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The Beatles Timeline

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1909 May

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1909 Friday 28th May

• • • 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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1911 Friday 10th March

• • • 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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1926 Sunday 3rd January

• • • George Martin is born in Holloway, Islington, London

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1931 August

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1931 Tuesday 16th August

• • • 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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1933 Saturday 18th February

• • • Yoko Ono is born at her ancestral estate in Tokyo, Japan

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1934 September

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1934 Wednesday 19th September

• • • Brian Epstein is born at 4 Rodney Street, Liverpool L1 2TZ

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1940 June

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1940 Sunday 23rd June

• • • 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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1940 Sunday 7th July

• • • Ringo Starr is born at 9 Madryn Street, Dingle, Liverpool L8 9SN

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1940 October

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1940 Wednesday 9th October

• • • John Lennon is born in Liverpool Maternity Hospital, Oxford Street, Liverpool L7

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1941 April

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1941 Tuesday 8th April

• • • Jim McCartney and Mary Mohin take out a marriage licence at Liverpool Town Hall, High Street, Liverpool L2 3SW

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1941 Tuesday 15th April

• • • 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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1941 Wednesday 24th September

• • • Linda Louise Eastman is born in Scarsdale, Westchester County, New York

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1941 November

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1941 Monday 24th November

• • • Pete Best is born in Madras, India

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1942 June

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1942 Thursday 18th June

• • • Paul McCartney is born in Walton Hospital, Rice Lane, Liverpool L9 1AE

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1943 February

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1943 Thursday 25th February

• • • George Harrison is born at 12 Arnold Grove, Wavertree, Liverpool L15 8HP

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1933 Saturday 18th February

• • • Yoko Ono is born at her ancestral estate in Tokyo, Japan

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1944 January

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1944 Friday 7th January

• • • 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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1944 Friday 17th March

• • • Pattie Boyd is born in Taunton, Somerset

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1946 April

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1946 Friday 5th April

• • • Jane Asher is born in Willesden, North London

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1946 August

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1946 Sunday 4th August

• • • Maureen (Mo) Starkey (Cox) is born in Liverpool

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1948 Tuesday 18th May

• • • 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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1949 Wednesday 26th October

• • • Jackie (Jacqueline) Dykins is born in Liverpool

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1957 March

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1957 Tuesday 5th March

• • • Julia Dykins (Baird) is born in Liverpool

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1956 June

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1956 Monday 18th June

• • • Paul McCartney‘s 14th birthday and he receives a trumpet as his birthday present

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1956 October

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1956 Tuesday 9th October

• • • John Lennon’s 16th birthday

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1956 Wednesday 31st October

• • • Paul McCartney’s mother Mary dies as a result of breast cancer

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1956 November

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1956 Sunday 11th November

• • • 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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1957 Wednesday 16th January

• • • The Cavern Club, 10 Mathew Street, Liverpool L2 6RE, opens

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1957 June

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1957 Sunday 9th J.une

• • • The Quarry Men enter Canadian Carroll Lewis’ TV Star Search competition at the Empire Theatre, Lime Street, Liverpool L1 1JE

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1957 Saturday 22nd June

• • • The Quarry Men perform live at Rosebery St, Toxteth, Liverpool, L8

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1957 July

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1957 Saturday 6th July

• • • 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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1957 Monday 29th July

• • • Paul McCartney and his younger brother Michael attend Scout camp in Hathersage, Derbyshire

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1957 August

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1957 Wednesday 7th August

• • • 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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1957 Friday 18th October

• • • 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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1957 Thursday 7th November

• • • The Quarry Men give a live performance at Wilson Hall, Speke Road, Garston, Liverpool L19 2NZ

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1957 Saturday 16th November

• • • The Quarry Men give a live performance at Stanley Abattoir Athletic And Social Club, Prescot Road, Old Swan, Liverpool L13

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1957 Saturday 23rd November

• • • 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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1957 Saturday 7th December

• • • The Quarry Men at Wilson Hall, Speke Road, Garston, Liverpool L19 2NZ

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1958 January

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1958 Friday 10th January

• • • The Quarry Men give a live performance at New Clubmoor Hall (Conservative Club), Back Broadway, Clubmoor, Liverpool L11 1HX

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1958 Friday 24th January

• • • 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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1958 Thursday 6th February

• • • 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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1958 Thursday 13th March

• • • 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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1958 Monday 5th May

• • • John Lennon is photographed with Nigel Whalley on Lime Street, Liverpool L1

