-16). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott/Richard Lush. Recording of rythm track of `I Am The Walrus'. Proper first `Magical Mystery Tour' session.

 

1969

End of negotiations of Allen Klein and EMI Records. Allen Klein successfully re-negotiates contracts with EMI for Canada, Mexico, and the USA. The band would now earn 58 cents per album up until 1972 and then it would jump to 72 cents after that. Part of the new EMI contractual agreement required the Beatles to release at least two albums per year until 1976. Prior to this re-negotiated agreement, the Beatles 1966 contract with EMI had them earning 39 cents per album and when the Beatles first signed up with EMI, they only made 6 cents per album.

 

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September 6th

 

1962

Performance at the Riverpark Ballroom, Chester.

 

1963

Concert at the Odeon, Luton.

 

1964

Concert at the Olympia Stadium, Detroit.

 

1967

Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.00am. Recording: `I Am The Walrus' (tape reduction take 16 into take 17, overdub onto take 17). Mono mixing: `I Am The Walrus' (remixes 1-4, from take 17). Recording: `The Fool On The Hill' (take 1); `Blue Jay Way' (take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott. Remix of `I Am The Walrus' for cutting acetates. Recording of `The Fool On The Hill' demos (only Paul and his piano), and rhythm track of `Blue Jay Way'.

 

1975

Wings play private gig at Elstree for EMI employees & members of their fan club in preparation for the start of their World Tour.

George appears on the front page of Melody Maker to promote his latest album Extra Texture.

 

1978

Paul & Linda host the 3rd Buddy Holly Week which today includes the premiere screening of the film "The Buddy Holly Story" starring Gary Busey, amongst the many guests are Keith Moon, who retires to the flat he is renting off Harry Nilsson in Mayfair, London & is found dead in bed the next morning.

 

1985

ATV music, the holder of Northern Songs is sold to Michael Jackson who becomes the owner of the Lennon & McCartney songbook. Paul is unsurprisingly none too pleased.

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September 7th

 

1961

Performances at noontime at the Cavern Club in Liverpool and at night at the Town Hall in Litherland, Liverpool.

 

1963

The Playhouse Theatre, London. 1.00-4.00pm. Recording for BBC's `Saturday Club': `I Saw Her Standing There'; `Memphis, Tennessee'; `Happy Birthday Saturday Club'; `I'll Get You'; `She Loves You'; `Lucille'. Recording for the 5th anniversary edition of `Saturday Club'.

 

1964

Concert at the Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto.

 

1976

George is found guilty of unconscious plagiarism of `He's So Fine' on `My Sweet Lord', and given a fine of 587,000 dollars for damages.

 

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September 8th

 

1962

Performance at the Majestic Ballroom, Birkenhead.

 

1964

Concert at the Forum, Montreal.

 

1967

Studio 3. 7.00pm-2.45am. Recording: `Aerial Tour Instrumental' (working title of `Flying') (takes 1-6, tape reduction take 6 into takes 7, 8, overdub onto take 8). Mono mixing: `Aerial Tour Instrumental' (working title of `Flying') (remixes 1-4, from take 8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. 1st Beatles instrumental theme released for EMI. 1st theme credited to all Beatles. Last session of uninterrupted work of Geoff Emerick as Beatles' balance engineer.

 

An official report states that Brian's death was accidental, due to accumulation of bromide contained in a drug known as Carbitral.

 

1968

Performance on the David Frost TV show, `Frost On Sunday', singing `Hey Jude' (filmed 4 September 1968).

 

1971

John & Yoko appear on a 90 minute special of New York's the Dick Cavett show including the first visual appearance of the "Imagine" promo.

 

1974

Final date for John to leave the US, as ordered by the US Immigration Service.

 

1997

After a lengthy illness, Derek Taylor, The Beatles Press Officer, passes away in his Suffolk home at the age of 65.

 

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September 9th

 

1962

Performance at the Cavern, with Billy Kramer and the Coasters, and Clinton Ford.

 

1965

Broadcasting of a performance recorded for the Ed Sullivan Show.

