The Beatles Timeline
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1909 May
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- Harold Hargreaves Harrison is born to Henry Harrison and Jane Tompson in West Derby, Liverpool
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1911 March
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- Louise French (Harrison – mother of George Harrison) is born to John French and Louise Woollam in West Derby, Liverpool
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1926 January
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- George Martin is born in Holloway, Islington, London
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1931 August
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- Louise Harrison (sister of George Harrison) is born at 12 Arnold Grove, Wavertree, Liverpool L15 8HP
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1933 February
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- Yoko Ono is born at her ancestral estate in Tokyo, Japan
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1934 September
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- Brian Epstein is born at 4 Rodney Street, Liverpool L1 2TZ
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1940 June
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- Stuart Ferguson Victor Sutcliffe is born at the Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion Hospital, 79 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, Scotland
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1940 July
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- Ringo Starr is born at 9 Madryn Street, Dingle, Liverpool L8 9SN
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1940 October
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- John Lennon is born in Liverpool Maternity Hospital, Oxford Street, Liverpool L7
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1941 April
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- Jim McCartney and Mary Mohin take out a marriage licence at Liverpool Town Hall, High Street, Liverpool L2 3SW
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- Jim McCartney and Mary Mohin are married at St Swithin’s Roman Catholic Church, Gillmoss, West Derby, Liverpool L11
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1941 September
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- Linda Louise Eastman is born in Scarsdale, Westchester County, New York
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1941 November
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- Pete Best is born in Madras, India
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1942 June
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- Paul McCartney is born in Walton Hospital, Rice Lane, Liverpool L9 1AE
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1943 February
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- George Harrison is born at 12 Arnold Grove, Wavertree, Liverpool L15 8HP
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- Yoko Ono is born at her ancestral estate in Tokyo, Japan
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1944 January
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- Mike McCartney (McGear) is born at The Walton Centre, Lower Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool L9 7LJ
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1944 March
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- Pattie Boyd is born in Taunton, Somerset
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1946 April
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- Jane Asher is born in Willesden, North London
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1946 August
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- Maureen (Mo) Starkey (Cox) is born in Liverpool
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- Olivia Trinidad Arias (George Harrison’s 2nd wife) is born in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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1949 March
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- Jackie (Jacqueline) Dykins is born in Liverpool
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1957 March
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- Julia Dykins (Baird) is born in Liverpool
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1956 June
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- Paul McCartney‘s 14th birthday and he receives a trumpet as his birthday present
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1956 October
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- John Lennon’s 16th birthday
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- Paul McCartney’s mother Mary dies as a result of breast cancer
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1956 November
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- Paul McCartney watches Lonnie Donegan perform at the Empire Theatre, Lime Street, Liverpool L1 1JE
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1957 January
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- The Cavern Club, 10 Mathew Street, Liverpool L2 6RE, opens
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1957 June
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- The Quarry Men enter Canadian Carroll Lewis’ TV Star Search competition at the Empire Theatre, Lime Street, Liverpool L1 1JE
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- The Quarry Men perform live at Rosebery St, Toxteth, Liverpool, L8
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1957 July
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- The Quarry Men perform live at St Peter’s Church, Church Road, Woolton, Liverpool L25 5JF where John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time
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- Paul McCartney and his younger brother Michael attend Scout camp in Hathersage, Derbyshire
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1957 August
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- The Quarry Men give their first live performance at the Cavern Club, 10 Mathew Street, Liverpool L2 6RE
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1957 October
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- The Quarry Men give a live performance at New Clubmoor Hall (Conservative Club), Back Broadway, Clubmoor, Liverpool L11 1HX, Merseyside – Notable as Paul McCartney’s first appearance with the group
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1957 November
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- The Quarry Men give a live performance at Wilson Hall, Speke Road, Garston, Liverpool L19 2NZ
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- The Quarry Men give a live performance at Stanley Abattoir Athletic And Social Club, Prescot Road, Old Swan, Liverpool L13
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- The Quarry Men give a live performance at New Clubmoor Hall (Conservative Club), Back Broadway, Clubmoor, Liverpool L11 1HX
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1957 December
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- The Quarry Men at Wilson Hall, Speke Road, Garston, Liverpool L19 2NZ
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1958 January
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- The Quarry Men give a live performance at New Clubmoor Hall (Conservative Club), Back Broadway, Clubmoor, Liverpool L11 1HX
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- The Quarry Men give a live performance at the Cavern Club, 10 Mathew Street, Liverpool L2 6RE, Merseyside
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1958 February
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- George Harrison and The Quarry Men meet for the first time at New Clubmoor Hall (Conservative Club), Back Broadway, Clubmoor, Liverpool L11 1HX
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1958 March
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- The Quarry Men give a live performance at the Morgue Skiffle Cellar, 25 Oakhill Park, Broadgreen, Liverpool, L13
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1958 May
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- John Lennon is photographed with Nigel Whalley on Lime Street, Liverpool L1
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1958 July
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- The Quarry Men attend Phillips’ Sound Recording Services, 38 Kensington, Kensington, Liverpool L7 – It is the home of Percy Francis Phillips (1896–1984) and his family. They record:
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- Julia Lennon dies after being hit by a car on Menlove Avenue in Woolton, after a visit to Mendips
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- Johnny And The Moondogs enter Canadian Carroll Lewis’ TV Star Search competition at The Hippodrome Theatre, Corner of Higher Ardwick and Hyde Road, Ardwick Green, Manchester M13, Greater Manchester
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1958 November
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- Johnny And The Moondogs are invited back, after their audition on Sunday 18th October, to appear in the stage show of Canadian Carroll Lewis’ TV Star Search competition at The Hippodrome Theatre, Corner of Higher Ardwick and Hyde Road, Ardwick Green, Manchester M13, Greater Manchester
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1958 December
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- The Quarry Men give a live performance at the wedding reception at 24 Upton Green, Speke, Liverpool L24 2UL, for George Harrison‘s brother, Harry Harrison, and his bride, Irene McCann
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1959 January
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- The Quarry Men give a live performance at Wilson Hall, Speke Road, Garston, Liverpool L19 2NZ
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- The Quarry Men give a live performance at Woolton Village Club, 23 Allerton Road, Woolton, Liverpool L25 7RA
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- The Quarry Men give a live performance at the Casbah Coffee Club, 8 Haymans Green, West Derby, Liverpool L12 7JG
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1959 September
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- The Quarry Men give a live performance at the Casbah Coffee Club, 8 Haymans Green, West Derby, Liverpool L12 7JG
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- The Quarry Men give a live performance at the Casbah Coffee Club, 8 Haymans Green, West Derby, Liverpool L12 7JG
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- The Quarry Men give a live performance at the Casbah Coffee Club, 8 Haymans Green, West Derby, Liverpool L12 7JG
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- The Quarry Men give a live performance at the Casbah Coffee Club, 8 Haymans Green, West Derby, Liverpool L12 7JG
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1959 October
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- The Quarry Men give a live performance at the Casbah Coffee Club, 8 Haymans Green, West Derby, Liverpool L12 7JG
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- The Quarry Men give a live performance at the Casbah Coffee Club, 8 Haymans Green, West Derby, Liverpool L12 7JG
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1960
1960 January
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- Stuart Sutcliffe sells a painting to John Moores for £65 and uses it to buy a Hofner President bass guitar
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1960 April
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- The Nerk Twins give a live performance at the Fox And Hounds, 8 Gosbrook Road, Caversham, Reading RG4 8BN, Berkshire
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- The Nerk Twins give a live performance at the Fox And Hounds, 8 Gosbrook Road, Caversham, Reading RG4 8BN, Berkshire
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1960 May
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- The Quarry Men change the name of the group to The Silver Beetles
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- The Silver Beetles audition at the Blue Angel Club, 108 Seel Street, Liverpool L1 4BL, for Larry Parnes as Billy Fury‘s backing group
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- The Silver Beetles give a Live performance at Lathom Hall, Lathom Avenue, Seaforth, Liverpool L21 1EB
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- The Silver Beetles give a Live performance at the Iron Door, 13 Temple Street, Liverpool L2 5RH
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance as Johnny Gentle’s backing group at the Town Hall, Marshill, Alloa FK10 1AB, Scotland
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance as Johnny Gentle’s backing group at the Northern Meeting Ballroom, 12-14 Church Street, Inverness IV3 5NS, Scotland
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance as Johnny Gentle’s backing group at Dalrymple Hall, 13 Seaforth Street, Fraserburgh AB43 9BD, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance as Johnny Gentle’s backing group at St Thomas’ Hall, Chapel Street, Keith AB55 5AL, Scotland
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance as Johnny Gentle’s backing group at the Town Hall, High Street, Forres IV36 1PB, Scotland
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance as Johnny Gentle’s backing group at the Regal Ballroom, Leopold Street, Nairn, Scotland
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance as Johnny Gentle’s backing band at Rescue Hall, Prince Street, Peterhead AB42 1QE, Scotland
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance at the Jacaranda Coffee Bar, 23 Slater Street, Liverpool L1 4BW
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1960 June
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance at the The Institute, Neston Road, Thornton Hough, Wirral CH63 1JL, Merseyside
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 1A, Merseyside
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 1A, Merseyside
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance at The Institute, Neston Road, Thornton Hough, Wirral CH63 1JL, Merseyside
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 1A, Merseyside
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- Tommy Moore leaves The Silver Beetles after his final live performance at the Jacaranda Coffee Bar, 23 Slater Street, Liverpool L1 4BW
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance at the The Institute, Neston Road, Thornton Hough, Wirral CH63 1JL, Merseyside
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 1A, Merseyside
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance at The Institute, Neston Road, Thornton Hough, Wirral CH63 1JL, Merseyside
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 1A, Merseyside
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance at The Institute, Neston Road, Thornton Hough, Wirral CH63 1JL, Merseyside
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1960 July
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 1A, Merseyside. Johnny Gentle drops in and joins them as a guest onstage to reprise their entire Scottish Beat Ballad Show Tour repertoire from May 1960
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance at The Institute, Neston Road, Thornton Hough, Wirral CH63 1JL, Merseyside
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- Live performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 1A, Merseyside
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 1A, Merseyside
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 1A, Merseyside
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- The Silver Beetles give a live performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 1A, Merseyside. After complaints about violence from residents, Wallasey Corporation terminated the residency, managed by Norman Dodds.
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1960 August
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- The Silver Beetles go to the Casbah Coffee Club, 8 Haymans Green, West Derby, Liverpool L12 7JG where they see Pete Best playing drums with The Blackjacks. They ask him to join them on their Hamburg trip and he agrees to audition on Friday 12th August 1960
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- Paul McCartney writes a letter to a mystery drummer in response to an advert in the Liverpool Echo
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- Pete Best auditions for The Silver Beetles at the Blue Angel Club, 108 Seel Street, Liverpool L1 4BL, Merseyside.
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- The Beetles, Allan Williams, his wife Beryl, her brother Barry Chang, and friend Lord Woodbine, leave for Hamburg from the Jacaranda Coffee Bar, 23 Slater Street, Liverpool L1 4BW in Allan’s green Austin van
Hamburg – 1st TRIP
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- The Beatles’ 1st performance in Hamburg, Germany, at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767
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- Bruno Koschmider takes The Beatles to a cinema at Bambi-Filmkunsttheater, 33 Paul-Roosen Strasse, Hamburg, Germany. He leads them to a filthy room behind the screen, next to the ladies toilets, telling them this is where they will be staying.
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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1960 September
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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1960 October
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr back Lu Walters as he Records:
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Bruno Koschmider cancels The Beatles’ Kaiserkeller contract because they had made a verbal agreement to work at rival Peter Eckhorn‘s Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn 13620359, Hamburg – Also, because Bruno had become aware that George Harrison, at 17, was underage
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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1960 November
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Bruno Koschmider cancels The Beatles’ Kaiserkeller contract because they had made a verbal agreement to work at rival Peter Eckhorn‘s Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn 13620359, Hamburg – Also, Bruno had become aware that George Harrison, at 17, was underage
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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- George Harrison is deported from Germany
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany – (without George Harrison)
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany – (without George Harrison)
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany – (without George Harrison)
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany – (without George Harrison)
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany – (without George Harrison)
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany – (without George Harrison)
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- Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany – (without George Harrison)
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- Paul McCartney and Pete Best spend the night in a Hamburg gaol, after accidentally setting fire to their room at Bambi-Filmkunsttheater, 33 Paul-Roosen Strassem, Hamburg
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- Paul McCartney and Pete Best are released from gaol and deported from Germany flying to London Airport on their way back to Liverpool
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1960 December
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- Paul McCartney and Pete Best arrive at London Airport after being deported from Germany. They spend their last money on a bus to Euston Station and a train ticket to Liverpool Lime Street Station
Hamburg – 1st TRIP
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- John Lennon travels back to Liverpool from Hamburg by train from Hamburg’s central station to the Hook of Holland, then a ferry to Harwich, England, and finally another train to Liverpool Lime Street Station.
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- Live performance at the Casbah Coffee Club, 8 Haymans Green, West Derby, Liverpool L12 7JG
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- Live performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 1A, Merseyside
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- Live performance at Litherland Town Hall, Hatton Hill Road, Liverpool L21 9HB
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- Live performance at the Casbah Coffee Club, 8 Haymans Green, West Derby, Liverpool L12 7JG
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1964 January
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- Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, 232-236 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 3NX
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- Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, 232-236 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 3NX
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- Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, 232-236 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 3NX
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- The Beatles give interviews to various DJs for promotional use. They recorded answers at EMI’s Manchester Square headquarters in London, intended for DJs to use as if they were personally interviewing them. This was part of their preparation before their Christmas Show at the Astoria Cinema in London that evening
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- Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, 232-236 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 3NX
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- Radio – George Harrison and Ringo Starr give an interview for ‘The Public Ear‘ the BBC’s Light Programme, which was one of the BBC’s national radio stations at the time. The interview was conducted for the show’s “Air Mail” segment – listeners could write in, and the segment would feature responses or interviews based on those requests. The Beatles requested the song “I’ve Been Good To You“ by The Miracles. George also shared that his favourite singers included Mary Wells, The Miracles, and Marvin Gaye. This interview was later broadcast on Sunday January 12th 1964, between 3 PM and 4 PM
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- Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, 232-236 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 3NX
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- Radio on ‘Saturday Club‘
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- Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, 232-236 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 3NX
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- Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, 232-236 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 3NX
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- Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, 232-236 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 3NX
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- US release:
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- LP – “Introducing The Beatles“
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- Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, 232-236 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 3NX
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- Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, 232-236 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 3NX
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- Live performance on ‘Sunday Night At The London Palladium‘
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- John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Brian Epstein, Mal Evans, and various reporters fly to Le Bourget, Paris, France, from London Heathrow Airport in the afternoon, for their residency at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France
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- In the afternoon, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Brian Epstein, Mal Evans, and various reporters fly to Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France, from London Heathrow Airport, for their residency at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines, 75009 Paris, France
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- Live performance at the Cinéma Cyrano, 7 Rue Rameau, 78000 Versailles, France in preparation for their residency at the Olympia Theatre
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- The Beatles reach No. 1 in America
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- Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France
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- Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France
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- Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France
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- Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France
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- US LP release:
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- Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France
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- Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France
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- Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France
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- Radio on American Forces Network
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- Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France
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- Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France
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- Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France
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‘My Bonnie‘ / ‘The Saints‘
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- The Beatles at the George V Hotel, 31 Avenue George V, 75008 Paris, France
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- Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France
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- Travel: John Lennon and George Harrison fly from Paris to London
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- Recording:
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- Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France
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- US single release:
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- Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France
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- Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France
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1964 February
1964 1st February
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- Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France
1964 2nd February
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- Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France
1964 3rd February
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- Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France
1964 4th February
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- Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France
1964 5th February
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- Press conference at London airport
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1964 6th February
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- Interview:
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- John Lennon and George Harrison
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1964 7th February
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- UK EP release:
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EP – “All My Loving”
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The Beatles’ American invasion begins
1964 8th February
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- Radio on Saturday Club
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- Rehearsal for The Ed Sullivan Show
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1964 9th February
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- The Beatles’ first Ed Sullivan Show
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1964 10th February
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- Interviews:
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- with Associated Press and CBS News
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1964 11th February
1st American Tour
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- Live performance at the Washington Coliseum, Washington, DC
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1964 12th February
1st American Tour
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- Live performance at the Carnegie Hall, New York City
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1964 13th February
1st American Tour
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- Travel from New York to Miami
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1964 14th February
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- Rehearsal for The Ed Sullivan Show
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1964 15th February
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- Rehearsal for The Ed Sullivan Show
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1964 16th February
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- The Beatles’ second Ed Sullivan Show
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1964 17th February
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- Day off in Miami
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1964 18th February
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- The Beatles meet Cassius Clay
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1964 21st February
-
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- Travel from Miami to New York to London
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1964 22nd February
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- Interviews at London Airport
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1964 23rd February
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- Television in Big Night Out
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1964 21st February
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- Recording:
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“Can’t Buy Me Love”
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“You Can’t Do That”
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“And I Love Her2
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“I Should Have Known Better”
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- George Harrison’s 21st birthday
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1964 26th February
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- Recording, mixing:
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“You Can’t Do That”
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“Can’t Buy Me Love”
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“I Should Have Known Better”
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“And I Love Her”
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1964 27th February
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- Recording:
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“And I Love Her”
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“Tell Me Why”
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“If I Fell”
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1964 28th February
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- Radio on From Us To You
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.