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1958 July

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1958 Saturday 12th July

• • • The Quarry Men perform at Phillips’ Sound Recording Services, 38 Kensington, Kensington, Liverpool L7 – It is the home of Percy Francis Phillips (1896–1984) and his family. They record:

• • • • • In Spite Of All The Danger

        • That’ll Be The Day

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1958 Tuesday 15th July

• • • Julia Lennon dies after being hit by a car on Menlove Avenue in Woolton, Liverpool after a visit to Mendips

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1959 Sunday 18th October

• • • 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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1959 Sunday 30th November

• • • 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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1958 Saturday 20th December

• • • 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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1959 Thursday 1st January

• • • The Quarry Men give a live performance at Wilson Hall, Speke Road, Garston, Liverpool L19 2NZ

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1959 Saturday 24th January

• • • The Quarry Men give a live performance at Woolton Village Club, 23 Allerton Road, Woolton, Liverpool L25 7RA

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1959 Thursday 29th August

• • • 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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1959 Saturday 5th September

• • • 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 Saturday 12th September

• • • 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 Saturday 19th September

• • • 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 Saturday 26th September

• • • 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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1959 Saturday 3rd October

• • • 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 Saturday 10th October

• • • 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

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1960 January

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1960 Sunday 17th January

• • • 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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1960 Saturday 23rd April

• • • 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 Sunday 24th April

• • • 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

1960 Monday 5th May

• • • The Quarry Men change the name of the group to The Silver Beetles

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1960 Monday 10th May

• • • 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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1960 Saturday 14th May

• • • The Silver Beetles give a Live performance at Lathom Hall, Lathom Avenue, Seaforth, Liverpool L21 1EB

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1960 Sunday 15th May

• • • The Silver Beetles give a Live performance at the Iron Door, 13 Temple Street, Liverpool L2 5RH

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1960 Friday 20th May

The Beat Ballad Show Tour

• • • • 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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1960 Saturday 21st May

The Beat Ballad Show Tour

• • • • 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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1960 Monday 23rd May

The Beat Ballad Show Tour

• • • • 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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1960 Wednesday 25th May

The Beat Ballad Show Tour

• • • • 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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1960 Thursday 26th May

The Beat Ballad Show Tour

• • • • 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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1960 Friday 27th May

The Beat Ballad Show Tour

• • • • 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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1960 Saturday 28th May

The Beat Ballad Show Tour

• • • • 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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1960 Monday 30th May

• • • The Silver Beetles give a live performance at the Jacaranda Coffee Bar, 23 Slater Street, Liverpool L1 4BW

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1960 June

1960 Thursday 2nd June

• • • The Silver Beetles give a live performance at the The Institute, Neston Road, Thornton Hough, Wirral CH63 1JL, Merseyside

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1960 Saturday 4th June

• • • The Silver Beetles give a live performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 1A, Merseyside

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1960 Monday 6th June

• • • The Silver Beetles give a live performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 1A, Merseyside

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1960 Thursday 9th June

• • • The Silver Beetles give a live performance at The Institute, Neston Road, Thornton Hough, Wirral CH63 1JL, Merseyside

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1960 Saturday 11th June

• • • The Silver Beetles give a live performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 1A, Merseyside

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1960 Monday 13th June

• • • 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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1960 Thursday 16th June

• • • The Silver Beetles give a live performance at the The Institute, Neston Road, Thornton Hough, Wirral CH63 1JL, Merseyside

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1960 Saturday 18th June

• • • The Silver Beetles give a live performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 1A, Merseyside

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1960 Thursday 23rd June

• • • The Silver Beetles give a live performance at The Institute, Neston Road, Thornton Hough, Wirral CH63 1JL, Merseyside

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1960 Saturday 25th June

• • • The Silver Beetles give a live performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 1A, Merseyside

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1960 Thursday 30th June

• • • 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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1960 Saturday 2nd July

• • • 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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1960 Thursday 7th July

• • • The Silver Beetles give a live performance at The Institute, Neston Road, Thornton Hough, Wirral CH63 1JL, Merseyside

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1960 Saturday 9th July

• • • Live performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 1A, Merseyside

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1960 Saturday 16th July

• • • The Silver Beetles give a live performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 1A, Merseyside

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1960 Saturday 23rd July

• • • The Silver Beetles give a live performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 1A, Merseyside

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1960 Saturday 30th July

• • • 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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1960 Saturday 6th August

• • • 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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1960 Friday 12th August

• • • 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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1960 Monday 15th August

