September 25, 200717 yr Author September 25th 1961 Performance at noontime at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. 1965 Start of US screenings of `The Beatles' cartoon series. 1967 Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.00am. Recording: `The Fool On The Hill' (takes 1-3, tape reduction take 3 into take 4, overdub onto take 4). Mono mixing: `The Fool On The Hill' (remix 1, from take 4). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. First proper recording of `The Fool On The Hill'. 1969 ATV obtains the 54% of the shares of Northern Songs Ltd, becoming its main shareholder. John records `Cold Turkey' 1970 Ringo's Beaucoups Of Blues album is released in the UK. 1976 Paul's Wings play a UNESCO Charity concert in St Mark's Square, Venice.
October 1, 200717 yr Author September 26th 1959 - The Quarry Men perform at the Casbah Coffee Club in West Derby, Liverpool. 1969 UK LP release: `Abbey Road'. 1970 Abbey Road. Start of recordings for `John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band' LP. 1974 US LP release: `Walls And Bridges'. 1989 Paul's concert at the Drammenshallen, Oslo, Norway. Start of `Get Back' tour.
October 1, 200717 yr Author September 27th 1961 Performance at noontime and in the evening at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. 1963 UK single release: `Love Of The Loved', first record by Cilla Black. 1964 Brian and Ringo are among the panel of judges at `Beat Time For Oxfan', a pop talent contest with charity purposes, at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London. 1979 The Beatles get together, to sue the organisers of the "Beatlemania" stage show for $60 million. Former Wings guitarist Jimmy McCulloch dead from a drug overdose at age 26.
October 1, 200717 yr Author September 28th 1961 Performance at the Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool. 1962 Lunch time: Performance at the Cavern. 1976 A&M Records sue George Harrison for $10 million for non delivery of album. Which later sees the day on Warners Bros as "Thirty Three & a Third". 1989 Paul's concert in Gothenberg (`Get Back Tour').
October 1, 200717 yr Author September 29th 1961 Performance at noontime at the Cavern Club in Liverpool and in the evening at the Village Hall, Knotty Ash in Liverpool. 1964 Studio 2. 2.30-6.30pm. Recording: `Every Little Thing' (takes 1-4); `I Don't Want To Spoil The Party' (takes 1-7). Studio 2. 7.00-10.45pm. Recording: `I Don't Want To Spoil The Party' (takes 8-19); `What You're Doing' (takes 1-7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott/Mike Stone. 1967 Wembley TV Studios. John and George live appearance on `The Frost Programme'. Studio 2. 7.00pm-5.00am. 1989 Paul's tour plays Stockholm, Sweden.
October 1, 200717 yr Author September 30th 1963 Studio 2 (control room only). 10.00am-1.15pm. Editing: `Little Child' (of takes 15, 18); `Hold Me Tight' (of takes 26, 29). Recording: `Money (That's What I Want)' (3 unnumbered takes of overdub onto take 7); `I Wanna Be Your Man' (takes 8-13, of overdub onto take 7). Mono mixing: `All I've Got To Do' (from take 15); `Don't Bother Me' (from take 15); `Little Child' (from edit of takes 15, 18); `Hold Me Tight' (from edit of takes 26, 29); `Not A Second Time' (from take 9). Producer: George Martin; Editing: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Geoff Emerick. Recording of piano for `Money (That's What I Want)' and Hammond organ for `I Wanna Be Your Man'. A review indicates that the Beatles have the most sold LP (`Please Please Me'), EP (`Twist And Shout') and single (`She Loves You') in Britain (Record Retailer). 1964 Studio 2. 2.30-5.30pm. Recording: `Every Little Thing' (takes 5-9). Studio 2. 6.30-10.30pm. Recording: `What You're Doing' (takes 8-12); `No Reply' (takes 1-8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott/Mike Stone. Debut of timpani, on take 9 of `Every Little Thing'. 1967 John, George and the Maharishi appear on the TV `David Frost Show'. 1967 Frank Zappa, in an interview for the magazine `Disc And Music Echo', affirms that John was right when he said that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus. 1968 The Beatles' biography `The Long And Winding Road', is published. 1969 Recording of `Cold Turkey'. 1978 "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - With A Little Help From My Friends" peaks at US#71. 1988 Yoko unveils John's star on the Hollywood Hall Of Fame. 1989 Paul plays second gig at Stockholm, Sweden.