1964 March
1964 1st March
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- Recording:
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“I’m Happy Just To Dance With You”
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“Long Tall Sally”
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“I Call Your Name”
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1964 2nd March
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- The Beatles begin filming A Hard Day’s Night
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- US release:
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Single – “Twist And Shout”
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A Hard Day’s Night
1964 3rd March
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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- Mixing:
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“I Should Have Known Better”
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“If I Fell, Tell Me Why”
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“And I Love Her”
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“I’m Happy Just To Dance With You”
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“I Call Your Name”
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1964 4th March
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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Mixing: I Call Your Name
1964 5th March
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 6th March
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 9th March
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 10th March
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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Recording, mixing:
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Can’t Buy Me Love
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Long Tall Sally
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I Call Your Name
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You Can’t Do That
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Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand
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Sie Liebt Dich
1964 11th March
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 12th March
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 13th March
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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Mixing:
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Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand
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Sie Liebt Dich
1964 16th March
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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US single release:
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Can’t Buy Me Love
1964 17th March
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 18th March
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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Radio in The Public Ear
1964 19th March
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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- The Beatles are given Variety Club awards
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- The Beatles’ first Top Of The Pops appearance
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1964 20th March
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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- UK release:
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LP – “Can’t Buy Me Love”
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- The Beatles’ second appearance on Ready, Steady, Go!
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1964 23rd March
-
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- US release:
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Single – “Do You Want To Know A Secret”
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- US release:
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“The Beatles”
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- John Lennon’s In His Own Write is published
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-
- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 24th March
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 25th March
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 26th March
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 31st March
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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Radio on Saturday Club
.
1964 April
1964 1st April
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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- John Lennon meets up with his father Alf Lennon
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1964 2nd April
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 3rd April
-
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- Filming
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-
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- A Hard Day’s Night trailer
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1964 4th April
-
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- The Beatles occupy the Billboard Hot 100 top five
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1964 5th April
-
-
- Filming:
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-
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-
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 6th April
-
-
- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 7th April
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 8th April
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 10th April
-
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- Filming:
-
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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- US release:
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LP – “The Beatles’ Second Album”
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1964 12th April
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 13th April
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 15th April
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 15th April
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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- Television in A Degree Of Frost
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1964 16th April
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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-
- Recording:
-
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“A Hard Day’s Night”
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1964 17th April
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 18th April
-
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- Recording:
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“Around The Beatles”
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1964 19th April
-
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- Recording:
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“Around The Beatles”
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1964 20th April
-
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- Paul McCartney films a scene in A Hard Day’s Night which is not used
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-
- Mixing:
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“A Hard Day’s Night”
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1964 21st April
-
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- Paul McCartney films a scene in A Hard Day’s Night which is not used
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1964 22nd April
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 23rd April
-
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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- John Lennon attends a Foyle’s literary luncheon
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- Mixing:
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“A Hard Day’s Night”
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1964 24th April
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- Filming:
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- A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 25th April
-
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- Rehearsal for “Around The Beatles”
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1964 26th April
-
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- Live performance in NME Poll-Winners’ All-Star Concert
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1964 27th April
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- US single release:
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“Love Me Do”
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- Rehearsal:
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- “Around The Beatles”
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1964 28th April
-
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- Television in “Around The Beatles”
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1964 29th April
-
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- Live performance at the ABC Cinema, Edinburgh
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1964 30th April
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, Glasgow
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.
1964 May
1964 1st May
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- Radio on From Us To You
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1964 2nd May
-
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- John and Cynthia Lennon, George Harrison and Pattie Boyd fly to Hawaii
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- Paul McCartney, Jane Asher, Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox fly to Lisbon
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1964 3rd May
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- Paul McCartney, Jane Asher, Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox fly to the Virgin Islands
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1964 4th May
-
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- John and Cynthia Lennon, George Harrison and Pattie Boyd fly to Tahiti
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1964 11th May
-
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- US release:
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EP – “Four By The Beatles”
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1964 21st May
-
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- US release:
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Single – “Sie Liebt Dich”
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1964 22nd May
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- Recording:
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“You Can’t Do That”
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1964 26th May
-
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- John and Cynthia Lennon, George Harrison and Pattie Boyd fly to London from Tahiti
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1964 27th May
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- Paul McCartney, Jane Asher, Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox fly to London from the Virgin Islands
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1964 29th May
-
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- UK release:
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Single – “Ain’t She Sweet”
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1964 31st May
-
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- Live performance in the Prince Of Wales Theatre, London
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.
1964 June
1964 1st June
-
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- Recording:
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“Matchbox”
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“I’ll Cry Instead”
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“Slow Down”
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“I’ll Be Back”
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1964 2nd June
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- Recording:
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“Any Time At All”
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“Things We Said Today”
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“When I Get Home”
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1964 3rd June
-
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- Ringo Starr is taken ill before The Beatles’ world tour
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- Recording:
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“You Know What To Do”
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“You’re My World”
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“No Reply”
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“Any Time At All”
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“Things We Said Today”
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1964 4th June
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- Recording, mixing, editing:
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“Long Tall Sally
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“Matchbox
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“I Call Your Name
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“Slow Down
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“When I Get Home
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Any Time At All
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I’ll Cry Instead
-
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1st World Tour
World Tour
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- Live performance at the KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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1964 5th June
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- Television:
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- Treslong, Hillegom, Netherlands
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1964 6th June
World Tour
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- Live performance at the Exhibition Hall, Blokker, The Netherlands
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1964 7th June
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- Travel:
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- Amsterdam to Hong Kong
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1964 8th June
-
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- The Beatles arrive in Hong Kong
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1964 9th June
-
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- Mixing:
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“A Hard Day’s Night”
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“Things We Said Today”
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World Tour
-
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- Live performance at the Princess Theatre, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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1964 10th June
-
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- Mixing:
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“I’ll Be Back”
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- Interview in Hong Kong
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1964 11th June
-
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- The Beatles arrive in Australia
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1964 12th June
World Tour
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- Live performance at the Centennial Hall, Adelaide
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1964 13th June
World Tour
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- Live performance at the Centennial Hall, Adelaide
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1964 14th June
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- Ringo Starr gives a press conference in Sydney, Australia
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- Ringo rejoins The Beatles in Australia
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1964 15th June
World Tour
-
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- Live performance at the Festival Hall, Melbourne
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1964 16th June
World Tour
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- Live performance at the Festival Hall, Melbourne
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1964 17th June
World Tour
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- Live performance at the Festival Hall, Melbourne
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1964 18th June
World Tour
-
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- Live performance at the Sydney Stadium, Sydney
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1964 19th June
-
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- UK release:
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EP – “Long Tall Sally”
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World Tour
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- Live performance at the Sydney Stadium, Sydney
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1964 20th June
World Tour
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- Live performance at the Sydney Stadium, Sydney
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1964 21st June
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- Travel:
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- Sydney to Auckland
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- Mixing, editing:
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“A Hard Day’s Night album”
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“Long Tall Sally”
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1964 22nd June
World Tour
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- Live performance at the Town Hall, Wellington, New Zealand
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1964 23rd June
World Tour
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- Live performance at the Town Hall, Wellington, New Zealand
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1964 24th June
World Tour
-
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- Live performance at the Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand
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1964 25th June
World Tour
-
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- Live performance at the Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand
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1964 26th June
-
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- US release:
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LP – “A Hard Day’s Night”
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-
World Tour
-
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- Live performance at the Town Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand
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1964 27th June
World Tour
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- Live performance at the Majestic Theatre, Christchurch, New Zealand
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1964 28th June
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- Travel:
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- New Zealand to Australia
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1964 29th June
World Tour
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- Live performance at the Festival Hall, Brisbane, Australia
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1964 30th June
World Tour
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- Live performance at the Festival Hall, Brisbane, Australia
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.
1964 July
1964 1st July
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- Travel from Australia back to England
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1964 2nd July
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- Recording:
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“It’s For You” by Cilla Black
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1964 6th July
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- World première of A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 7th July
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- Television
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-
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- Top Of The Pops
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-
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- Scene At 6.30
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1964 10th July
-
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- UK single and LP release:
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“A Hard Day’s Night”
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- Liverpool première of A Hard Day’s Night
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1964 11th July
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- Television
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-
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- Summer Spin
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1964 12th July
-
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- Live performance at the Hippodrome, Brighton
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1964 13th July
-
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- US release:
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Single – “A Hard Day’s Night”
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1964 14th July
-
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- Radio:
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- Top Gear
-
-
-
1964 17th July
-
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- Radio;
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- From Us To You
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1964 19th July
-
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- Television:
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-
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- Blackpool Night Out
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-
-
1964 20th July
-
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- US release:
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-
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LP – “Something New”
-
-
- US releases:
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-
-
-
-
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- “Singles”
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-
-
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-
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“And I Love Her”
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“I’ll Cry Instead”
-
-
-
-
1964 23rd July
-
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- Live performance at the “The Night Of A Hundred Stars”
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1964 25th July
-
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- Television:
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- “Juke Box Jury”
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-
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1964 26th July
-
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- Live performance at the Opera House, Blackpool
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1964 27th July
-
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- Live performance at the Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden
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1964 28th July
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- Live performance at the Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden
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1964 30th July
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- Travel:
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- Stockholm to London
-
.
1964 August
1964 2nd August
- Live performance at the Gaumont Cinema, Bournemouth
1964 9th August
- Live performance at the Futurist Theatre, Scarborough
1964 11th August
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- Recording:
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“Baby’s In Black”
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-
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1964 12th August
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- Radio:
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- The Teen Scene
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1964 14th August
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- Recording, mixing:
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-
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“I’m A Loser”
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“Mr Moonlight”
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“Baby’s In Black”
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“Leave My Kitten Alone”
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1964 16th August
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- Live performance at the Opera House, Blackpool
1964 18th August
-
- Travel from London to San Francisco
1964 19th August
-
- Live performance at the Cow Palace, San Francisco
1964 20th August
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- Live performance at the Convention Center, Las Vegas
1964 21st August
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- Live performance at the Coliseum, Seattle
1964 22nd August
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- Live performance at the Empire Stadium, Vancouver, Canada
1964 23rd August
-
- John Lennon and Ringo Starr are interviewed in Los Angeles
-
- Live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
1964 24th August
-
- US release:
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Single – “Matchbox”
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- Leisure
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-
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-
- Day off in Bel Air, Los Angeles
-
-
1964 25th August
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- The Beatles meet Burt Lancaster and Jayne Mansfield
1964 26th August
-
- Live performance at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver
1964 27th August
-
- Live performance at the Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati
1964 28th August
-
- Live performance at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, New York
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- Bob Dylan introduces The Beatles to cannabis
1964 29th August
-
- Live performance at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, New York
1964 30th August
-
- Live performance at the Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
1964 31st August
-
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- Leisure
-
-
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-
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- Day off in Cape May, New Jersey
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-
-
.
1964 September
1964 2nd September
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- Live performance at the Convention Hall, Philadelphia
1964 3rd September
-
- Live performance at the State Fair Coliseum, Indianapolis
1964 4th September
-
- Live performance at the Milwaukee Arena, Wisconsin
1964 5th September
-
- Live performance at the International Amphitheatre, Chicago
1964 6th September
-
- Live performance at the Olympia Stadium, Detroit
1964 7th September
-
- Live performance at the Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada
1964 8th September
-
- Live performance at the Forum, Montreal, Canada
1964 10th September
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- Leisure
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- Day off in Key West, Florida
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- George Harrison buys Mornyork Ltd
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- Live performance at the Gator Bowl, Jacksonville
1964 12th September
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- Live performance at the Boston Garden, Boston
1964 13th September
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- Live performance at theCivic Center, Baltimore
1964 14th September
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- Live performance at the Civic Arena, Pittsburgh
1964 15th September
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- Live performance at the Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio
1964 16th September
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- Live performance at the City Park Stadium, New Orleans
1964 17th September
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- Live performance at the Municipal Stadium, Kansas City
1964 18th September
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- Live performance at the Memorial Auditorium, Dallas
1964 19th September
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- Leisure:
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- Day off in Alton, Missouri
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1964 20th September
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- Live performance at the Paramount Theatre, New York City
1964 21st September
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- Travel:
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- The Beatles return to England from America
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1964 27th September
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- Ringo Starr judges the National Beat Group Competition
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1964 29th September
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- Recording:
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“Every Little Thing”
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“I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party”
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“What You’re Doing”
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1964 30th September
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- Recording:
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“Every Little Thing”
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“What You’re Doing”
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“No Reply”
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1964 October
1964 2nd October
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- Rehearsal:
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- Shindig!
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1964 3rd October
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- Television:
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- Shindig!
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1964 6th October
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- Recording:
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“Eight Days A Week”
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1964 8th October
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- Recording:
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“She’s A Woman”
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5th British Tour
1964 9th October
5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Gaumont Cinema, Bradford
1964 10th October
5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the De Montfort Hall, Leicester
1964 11th October
5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, Birmingham
1964 12th October
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- Mixing:
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“She’s A Woman”
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“Eight Days A Week”
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1964 13th October
5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the ABC Cinema, Wigan
1964 14th October
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- Television
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- Scene At 6.30
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5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the ABC Cinema, Manchester
1964 15th October
5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Globe Cinema, Stockton-on-Tees
1964 16th October
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- Mixing:
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No Reply
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5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the ABC Cinema, Hull
1964 18th October
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- Recording:
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“Eight Days A Week”
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“Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!”