• • • Live performance at the Jacaranda Coffee Bar, 23 Slater Street, Liverpool L1 4BW, notable as it was their first gig under the name “The Beatles“ with the lineup of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe, and Pete Best

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1960 Tuesday 16th August

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • The Beetles, Allan Williams, his wife Beryl, her brother Barry Chang, and friend Lord Woodbine, leave for Hamburg, Germany, from the Jacaranda Coffee Bar, 23 Slater Street, Liverpool L1 4BW in Allan’s green Austin van

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1960 Wednesday 17th August

Hamburg – 1st TRIP

• • • • The Beatles’ 1st performance in Hamburg, Germany, at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767

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1960 Thursday 18th August

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • 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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1960 Friday 19th August

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Saturday 20th August

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Sunday 21st August

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Monday 22nd August

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Tuesday 23rd August

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Wednesday 24th August

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Thursday 25th August

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Friday 26th August

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Saturday 27th August

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Sunday 28th August

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Monday 29th August

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Tuesday 30th August

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Wednesday 31st August

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 September

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1960 Thursday 1st September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Friday 2nd September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Saturday 3rd September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Sunday 4th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Monday 5th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Tuesday 6th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Wednesday 7th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Thursday 8th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Friday 9th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Saturday 10th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Sunday 11th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Monday 12th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Tuesday 13th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Wednesday 14th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Thursday 15th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Friday 16th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Saturday 17th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Sunday 18th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Monday 19th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Tuesday 20th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Wednesday 21st September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Thursday 22nd September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Friday 23rd September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Saturday 24th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Sunday 25th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Monday 26th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Tuesday 27th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Wednesday 28th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Thursday 29th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Friday 30th September

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 October

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1960 Saturday 1st October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Sunday 2nd October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

1960 Monday 3rd October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Tuesday 4th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Wednesday 5th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Thursday 6th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Friday 7th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Saturday 8th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

1960 Sunday 9th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Monday 10th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Tuesday 11th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Wednesday 12th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Thursday 13th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Friday 14th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Saturday 15th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr back Lu Walters as he Records:

“Summertime”

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Sunday 16th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Monday 17th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Tuesday 18th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Wednesday 19th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Thursday 20th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Friday 21st October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Saturday 22nd October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Sunday 23rd October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Monday 24th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Tuesday 25th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Wednesday 26th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Thursday 27th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Friday 28th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

.

1960 Saturday 29th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

.

1960 Sunday 30th October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • 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

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

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1960 Monday 31st October

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

.

1960 November

1960 Tuesday 1st November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

• • • • 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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1960 Wednesday 2nd November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

.

1960 Thursday 3rd November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

.

1960 Friday 4th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

.

1960 Saturday 5th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

.

1960 Sunday 6th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

.

1960 Monday 7th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

.

1960 Tuesday 8th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

.

1960 Wednesday 9th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

.

1960 Thursday 10th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

.

1960 Friday 11th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

.

1960 Saturday 12th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

.

1960 Sunday 13th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

.

1960 Monday 14th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

.

1960 Tuesday 15th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

.

1960 Wednesday 16th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

1960 Thursday 17th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

.

1960 Friday 18th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

.

1960 Saturday 19th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

.

1960 Sunday 20th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

.

1960 Monday 21st November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

• • • • George Harrison is deported from Germany

.

1960 Tuesday 22nd November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany (without George Harrison)

.

1960 Wednesday 23rd November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany (without George Harrison)

.

1960 Thursday 24th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany (without George Harrison)

.

1960 Friday 25th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany (without George Harrison)

.

1960 Saturday 26th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany (without George Harrison)

.

1960 Sunday 27th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany (without George Harrison)

.

1960 Monday 28th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Live performance at the Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany (without George Harrison)

1960 Tuesday 29th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • 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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1960 Wednesday 30th November

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • Paul McCartney and Pete Best are released from gaol and deported from Germany, flying to London Airport on their way back to Liverpool

.

1960 December

1960 Thursday 1st December

Hamburg – 1st Trip

• • • • 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

.

1960 Saturday 10th December

Hamburg – 1st TRIP

• • • • 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

.

1960 Saturday 17th December

• • • Live performance at the Casbah Coffee Club, 8 Haymans Green, West Derby, Liverpool L12 7JG

.

1960 Saturday 24th December

• • • Live performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 1A, Merseyside

.

1960 Tuesday 27th December

• • • Live performance at Litherland Town Hall, Hatton Hill Road, Liverpool L21 9HB

.