 

1966

`Eleanor Rigby'/'Yellow Submarine', UK number 1.

 

1968

Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.30am. Recording: `Helter Skelter' [re-make] (takes 4-21). Producer: Chris Thomas; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: John Smith. Released version. A session with out-of-control Beatles. Paul records bass for `Helter Skelter' [?], laying on his back. [if `Helter Skelter', 10 September?] Visit at the studio: Francie Schwartz.

 

1971

US LP release: `Imagine'.

 

1974

An acetate is cut of the (to be aborted) Wings Live in the studio album "One Hand Clapping"

 

1975

Start of 13-month Wings world tour kicking off in Southampton, UK.

 

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September 10th

 

1961

Performance at the Casbah Coffee Club in Liverpool.

 

1962

Performance at the Queen's Hall, Widnes, along with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Geoff Stacey and the Wanderers; George and John bought guitars at Rushworth and Dreaper's Music in Liverpool.

 

1963

Savoy Hotel. Luncheon hosted by the Variety Club Of Great Britain. The Beatles are awarded `Best Vocal Disc Of The Year' (`From Me To You'), as voted by readers of `Melody Maker'. After the luncheon, the Beatles, Billy J. Kramer and Susan Maughan pose for photographers in Victoria Embankment Gardens, behind the Savoy. Early afternoon. John and Paul go by taxi from the Savoy Hotel to their apartment (57 Green Street). While riding down Jermyn Street, they see Andrew Oldham, who invites them to see the Rolling Stones. Afternoon. The Rolling Stones rehearse at the Ken Colyer Club. John, Paul and Andrew Oldham attend. John and Paul offer `I Wanna Be Your Man' to them.

 

1995

Channel 4 shows the documentary of the making of the "Help!" charity album featuring "Come Together performed by Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher & Paul McCartney.

 

 

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September 11th

 

1962

Studio 2. 10.00am-1.00pm. Recording: `P.S. I Love You' (takes 1-10); `Love Me Do' [re-make] (takes 1-18); `Please Please Me' (takes unknown). Mono mixing: `P.S. I Love You' (from take 10); `Love Me Do' (from take 18). Producer: Ron Richards; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: unknown. End of sessions for the first single. Andy White on drums.

 

1963

Studio 2. 2.30-6.00pm. Recording: `I Wanna Be Your Man' (take 1); `Little Child' (takes 1-2); `All I've Got To Do' (takes 1-15). Studio 2. 7.00-10.15pm. Recording: `Not A Second Time' (takes 1-9); `Don't Bother Me' (takes 1-7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham.

1963 - `She Loves You' number 1, 2nd week (UK New Musical Express chart).

 

1964

Concert at the Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. In Jacksonville, the Beatles demand that the audience would not be colour segregated, as authorities intended.

 

Harrisongs is incorporated.

 

1965

`Help!' single number 1, 2nd week (Billboard).

 

1967

10.45am. The `Magical Mystery Tour' bus leaves from Allsop Place, London. Start of the Magical Mystery Tour. The bus visits Somerset, Cornualles; Devon; West Mailing Airport, Kent.

`All You Need Is Love' number 1 (Billboard).

 

1968

Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.30am. Recording: `Glass Onion' (takes 1-34). Producer: Chris Thomas; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: John Smith.

'Hey Jude' number 1 (UK Record Retailer chart).

 

1971

George's 'Bangla Desh' reaches UK#10 & US#23 in the charts.

 

1995

It is announced that the Beatles are planning to release the TV & 3 Double CD "Anthology" set.featuring the first new song in 25 years "Free As A Bird".

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September 12th

 

1959

The Quarry Men perform at the Casbah Coffee Club in West Derby, Liverpool.

 

1963

Studio 2. 2.30-6.30pm. Recording: Messages To Australia (takes 1-4); `Hold Me Tight' [re-make] (takes 20-29). Studio 2. 7.00-11.30pm. Recording: `Don't Bother Me' [re-make] (takes 10-19); `Little Child' (takes 3-18); `I Wanna Be Your Man' (takes 2-7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham.