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“Mr Moonlight, I Feel Fine”
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“I’ll Follow The Sun”
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“Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby”
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“Rock And Roll Music”
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“Words Of Love”
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1964 19th October
5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the ABC Cinema, Edinburgh
1964 20th October
5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Caird Hall, Dundee
1964 21st October
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- Mixing:
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“I Feel Fine”
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“I’ll Follow The Sun”
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“She’s A Woman”
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“Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby”
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5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, Glasgow
1964 22nd October
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- Mixing:
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“I Feel Fine”
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5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, Leeds
1964 23rd October
5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Gaumont State Cinema, Kilburn, London
1964 24th October
5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Granada Cinema, Walthamstow, London
1964 25th October
5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Hippodrome, Brighton
1964 26th October
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- Recording, mixing:
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“I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party”
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“Rock And Roll Music”
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“Words Of Love”
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“Baby’s In Black”
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“I’m A Loser”
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“Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!”
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“Honey Don’t”
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“What You’re Doing”
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“Another Beatles Christmas Record”
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1964 27th October
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- Mixing:
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“What You’re Doing”
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“Honey Don’t”
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“Mr Moonlight”
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“Every Little Thing”
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“Eight Days A Week”
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1964 28th October
5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the ABC Cinema, Exeter
- Interview
- Live performance at the ABC Cinema, Exeter
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- Playboy
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1964 29th October
5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the ABC Cinema, Plymouth
1964 30th October
5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Gaumont Cinema, Bournemouth
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1964 31st October
5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Gaumont Cinema, Ipswich
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1964 November
1964 1st November
5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, Finsbury Park, London
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1964 2nd November
5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the King’s Hall, Belfast
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1964 4th November
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- UK release:
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Extracts From The Film A Hard Day’s Night – Parlophone GEP 8920
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- Mixing:
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“I’ll Follow The Sun”
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“Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby”
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“Rock And Roll Music”
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“Words Of Love”
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“Mr Moonlight”
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“I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party”
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“I’m A Loser”
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“Baby’s In Black”
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“No Reply”
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“I Feel Fine”
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5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Ritz Cinema, Luton
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1964 5th November
5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, Nottingham
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1964 6th November
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- UK release:
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- EP – “Extracts From The Album A Hard Day’s Night” – Parlophone GEP 8924
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5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Gaumont Cinema, Southampton
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1964 7th November
5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Capitol Cinema, Cardiff
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1964 8th November
5th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool
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1964 9th November
5th British Tour
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- Live performance at City Hall, Sheffield
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1964 10th November
5th British Tour
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- Live performance at Colston Hall, Bristol
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1964 14th November
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- Television:
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- Thank Your Lucky Stars
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1964 16th November
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- Television:
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- Top Of The Pops
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1964 17th November
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- Radio:
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- Top Gear
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1964 20th November
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- John Lennon films a sequence for Not Only… But Also
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1964 23rd November
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- US release:
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- Single – “I Feel Fine”
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- US release:
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- LP – “The Beatles’ Story”
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- Television:
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- Ready, Steady, Go!
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1964 25th November
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- Radio:
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- Saturday Club
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1964 27th November
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- UK release:
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“I Feel Fine”
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1964 28th November
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- Interview:
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- John Lennon by New Musical Express and BBC
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1964 29th November
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- John Lennon appears in Not Only… But Also
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1964 30th November
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- Radio:
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- Brian Epstein appears on the BBC’s Desert Island Discs
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- Interview:
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- Ringo Starr by Melody Maker
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1964 December
1964 1st December
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- Ringo Starr goes into hospital
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1964 2nd December
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- Ringo Starr’s has his tonsils removed
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1964 4th December
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- UK release:
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- LP – “Beatles For Sale”
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1964 7th December
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- Business
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- George Harrison’s Mornyork Ltd becomes Harrisongs Ltd
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1964 8th December
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- George Harrison visits Ringo Starr in hospital
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1964 9th December
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- Travel
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- George Harrison and Pattie Boyd fly to the Bahamas
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- Paul McCartney visits Ringo Starr in hospital
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1964 10th December
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- Ringo Starr leaves hospital
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1964 15th December
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- US release:
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- LP – “Beatles ’65”
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1964 19th December
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- Travel
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- George Harrison and Pattie Boyd fly back to England from the Bahamas
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1964 21st December
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Rehearsal at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
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1964 22nd December
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Rehearsal at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
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1964 23rd December
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Rehearsal at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
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1964 24th December
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
1964 25th December
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- The Beatles’ Christmas Day
1964 26th December
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
1964 28th December
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
1964 29th December
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
1964 30th December
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
1964 31st December
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
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1965
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1965 January
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
Another Beatles Christmas Show
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
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- Ringo Starr proposes to Maureen Cox after partying at the Ad Lib Club (over Prince Charles Theatre), 7 Leicester Place, London WC2H 7BY
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- John and Cynthia Lennon, George Martin, and Judy Lockhart-Smith (his future wife) begin a skiing holiday in the Swiss Alps. They fly from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich, and airport security confiscates two bottles of whisky from Lennon. Onward transport takes them to the luxurious Palace Hotel, Via Serlas 27, 7500 St Moritz, Switzerland where they stay until Sunday 7th February 1965
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- John and Cynthia Lennon, George Martin, and Judy Lockhart-Smith (his future wife) enjoy a skiing holiday at the luxurious Palace Hotel, Via Serlas 27, 7500 St Moritz, Switzerland where they stay until Sunday 7th February 1965
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- George Martin‘s skiing activity ends abruptly when he breaks his foot in the Swiss Alps. Whilst recuperating, he listens to Lennon as he works on “This Bird Has Flown,” which would appear on the ‘Rubber Soul’ LP as “Norwegian Wood“
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- American photographer, Richard Avedon, photographs Ringo Starr in the penthouse photographic studio at Thompson House, 200 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 8XZ
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1965 February
1965 1st February
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- US release:
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EP – “4 By The Beatles”
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1965 4th February
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- Paul McCartney and Jane Asher holiday in Tunisia
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1965 7th February
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- John and Cynthia Lennon return to England from Switzerland
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1965 11th February
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- Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox
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1965 15th February
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- US single release:
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‘Eight Days A Week’
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- John Lennon passes his driving test
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- Recording:
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‘Ticket To Ride’
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‘Another Girl’
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‘I Need You’
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1965 16th February
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- Recording:
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- ‘I Need You’
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‘Another Girl’
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‘Yes It Is’
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1965 17th February
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- Recording:
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- ‘The Night Before’
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- ‘You Like Me Too Much’
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1965 18th February
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- Northern Songs is floated on the stock exchange
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- Recording, mixing:
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‘Ticket To Ride’
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‘Another Girl’
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‘I Need You’
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‘Yes It Is’
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‘You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away’
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‘The Night Before’
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“You Like Me Too Much’
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“If You’ve Got Trouble’
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‘Tell Me What You See’
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1965 19th February
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- Recording:
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- “You’re Going To Lose That Girl”
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1965 20th February
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- Recording, mixing:
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“If You’ve Got Trouble”
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“Tell Me What You See”
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“You’re Going To Lose That Girl”
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“That Means A Lot”
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“You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away”
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1965 22nd February
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- The Beatles fly to the Bahamas to film Help!
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1965 23rd February
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- Mixing:
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“Yes It Is”
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“You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away”
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“If You’ve Got Trouble”
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“Tell Me What You See”
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“I Need You, Another Girl”
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“Ticket To Ride”
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“You Like Me Too Much”
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“The Night Before”
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“You’re Going To Lose That Girl”
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“That Means A Lot”
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- Filming
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- Help! in the Bahamas
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1965 24th February
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- Filming
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- Help! in the Bahamas
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1965 25th February
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- Filming
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- Help! in the Bahamas
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1965 26th February
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- Filming
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- Help! in the Bahamas
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1965 27th February
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- Filming
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- Help! in the Bahamas
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1965 28th February
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- Filming
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- Help! in the Bahamas
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1965 March
1965 1st March
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- Filming
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- Help! in the Bahamas
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1965 2nd March
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- Filming
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- Help! in the Bahamas
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1965 3rd March
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- Filming
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- Help! in the Bahamas
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1965 4th March
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- Filming
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- Help! in the Bahamas
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1965 5th March
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- Filming
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- Help! in the Bahamas
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1965 6th March
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- Filming
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- Help! in the Bahamas
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1965 7th March
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- Filming
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- Help! in the Bahamas
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1965 8th March
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- Filming
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- Help! in the Bahamas
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1965 9th March
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- Filming
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- Help! in the Bahamas
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1965 10th March
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- Travel
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- Bahamas to London
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1965 13th March
-
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- Travel
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- London to Austria
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1965 14th March
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- Filming
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- Help! in Austria
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1965 15th March
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- Filming
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- Help! in Austria
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- Mixing:
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- “Ticket To Ride”
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1965 16th March
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- Filming
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- Help! in Austria
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1965 17th March
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- Filming
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- Help! in Austria
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1965 18th March
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- Filming
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- Help! in Austria
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1965 19th March
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- Filming
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- Help! in Austria
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1965 20th March
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- Filming
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- Help! in Austria
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1965 22nd March
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- US release:
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- LP – “The Early Beatles”
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- Travel
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- Austria back to England
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1965 24th March
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- Filming
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- Help!
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1965 25th March
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- Filming
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- Help!
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1965 26th March
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- Filming
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- Help!
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1965 28th March
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- The Beatles’ final Thank Your Lucky Stars appearance
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1965 29th March
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- Filming
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- Help!
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1965 30th March
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- Filming
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- Help!
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- Recording:
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- “That Means A Lot”
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- “You’re Going To Lose That Girl”
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1965 31st March
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- Filming
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- Help!
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1965 April
1965 1st April
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- Filming
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- Help!
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- Business
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- Brian Epstein takes over the Saville Theatre, London
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1965 2nd April
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- Filming
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- Help!
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- Mixing:
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- “You’re Going To Lose That Girl”
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1965 5th April
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- Filming
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- Help!
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1965 6th April
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- Filming
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- Help!
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- UK release:
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EP – “Beatles For Sale”
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1965 7th April
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- Filming
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- Help!
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1965 8th April
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- Filming
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- Help!
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1965 9th April
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- Filming
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- Help!
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- UK release:
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“Ticket To Ride”
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1965 10th April
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- Television
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- Top Of The Pops
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1965 11th April
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- Live performance at the NME Poll-Winners’ All-Star Concert
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- Television
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- The Eamonn Andrews Show
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1965 12th April
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- Filming
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- Help!
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1965 13th April
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- Filming
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- Help!
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- Paul McCartney buys 7 Cavendish Avenue, London
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- Radio
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- Pop Inn
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- Recording:
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“Help!”
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1965 14th April
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- Filming
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- Help!
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1965 16th April
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- Television
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- Ready, Steady, Go!
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1965 18th April
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- Mixing:
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“Help!”
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“The Night Before”
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- 1965 19th April
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- US single release:
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“Ticket To Ride”
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- 1965 20th April
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- Filming
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- Help!
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- 1965 21st April
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- Filming
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- Help!
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- 1965 22nd April
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- Filming
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- Help!
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- 1965 23rd April
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- Filming
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- Help!
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- 1965 24th April
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- Filming
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- Help!
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- 1965 27th April
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- Filming
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- Help!
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- 1965 28th April
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- Filming
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- Help!
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- 1965 29th April
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- Filming
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- Help!
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- 1965 30th April
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- Filming
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- Help!
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1965 May
1965 2nd May
The Beatles arrive in Amesbury, Wiltshire
1965 3rd May
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- Filming
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- Help!
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1965 4th May
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- Filming
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- Help!
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1965 5th May
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- Filming
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- Help!
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1965 7th May
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- Filming
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- Help!
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1965 9th May
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- Filming
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- Help! at various locations in London
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The Beatles watch Bob Dylan perform in London
1965 10th May
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- Filming
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- Help!
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- Recording, mixing:
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“Dizzy Miss Lizzy”
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“Bad Boy”
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1965 11t”h May
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- Filming
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- Help!
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1965 18th May
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- Recording:
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post-sync work for Help!
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1965 25th May
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- Interviewed
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- John Lennon in Cannes
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1965 26th May
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- Radio
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- The Beatles (Invite You To Take A Ticket To Ride) – the final BBC radio session
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1965 June
1965 2nd June
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- Leisure
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- John, George and Ringo attend the première of Richard Lester’s The Knack (And How To Get It)
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1965 3rd June
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- Leisure
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- John, George, Cynthia and Pattie attend Allen Ginsberg’s 39th birthday party
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1965 4th June
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- UK release:
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- EP – “Beatles For Sale No 2”
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1965 8th June
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- Mixing:
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“I Want To Hold Your Hand”
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1965 11th June
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- Awards
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- The Beatles to receive MBE’s
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1965 12th June
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- Press conference
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- About the MBE announcement
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1965 14th June
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- US release:
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- LP – “Beatles VI”
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- Recording:
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“I’ve Just Seen A Face”
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“I’m Down”
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“Yesterday”
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1965 15th June
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- Recording:
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- “It’s Only Love”
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1965 16th June
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- Recording:
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post-sync work for Help!
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- Radio
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- John Lennon on “The World Of Books”
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1965 17th June
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- Recording, mixing:
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“Yesterday”
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“Act Naturally”
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“Wait”
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1965 18th June
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- Mixing:
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I’ve Just Seen A Face”
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“I’m Down”
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“It’s Only Love”
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“Act Naturally”
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“Wait”
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“Help!”
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“Yesterday”
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- Radio:
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- BBC European Service
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- Television:
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- Tonight
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EUROPEAN TOUR
1965 20th June
European Tour
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- Live performance at the Palais Des Sports, Paris
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1965 21st June
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- Day off in Paris
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1965 22nd June
European Tour
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- Live performance at the Palais d’Hiver, Lyon, France
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1965 23rd June
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- Travel from Lyon to Milan
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1965 24th June
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- Book
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- John Lennon’s A Spaniard In The Works is published
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European Tour
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- Live performance at the Velodromo Vigorelli, Milan, Italy
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1965 26th June
European Tour
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- Live performance at Palazzo dello Sport, Genoa, Italy
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1965 27th June
European Tour
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- Live performance at the Teatro Adriano, Rome, Italy
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1965 28th June
European Tour
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- Live performance at the Teatro Adriano, Rome, Italy
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1965 29th June
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- Travel from Rome to Nice
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1965 30th June
European Tour
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- Live performance at the Palais des Expositions, Nice, France
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1965 July
1965 1st July
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- Travel
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- Nice to Madrid
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1965 2nd July
European Tour
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- Live performance at the Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, Madrid, Spain
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1965 3rd July
European Tour
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- Live performance at the Plaza de Toros Monumental, Barcelona, Spain
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1965 4th July
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- Travel:
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- Barcelona to London
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1965 13th July
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- John Lennon and Paul McCartney receive five Ivor Novello awards
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1965 19th July
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- US release:
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- Single – “Help!”
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1965 23rd July
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- UK release:
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- Single – “Help!”
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1965 24th July
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- Ringo Starr buys Sunny Heights, Weybridge
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1965 29th July
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- World première of Help!
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1965 30th July
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- Rehearsals:
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- North America Tour
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.
1965 August
1965 1st August
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- Television:
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- Blackpool Night Out
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1965 6th August
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- UK release:
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LP – “Help!”
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1965 9th August
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- Recording by The Silkie
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- US release:
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LP – “Help!”