1960 Saturday 31st December

• • • Live performance at the Casbah Coffee Club, 8 Haymans Green, West Derby, Liverpool L12 7JG

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1961

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1962

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1963

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1964

1964 January

1964 Wednesday 1st January

The Beatles’ Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, 232-236 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 3NX

.

1964 Thursday 2nd January

The Beatles’ Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, 232-236 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 3NX

.

1964 Friday 3rd January

The Beatles’ Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, 232-236 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 3NX

.

1964 Saturday 4th January

• • • 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

The Beatles’ Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, 232-236 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 3NX

.

1964 Sunday 5th January

• • • 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

.

1964 Monday 6th January

The Beatles’ Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, 232-236 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 3NX

.

1964 Tuesday 7th January

• • • Radio – Saturday Club

The Beatles’ Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, 232-236 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 3NX

.

1964 Wednesday 8th January

The Beatles’ Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, 232-236 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 3NX

.

1964 Thursday 9th January

The Beatles’ Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, 232-236 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 3NX

.

1964 Friday 10th January

• • • • US release

• • • • • • LP – Introducing The Beatles

The Beatles’ Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, 232-236 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 3NX

.

1964 Saturday 11th January

The Beatles’ Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, 232-236 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 3NX

.

1964 Sunday 12th January

• • • • Live performance on ‘Sunday Night At The London Palladium‘

.

1964 Wednesday 14th January

Olympia Theatre Residency

• • • • John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Brian Epstein, Mal Evans, and various reporters fly to Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France, from London Heathrow Airport in the afternoon, for their residency at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines, 75009 Paris, France

.

1964 Tuesday 15th January

Olympia Theatre Residency

• • • • Live performance at the Cinéma Cyrano, 7 Rue Rameau, 78000 Versailles, France, in preparation for their residency at the Olympia Theatre

.

1964 Thursday 16th January

• • • • US Chart Position – The Beatles achieve the No. 1 spot in the US Cash Box chart

• • • • • • A Side – I Want To Hold Your Hand

• • • • • • B Side – I Saw Her Standing There

Olympia Theatre Residency

• • • • Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France

.

1964 Friday 17th January

Olympia Theatre Residency

• • • • Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France

.

1964 Saturday 18th January

Olympia Theatre Residency

• • • • Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France

.

1964 Sunday 19th January

Olympia Theatre Residency

• • • • Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France

.

1964 Monday 20th January

• • • • US Release

• • • • • • LP – Meet The Beatles!

Olympia Theatre Residency

• • • • Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France

.

1964 Wednesday 22nd January

Olympia Theatre Residency

• • • • Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France

.

1964 Thursday 23rd January

Olympia Theatre Residency

• • • • Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France

.

1964 Friday 24th January

• • • • Radio

• • • • • • American Forces Network

Olympia Theatre Residency

• • • • Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France

.

1964 Saturday 25th January

Olympia Theatre Residency

• • • • Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France

.

1964 Sunday 26th January

Olympia Theatre Residency

• • • • Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France

.

1964 Monday 27th January

• • • • US Single Release

• • • • • • A Side –My Bonnie

          • B Side – The Saints

      • The Beatles at the George V Hotel, 31 Avenue George V, 75008 Paris, France

Olympia Theatre Residency

• • • • Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France

.

1964 Tuesday 28th January

• • • • John Lennon and George Harrison fly from Paris to London

1964 Wednesday 29th January

• • • • Recording:

• • • • • • Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand

          • Sie Liebt Dich

          • Can’t Buy Me Love

Olympia Theatre Residency

• • • • Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France

.

1964 Thursday 30th January

• • • • US Release

• • • • • • Single – Please Please Me

Olympia Theatre Residency

• • • • Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France

.

1964 Friday 31st January

Olympia Theatre Residency

• • • • Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France

.

1964 February

.

1964 Saturday 1st February

Olympia Theatre Residency

• • Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France

.

1964 Sunday 2nd February

.

Olympia Theatre Residency

• • Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France

.

1964 Monday 3rd February

Olympia Theatre Residency

• • Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France

.

1964 Tuesday 4th February

Olympia Theatre Residency

• • Live performance at the Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France

.

1964 Wednesday 5th February

• • Press conference

• • • London airport

.

1964 Thursday 6th February

• • Interview:

• • • John Lennon and George Harrison

1964 Friday 7th February

• • UK EP release:

• • • EP – All My Loving

      • Side One 1 – All My Loving

• • • • Side One 3 – Ask Me Why

• • • • Side Two 1 – Money (That’s What I Want)

• • • • Side Two 3 – P.S. I Love You

• • The Beatles’ American invasion begins

.