October 6, 200717 yr Author October 1st 1962 A new and revised contract is signed by The Beatles and Brian. 1968 Trident Studios. Time unknown. Recording: `Honey Pie' (take 1). Mono mixing: `Honey Pie' (unnumbered rough remix, from take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Barry Sheffield; 2nd Engineer: unknown. Remixes for George Martin, to compose the score. 1969 US LP release: `Abbey Road'. 1970 Ringo records his segment for "Cilla", Cilla Black's BBC1 Saturday night variety show featuring a live duet performance of "Act Naturally". 1972 At Morgan Studios in Willesdon, London, Paul & Wings start recording of "Hi Hi Hi", "C Moon", "Country Dreamer", "Live and Let Die" & "I Lie Around". 1988 First episode of a BBC series, essentially based on `The Beatles At The Beeb' collection. 1997 After more than 50 years in the business Beatles producer George Martin announces his retirement. George's final production was on the biggest selling single of all-time, Elton John's re-recording of "Candle In The Wind" in tribute to the late Princess Diana.
October 6, 200717 yr Author October 2nd 1969 Abbey Road, Room 4. 9.00-11.00am. Stereo mixing: `Across The Universe' (remixes 1, 2, from take 8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Jeff Jarratt; 2nd Engineer: Alan Parsons. Remix of `Across The Universe' for `No One's Gonna Change Our World'. Addition of sound effects, and speeding up of the tape. John, in an interview, says that Apple is like a big black hole that takes all his benefits as an author and singer. 1976 The first ever appearance of The Rutles on Saturday Night Live. Melody Maker publishes a lengthy interview with Monte Carlo tax exile Ringo Starr. Radio Luxembourg feature a one hour "A Mccartney Special". 1980 Paul & Wings start recording what turns out to be their final three week session together. A lot of the tracks subsequently turn up on Paul's next two albums "Tug Of War" & "Pipes Of Peace" but the likes of "Take Her Back, Jack", "The Unbelievable Experience", "Here's The Chord, Roy", "Seems Like The Old Times" and a further attempt at the Punkish "Boil Crisis" remain unreleased to this day. 1984 Paul's promo video for "No More Lonely Nights" recieves its World Premiere on MTV America. 1997 Paul's authorised biography "Many Years From Now" written by Barry Miles is released. "I'll give it to you as I remember it. A sequence of things that did all happen within a period, so it's my recollection of then..." Paul.
October 6, 200717 yr Author October 3rd 1959 The Quarry Men perform at the Casbah Coffee Club in West Derby, Liverpool. 1960 Last performance at the Indra Club, 64 Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, Germany. 1962 Performance at the Cavern, with Billy Kramer and the Coasters, and the Echoes. 1968 Trident Studios. Time unknown. Recording: `Savoy Truffle' (take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Barry Sheffield; 2nd Engineer: unknown. 1978 Wings are joined by the large ensemble of famous musicians collectively billed as Rockestra to record "Rockestra's Theme & "So Glad To See You Here" at Studio 2, Abbey Road studios. 1983 Paul releases his duet with Michael Jackson "Say, Say Say" along with the (to this day) non album B-side "Ode To A Koala Bear" in both America & the UK. 1987 The CD issue of Magical Mystery Tour reaches UK#52. 1988 Premiere of `Imagine: John Lennon', in Westwood, California.
October 6, 200717 yr Author October 4th 1960 The Beatles began to perform nightly at the Kaiserkeller, 36 Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, Germany. Also performing are Rory Storm and the Hurricanes with drummer Ringo Starr. After Mon. November 21st, they perform without George. Sometime in November they also jam with Tony Sheridan and the Jets at the Top Ten Club. They play there alone a couple of times at the end of November. 1963 Television House. Performance for Associated-Rediffusion's `Ready, Steady, Go!', transmitted live. 1967 Wembley TV Studios, Wembley, Middlesex. John and George appear live on `The Frost Programme'. 1968 Trident Studios. 4.00pm-4.30am. Recording: `Martha My Dear' (take 1); `Honey Pie' (overdub onto take 1); `Martha My Dear' (overdub onto take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Barry Sheffield; 2nd Engineer: unknown. 6.00-9.00pm: `Honey Pie' strings, woodwinds, brasses. 9.00-12.00pm. Strings, woodwinds, brasses for `Martha My Dear'. 12.00-4.30am. `Martha My Dear' fresh vocal; `now she's hit the big time!' line for `Honey Pie'. 1969 `Abbey Road' number 1 (UK Record Retailer chart). 1974 UK LP release: `Walls And Bridges'. UK single release: `Whatever Gets You Thru The Night'/`Beef Jerky'. 1983 For the next four days Paul, Linda & Michael Jackson shoot the $500,000 video for "Say Say Say" directed by Bob Giraldi at various locations circa 70 miles from Los Angeles in California.