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Second American Tour
1965 13th August
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- Travel:
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- London to New York
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1965 14th August
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- Television:
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- The Beatles’ fourth Ed Sullivan Show
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1965 15th August
Second American Tour
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- Live performance at Shea Stadium, New York
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1965 16th August
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- Leisure
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- Day off in New York
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- John Lennon’s Mellotron is delivered to Weybridge
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1965 17th August
2nd American Tour
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- Live performance at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada
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1965 18th August
2nd American Tour
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- Live performance at Atlanta Stadium
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1965 19th August
2nd American Tour
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- Live performance at the Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston
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1965 20th August
2nd American Tour
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- Live performance at White Sox Park, Chicago
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1965 21st August
2nd American Tour
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- Live performance at Metropolitan Stadium, Minneapolis
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1965 22nd August
2nd American Tour
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- Live performance at the Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon
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1965 23rd August
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- Leisure
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- Day off in Los Angeles
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1965 24th August
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- Leisure
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- The Beatles take LSD in Los Angeles with The Byrds and Peter Fonda
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1965 25th August
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- Leisure:
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- Day off in Los Angeles
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1965 27th August
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- Leisure:
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- The Beatles meet Elvis Presley
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1965 28th August
2nd American Tour
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- Live performance at Balboa Stadium, San Diego
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1965 29th August
2nd American Tour
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- Live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
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1965 30th August
2nd American Tour
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- Live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
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1965 31st August
2nd American Tour
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- Live performance at the Cow Palace, San Francisco
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1965 September
1965 1st September
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- Recording:
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- Paul McCartney and George Harrison attend a Byrds recording session
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- Travel:
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- San Francisco to London
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1965 13th September
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- US release:
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Single – “Yesterday”
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- Birth
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- Zak Starkey is born
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1965 25th September
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- The Beatles’ cartoon series begins in the United States
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.
1965 October
1965 9th October
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- Leisure
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- The Beatles celebrate John Lennon’s 25th birthday
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1965 12th October
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- Recording:
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“Run For Your Life”
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“Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)”
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1965 13th October
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- Recording:
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“Drive My Car”
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1965 16th October
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- Recording:
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“Day Tripper”
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“If I Needed Someone”
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1965 18th October
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- Recording:
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“If I Needed Someone”
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“In My Life”
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1965 19th October
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- Recording:
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“Unused Christmas fan club messages”
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1965 20th October
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- Recording:
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We Can Work It Out
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1965 21st October
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- Recording:
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“Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)”
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“Nowhere Man”
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1965 22nd October
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- Recording:
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“In My Life”
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“Nowhere Man”
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1965 24th October
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- Recording:
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“I’m Looking Through You”
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1965 25th October
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- Mixing:
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“Drive My Car”
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“In My Life”
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“If I Needed Someone”
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“Day Tripper”
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“Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)”
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“Nowhere Man”
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1965 26th October
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- Mixing:
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“Drive My Car”
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“Day Tripper”
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“In My Life”
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“If I Needed Someone”
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“Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)”
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“Nowhere Man”
-
-
- Awards
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- The Beatles collect their MBEs
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1965 28th October
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- Mixing:
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“We Can Work It Out”
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1965 29th October
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- Recording, mixing:
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“We Can Work It Out” / “Day Tripper”
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.
1965 November
1965 Monday 1st November
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- Television:
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- The Music Of Lennon & McCartney
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1965 Tuesday 2nd November
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- Television:
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- The Music Of Lennon & McCartney
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1965 Friday 3rd November
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- Recording:
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“Michelle”
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1965 Saturday 4th November
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- Recording:
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“What Goes On”
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“12-Bar Original”
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1965 Sunday 5th November
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- Recording:
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“I’m Looking Through You”
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1965 Wednesday 8th November
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- Recording:
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“Beatle Speech”
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“Think For Yourself”
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“The Beatles’ Third Christmas Record”
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1965 Thursday 9th November
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- Editing, mixing:
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“The Beatles’ Third Christmas Record”
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“Michelle”
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“What Goes On”
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“Run For Your Life”
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“Think For Yourself”
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1965 Friday 10th November
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- Recording, mixing:
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“Run For Your Life”
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“We Can Work It Out”
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“The Word”
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“I’m Looking Through You”
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1965 Saturday 11th November
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- Recording, mixing:
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“The Word”
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“You Won’t See Me”
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“Girl, Wait”
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“I’m Looking Through You”
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1965 15th November
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- Mixing:
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“I’m Looking Through You”
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“You Won’t See Me”
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“Girl, Wait”
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“The Word”
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“Michelle”
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1965 16th November
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- George Martin decides the running order for the LP – “Rubber Soul”
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- Paul McCartney compères for Gene Pitney
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- 1965 23rd November
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- Promotional films for
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“We Can Work It Out”
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“Day Tripper”
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“Help!”
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“Ticket To Ride”
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“I Feel Fine”
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1965 25th November
-
-
- Leisure
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- The Beatles go Christmas shopping in Harrods
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1965 29th November
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-
- Radio:
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- Saturday Club
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1965 30th November
-
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- Radio:
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- Pop Profile
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- Mixing:
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- “12-Bar Original”
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.
1965 December
1965 2nd December
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- George Harrison’s Gretsch guitar is destroyed
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1965 3rd December
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- UK release:
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Single – “We Can Work It Out/Day Tripper”
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- UK release:
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LP – “Rubber Soul”
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-
6th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, Glasgow
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1965 4th December
6th British Tour
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- Live performance at theCity Hall, Newcastle
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1965 5th December
6th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool – The Beatles’ final Liverpool concerts
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1965 6th December
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- US release:
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- Single – “We Can Work It Out” / “Day Tripper”
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- UK release:
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- EP – “The Beatles’ Million Sellers”
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- US release:
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- LP – “Rubber Soul”
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1965 4th December
6th British Tour
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- Live performance at the City Hall, Newcastle
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1965 5th December
6th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool – The Beatles’ final Liverpool concerts
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1965 6th December
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- US release:
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- “We Can Work It Out” / “Day Tripper”
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- UK EP release:
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- EP – “The Beatles’ Million Sellers”
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- US release:
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- LP – “Rubber Soul”
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1965 7th December
6th British Tour
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- Live performance at the ABC Cinema, Ardwick, Manchester
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1965 8th December
6th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Gaumont Cinema, Sheffield
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1965 9th December
6th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, Birmingham
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1965 10th December
6th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, Hammersmith, London
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1965 11th December
6th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, Finsbury Park, London
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1965 12th December
6th British Tour
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- Live performance at the Capitol Cinema, Cardiff
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1965 13th December
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- Business
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- The Beatles discuss their third film project
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1965 14th December
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- Television
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- The Music Of Lennon & McCartney
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1965 15th December
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- Leisure
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- George Harrison pays a surprise visit to his family
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- Paul McCartney has a moped accident in Liverpool
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1965 16th December
-
- Leisure
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- The Beatles attend New Year’s Eve parties
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.
1966
.
1966 January
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- Recording Overdubs for ‘The Beatles At Shea Stadium,‘ first broadcast in black and white on BBC 1 on Tuesday 1st March 1966 – A Documentary featuring their concert on Sunday 15th August 1965
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- US release by Peter And Gordon:
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Single – ‘Woman‘ composed by Paul McCartney
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- John and Cynthia Lennon, Ringo Starr and his wife Maureen Starkey fly from London Heathrow Airport to Piarco International Airport, Trinidad, for a winter break in Port of Spain
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- George Harrison and Mick Jagger go nightclubbing at Dolly’s, 57-58 Jermyn Street, London
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- George Harrison marries Pattie Boyd at Epsom Registry Office, Ashley House, Ashley Road, Epsom, Surrey
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- George and Pattie Harrison hold a Press Conference in London
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1966 February
1966 3rd February
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- Paul McCartney meets Stevie Wonder
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1966 8th February
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- George and Pattie Harrison honeymoon in Barbados
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1966 11th February
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- UK release:
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- Single – “Woman” by Peter And Gordon
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1966 12th February
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- Leisure
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- John Lennon and Ringo Starr visit Scotch Of St James nightclub, London
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1966 13th February
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- The Beatles receive ten Grammy Awards nominations
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1966 21st February
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- US release:
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- Single – “Nowhere Man”
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.
1966 March
1966 1st March
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- Television
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- The Beatles At Shea Stadium is premièred on BBC 1
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1966 3rd March
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- Business
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- Brian Epstein announces The Beatles’ 1966 tours
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1966 4th March
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- UK release:
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EP – “Yesterday”
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- John Lennon is quoted as saying “We’re more popular than Jesus”
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1966 6th March
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- Leisure
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- Paul McCartney and Jane Asher holiday in Switzerland
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1966 15th March
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- Awards
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- The Beatles fail to win any Grammys
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1966 20th March
-
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- Travel
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- Paul McCartney and Jane Asher return to England from Switzerland
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1966 24th March
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-
- Leisure
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-
-
-
-
- The Beatles attend the première of Alfie
-
-
-
1966 25th March
-
-
- Photography
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- The Beatles’ ‘butcher’ cover session
-
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1966 28th March
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- Meetup
-
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- George Harrison and Ringo Starr meet Roy Orbison
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.
1966 April
1966 1st April
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- John Lennon buys Timothy Leary’s The Psychedelic Experience
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1966 6th April
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-
- Recording:
-
-
-
-
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- “Tomorrow Never Knows”
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-
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1966 7th April
-
-
- Recording:
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-
-
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“Tomorrow Never Knows”
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“Got To Get You Into My Life”
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-
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1966 8th April
-
-
- Recording:
-
-
-
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“Got To Get You Into My Life”
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1966 11th April
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-
- Recording, mixing:
-
-
-
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“Got To Get You Into My Life”
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“Love You To”
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1966 13th April
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- Recording, mixing:
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-
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“Love You To”
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“Paperback Writer”
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1966 14th April
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- Recording, mixing:
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“Paperback Writer”
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“Rain”
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1966 16th April
-
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- Recording, mixing:
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“Rain”
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1966 17th April
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- Recording:
-
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-
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“Doctor Robert”
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1966 18th April
-
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- Leisure
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- John Lennon and George Harrison watch The Lovin’ Spoonful in London
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1966 19th April
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- Recording, mixing:
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“Doctor Robert”
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1966 20th April
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- Recording, mixing:
-
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“And Your Bird Can Sing”
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“Taxman”
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1966 21st April
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- Recording:
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- Taxman
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1966 22nd April
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- Recording:
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“Taxman”
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“Tomorrow Never Knows”
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1966 25th April
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- Mixing:
-
-
-
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“Got To Get You Into My Life”
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1966 26th April
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- Recording:
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-
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- “And Your Bird Can Sing”
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1966 27th April
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-
- Recording, mixing:
-
-
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- “Taxman”
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“And Your Bird Can Sing”
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“Tomorrow Never Knows”
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“I’m Only Sleeping”
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1966 28th April
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- Recording:
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- “Eleanor Rigby”
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1966 29th April
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- Recording, mixing:
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“Eleanor Rigby”
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“I’m Only Sleeping”
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-
.
1966 May
1966 1st May
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- NME Poll-Winners’ show: The Beatles’ final UK concert
-
1966 2nd May
Radio Saturday Club and Pop Profile
Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones visit Dolly’s nightclub, in London
1966 5th May
Recording:
-
I’m Only Sleeping
1966 6th May
Recording:
-
I’m Only Sleeping
1966 9th May
Recording:
-
For No One
1966 12th May
Mixing:
-
Doctor Robert
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I’m Only Sleeping
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And Your Bird Can Sing
1966 16th May
Recording, mixing:
-
Taxman
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For No One
1966 18th May
Recording, mixing:
- Got To Get You Into My Life
1966 19th May
Filming:
-
Paperback Writer
-
Rain
Recording:
-
For No One
1966 20th May
Filming:
-
Paperback Writer
-
Rain
Mixing, editing:
-
And Your Bird Can Sing
-
Doctor Robert
-
I’m Only Sleeping
1966 26th May
Recording:
-
Yellow Submarine
1966 27th May
John Lennon is filmed with Bob Dylan
1966 30th May
US single release:
-
Paperback Writer
1966 31st May
Ringo Starr is photographed for The Beatles Book
.
1966 June
1966 1st June
Recording:
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Yellow Submarine
1966 2nd June
Recording, mixing:
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I Want To Tell You
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Yellow Submarine
1966 3rd June
Recording, mixing:
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I Want To Tell You, Yellow Submarine
1966 6th June
Recording, mixing:
-
And Your Bird Can Sing
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For No One
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I’m Only Sleeping
-
Tomorrow Never Knows
-
Eleanor Rigby
1966 8th June
-
-
- Recording, and editing:
-
-
-
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“Good Day Sunshine”
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“And Your Bird Can Sing”
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1966 9th June
-
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- Recording, mixing:
-
-
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- “Good Day Sunshine”
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1966 10th June
-
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- UK single release:
-
-
-
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“Paperback Writer”
-
-
-
-
1966 14th June
-
-
- Recording:
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-
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- “Here, There And Everywhere”
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-
-
1966 15th June
US album release:
-
Yesterday… And Today
1966 16th June
Recording:
-
Here, There And Everywhere
The Beatles’ only live Top Of The Pops appearance
1966 17th June
Paul McCartney purchases High Park Farm in Kintyre, Scotland
Recording, mixing:
-
Here, There And Everywhere
-
Got To Get You Into My Life
1966 20th June
Mixing:
-
Got To Get You Into My Life
1966 21st June
Mixing, editing:
-
Love You To
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I Want To Tell You
-
Here, There And Everywhere
-
For No One
-
Doctor Robert
-
Taxman
Recording, mixing:
-
She Said She Said
1966 22nd June
Mixing:
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Eleanor Rigby
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She Said She Said
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Good Day Sunshine
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Yellow Submarine
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Tomorrow Never Knows
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Got To Get You Into My Life
Mini Tour of Germany
1966 24th June
Mini Tour Of Germany
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- Live performance at the Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany
1966 25th June
Mini Tour Of Germany
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- Live performance at Grugahalle, Essen, Germany
1966 26th June
Mini Tour Of Germany
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- Live performance at Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg
Mini Tour of Japan and the Philippines
1966 27th June
Travel from Hamburg Back to London and on to Alaska
1966 28th June
Travel from Alaska to Tokyo
1966 30th June
Mini Tour Of Japan and the Philippines
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- Live performance at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo
.
1966 July
1966 1st July
Mini Tour Of Japan and the Philippines
-
- Live performance at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo
1966 2nd July
Mini Tour Of Japan and the Philippines
-
- Live performance at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo
1966 3rd July
The Beatles arrive in Manila, Philippines
1966 4th July
Mini Tour Of Japan and the Philippines
-
- Live performance at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium, Manila
1966 5th July
The Beatles leave the Philippines
1966 6th July
The Beatles’ first trip to India
1966 7th July
The Beatles go sightseeing in India
1966 8th July
Travel from India back to England
UK EP release:
-
Nowhere Man
1966 12th July
The Beatles receive three Ivor Novello awards
1966 29th July
Datebook republishes John Lennon’s ‘Jesus’ comments
.