1964 Saturday 8th February

• • Radio

• • • Saturday Club

• • Rehearsal

• • • The Ed Sullivan Show

.

1964 Sunday 9th February

• • Television

• • • The Beatles’ first Ed Sullivan Show

.

1964 Monday 10th February

• • Interviews

• • • Associated Press

• • • CBS News

.

1964 Tuesday 11th February

1st American Tour

• • Live performance at the Washington Coliseum, 1132,1140, and 1146 3rd Street NE, Washington, District of Columbia, DC 20002, USA

.

1964 Wednesday 12th February

1st American Tour

• • Live performance at Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Avenue, New York NY 10019, USA

.

1964 Thursday 13th February

1st American Tour

• • Travel

• • • New York to Miami

1964 Friday 14th February

• • Rehearsal

• • • The Ed Sullivan Show

.

1964 Saturday 15th February

• • Rehearsal

• • • The Ed Sullivan Show

.

1964 Sunday 16th February

• • Television

• • • The Beatles’ second Ed Sullivan Show

.

1964 Monday 17th February

• • Leisure

• • • Day off in Miami

.

1964 Tuesday 18th February

• • The Beatles meet Cassius Clay

1964 Friday 21st February

• • Travel

• • • Miami to New York, USA to London

.

1964 Saturday 22nd February

• • Interviews

• • • London Airport

1964 Sunday 23rd February

• • Television

• • • Big Night Out

.

1964 21st February

• • Recording:

• • • Can’t Buy Me Love

    • You Can’t Do That

    • And I Love Her

    • I Should Have Known Better

  • George Harrison’s 21st birthday

.

1964 Wednesday 26th February

• • Recording and mixing

• • • You Can’t Do That

• • • Can’t Buy Me Love

    • I Should Have Known Better

    • And I Love Her

.

1964 Thursday 27th February

• • Recording

• • • And I Love Her

    • Tell Me Why

    • If I Fell

.

1964 Friday 28th February

• • Radio

• • • From Us To You

.

1964 March

.

1964 Sunday 1st March

• • Recording

• • • I’m Happy Just To Dance With You

    • Long Tall Sally

    • I Call Your Name

.

1964 Monday 2nd March

• • The Beatles begin filming A Hard Day’s Night

• • US release:

• • • Single – Twist And Shout

.

1964 3rd March

A Hard Day’s Night

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

• • Mixing

• • • I Should Have Known Better

    • If I Fell, Tell Me Why

    • And I Love Her

    • I’m Happy Just To Dance With You

    • Call Your Name

.

1964 4th March

• • Filming

• • • Film – A Hard Day’s Night

• • Mixing

• • • I Call Your Name

.

1964 5th March

• • Filming

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 6th March

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Monday 9th March

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Tuesday 10th March

• • Filming

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

• • Recording and Mixing

    • Can’t Buy Me Love

    • Long Tall Sally

    • I Call Your Name

    • You Can’t Do That

    • Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand

    • Sie Liebt Dich

.

1964 Wednesday 11th March

• • Filming

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

1964 Thursday 12th March

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Friday 13th March

• • Filming

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

• • Mixing

    • Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand

    • Sie Liebt Dich

.

1964 Monday 16th March

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

• • US release

    • Single – Can’t Buy Me Love

.

1964 Tuesday 17th March

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Wednesday 18th March

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

• • Radio

• • • The Public Ear

.

1964 Thursday 19th March

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

• • Awards

• • • The Beatles are given Variety Club awards

• • Television

• • • The Beatles’ first Top Of The Pops appearance

.

1964 Friday 20th March

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

• • UK release:

• • • LP – Can’t Buy Me Love

  • The Beatles’ second appearance on Ready, Steady, Go!

.

1964 Monday 23rd March

• • US release

• • • Single – Do You Want To Know A Secret

  • US release

• • • LP – The Beatles

  • Book

• • • John Lennon’s In His Own Write is published

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Tuesday 24th March

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Wednesday 25th March

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Thursday 26th March

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Tuesday 31st March

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

1. • Radio

• • • Saturday Club

.

1964 April

.

1964 Wednesday 1st April

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

• • John Lennon meets up with his father Alf Lennon

.

1964 Thursday 2nd April

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Friday 3rd April

• • Filming

• • • A Hard Day’s Night trailer

.

1964 Saturday 4th April

• • US Chart Position

• • • The Beatles occupy the Billboard Hot 100 top five

.