October 6, 200717 yr Author October 5th 1962 UK single release: `Love Me Do'/`P.S. I Love You'. First radio broadcast of a Beatles record (Radio Luxemburg). 1963 10.00-12.00am. BBC's `Saturday Club' broadcast (recorded 7 September 1963). Concert at the Concert Hall, Glasgow. 1968 `Hey Jude', number 1, 2nd week, 6th week in the Top 30 (Billboard). 1970 Ringo's single "Beaucoup Of Blues" is released in America. 1984 Paul's single "No More Lonely Nights" is released in America. 1986 George's Handmade film "Mona Lisa" starring Michael Caine & Bob Hoskins opens in London. 2000 With 340000 words and 1300 images spread out over 368 pages, The Beatles first memoir `The Beatles Anthology' is released by Chronicle Books on this date.
October 6, 200717 yr Author October 6th 1962 First signing of records by the Beatles (`Love Me Do'/`P.S. I Love You'), at the Dawson's Music Shop, Widnes. 1963 Concert at the Regal, Kircaldy. 1964 Studio 2. 3.00-6.45pm. Recording: `Eight Days A Week' (takes 1-6). Studio 2. 7.00-10.00pm. Recording: `Eight Days A Week' (takes 7-13). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott/Mike Stone. First time the Beatles take an incomplete idea into the studio and experiment various ways of recording it. 1968 Transmision of the `Hey Jude' clip on the US TV programme `Smothers Brothers Show' (Sunday, 21:00-22:00). 1969 US single release: `Something'/`Come Together'. 1988 London and New York premieres of `Imagine: John Lennon'. 1997 Paul's second major classical work "Standing Stone" is released today on EMI Classics.
October 6, 200717 yr 1963 Concert at the Regal, Kirkcaldy. My older cousin saw them at this concert if I remember correctly :D I stuck the k in cause you missed it out ;)
October 11, 200717 yr Author October 7th 1963 Concert at the Caird Hall, Dundee. 1964 Meeting of the Beatles, Brian and Walter Shenson to discuss plans for the next film. 1975 A US Court of Appeals cancels the order to deport John from the USA. End of the process of deportation.
October 11, 200717 yr Author October 8th 1962 Lunch time Cavern session: The Beatles. 1964 Studio 2. 2.30-6.00pm. Recording: `She's A Woman' (takes 1-7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott/ Mike Stone. Ringo uses the chocalho for the first time. First session for `I Feel Fine'/`She's A Woman'. Enfield Town Driving Test Centre, Enfield Town, Middlesex. Morning. Ringo takes his driving test, successfully. 1968 Studio 2. 4.00pm-8.00am. Recording: `It's Been A Long Long Long Time' (working title of `Long Long Long') (overdub onto take 67); `I'm So Tired' (takes 1-14); `The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill' (takes 1-3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Mike Sheady. First female `lead vocal' on a Beatles recording (Yoko Ono, on `The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill'). Visit at the studio: Maureen Starkey. 1971 UK LP release: `Imagine'. 1980 John and Yoko sign a contract with Geffen Records for the distribution of `Double Fantasy'.