1966 August
1966 1st August
Interview with David Frost At The Phonograph
1966 2nd August
George and Pattie Harrison holiday in Devon
1966 5th August
UK single release:
-
Eleanor Rigby/Yellow Submarine
UK album release:
-
Revolver
1966 6th August
Radio on The Lennon And McCartney Songbook
Brian Epstein holds a press conference
1966 8th August
US single release:
-
Eleanor Rigby/Yellow Submarine
US album release:
-
Revolver
The South African Broadcasting Corporation bans The Beatles’ music
1966 11th August
Travel from London to Chicago
1966 12th August
Press conference at the Astor Tower Hotel, Chicago
3rd American Tour
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- Live performance at the International Amphitheatre, Chicago
1966 13th August
3rd American Tour
-
- Live performance at the Olympia Stadium, Detroit
KLUE radio in Texas organises a public Beatles bonfire
1966 14th August
KLUE radio, Texas, is struck by lightning
3rd American Tour
1966 14th August
3rd American Tour
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- Live performance at the Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
1966 15th August
3rd American Tour
-
- Live performance at the DC Stadium, Washington, DC
1966 16th August
3rd American Tour
-
- Live performance at the John F Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia
1966 17th August
3rd American Tour
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- Live performance at the Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada
1966 18th August
3rd American Tour
-
- Live performance at the Suffolk Downs Racetrack, Boston
1966 19th August
3rd American Tour
-
- Live performance at Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis
1966 20th August
The Beatles’ Cincinnati concert is postponed
1966 21st August
3rd American Tour
-
- Live performance at Crosley Field, Cincinnati
-
- Live performance at the Busch Stadium, St Louis
1966 22nd August
Press conference at the Warwick Hotel, New York City
Junior press conference at the Warwick Hotel, New York City
1966 23rd August
3rd American Tour
-
- Live performance at the Shea Stadium, New York
1966 24th August
Day off in Los Angeles
1966 25th August
3rd American Tour
Live performance at the Coliseum, Seattle
1966 26th August
Day off in Los Angeles
1966 27th August
Day off in Los Angeles
1966 28th August
3rd American Tour
-
- Live performance at the Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
1966 29th August
3rd American Tour
-
- Live performance at the Candlestick Park, San Francisco – The Beatles’ final concert
1966 30th August
Travel from Los Angeles to London
.
1966 September
1966 5th September
Travel
-
-
- John Lennon flies to Hanover, Germany
-
1966 6th September
-
-
- John Lennon begins wearing ‘granny’ glasses
-
196614th September
-
-
- Travel
-
-
-
-
-
- George and Pattie Harrison travel to India
-
-
-
1966 15th September
-
-
- Leisure
-
-
-
-
-
- Paul McCartney watches experimental music in London
-
-
-
1966 16th September
-
-
- Leisure
-
-
-
-
-
- John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Brian Epstein meet in Paris
-
-
-
1966 18th September
-
-
- Travel
-
-
-
-
-
- John Lennon travels to Carboneras, Spain
-
-
-
1966 19th September
-
-
- John Lennon films How I Won The War in Spain
-
-
-
- George and Pattie Harrison hold a press conference in India
-
1966 20th September
-
-
- Interview
-
-
-
-
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- BBC with George Harrison
-
-
-
1966 26th September
-
-
- Illness
-
-
-
-
-
- Brian Epstein is hospitalised in London
-
-
-
.
1966 October
1966 3rd October
Brian Epstein denies The Beatles’ split
1966 4th October
Ringo Starr joins John Lennon in Spain
1966 9th October
John Lennon celebrates his 26th birthday in Spain
1966 22nd October
George and Pattie Harrison leave India
1966 31st October
Mixing:
-
Paperback Writer
.
1966 November
1966 4th October
NEMS leaves 13 Monmouth Street, London
The Beatles turn down a benefit request for victims of the Aberfan disaster
1966 6th October
John Lennon returns to England from Spain
Paul McCartney flies to France
1966 7th October
Mixing:
-
I Want To Hold Your Hand
John Lennon meets Yoko Ono
1966 8th October
Mixing:
-
She Loves You
1966 10th October
-
-
- Mixing, editing:
-
-
-
-
-
-
“This Bot”
-
“Day Tripper”
-
“We Can Work It Out”
-
-
-
-
1966 12th October
Paul McCartney meets Mal Evans in Bordeaux, France
1966 19th October
Paul McCartney has the idea for Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
1966 20th October
Brian Epstein holds a party for The Four Tops in London
1966 24th October
Recording:
-
Strawberry Fields Forever
1966 25th October
Recording:
-
Pantomime – Everywhere It’s Christmas
1966 27th October
John Lennon films a sequence for Not Only… But Also
1966 28th October
Recording, mixing: Strawberry Fields Forever
1966 29th October
Recording, mixing: Strawberry Fields Forever.
1966 2nd December
Mixing, editing:
-
Pantomime: Everywhere It’s Christmas
1966 6th December
Recording:
-
Christmas radio messages
-
When I’m Sixty-Four
1966 8th December
Recording, editing:
-
When I’m Sixty-Four
-
Strawberry Fields Forever
1966 9th December
UK album release:
-
A Collection Of Beatles Oldies
Recording, mixing:
-
Strawberry Fields Forever
1966 15th December
Recording, mixing:
-
Strawberry Fields Forever
1966 16th December
UK single release:
-
The Beatles’ Fourth Christmas Record – Pantomime: Everywhere It’s Christmas
1966 18th December
Guinness heir Tara Browne dies in a car crash at age 21 – This becomes one of the inspirations for John Lennon’s A Day In The Life
Paul McCartney and Jane Asher attend the première of The Family Way
1966 20th December
Television in Reporting ’66
Recording:
-
When I’m Sixty-Four
1966 21st December
Recording and mixing:
-
When I’m Sixty-Four
-
Strawberry Fields Forever
1966 22nd December
Mixing, editing:
-
Strawberry Fields Forever
1966 29th December
Recording, mixing, editing:
-
When I’m Sixty-Four
-
Strawberry Fields Forever
-
Penny Lane
1966 30th December
Mixing, recording:
-
When I’m Sixty-Four
-
Penny Lane
1966 31st December
George Harrison is refused entry to Annabel’s nightclub in London
.
1967
.
1967 January
-
- Tape copying:
-
- Recording:
-
- Recording:
-
- UK LP release:
-
- Recording:
-
- Recording and mixing:
-
- Recording:
-
- Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr go nightclubbing at the Bag O’Nails, 8 Kingly Street, London W1B 5PQ where they saw Jimi Hendrix perform for the first time
-
- Joe Orton is asked to write a film script for The Beatles
-
- Recording and mixing:
-
- Paul McCartney and George Harrison watch Donovan at the Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP
-
- Joe Orton begins writing a script for The Beatles’ third film
-
- John Lennon begins writing ‘A Day In The Life‘
-
- Recording and mixing:
-
- Television Paul McCartney interviewed for Scene Special
-
- Recording:
1967 Friday 20th January
-
- Recording:
-
- Paul McCartney and Brian Epstein discuss The Beatles’ third film with Joe Orton
-
- Mixing:
-
- Filming:
-
-
-
- ‘Strawberry Fields Forever‘ video
-
-
-
- Mixing:
-
- Filming the video:
.
1967 February
1967 1st February
Recording:
-
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
1967 2nd February
Recording, mixing:
-
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
1967 3rd February
Recording:
-
A Day In The Life
1967 4th February
Filming:
-
Penny Lane
1967 2nd February
Filming:
-
Penny Lane
1967 8th February
Recording:
-
Good Morning Good Morning
1967 9th February
Recording:
-
Fixing A Hole
1967 10th February
Recording:
-
A Day In The Life
1967 13th February
US single release:
-
Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever
Recording, mixing:
-
A Day In The Life
-
Only A Northern Song
1967 14th February
Recording, mixing:
-
Only A Northern Song
1967 16th February
Recording, mixing:
-
Good Morning Good Morning
1967 17th February
UK single release:
-
Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever
Recording, mixing:
-
Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!
1967 20th February
Recording, mixing:
-
Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!
-
Good Morning Good Morning
1967 21st February
Recording, mixing:
-
Fixing A Hole
1967 22nd February
Recording, mixing:
-
A Day In The Life
1967 23rd February
Recording, mixing, editing:
-
A Day In The Life
-
Lovely Rita
1967 24th February
Recording:
-
Lovely Rita
1967 28th February
Recording:
-
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
.
1967 March
01:
Recording:
-
A Day In The Life
-
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
02:
Recording, mixing:
-
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
03:
Recording, mixing:
-
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
-
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
06:
Recording, mixing:
-
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
07:
Recording:
-
Lovely Rita
09:
Recording:
-
Getting Better
10: Recording:
-
Getting Better
13:
Recording:
-
Good Morning Good Morning
15:
Recording:
-
Within You Without You
17:
Recording:
-
She’s Leaving Home
20:
Recording, mixing:
-
She’s Leaving Home
21:
Recording, mixing, editing:
-
Getting Better, Lovely Rita
22:
Recording, mixing:
-
Within You Without You
23:
Recording, mixing:
-
Getting Better
28:
Recording:
-
Good Morning Good Morning, Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!
29:
Recording:
-
Good Morning Good Morning
-
Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!
-
With A Little Help From My Friends
30:
Cover shoot for Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club
30:
Recording:
-
With A Little Help From My Friends
31:
Recording, mixing:
-
With A Little Help From My Friends
-
Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!
.
1967 April
1967 1st April
Recording, mixing:
-
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
1967 3rd April
Paul McCartney flies to Los Angeles
Recording, mixing:
-
Within You Without You
1967 4th April
Paul McCartney flies to San Francisco
Mixing, editing:
-
Within You Without You
1967 5th April
Paul McCartney visits Jane Asher in Denver
1967 6th April
Paul McCartney and Jane Asher holiday in Denver
Mixing:
-
Sergeant Pepper crossfades,
-
Good Morning Good Morning
1967 7th April
Paul McCartney films Jane Asher in Denver
Mixing:
-
Sergeant Pepper crossfades
-
With A Little Help From My Friends
-
Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!
-
Fixing A Hole
-
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
1967 8th April
Paul McCartney and Mal Evans holiday in Denver
1967 9th April
Paul McCartney flies from Denver to Los Angeles
1967 10th April
Paul McCartney performs on The Beach Boys’ Vegetables
1967 11th April
Paul McCartney performs with Brian Wilson and John and Michelle Phillips
1967 12th April
Paul McCartney returns to England from America
1967 17th April
Mixing:
-
Getting Better
-
She’s Leaving Home
-
When I’m Sixty-Four
-
Lovely Rita
1967 19th April
The Beatles & Co. is formed
Mixing:
-
Good Morning Good Morning
-
Only A Northern Song
1967 20th April
Recording, mixing:
-
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
-
Only A Northern Song
1967 21st April
Recording, mixing:
-
Only A Northern Song
-
Sergeant Pepper run-out groove
1967 24th April
The Beatles watch Donovan perform in London
1967 25th April
Recording:
-
Magical Mystery Tour
1967 26th April
Recording:
-
Magical Mystery Tour
1967 27th April
Recording, mixing:
-
Magical Mystery Tour
1967 29th April
John Lennon attends the 14 Hour Technicolour Dream
.
1967 May
1967 3rd May
Recording:
-
Magical Mystery Tour
1967 4th May
Mixing:
-
Magical Mystery Tour
1967 9th May
Recording:
-
Untitled
1967 11th May
Recording, mixing:
-
Baby, You’re A Rich Man
1967 12th May
Recording, mixing:
-
All Together Now
1967 15th May
Paul McCartney meets Linda Eastman
1967 17th May
Recording:
-
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
1967 19th May
Press launch for Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club
1967 20th May
The BBC bans A Day In The Life
1967 23rd May
EMI is informed of the BBC’s ban of A Day In The Life
1967 24th May
The Beatles watch Procol Harum perform in London
1967 25th May
Recording:
-
It’s All Too Much
1967 28th May
The Beatles attend a party at Brian Epstein’s country house
1967 31st May
Recording, mixing:
-
It’s All Too Much
.
1967 June
1967 1st June
UK album release:
-
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Recording:
-
Untitled
1967 2nd June
US album release:
-
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Recording, mixing:
-
It’s All Too Much
1967 4th June
Paul McCartney and George Harrison watch Jimi Hendrix in London
1967 7th June
Recording:
-
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
1967 8th June
Recording:
-
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
1967 9th June
Editing, mixing:
-
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
1967 12th June
US album release:
-
The Family Way
1967 14th June
Recording:
-
All You Need Is Love
1967 19th June
Recording:
-
All You Need Is Love
Paul McCartney admits taking LSD
1967 21st June
Mixing:
-
All You Need Is Love
1967 23rd June
Recording:
-
All You Need Is Love
1967 24th June
Recording:
-
All You Need Is Love
1967 25th June
The Beatles on Our World:
-
All You Need Is Love
1967 26th June
Recording, mixing:
-
All You Need Is Love
1967 28th June
George Harrison is fined for speeding
.
1967 July
1967 3rd July
John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison attend a party in London
1967 4th July
George Harrison visits his parents
1967 7th July
UK single release:
-
All You Need Is Love
1967 17th July
US single release:
-
All You Need Is Love
1967 19th July
-
-
- Business
-
-
-
-
-
- The Beatles discuss buying a Greek island
-
-
-
-
-
- Recording
-
-
-
-
-
- John Lennon and Paul McCartney sing on The Rolling Stones’ none LP single – “We Love You“
-
-
-
1967 20th July
George Harrison and Ringo Starr travel to Greece
The Chris Barber Band records Catcall
1967 22nd July
John Lennon and Paul McCartney travel to Greece
1967 23rd July
The Beatles go sightseeing in Greece
1967 24th July
The Beatles call for the legalisation of marijuana
The Beatles go sightseeing in Greece
1967 25th July
John Lennon and Ringo Starr go sightseeing in Athens
1967 26th July
Ringo Starr flies back to England from Greece
The Beatles visit a Greek island they intended to purchase
1967 29th July
George Harrison flies back to England from Greece
1967 31st July
John Lennon and Paul McCartney fly back to England from Greece
.
1967 August
1967 1st August
George and Pattie Harrison fly to Los Angeles
1967 2nd August
George Harrison meets Ravi Shankar in Los Angeles
1967 3rd August
Pattie Harrison reads about Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
George Harrison and Ravi Shankar hold a press conference
1967 4th August
George Harrison watches Ravi Shankar at the Hollywood Bowl
1967 5th August
George Harrison attends an Alla Rakha recording session
1967 6th August
George Harrison dines at Ravi Shankar’s house
1967 7th August
George Harrison visits Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco
1967 9th August
George and Pattie Harrison return from America
1967 11th August
The Beatles are photographed by Richard Avedon
1967 19th August
Jason Starkey is born
1967 22nd August
Recording:
-
Your Mother Should Know
1967 23rd August
Recording:
-
Your Mother Should Know
1967 24th August
The Beatles meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
1967 25th August
The Beatles travel to Bangor
1967 26th August
The Beatles renounce the use of drugs
1967 27th August
Brian Epstein dies
Interview:
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John, George and Ringo in Bangor, Wales
1967 31st August
The Beatles issue a statement on NEMS Enterprises
.