1964 Sunday 5th April

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Monday 6th April

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Tuesday 7th April

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Wednesday 8th April

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Friday 10th April

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

• • US release:

• • • LP – The Beatles’ Second LP

.

1964 Sunday 12th April

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Monday 13th April

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Tuesday 14th April

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Wednesday 15th April

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

• • Television

• • • A Degree Of Frost

.

1964 Thursday 16th April

• • Filming

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

• • Recording

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Friday 17th April

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

1964 Saturday 18th April

• • Television Recording

• • • Around The Beatles

.

1964 Sunday 19th April

• • Television Recording

• • • Around The Beatles

.

1964 Monday 20th April

• • Filming

• • • Paul McCartney films a scene in A Hard Day’s Night which is not used

• • Mixing

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Tuesday 21st April

• • Paul McCartney films a scene in A Hard Day’s Night which is not used

.

1964 Wednesday 22nd April

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Thursday 23rd April

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

• • Leisure

• • • John Lennon attends a Foyle’s literary luncheon

• • Mixing:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Friday 24th April

• • Filming:

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Saturday 25th April

• • Rehearsal

• • • Around The Beatles

.

1964 Sunday 26th April

• • Live performance

• • • NME Poll-Winners’ All-Star Concert

.

1964 Monday 27th April

• • US release

• • • Single – Love Me Do

  • Television Rehearsal

• • • Around The Beatles

.

1964 Tuesday 28th April

• • Television

• • • Around The Beatles

.

1964 Wednesday 29th April

• • Live performance at the ABC Cinema, Lothian, 118 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 8BQ – Closed in 1973 and demolished in 2001

.

1964 Thursday 30th April

• • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 52 – 62 Renfield Street, Glasgow,  Scotland – Demolished March 2013

.

1964 May

1964 Friday 1st May

• • Radio

• • • From Us To You

.

1964 Saturday 2nd May

• • Travel

• • • John and Cynthia Lennon, George Harrison and Pattie Boyd fly to Hawaii

• • • Paul McCartney, Jane Asher, Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox fly to Lisbon

.

1964 Sunday 3rd May

• • Travel

• • • Paul McCartney, Jane Asher, Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox fly to the Virgin Islands

.

1964 Monday 4th May

• • Travel

• • • John and Cynthia Lennon, George Harrison and Pattie Boyd fly to Tahiti

.

1964 Monday 11th May

• • US release

• • • EP – Four By The Beatles

.

1964 Thursday 21st May

• • US release:

• • • Single – “Sie Liebt Dich”

.

1964 Friday 22nd May

• • Recording

• • • You Can’t Do That

.

1964 Tuesday 26th May

• • Travel

• • • John and Cynthia Lennon, George Harrison and Pattie Boyd fly to London from Tahiti

.

1964 Wednesday 27th May

• • Travel

• • • Paul McCartney, Jane Asher, Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox fly to London from the Virgin Islands

.

1964 Friday 29th May

• • UK release:

    • Single – Ain’t She Sweet

.

1964 Sunday 31st May

• • Live performance in the Prince Of Wales Theatre, 31 Coventry Street, London W1D 6AS – Royal Command Performance

.

1964 June

.

1964 Monday 1st June

• • Recording

• • • Matchbox

    • I’ll Cry Instead

    • Slow Down

    • I’ll Be Back

.

1964 Tuesday 2nd June

• • Recording

• • • Any Time At All

    • Things We Said Today

    • When I Get Home

.

1964 Wednesday 3rd June

• • Ringo Starr is taken ill before The Beatles’ world tour

• • Recording

• • • You Know What To Do

    • You’re My World

    • No Reply

    • Any Time At All

    • Things We Said Today

.

1964 Thursday 4th June

• • Recording, Mixing, and Editing

• • • Long Tall Sally

    • Matchbox

    • I Call Your Name

    • Slow Down

    • When I Get Home

    • Any Time At All

    • I’ll Cry Instead

1st World Tour

• • Live performance at the KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark

.

1964 Friday 5th June

• • Television

• • • Treslong, Hillegom, Netherlands

.

1964 Saturday 6th June

World Tour

• • Live performance at the Exhibition Hall, Blokker, The Netherlands

.

1964 Sunday 7th June

• • Travel

• • • Amsterdam to Hong Kong

1964 Monday 8th June

• • Travel

• • • The Beatles arrive in Hong Kong

.