 

1964

Concert at the Boston Garden, Boston.

 

1965

Broadcast of a performance for the Ed Sullivan Show, recorded 15 August 1965.

 

1967

On their journey north, the `Magical Mystery Tour' convoy causes traffic jams. John rips off the posters from the sides of the bus.

 

1977

Avenue Clinic, London. James Louis McCartney is born.

 

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September 13th

 

1963

Concert at the Public Hall, Preston.

 

1964

Concert at the Civic Center, Baltimore.

 

1965

8.00am. Zak Starkey is born, at the Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, Hammersmith, London.

 

US single release: `Yesterday'/`Act Naturally'.

 

1968

The Beatles appear on cover of magazine `Life', under the headline: `The Days In The Lives Of The Beatles'.

 

1969

Trip of the Plastic Ono Band to Toronto. Rock and Roll Festival at the Varsity Stadium, Toronto. Filmed. John and Yoko perform live with Eric Clapton, Klaus Voorman, and Alan White. Together, at this performance, the band records an Apple album later released as "The Plastic Ono Band - Live Peace in Toronto 1969" .

 

1971

Stella Nina McCartney is born at the King's College Hospital, London.

 

1999

UK CD release: `Yellow Submarine' album featuring remastered versions of all the Beatles songs featured in the animation movie, removing the George Martin score from the original release.

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September 14th

 

1961

Performance at the Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool.

 

1963

Concert at the Memorial Hall, Nantwich.

 

1964

Concert at the Civic Arena, Pittsburgh.

 

1979

Performance of Paul, Wings, Crickets (Jerry Allison, Joe B. Mauldin, Sonny Curtis), Albert Lee, Bob Montgomery, Rick Gretch, Don Everly, in London, for the Buddy Holly Week.

 

1994

Paul's handwritten lyrics to "Getting Better" sell for a world record £161,000 at Sotheby's, London.

 

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September 15th

 

1961

Performance at noontime at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. Early evening: Performance with Cliff Roberts and the Rockers at the Grosvenor Ballroom in Liscard and later at the Village Hall in Knotty Ash, Liverpool.

 

1963

Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London, topping the bill for `Great Pop Prom'.

 

1964

Concert at the Public Auditorium, Cleveland. Inspector Carl Bear, of the Cleveland Police Department, holds the group for 15 minutes at the backstage of the Cleveland Public Auditorium, until fans calm down.

 

1967

Final day of shootings of `Magical Mystery Tour'.

 

1972

UK LP release: John & Yoko's `Some Time In New York City'.

 

1980

Paul releases the limited edition "Temporary Secretary"/"Secret Friend" 12" single in the UK.

 

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September 16th

 

1964

Concert at the City Park Stadium, New Orleans.

 

1968

Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.00am. Recording: `I Will' (takes 1-67). Tape copying: `I Will' (of take 65 into take 68). Recording: `Glass Onion' (overdub onto take 33). Producer: Chris Thomas; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Mike Sheady. Between takes of `I Will', recording of various ad-libs by Paul, among them `Can you take me back... `Step Inside Love', `Los Paranoias'. For `Glass Onion', recording of notes from a recorder, for parody to `The Fool On The Hill'.

 

1989

Paul's "This One" only reaches US#94 after peaking in the UK at #18 in August.

 

1996

Sussex, England. Paul's recording of `Heaven On A Sunday'.

 

1998

A notebook of Paul's containing the original lyrics to "Hey Jude" sells for £115,000 at a Sotheby's auction at the Hard Rock Cafe, London.

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September 17th

 

1962

Performance at the Queen's Hall, Widnes, with Billy Kramer with the Coasters, and the Vikings.

 

1963

Concert at the Queen's Theatre, Blackpool.

 

1964

Concert at the Municipal Stadium, Kansas City.

 

1976

Sid Bernstein takes out a full page advert in the New York Hearld Tribune requesting 2the Beatles reunite for a one-off charity concert.

 

1980

John does an interview for Playboy magazine where he breaks down his songwriting contribution to Lennon/McCartney Beatles songs.