1967 September
1967 1st September
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- Business
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-
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-
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- The Beatles discuss their future after Brian Epstein
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-
-
1967 5th September
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- Recording
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“I Am The Walrus”
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-
-
-
1967 6th September
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-
- Recording, mixing:
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-
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“I Am The Walrus”
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“The Fool On The Hill”
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“Blue Jay Way”
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-
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1967 7th September
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-
- Recording:
- Recording:
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“Blue Jay Way”
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-
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-
1967 8th September
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-
- Recording, mixing:
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-
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“Flying”
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-
-
-
1967 19th September
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-
- Filming
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-
-
-
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- Magical Mystery Tour
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-
-
1967 20th September
-
-
- Filming
-
-
-
-
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- Magical Mystery Tour
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-
-
1967 21st September
-
-
- Filming
-
-
-
-
-
- Magical Mystery Tour
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-
-
1967 22nd September
-
-
- Filming
-
-
-
-
-
- Magical Mystery Tour
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-
-
1967 23rd September
1967 24th September
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-
- Filming
-
-
-
-
-
- Magical Mystery Tour
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-
-
1967 25th September
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-
- Editing
-
-
-
-
-
- Magical Mystery Tour
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-
-
-
-
- Recording, mixing:
-
-
-
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“The Fool On The Hill”
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-
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1967 26th September
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-
- Recording:
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“The Fool On The Hill”
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-
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-
1967 27th September
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-
- Recording, mixing:
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-
-
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“I Am The Walrus”
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-
-
-
1967 28th September
-
-
- Recording, mixing, editing:
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-
-
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- “I Am The Walrus”
- “Flying”
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-
-
1967 29th September
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- Television:
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-
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- The Frost Programme
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-
-
-
-
- Recording, mixing, editing:
-
-
-
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“I Am The Walrus”
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“Your Mother Should Know”
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-
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-
1967 30th September
Mixing:
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Your Mother Should Know
.
1967 October
1967 1st October
Filming of Magical Mystery Tour
1967 2nd October
Recording, mixing:
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Your Mother Should Know
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Hello, Goodbye
1967 4th October
Television in The Frost Programme
1967 6th October
Recording: Blue Jay Way
1967 9th October
John Lennon’s 27th birthday
1967 12th October
Mixing:
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It’s All Too Much
Recording, mixing, editing:
-
Blue Jay Way
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Shirley’s Wild Accordion
1967 Tuesday 17th October
Memorial service for Brian Epstein
1967 Wednesday 18th October
The Beatles attend the première of How I Won The War
1967 19th October
Recording:
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Hello, Goodbye
1967 20th October
Recording:
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The Fool On The Hill
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Hello, Goodbye
1967 25th October
Recording, mixing, editing:
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The Fool On The Hill
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Hello, Goodbye
1967 29th October
Filming of Magical Mystery Tour
1967 30th October
Filming of Magical Mystery Tour
1967 31st October
Filming of Magical Mystery Tour
.
1967 November
1967 1st November
Mixing:
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All You Need Is Love
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Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Recording, mixing, editing:
-
Untitled Sound Effects
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Hello, Goodbye
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The Fool On The Hill
1967 2nd November
Recording, mixing:
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Hello, Goodbye
1967 3rd November
Filming of Magical Mystery Tour
1967 6th November
Mixing, editing:
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Hello, Goodbye
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I Am The Walrus
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Your Mother Should Know
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Magical Mystery Tour
1967 7th November
Recording, mixing, editing:
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Blue Jay Way
-
Flying
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Magical Mystery Tour
1967 10th November
Filming of Hello, Goodbye
1967 15th November
Mixing:
-
Hello, Goodbye
1967 17th November
Mixing, editing:
-
I Am The Walrus
1967 22nd November
Tape copying:
-
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
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Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
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Nowhere Man
1967 23rd November
Tape copying:
-
Yellow Submarine soundtrack songs
1967 24th November
UK single release:
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Hello, Goodbye
1967 27th November
US album release:
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Magical Mystery Tour
US single release:
-
Hello, Goodbye
1967 28th November
Recording, mixing:
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Christmas Time (Is Here Again)
1967 29th November
Editing:
-
Christmas Time (Is Here Again)
.
1967 December
1967 5th December
Launch party at the Apple Boutique
1967 7th December
The Apple Boutique opens
1967 8th December
UK EP release:
-
Magical Mystery Tour
1967 25th December
Paul McCartney and Jane Asher announce their engagement
1967 26th December
Magical Mystery Tour is premièred on BBC 1
1967 27th December
Paul McCartney justifies Magical Mystery Tour
.
1968
.
1968 January
-
- George Harrison (alias Mr Brown to avoid media frenzy) and Neil Aspinall fly from London Heathrow Airport to Bombay (Mumbai), India. The purpose is to record the soundtrack to the film ‘Wonderwall‘
-
- Recording by George Harrison:
-
- Recording by George Harrison:
-
- Recording by George Harrison:
-
- Recording by George Harrison:
-
- Recording by George Harrison:
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- Apple opens offices at 95 Wigmore Street, London W1U 1DQ after signing a 1 year lease
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- The Beatles film their cameo for the ‘Yellow Submarine‘ film
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- Pattie Harrison models for Ossie Clark at The Revolution Club, 14-16 Bruton Place, London W1J 6LX
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- In the morning, Kenny Everett interviews John Lennon in Lennon’s home at Kenwood, Wood Lane, St George’s Hill, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0JU for his BBC Radio 1 show – ‘The Kenny Everett Show‘. It was broadcast on Sunday 4th February from 10:00 am to midday
.
1968 February
1968 1st February
Ringo Starr rehearses for Cilla Black’s television show
1968 2nd February
Tape copying:
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Only A Northern Song
Ringo Starr rehearses for Cilla Black’s television show
1968 3rd February
Recording:
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Lady Madonna
-
Across The Universe
1968 4th February
Recording:
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-
Across The Universe
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-
- BBC Radio 1 show – ‘The Kenny Everett Show‘ broadcast from 10:00 am to midday, included an interview between Kenny Everett and John Lennon in Lennon’s home at Kenwood, Wood Lane, St George’s Hill, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0JU
1968 5th February
Ringo Starr rehearses for Cilla Black’s television show
1968 6th February
Recording, mixing:
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The Inner Light
-
Lady Madonna
Ringo Starr appears on Cilla Black’s television show
1968 8th February
Recording, mixing:
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The Inner Light
-
Across The Universe
1968 11th February
Recording, mixing:
-
Hey Bulldog
1968 14th February
Mal Evans flies to India
1968 15th February
John Lennon and George Harrison fly to India
Mixing:
-
Lady Madonna
1968 16th February
John Lennon and George Harrison arrive in Rishikesh
1968 19th February
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr fly to India
1968 20th February
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr arrive in Rishikesh, India
1968 29th February
Yoko Ono and Ornette Coleman give a live performance at the Royal Albert Hall, London
.
1968 March
1968 1st March
Ringo Starr leaves India
1968 3rd March
Ringo Starr arrives back in England
1968 15th March
UK single release:
-
Lady Madonna
1968 17th March
Pattie Harrison celebrates her 24th birthday in India
1968 18th March
US single release:
-
Lady Madonna
1968 Tuesday 26th March
Paul McCartney leaves Rishikesh
.
1968 April
1968 12th April
John Lennon and George Harrison leave Rishikesh
1968 19th April
Apple Corps advertises for new talent
1968 May
1968 5th May
Mary Hopkin appears on Opportunity Knocks
1968 11th May
John Lennon and Paul McCartney promote Apple in New York
1968 12th May
John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet Ron Kass of Apple US
1968 13th May
John Lennon and Paul McCartney give interviews to US press
1968 14th May
John Lennon and Paul McCartney give interviews in New York
1968 16th May
John Lennon and Paul McCartney return from promoting Apple in New York
1968 19th May
John Lennon and Yoko Ono record Two Virgins
1968 22nd May
John Lennon and Yoko Ono attend press launch of Apple Tailoring
1968 23rd May
Apple Tailoring opens in London
Television: Omnibus – All My Loving
1968 24th May
Demo recordings for the White Album
1968 30th May
Recording:
-
Revolution 1
1968 31st May
Recording:
-
Revolution 1
.
1968 June
1968 4th June
Recording, mixing:
-
Revolution 1
1968 5th June
Recording:
-
Don’t Pass Me By
1968 6th June
Recording, mixing:
-
Don’t Pass Me By
BBC interview with John Lennon and Victor Spinetti
Radio on The Kenny Everett Show
1968 7th June
George Harrison and Ringo Starr fly to America
1968 8th June
Paul McCartney is best man at his brother Michael’s wedding
George Harrison and Ringo Starr visit Joan Baez in California
1968 10th June
George Harrison films a scene for Ravi Shankar’s Raga
Recording:
-
Revolution 9
1968 11th June
George Harrison films a second scene for Ravi Shankar’s Raga
Paul McCartney and Mary Hopkin are filmed for Apple Records
Recording, mixing:
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Blackbird, Revolution 9
1968 15th June
John Lennon and Yoko Ono plant acorns for peace at Coventry Cathedral
1968 16th June
Television in David Frost Presents…
1968 18th June
Paul McCartney celebrates his 26th birthday at Apple
George Harrison and Ringo Starr return to England from America
Première of the In His Own Write stage play
1968 20th June
Paul McCartney flies to New York
Recording:
-
Revolution 9
1968 21st June
Paul McCartney flies from New York to Los Angeles
Recording, mixing:
-
Revolution 1
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Revolution 9
1968 22nd June
The Beatles purchase Apple headquarters at 3 Savile Row, London
Paul McCartney addresses Capitol Records conference
1968 23rd June
Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman spend time together in Los Angeles
1968 24th June
George Harrison produces Jackie Lomax’s Sour Milk Sea
Paul McCartney sails to Santa Catalina Island, California
1968 25th June
Paul McCartney flies from New York to London
George Harrison produces Jackie Lomax’s Sour Milk Sea
Mixing, editing:
-
Revolution 1
-
Revolution 9
1968 26th June
George Harrison produces Jackie Lomax’s Sour Milk Sea
Recording:
-
Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
1968 27th June
Recording:
-
Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
1968 28th June
Recording:
-
Good Night
1968 30th June
Paul McCartney records Thingumybob by Black Dyke Mills Band
.
1968 July
1968 July 1st July
John Lennon and Yoko Ono launch art exhibition You Are Here
Recording:
-
Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
1968 2nd July
Recording:
-
Good Night
1968 3rd July
Recording:
-
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
1968 4th July
Recording:
-
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
1968 5th July
Recording:
-
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
1968 8th July
The Beatles attend a press screening of Yellow Submarine
Recording:
-
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
1968 9th July
Ringo Starr performs on Solomon King’s A Hundred Years Or More
Recording:
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Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da,
-
Revolution
1968 10th July
Recording:
-
Revolution
1968 11th July
John Lennon is best man at Alexis Mardas’ wedding
Recording, mixing:
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Revolution,
-
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
1968 12th July
Recording, mixing:
-
Don’t Pass Me By
-
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
-
Revolution
1968 13th July
John Lennon introduces his aunt Mimi to Yoko Ono
1968 15th July
The Beatles move into the Apple headquarters at 3 Savile Row, London
Recording, mixing:
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Revolution,
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Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
-
Cry Baby Cry
1968 16th July
Recording:
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Cry Baby Cry
1968 17th July
World première of Yellow Submarine
1968 18th July
Recording:
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Cry Baby Cry
-
Helter Skelter
1968 19th July
Recording:
-
Sexy Sadie
1968 20th July
Jane Asher announces her split from Paul McCartney
1968 22nd July
Recording:
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A Beginning
-
Good Night
1968 23rd July
Recording, mixing:
-
Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
-
Good Night
1968 24th July
Recording:
-
Sexy Sadie
1968 25th July
Recording:
-
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
1968 28th July
The Mad Day Out: location one
The Mad Day Out: location two
The Mad Day Out: location three
The Mad Day Out: location four
The Mad Day Out: location five
The Mad Day Out: location six
The Mad Day Out: location seven
1968 29th July
Recording:
-
Hey Jude
1968 30th July
Recording, mixing:
-
Hey Jude
1968 31st July
The Apple Boutique closes down
Recording:
-
Hey Jude
.
1968 August
1968 1st August
Recording:
-
Hey Jude
1968 2nd August
Mixing:
-
Hey Jude
1968 6th August
Mixing:
-
Hey Jude
1968 7th August
Tape copying, recording:
-
Hey Jude
-
Not Guilty
1968 8th August
Recording, mixing:
-
Hey Jude
-
Not Guilty
1968 9th August
Recording:
-
Not Guilty
-
Mother Nature’s Son
1968 10th August
Paul McCartney is interviewed for New Musical Express
1968 12th August
John Lennon and Yoko Ono attend an Ossie Clark fashion show
Recording, mixing:
-
Not Guilty
1968 13th August
Recording and editing:
-
Sexy Sadie
-
Yer Blues
1968 14th August
Recording, mixing:
-
Yer Blues
-
What’s The New Mary Jane
1968 15th August
Recording, mixing:
-
Rocky Raccoon
1968 16th August
Recording:
-
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
1968 17th August
George and Pattie Harrison fly to Greece
1968 20th August
Recording, mixing, editing:
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Yer Blues
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Mother Nature’s Son
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Etcetera
-
Wild Honey Pie
1968 21st August
George and Pattie Harrison return to England from Greece
Recording, mixing:
-
Sexy Sadie
1968 22nd August
Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce
Ringo Starr quits The Beatles
Recording:
-
Back In The USSR
1968 23rd August
Recording, mixing:
-
Back In The USSR
1968 24th August
Television: John Lennon and Yoko Ono on Frost On Saturday
1968 26th August
US single release:
-
Hey Jude
Tape copying:
-
Revolution 9
1968 27th August
Tape copying:
-
Ob-La-Di
-
Ob-La-Da
-
Blackbird
-
Not Guilty
-
Revolution 9
1968 28th August
Recording:
-
Dear Prudence
1968 29th August
Recording:
-
Dear Prudence
1968 30th August
UK single release:
-
Hey Jude
Recording, mixing:
-
Dear Prudence
.