1964 Tuesday 9th June

• • Mixing

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

    • Things We Said Today

World Tour

• • Live performance at the Princess Theatre, Kowloon, Hong Kong

.

1964 Wednesday 10th June

• • Mixing

• • • I’ll Be Back

  • Interview

• • • Hong Kong

.

1964 Thursday 11th June

• • The Beatles arrive in Australia

.

1964 Friday 12th June

World Tour

• • Live performance at the Centennial Hall, Adelaide

.

1964 Saturday 13th June

World Tour

• • Live performance at the Centennial Hall, Adelaide

.

1964 Sunday 14th June.

• • Press Conference

• • • Ringo Starr in Sydney, Australia

• • Ringo rejoins The Beatles in Australia

.

1964 Monday 15th June

World Tour

• • Live perform

• • • Long Tall Sally

World Tour

• • Live performance at the Sydney Stadium, Sydney

.

1964 Saturday 20th June

World Tour

• • Live performance at the Sydney Stadium, Sydney

.

1964 Sunday 21st June

• • Travel:

• • • Sydney to Auckland

• • Mixing and Editing

• • • A Hard Day’s Night LP

    • Long Tall Sally

.

1964 Monday 22nd June

World Tour

• • Live performance at the Town Hall, Wellington, New Zealand

.

1964 Tuesday 23rd June

World Tour

• • Live performance at the Town Hall, Wellington, New Zealand

1964 Wednesday 24th June

World Tour

• • Live performance at the Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand

.

1964 Thursday 25th June

World Tour

• • Live performance at the Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand

.

1964 Friday 26th June

• • US Release:

• • • LP – A Hard Day’s Night

World Tour

• • Live performance at the Town Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand

.

1964 Saturday 27th June

World Tour

• • Live performance at the Majestic Theatre, Christchurch, New Zealand

1964 Sunday 28th June

• • Travel

• • • New Zealand to Australia

.

1964 Monday 29th June

World Tour

• • Live performance at the Festival Hall, Brisbane, Australia

.

1964 Tuesday 30th June

World Tour

• • Live performance at the Festival Hall, Brisbane, Australia

.

1964 July

.

1964 Wednesday 1st July

• • Travel

• • • Australia back to England

.

1964 Thursday 2nd July

• • Recording

• • • It’s For You by Cilla Black

.

1964 Monday 6th July

• • World Première

• • • A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Tuesday 7th July

• • Television

• • • Top Of The Pops

• • • Scene At 6.30

 

1964 Friday 10th July

• • UK Releases

• • • Single – A Hard Day’s Night

• • • LP –  A Hard Day’s Night

• •  Liverpool première

• • • Film – A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Saturday 11th July

• • Television

• • • Summer Spin

.

1964 Sunday 12th July

• • Live performance at the Hippodrome, Brighton

.

1964 Monday 13th July

• • US release

• • • Single – A Hard Day’s Night

.

1964 Tuesday 14th July

• • Radio

• • • Top Gear

.

1964 Friday 17th July

• • Radio

• • • From Us To You

.

1964 Sunday 19th July

• • Television

• • • Blackpool Night Out

.

1964 Monday 20th July

• • US releases

• • • LP – Something New

• • • Singles

• • • • And I Love Her

      • I’ll Cry Instead

.

1964 Thursday 23rd July

• • Live performance at the The Night Of A Hundred Stars

.

1964 Saturday 25th July

• • Television

• • • Juke Box Jury

.

1964 Sunday 26th July

• • Live performance at the Opera House, Blackpool

.

1964 Monday 27th July

• • Live performance at the Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden

.

1964 Tuesday 28th July

• • Live performance at the Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden

.

1964 Thursday 30th July

• • Travel

• • • Stockholm, Sweden to London

.

1964 August

.

1964 Sunday 2nd August

• • Live performance at the Gaumont Cinema, Bournemouth

.

1964 Sunday 9th August

• • Live performance at the Futurist Theatre, Scarborough

.

1964 Tuesday 11th August

• • Recording

• • • Baby’s In Black

.

1964 Wednesday 12th August

• • Radio

• • • The Teen Scene

.

1964 Friday 14th August

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • I’m A Loser

    • Mr Moonlight

    • Baby’s In Black

    • Leave My Kitten Alone

.

1964 Sunday 16th August

• • Live performance at the Opera House, Blackpool

.

1964 Tuesday 18th August

• • Travel

• • • London to San Francisco

.

1964 Wednesday 19th August

• • Live performance at the Cow Palace, San Francisco

.

1964 Thursday 20th August

• • Live performance at the Convention Center, Las Vegas

.