October 11, 200717 yr Author October 9th 1940 18.30. John Lennon is born at the Maternity Hospital, Oxford Street, Liverpool. 1961 John and Paul celebrate John's 21st birthday by hitchhiking to Paris. In aid in getting picked up, they purchase and wear bowler hats. They had planned to keep going to Spain, but stayed in Paris. John and Paul both claim they started the `Beatle' haircut while in Paris, copying the style from Jurgen Vollmer, whom they met on the streets. 1962 Cavern lunchtime session: the Big Three. Cavern evening session: Buddy Brittain and the Regents, the Big Three, the Undertakers, and the Strangers. 1963 BBC Paris Studio, London. 10.00-11.00pm. Recording for BBC's `The Ken Dodd Show': `She Loves You'. 1964 18.15 and 20.40. Concert at the Gaumont Theatre, Bradford. Start of UK tour, with Mary Wells, Tommy Quickly, Sounds Incorporated, Michael Haslam, the Remo Four, the Rustiks, and Bob Bain. 1965 Party organized by Lionel Bart to celebrate the opening of his new musical `Twang!'. Brian and all 4 Beatles among the guests. 1968 Studio 2. 7.00pm-5.30am. Stereo mixing: `The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill' (remix 1, 2, from take 3). Mono mixing: `The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill' (remix 1, from take 3). Recording: `Long Long Long' (overdub onto take 67). Tape copying: `Helter Skelter' (of take 3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: John Smith. Studio 1. Time unknown. Recording: `Why Don't We Do It In The Road' (takes 1-5). Producer: not assigned; Engineer and 2nd Engineer: Ken Townsend. Copy of take 3 of `Helter Skelter', for Paul. Paul alone works on `Why Don't We Do It In The Road'. 1969 Yoko is taken to the King's College Hospital, London. She suffers a miscarriage. 1970 Abbey Road. End of recordings for `John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band'. 1971 John, Yoko, Ringo, Mal Evans, Allen Ginsberg, Eric Clapton, Phil Spector, Klaus Voorman, Neil Aspinal and Jim Keltner celebrate John's birthday in a New York hotel room. Drunken jam session. 1975 1.00am. Yoko has throes of childbirth. New York Hospital. Morning. Sean Taro Ono Lennon is born. 1979 John and Sean's birthdays are celebrated at the restaurant Tavern on the Green, Central Park, New York. 1980 In New York's sky, planes write congratulatory words for John and Sean, for their birthday. 1984 Ringo appears on the UK's ITV Breakfast show "Good Morning Britain" as a guest promoting his children TV programme "Thomas The Tank Engine".
October 11, 200717 yr Author October 10th 1959 The Quarry Men perform at the Casbah Coffee Club in West Derby, Liverpool. 1962 Cavern lunch session: the Beatles. Cavern evening session: the Beatles, the Four Jays, Ken Dallas and the Silhouettes. 1964 18.15 and 20.45. Concerts at the De Montfort Hall, Leicester. 1989 Paul's concert in Paris (Get Back Tour). 1995 LP release: `Working Class Hero', tribute album for John.
October 11, 200717 yr Author October 11th 1962 `Love Me Do' enters the favorite songs ranking published by `Record Retailer'. 1963 Concert at the Stoke Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent. 1964 17.00 and 19.45. Concerts at the Odeon, Birmingham. 1965 Paul attends a session at Decca Studios, London, for Marianne Faithfull's version of `Yesterday', meeting the producer Mike Leander. 1971 US single release: `Imagine'/`It's So Hard'. 1982 US LP release: `20 Greatest Hits'.
October 19, 200717 yr Author October 12th 1962 Performance at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, as main support act for Little Richard, along with 10 other Liverpool groups. Among them: the Undertakers, Rory Storm, Billy J. Kramer, Lee Curtis, and the All Stars (with Pete Best). It is rumored that during the evening Little Richard tries to seduce Paul. Later, performance at the Cavern, with Little Richard. 1965 Studio 2. 2.30-7.00pm. Recording: `Run For Your Life' (takes 1-5). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott/Phil McDonald. Studio 2. 7.00-11.30pm. Recording: `This Bird Has Flown' (working title of `Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)') (take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott. First session for `Rubber Soul'. First use of the sitar. 1969 Russ Gibbs, of the WKNR-FM, affirms he has received an anonymous phone call saying that Paul has died. 1983 `Say Say Say' number 1, 1st week (Billboard). 1987 George's comeback single "Got My Mind Set On You"/"Lay His Head" is released in the UK. 1997 Paul appears on Michael Parkinson's Radio 2 Sunday Supplement show where he talks about his new officially sanctioned biography "Many Years From Now". 1998 Linda McCartney posthumously wins the 43rd Woman Of The Year Award lunch at the Savoy Hotel.
October 19, 200717 yr Author October 13th 1963 Evening: Performance on BBC-TV's `Sunday Night at the London Palladium'. Brian attends. 1964 18.20 and 20.30. Performances at the ABC Theatre, Wigan, 1965 Studio 2. 7.00pm-12.15am. Recording: `Drive My Car' (takes 1-4). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott. First proper session extended past midnight. 1969 Savoy Theatre, London. London debut concert of Mary Hopkin. Paul, Linda, Ringo and Maureen attend. 1977 Wings record the video for "Mull Of Kintyre" at Paul's Scottish farmhouse. 1979 Wings "Arrow Through Me" reaches USA#29. 1983 Liverpool City Council announce that the Beatles are to be given the honour of the Freeman Of The City.
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