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September 18th

 

1964

Concert at the Memorial Coliseum, Dallas. An anonymous call to the police announces there is a bomb on the Beatles' plane. False alarm.

 

1968

Studio 2. 5.00pm-4.30am. Recording: `Birthday' (takes 1-20). Tape copying: `Birthday' (of take 20 into takes 21, 22). Recording: `Birthday' (overdub onto take 22). Mono mixing: `Birthday' (remix 1, from take 22). Producer: Chris Thomas; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Mike Sheady. By 8.30pm, the rythm track is ready. 9.05-10.40pm. `The Hollywood Musical' TV series: First broadcast on British TV of `The Girl Can't Help It' (1956), classical rock and roll film. The Beatles take a break during the session to watch it. 4.30-5.00am. Mono mixing: `Birthday'. Visit at the studio: Pattie Harrison.

 

1973

Ringo buys John's Tittenhurst Park mansion in Ascot.

 

Yoko kicks John out of their Dakota apartment in New York. John goes to LA to record Walls And Bridges with his new companion May Pang.

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September 19th

 

1959

The Quarry Men perform at the Casbah Coffee Club in West Derby, Liverpool.

 

1968

Studios 1, 2. 7.15pm-5.30am. Recording: `Piggies' (takes 1-11). Producer: Chris Thomas; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Mike Sheady.

 

1969

ATV obtains the 50 % of the shares of Northern Songs Ltd.

 

1976

Wings start a short four date tour of Europe in Vienna, Austria.

 

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September 20th

 

1964

Charity concert at the Paramount Theatre, New York. Performance for the Ed Sullivan Show. End of the North American tour.

 

1969

John Lennon announces to the others that he is leaving the band. Lennon's announcement never made it to the press because of their newly negotiated royalty contract they signed with EMI.

 

1976

Paul is given an American record industry award for being voted Top Male Vocalist of the Year.

 

1982

Paul's Tug Of War single is released in the UK.

 

1993

After a lengthy delay the Beatles Red 1962-66 & Blue 1967-70 Compiliation albums are released on CD for the first time.

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September 21st

 

1961

Lunch time: Performance at the Cavern. Early evening: Performance at the Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool with Gerry and the Pacemakers and Rory Storm and the Hurricanes.

 

1989

Paul & his band play a gig for 750 fan club & Radio 1 winners in a pre-tour concert.

 

1996

7.30pm. 100th performance of `Liverpool Oratorio', conducted by Carl Davis, with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir.

 

1998

Paul's secret project (The Fireman) with producer Youth, release the album entitled Rushes.

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September 22nd

 

1961

Performance at the Village Hall in Knotty Ash, Liverpool.

 

1962

Performance at the Majestic Ballroom, Birkenhead.

 

1967

The `Time' magazine cover features a drawing by Gerard Scarfe titled `The Beatles/Their new incarnation'.

 

1969

A tape of the Beatles playing `The Ballad Of John And Yoko' is shown on the programme `Music Scene'.

 

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September 23rd

 

1961

Performance at the Aintree Institute in Aintree, Liverpool.

 

1962

Performance at the Cavern, with the Dominoes and The Saints Jazz Band.

 

1968

Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.00am. Recording: `Happiness Is A Warm Gun In Your Hand' (working title of `Happiness Is A Warm Gun') (takes 1-45). Producer: Chris Thomas; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Mike Sheady. Recording of rythm track of `Happiness Is A Warm Gun'.

 

1973

Wings return from recording their album "Band On The Run" in Lagos, Nigeria.

 

1974

US single release: `Whatever Gets You Thru The Night'/`Beef Jerky'.

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September 24th

 

1941

Linda Eastman is born, in Scarsdale, New York.

 

1961

Performance at the Casbah Coffee Club in West Derby, Liverpool.

 

1971

John is interviewed on `The Dick Cavett Show'.

 

1973

Ringo's single "Photograph" (co-written by George) is released in the UK.

 

1984

Paul's single "No More Lonely Nights" is released in the UK.

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