1968 September
1968 3rd September
-
-
- Recording:
-
-
-
-
-
- “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
-
-
-
Ringo Starr rejoins The Beatles
1968 4th September
-
-
- Filming:
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hey Jude
-
Revolution
-
-
-
-
1968 5th September
-
-
- Recording:
-
-
-
-
-
- “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
-
-
-
1968 6th September
-
-
- Television:
-
-
-
-
-
- Paul McCartney and Mary Hopkin filmed for Magpie
-
-
-
-
-
- Recording:
-
-
-
-
-
-
“While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
-
-
-
-
1968 9th September
-
-
- Recording:
-
-
-
-
-
-
“Helter Skelter”
-
-
-
-
1968 10th September
-
-
- Recording:
-
-
-
-
-
“Helter Skelter”
-
-
-
1968 11th September
-
-
- Recording:
-
-
-
-
-
-
“Glass Onion”
-
-
-
-
1968 12th September
-
-
- Recording:
-
-
-
-
-
-
“Glass Onion”
-
-
-
-
1968 13th September
-
-
- Recording:
-
-
-
-
-
-
“Glass Onion”
-
-
-
-
1968 16th September
-
-
- Recording:
-
-
-
-
-
- “I Will”
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
“Glass Onion”
-
-
-
-
1968 17th September
-
-
- Recording, mixing:
-
-
-
-
-
-
“Helter Skelter”
-
“I Will”
-
-
-
-
1968 18th September
-
-
- Interview
-
-
-
-
-
- George Harrison for New Musical Express and BBC
-
-
-
-
-
- Recording, mixing:
-
-
-
-
-
-
“Birthday”
-
-
-
-
1968 19th September
-
-
- Recording:
-
-
-
-
-
-
“Piggies”
-
-
-
-
1968 20th September
-
-
- Recording:
-
-
-
-
-
-
“Piggies”
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
“Glass Onion”
-
-
-
-
1968 23rd September
-
-
- Recording:
-
-
-
-
-
-
“Happiness Is A Warm Gun”
-
-
-
-
1968 24th September
-
-
- Recording:
-
-
-
-
-
-
“Happiness Is A Warm Gun”
-
-
-
-
1968 25th September
-
-
- Editing, recording, mixing:
-
-
-
-
-
-
“Happiness Is A Warm Gun”
-
-
-
-
1968 26th September
-
-
- Mixing:
-
-
-
-
-
-
“Happiness Is A Warm Gun”
-
“What’s The New Mary Jane”
-
“Glass Onion”
-
“I Will”
-
-
-
-
1968 30th September
-
-
- Book
-
-
-
-
-
- Hunter Davies’ biography of The Beatles is published
-
-
-
1968 October
1968 1st October
Recording, mixing:
-
Honey Pie
1968 2nd October
Recording:
-
Honey Pie
1968 3rd October
Recording:
-
Savoy Truffle
1968 4th October
Recording:
-
Martha My Dear
-
Honey Pie
1968 5th October
Recording, mixing:
-
Savoy Truffle
-
Martha My Dear
-
Honey Pie
-
Dear Prudence
1968 7th October
Mixing, recording:
-
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
-
Long Long Long
1968 8th October
Recording:
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Long Long Long
-
I’m So Tired
-
The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
1968 9th October
Recording, mixing:
-
The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
-
Long Long Long
-
Why Don’t We Do It In The Road
1968 10th October
George Harrison forms music publishing company Singsong Ltd
Recording, mixing:
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Piggies
-
Glass Onion
-
Rocky Raccoon
-
Long Long Long
-
Why Don’t We Do It In The Road
1968 11th October
Recording, mixing:
-
Savoy Truffle
-
Piggies
-
Don’t Pass Me By
-
Good Night
1968 12th October
-
-
- Mixing:
-
-
-
-
-
- “Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey”
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
“Helter Skelter”
-
“Mother Nature’s Son”
-
“Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”
-
“Long Long Long”
-
-
-
-
1968 13th October
Recording, mixing:
-
Julia
-
Dear Prudence
-
Wild Honey Pie
-
Back In The USSR
-
Blackbird
1968 14th October
Recording, mixing:
-
I Will
-
Birthday
-
Savoy Truffle
-
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
-
Long Long Long
-
Yer Blues
-
Sexy Sadie
-
What’s The New Mary Jane
1968 15th October
Mixing:
-
Happiness Is A Warm Gun
-
I’m So Tired
-
Cry Baby Cry
1968 16th October
George Harrison flies to Los Angeles
Mixing, editing:
-
Why Don’t We Do It In The Road
-
White Album crossfades
-
It’s All Too Much
1968 18th October
John Lennon and Yoko Ono are arrested for drugs possession
Tape copying:
-
Yer Blues
-
Don’t Pass Me By
1968 19th October
John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear in court on drugs charges
1968 20th October
Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman holiday in New York
1968 22nd October
George Harrison produces Is This What You Want? by Jackie Lomax
1968 24th October
George Harrison produces Is This What You Want? by Jackie Lomax
1968 25th October
John Lennon and Yoko Ono announce pregnancy
George Harrison produces Is This What You Want? by Jackie Lomax
1968 29th October
Mixing:
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Hey Bulldog
-
All Together Now
-
All You Need Is Love
-
Only A Northern Song
1968 31st October
George Harrison produces Is This What You Want? by Jackie Lomax
.
1968 November
1968 1st November
UK album release by George Harrison:
-
Wonderwall Music
George Harrison produces Is This What You Want? by Jackie Lomax
Yoko Ono is admitted to hospital
1968 7th November
John Lennon writes A Short Essay On Macrobiotics
1968 8th November
John and Cynthia Lennon get divorced
George Harrison produces Is This What You Want? by Jackie Lomax
1968 9th November
George Harrison produces Is This What You Want? by Jackie Lomax
1968 10th November
George Harrison produces Is This What You Want? by Jackie Lomax
1968 11th November
US album release by John Lennon and Yoko Ono:
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Two Virgins
George Harrison produces Is This What You Want? by Jackie Lomax
1968 12th November
Recording by George Harrison:
-
Electronic Sound
1968 15th November
George Harrison appears on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1968 20th November
Radio Luxembourg interviews Paul McCartney
1968 21st November
Yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage
George Harrison performs on Badge by Cream
1968 22nd November
UK album release:
-
The Beatles (White Album)
1968 25th November
US album release:
-
The Beatles (White Album)
1968 28th November
John Lennon pleads guilty to cannabis possession
1968 29th November
UK album release: Two Virgins by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
.
1968 December
1968 2nd December
US album release by George Harrison:
Wonderwall Music
1968 4th December
George Harrison invites Hells Angels to Apple
1968 10th December
John Lennon rehearses for The Rolling Stones’ Rock And Roll Circus
1968 11th December
John Lennon appears in The Rolling Stones’ Rock And Roll Circus
1968 12th December
John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed for BBC radio’s Night Ride
John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed for Dutch television
1968 18th December
John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear onstage in a white bag
.
1969
.
1969 January
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- Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 1st Day at Twickenham Studios, The Barons, Twickenham, TW1 2AW
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- Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 2nd Day at Twickenham Studios, The Barons, Twickenham, TW1 2AW
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- Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 3rd Day at Twickenham Studios, The Barons, Twickenham, TW1 2AW
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- Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 4th Day at Twickenham Studios, The Barons, Twickenham, TW1 2AW
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- Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 5th Day at Twickenham Studios, The Barons, Twickenham, TW1 2AW
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- Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 6th Day at Twickenham Studios, The Barons, Twickenham, TW1 2AW
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- Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 7th Day at Twickenham Studios, The Barons, Twickenham, TW1 2AW
-
- George Harrison leaves The Beatles due to increasing tension within the group and the stressful conditions of their “Get Back” sessions
-
- The Beatles meet up at Ringo Starr’s home at Brookfield House, Fulbrook Lane, Elstead, Surrey GU8 6LG. The purpose was to iron out the underlying problems that led to George Harrison‘s departure. It resulted in George leaving early with no agreement to rejoin
-
- US LP release:
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- Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 8th Day at Twickenham Studios, The Barons, Twickenham, TW1 2AW
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- Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 9th Day at Twickenham Studios, The Barons, Twickenham, TW1 2AW
-
- George Harrison rejoins The Beatles due to:
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-
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- Negotiations that met his conditions
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-
-
-
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- The group’s commitment to completing their project
-
-
-
-
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- Strong underlying personal connections among the members.
-
-
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- Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 10th Day at Twickenham Studios, The Barons, Twickenham, TW1 2AW
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- UK LP release:
-
- Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 11th Day and now in Apple’s basement studio at 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB
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- Ringo Starr is interviewed for the BBC’s ‘Scene And Heard‘ whilst being driven from his home at Brookfield House, Fulbrook Lane, Elstead, Surrey GU8 6LG to Apple’s basement studio at 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB
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- The Daily Sketch contains a report about George Harrison leaving The Beatles
-
- Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 12th Day in Apple’s basement studio at Apple Corps, 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB
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- Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 13th Day in Apple’s basement studio at Apple Corps, 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB
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- Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 14th Day in Apple’s basement studio at Apple Corps, 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB
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- Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 15th Day in Apple’s basement studio at Apple Corps, 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB
-
- Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 16th Day in Apple’s basement studio at Apple Corps, 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB
-
- Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 17th Day in Apple’s basement studio at Apple Corps, 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB
-
- Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 18th Day in Apple’s basement studio at Apple Corps, 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB
-
- Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 19th Day in Apple’s basement studio at Apple Corps, 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB
-
- Allen Klein meets The Beatles at 9:00am in Apple Corps, 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB
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- Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 20th Day in Apple’s basement studio at Apple Corps, 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB
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- Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 21st Day: The Beatles’ rooftop concert on the roof of Apple Corps at 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB
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- Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 22nd Day in Apple’s basement studio at Apple Corps, 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB
.
1969 February
1969 1st February
Allen Klein discusses The Beatles’ purchase of NEMS
1969 3rd February
Allen Klein is appointed The Beatles’ manager
1969 5th February
Mixing:
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I’ve Got A Feeling
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Don’t Let Me Down
-
Get Back
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One After 909
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Dig A Pony
1969 13th February
Launch party for Mary Hopkin’s album Postcard
1969 20th February
Recording:
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Don’t Let Me Down
1969 22nd February
Recording:
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I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
1969 23rd February
Editing:
-
I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
1969 24th February
Tape copying:
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I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
1969 25th February
-
- Recording:
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-
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Old Brown Shoe, All Things Must Pass, Something
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-
.
1969 March
1969 1st March
Paul McCartney produces Mary Hopkin’s Goodbye
1969 2nd March
Paul McCartney produces Mary Hopkin’s Goodbye
John Lennon and Yoko Ono perform in Cambridge
1969 4th March
George Harrison is interviewed for the BBC’s Scene And Heard
1969 10th March
Mixing:
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Get Back
-
Teddy Boy
-
Two Of Us
-
Dig A Pony
-
I’ve Got A Feeling
-
The Long And Winding Road
-
Let It Be, Rocker
-
Save The Last Dance For Me
-
Don’t Let Me Down
-
For You Blue
-
The Walk
1969 11th March
Mixing:
-
Two Of Us
-
The Long And Winding Road
-
Lady Madonna
Paul McCartney and George Harrison produce a Jackie Lomax session
1969 12th March
Mixing:
-
The Long And Winding Road, Let It Be
Paul McCartney marries Linda Eastman
George and Pattie Harrison’s home is raided by the Drugs Squad
1969 13th March
Mixing:
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I’ve Got A Feeling
-
Dig It
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Maggie Mae
-
Shake Rattle And Roll
-
Kansas City
-
Miss Ann
-
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
-
Blue Suede Shoes
-
You Really Got A Hold On Me
1969 16th March
Paul and Linda McCartney begin their honeymoon
John Lennon and Yoko Ono fly to Paris
1969 18th March
George and Pattie Harrison appear in court on drugs charges
1969 20th March
John Lennon marries Yoko Ono
1969 24th March
John Lennon and Yoko Ono meet Salvador Dali
1969 25th March
John and Yoko’s first bed-in for peace: Amsterdam
1969 26th March
Mixing:
-
Get Back
1969 31st March
John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s lightning trip to Vienna
George and Pattie Harrison are fined for drugs possession
.
April 1969
1969 1st April
John Lennon and Yoko Ono interviewed for Todayon Television
1969 3rd April
George Harrison interviewed for The World At One on the Radio
John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on The Eamonn Andrews Show
1969 7th April
Mixing:
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Get Back
-
Don’t Let Me Down
1969 9th April
The Beatles’ penultimate photo session
1969 11th April
UK single release:
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Get Back
1969 14th April
Recording, mixing:
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The Ballad Of John And Yoko
1969 16th April
Recording, mixing:
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Old Brown Shoe
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Something
1969 18th April
Recording, mixing:
-
Old Brown Shoe
-
I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
1969 20th April
Recording, mixing:
-
I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
-
Oh! Darling
1969 22th April
John Lennon changes his middle name to Ono
Recording, mixing:
-
John And Yoko
1969 25th April
Mixing:
-
Two Of Us
1969 26th April
Mixing:
-
John And Yoko
Recording:
-
Oh! Darling
-
Octopus’s Garden
1969 27th April
Recording:
-
John And Yoko
1969 29th April
Recording, mixing:
-
Octopus’s Garden
1969 30th April
Recording, mixing:
-
Let It Be
-
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
.
1969 May
1969 1st May
Mixing:
-
Oh! Darling
Mixing:
-
John And Yoko
1969 2nd May
John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed by How Late It Is on Television
Recording:
-
Something
1969 4th May
John Lennon and Yoko Ono buy Tittenhurst Park
John Lennon and Paul McCartney attend a wrap party for The Magic Christian
1969 5th May
US single release:
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Get Back
Recording:
-
Something
1969 6th May
Recording, mixing:
-
You Never Give Me Your Money
1969 7th May
Mixing:
-
Get Back album inserts
1969 8th May
John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed for the BBC’s Scene And Heard
1969 9th May
UK album release by George Harrison
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Electronic Sound
UK album release:
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Unfinished Music No.2: Life With The Lions by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Mixing:
-
Get Back album inserts
Paul McCartney performs on Steve Miller’s My Dark Hour
1969 11th May
George Harrison performs on a Jack Bruce session
1969 15th May
Radio: Paul McCartney is interviewed by BBC Radio Merseyside’s Light And Local
1969 16th May
Ringo Starr sets sail for New York on board the QE2
Paul and Linda McCartney holiday in Corfu
1969 22nd May
Ringo Starr flies from New York to the Bahamas
1969 24th May
John Lennon and Yoko Ono fly to the Bahamas
1969 25th May
John Lennon and Yoko Ono fly from the Bahamas to Toronto
1969 26th May
US album release by George Harrison:
-
Electronic Sound
US album release by John Lennon and Yoko Ono:
-
Unfinished Music No.2: Life With The Lions
John and Yoko’s second bed-in for peace in Montreal
1969 28th May
Mixing, master compilation:
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Let It Be, Get Back album
1969 30th May
UK single release:
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The Ballad Of John And Yoko
.
1969 June
1969 1st June
George and Pattie Harrison holiday in Sardinia
John Lennon argues with Al Capp in Montreal
John Lennon and Yoko Ono record Give Peace A Chance
1969 4th June
US single release:
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The Ballad Of John And Yoko
1969 14th June
Television: John Lennon and Yoko Ono on The David Frost Show
1969 23rd June
John Lennon and Yoko Ono holiday in Wales
1969 20th June
John Lennon and Yoko Ono holiday in Scotland
.
1969 July
1969 1st July
John Lennon crashes his car in Scotland
Recording:
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You Never Give Me Your Money
1969 2nd July
Recording:
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Her Majesty
-
Golden Slumbers
-
Carry That Weight
1969 3rd July
Recording, editing:
-
Golden Slumbers
-
Carry That Weight
1969 4th July
UK single release by Plastic Ono Band:
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Give Peace A Chance
1969 4th July
Recording:
-
Golden Slumbers
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Carry That Weight
1969 7th July
US single release Plastic Ono Band:
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Give Peace A Chance
Recording Plastic Ono Band:
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Here Comes The Sun
1969 8th July
Recording, mixing:
-
Here Comes The Sun
1969 9th July
Recording:
-
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
1969 10th July
Recording, mixing:
-
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
1969 11th July
Recording, mixing:
-
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
-
Something
-
You Never Give Me Your Money
1969 15th July
Recording, mixing:
-
You Never Give Me Your Money
1969 16th July
Recording:
-
Here Comes The Sun, Something
1969 17th July
Recording:
-
Oh! Darling, Octopus’s Garden
1969 18th July
Recording, mixing:
-
Oh! Darling
-
Octopus’s Garden
1969 21st July
Recording:
-
Come Together
1969 22nd July
Recording:
-
Oh! Darling
-
Come Together
1969 23rd July
Recording:
-
Oh! Darling
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Come Together
-
The End
1969 24th July
Recording, mixing:
-
Come And Get It
-
Sun King
-
Mean Mr Mustard
1969 25th July
Recording:
-
Sun King
-
Mean Mr Mustard
-
Come Together
-
Polythene Pam
-
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
1969 28th July
Recording:
-
Polythene Pam
-
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
1969 29th July
Recording:
-
Come Together
-
Sun King
-
Mean Mr Mustard
1969 30th July
Recording, mixing:
-
You Never Give Me Your Money
-
Come Together
-
Polythene Pam
-
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
-
Golden Slumbers
-
Carry That Weight
-
Sun King
-
Mean Mr Mustard
-
Her Majesty
-
The End
1969 31st July
Recording:
-
You Never Give Me Your Money
-
Golden Slumbers
-
Carry That Weight
.
1969 August
1969 1st August
Recording:
-
Because
1969 2nd August
Paul McCartney produces The Iveys’ Come And Get It
1969 4th August
Recording, mixing:
-
Because
-
Something
-
Here Comes The Sun
1969 5th August
Recording:
-
You Never Give Me Your Money
-
Because
-
The End
1969 4th August
Recording, mixing:
-
Here Comes The Sun
-
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
1969 7th August
Recording, mixing:
-
Come Together
-
The End
1969 8th August
The Abbey Road cover photography session
Recording:
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The End
-
I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
-
Oh! Darling
1969 11th August
John Lennon and Yoko Ono move into Tittenhurst Park
Recording and editing:
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I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
-
Oh! Darling
-
Here Comes The Sun
1969 12th August
Mixing:
-
Oh! Darling
-
Because
-
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
1969 13th August
Mixing:
-
You Never Give Me Your Money
1969 14th August
Mixing, editing:
-
Sun King
-
Mean Mr Mustard
-
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
-
Polythene Pam
-
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
-
You Never Give Me Your Money
Radio on Everett Is Here
1969 15th August
Recording:
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Golden Slumbers
-
Carry That Weight
-
The End, Something
-
Here Comes The Sun
1969 17th August
Paul McCartney produces Mary Hopkin’s Que Sera, Sera
1969 18th August
Recording, mixing:
-
Golden Slumbers
-
Carry That Weight
-
The End
1969 19th August
Recording, mixing:
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The End
-
Golden Slumbers
-
Carry That Weight
-
Something
-
Here Comes The Sun
1969 20th August
Mixing, editing:
-
I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
1969 21st August
Mixing, editing:
-
The End
-
You Never Give Me Your Money
-
Sun King
-
Mean Mr Mustard
1969 22nd August
The Beatles’ final photo session
1969 25th August
Recording and editing:
-
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
-
The End
1969 26th August
George Harrison meets Bob Dylan in Portsmouth
1969 28th August
Mary McCartney is born
Apple holds a launch party for Radha Krsna Temple
George and Pattie Harrison travel to the Isle of Wight to see Bob Dylan
1969 30th August
John Lennon and Ringo Starr travel to the Isle of Wight to see Bob Dylan
1969 31st August
John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr watch Bob Dylan perform at the Isle of Wight Festival
.
1969 September
1969 1st September
-
-
- Bob Dylan visits John Lennon at Tittenhurst Park
-
1969 10th September
-
-
- Self-Portrait and Mr & Mrs Lennon’s Honeymoon by John Lennon and Yoko Ono are premièred in London
-
1969 11th September
-
-
- Mixing:
-
-
-
-
-
-
What’s The New Mary Jane
-
-
-
-
1969 12th September
-
-
- John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed for various publications
-
-
-
- John Lennon decides to leave The Beatles
-
1969 13th September
-
-
- Plastic Ono Band live at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival Festival
-
1969 14th September
-
-
- The Plastic Ono Band relax in Toronto
-
1969 15th September
-
-
- Interview
-
-
-
- John Lennon and Yoko Ono by ITV News
-
1969 16th September
Maclen (Music) Limited begins legal proceedings against Northern Songs
1969 18th September
-
-
- Paul McCartney performs on Badfinger’s Rock Of All Ages
-
1969 19th September
-
-
- Business
-
-
-
-
-
- The Beatles lose control of Northern Songs
-
-
-
-
-
- Interview
-
-
-
-
-
- Paul McCartney for the BBC’s Scene And Heard
-
-
-
1969 20th September
-
-
- John Lennon reveals he is leaving The Beatles
-
1969 25th September
-
-
- Mixing by Plastic Ono Band
-
-
-
-
-
-
Live Peace In Toronto 1969
-
-
- Leisure
-
-
-
-
-
-
- Paul and Linda McCartney attend the UK première of Midnight Cowboy
-
-
-
-
-
- Recording by Plastic Ono Band:
-
-
-
-
-
-
“Cold Turkey”
-
-
-
-
1969 26th September
-
-
- UK release:
-
-
-
-
-
-
LP – “Abbey Road”
-
-
-
-
1969 28th September
-
-
- Recording by Plastic Ono Band:
-
-
-
-
-
-
“Cold Turkey”
-
-
-
-
1969 29th September
-
-
- Mixing by Plastic Ono Band:
-
-
-
-
-
-
“Cold Turkey”
-
-
-
-
.
1969 October
1969 1st October
US album release:
-
Abbey Road
1969 2nd October
Mixing:
-
Across The Universe
1969 3rd October
Recording by Plastic Ono Band:
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Don’t Worry Kyoko (Mummy’s Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow)
1969 5th October
Recording and mixing by Plastic Ono Band:
-
Cold Turkey
-
Don’t Worry Kyoko (Mummy’s Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow)
1969 6th October
US single release:
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Something/Come Together
1969 8th October
George Harrison is interviewed for the BBC’s Scene And Heard
1969 9th October
Yoko Ono is taken to hospital in London
1969 20th October
US album release by John & Yoko Lennon:
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Wedding Album
Mixing by Plastic Ono Band:
-
Live Peace In Toronto 1969
1969 21st October
John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed for the BBC’s Scene And Heard
1969 24th October
Paul McCartney denies reports of his death
1969 27th October
Recording and mixing by Ringo Starr:
-
Night And Day
1969 31st October
UK single release:
-
Something/Come Together
.
1969 November
1969 6th November
Recording by Ringo Starr:
-
Stormy Weather
1969 7th November
Recording by Ringo Starr:
-
Stardust
1969 14th November
UK album release by John Lennon & Yoko Ono:
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Wedding Album
Recording by Ringo Starr:
-
Stardust, Dream
1969 18th November
Mixing by Ringo Starr:
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Stardust
-
Dream
1969 25th November
John Lennon returns his MBE to the Queen
1969 26th November
Recording, mixing, editing:
-
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
-
What’s The New Mary Jane
1969 27th November
John Lennon is interviewed about returning his MBE
1969 28th November
Recording and mixing by Ringo Starr:
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Blue Turning Grey Over You,
-
Stardust
.
1969 December
1969 1st December
The final Beatles Book monthly magazine is published
Ringo Starr is interviewed for the BBC’s Line-Up
1969 2nd December
John Lennon is interviewed for Man Of The Decade
Television: 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko – day one
Mixing:
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Lady Madonna, Rain, Octopus’s Garden
George Harrison lives at Colston Hall, Bristol with Delaney & Bonnie
1969 3rd December
Television: 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko – day two
George Harrison live at Town Hall, Birmingham with Delaney & Bonnie
1969 4th December
Recording mixing by Ringo Starr:
-
Blue Turning Grey Over You
Television: 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko – day three
George Harrison live at City Hall, Sheffield with Delaney & Bonnie
Recording and mixing by John Lennon and Yoko Ono:
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Item 1 and Item 2
1969 5th December
Mixing:
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Hey Jude
-
Revolution
Television: 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko – day four
John Lennon and Yoko Ono make Apotheosis 2
1969 6th December
Television: 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko – day five
Television: Ringo Starr and Peter Sellers on Frost On Saturday
George Harrison live at Empire Theatre, Liverpool with Delaney & Bonnie
1969 7th December
George Harrison live at Fairfield Hall, Croydon with Delaney & Bonnie
Television: John Lennon and Yoko Ono on The Question Why
1969 8th December
Recording:
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Octopus’s Garden
1969 10th December
George Harrison live at Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen with Delaney & Bonnie
1969 11th December
World première of The Magic Christian in London
George Harrison live at Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen with Delaney & Bonnie
1969 12th December
Album release by Plastic Ono Band:
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Live Peace In Toronto 1969
John Lennon is interviewed for South African radio
George Harrison live at Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen with Delaney & Bonnie
1969 14th December
Television: With A Little Help From My Friends
1969 15th December
Ringo Starr records a charity appeal for BBC radio
John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s ‘War Is Over’ poster campaign is launched
Mixing, editing:
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Get Back album
Plastic Ono Band live at Lyceum Ballroom, London
1969 16th December
John Lennon and Yoko Ono fly to Toronto, Canada
1969 17th December
John Lennon and Yoko Ono give a press conference in Toronto, Canada
John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed by WABC-AM radio
Mixing:
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Plastic Ono Band live at Lyceum Ballroom, London
1969 18th December
John Lennon and Yoko Ono record a message for Japanese radio
John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed for CBC-TV
John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed by Associated Press
1969 20th December
Television: John Lennon in conversation with Marshall McLuhan
John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed for CBC Weekend
1969 21st December
Mixing, editing:
-
Get Back album
1969 22nd December
John Lennon and Yoko Ono give a press conference in Montreal
1969 23rd December
John Lennon and Yoko Ono meet Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau
1969 24th December
John Lennon and Yoko Ono visit Rochester Cathedral
1969 29th December
John Lennon and Yoko Ono fly to Aalborg, Denmark
.
1970
.
1970 January
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- Recording:
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- The Beatles’ last recording session together as a group at
Abbey Road Studios, 3 Abbey Road, St John’s Wood, London NW8
- The Beatles’ last recording session together as a group at
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- Recording:
-
-
-
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‘Let It Be’
-
-
-
-
- John Lennon and Yoko Ono give a press conference in Aalborg, Denmark
-
- Glyn Johns compiles the 2nd‘Get Back‘ LP – This compilation differed from the first by leaving off “Teddy Boy“ and including new tracks “I Me Mine“ and “Across The Universe“
-
- George Harrison’s final recording session with The Beatles
-
-
- Recording and mixing:
-
-
- John Lennon’s Bag One exhibition opens in London
-
- The Police raid John Lennon’s Bag One exhibition
-
- John Lennon and Yoko Ono have their hair cropped in Denmark
-
- Ringo Starr and his wife, Maureen Starkey fly to Los Angeles
-
- Reuters interviews John Lennon in Paris
-
- Mixing:
-
- Ringo Starr appears on ‘Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In‘
-
- Recording by Plastic Ono Band:
-
- Ringo Starr attends the US première of ‘The Magic Christian‘ in Los Angeles
-
- Ringo Starr meets up with Elvis Presley
-
- Ringo Starr and his wife, Maureen Starkey fly from Las Vegas to Los Angeles
.
1970 February
1970 Sunday 1st February
Ringo and Maureen Starr fly to New York from Los Angeles
1970 Monday 2nd February
Ringo and Maureen Starr return to London from New York
1970 Tuesday 3rd February
Recording and mixing by Ringo Starr:
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Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing
1970 Wednesday 4th February
John Lennon and Yoko Ono donate a bag of their hair to Michael X
1970 Thursday 5th February
Recording:
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Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing by Ringo Starr
1970 Friday 6th February
John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed for the BBC’s Scene And Heard
1970 Saturday 7th February
George Harrison produces Govinda by Radha Krshna Temple
John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on The Simon Dee Show
1970 Monday 9th February
Recording by Ringo Starr:
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Whispering Grass
-
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
1970 Tuesday 10th February
Mixing by Plastic Ono Band:
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Instant Karma!
Recording, mixing:
-
Dream by Ringo Starr
1970 Wednesday 11th February
Recording and mixing by Ringo Starr:
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I’m A Fool To Care
New York première of The Magic Christian
Plastic Ono Band perform Instant Karma! on Top Of The Pops
1970 Thursday 12th February
Recording and mixing by Ringo Starr:
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Let The Rest Of The World Go
1970 Tuesday 17th February
Recording and mixing by Ringo Starr:
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I’m A Fool To Care
-
Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing
1970 Wednesday 18th February
Recording and mixing by Ringo Starr:
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Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
-
Let The Rest Of The World Go By
Recording and mixing by Ringo Starr:
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It Don’t Come Easy
1970 Thursday 19th February
Recording by Ringo Starr:
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Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing
Recording by Ringo Starr:
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It Don’t Come Easy
1970 Friday 20th February
Mixing by Ringo Starr:
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Sentimental Journey
1970 Saturday 21st February
Mixing by Paul McCartney:
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The Lovely Linda
-
Momma Miss America
-
Glasses
-
Singalong Junk
1970 Sunday 22nd February
Recording, mixing by Paul McCartney:
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That Would Be Something
-
Valentine Day
-
Every Night
-
Maybe
-
I’m Amazed
1970 Tuesday 24th February
Mixing by Paul McCartney:
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Hot As Sun
-
Every Night
Recording and mixing by Ringo Starr:
-
Blue Turning Grey Over You
1970 Wednesday 25th February
Recording and mixing by Paul McCartney:
-
Man We Was Lonely
Recording and mixing by Ringo Starr:
-
You Always Hurt The One You Love
1970 Thursday 26th February
US album release:
-
Hey Jude
1970 Saturday 28th February
Mixing:
-
For You Blue
.
1970 March
1970 Thursday 5th March
Recording by Ringo Starr:
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Whispering Grass
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Bye Bye Blackbird
1970 Friday Friday 6th March
UK single release:
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Let It Be
Recording by Ringo Starr:
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You Always Hurt The One You Love
Mixing by Ringo Starr:
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Sentimental Journey
1970 Sunday 8th March
Recording by Ringo Starr:
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It Don’t Come Easy
1970 Wednesday 11th March
US single release:
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Let It Be
Recording by Ringo Starr:
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It Don’t Come Easy
George Harrison is interviewed for the BBC’s The Beatles Today
1970 Thursday 12th March
George and Pattie Harrison move into Friar Park
1970 Friday 13th March
Mixing by Ringo Starr:
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Sentimental Journey
1970 Sunday 15th March
Filming of Sentimental Journey by Ringo Starr
1970 Monday 16th March
Playback:
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McCartney by Paul McCartney
1970 Monday 23rd March
Mixing, editing:
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I’ve Got A Feeling
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Dig A Pony
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One After 909
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I Me Mine
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Across The Universe
Tape copying:
McCartney by Paul McCartney
1970 Wednesday 25th March
Mixing:
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For You Blue
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Teddy Boy
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Two Of Us
Ringo Starr is interviewed for the BBC’s Scene And Heard
1970 Thursday 26th March
Mixing:
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The Long And Winding Road
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Let It Be
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Get Back
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Maggie Mae
1970 Friday 27th March
Mixing:
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Dig It
1970 Sunday 29th March
Ringo Star on Television in Frost On Sunday
1970 Monday 30th March
Mixing:
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For You Blue
1970 Tuesday 31st March
Radio: Ringo Starr on Open House
Paul McCartney reacts angrily to a letter from John Lennon and George Harrison, delivered by Ringo Starr
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1970 April
1970 Wednesday 1st April
Recording:
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Across The Universe
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The Long And Winding Road
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I Me Mine
1970 Thursday 2nd April
Mixing, editing:
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The Long And Winding Road
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I Me Mine
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Across The Universe
1970 Sunday 5th April
Ringo Starr is interviewed for the BBC’s Scene And Heard
1970 Thursday 9th April
Apple denies that Paul McCartney has left The Beatles
1970 Friday 10th April
Paul McCartney announces The Beatles’ split
The Beatles’ final press release
George Harrison is interviewed for the BBC’s Fact Or Fantasy
1970 Friday 8th May
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LP – “Let It Be”
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1970 Monday 11th May
US single release:
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The Long And Winding Road
1970 Monday 18th May
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Let It Be
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1970 Wednesday 20th May
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- UK première of “Let It Be”
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1970 October
1970 Thursday 9th October
John Lennon meets up with his father Alf for the last time
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“Remember”
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1970 December
1970 Friday 11th December
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- LP release:
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- LP release:
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1970 Friday 31st December
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- Paul McCartney files a lawsuit to dissolve The Beatles’ partnership
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