1964 Friday 21st August

• • Live performance at the Coliseum, Seattle

.

1964 Saturday 22nd August

• • Live performance at the Empire Stadium, Vancouver, Canada

.

1964 Sunday 23rd August

• • Interview

• • • John Lennon and Ringo Starr are interviewed in Los Angeles

• • Live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles

.

1964 Monday 24th August

• • US release:

• • • Single – Matchbox

  • Leisure

• • • Day off in Bel Air, Los Angeles

.

1964 Tuesday 25th August

• • The Beatles meet Burt Lancaster and Jayne Mansfield

.

1964 Wednesday 26th August

• • Live performance at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver

.

1964 Thursday 27th August

• • Live performance at the Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati

1964 Friday 28th August

• • Live performance at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, New York

• • Bob Dylan introduces The Beatles to cannabis

.

1964 Saturday 29th August

• • Live performance at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, New York

.

1964 Sunday 30th August

• • Live performance at the Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey

.

1964 Monday 31st August

• • Leisure

• • • Day off in Cape May, New Jersey, USA

.

1964 September

1964 Wednesday 2nd September

• • Live performance at the Convention Hall, Philadelphia

.

1964 Thursday 3rd September

• • Live performance at the State Fair Coliseum, Indianapolis

.

1964 Friday 4th September

• • Live performance at the Milwaukee Arena, Wisconsin

.

1964 Saturday 5th September

• • Live performance at the International Amphitheatre, Chicago

.

1964 Sunday 6th September

• • Live performance at the Olympia Stadium, Detroit

.

1964 Monday 7th September

• • Live performance at the Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada

.

1964 Tuesday 8th September

• • Live performance at the Forum, Montreal, Canada

.

1964 Thursday 10th September

• • Leisure

• • • Day off in Key West, Florida, USA

• • Business

• • • George Harrison buys Mornyork Ltd

• • Live performance at the Gator Bowl, Jacksonville

.

1964 Saturday 12th September

• • Live performance at the Boston Garden, Boston

.

1964 Sunday 13th September

• • Live performance at the Baltimore Civic Center (Now – CFG Bank Arena), 201 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA

.

1964 Monday 14th September

• • Live performance at the Civic Arena, Pittsburgh

.

1964 Tuesday 15th September

• • Live performance at the Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio

.

1964 Wednesday 16th September

• • Live performance at the City Park Stadium, New Orleans

.

1964 Thursday 17th September

• • Live performance at the Municipal Stadium, Kansas City

.

1964 Friday 18th September

• • Live performance at the Memorial Auditorium, Dallas

.

1964 Saturday 19th September

• • Leisure:

• • • Day off in Alton, Missouri

.

1964 Sunday 20th September

• • Live performance at the Paramount Theatre, New York City

.

1964 Monday 21st September

• • Travel

• • • The Beatles return to England from America

.

1964 Sunday 27th September

• • Competition

• • • Ringo Starr judges the National Beat Group Competition

.

1964 Tuesday 29th September

• • Recording

• • • Every Little Thing

    • I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party

    • What You’re Doing

.

1964 Wednesday 30th September

• • Recording

• • • Every Little Thing

    • What You’re Doing

    • No Reply

.

1964 October

.

1964 Friday 2nd October

• • Television Rehearsal

• • • Shindig!

.

1964 Saturday 3rd October

• • Television Broadcast

• • • Shindig!

.

1964 Tuesday 6th October

• • Recording

• • • Eight Days A Week

.

1964 Thursday 8th October

• • Recording

• • • She’s A Woman

1964 Friday 9th October

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the Gaumont Cinema, Bradford

.

1964 Saturday 10th October

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the De Montfort Hall, Leicester

.

1964 Sunday 11th October

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, Birmingham

.

1964 Monday 12th October

• • Mixing

• • • She’s A Woman

    • Eight Days A Week

.

1964 Tuesday 13th October

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the ABC Cinema, Wigan

.

1964 Wednesday 14th October

• • Television

• • • Scene At 6.30

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the ABC Cinema, Manchester

.

1964 Thursday 15th October

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the Globe Cinema, Stockton-on-Tees

.

1964 Friday 16th October

• • Mixing

• • • No Reply

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the ABC Cinema, Hull

.

1964 Sunday 18th October

• • Recording

• • • Eight Days A Week

    • Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!

    • Mr Moonlight, I Feel Fine

    • I’ll Follow The Sun

    • Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby

    • Rock And Roll Music

    • Words Of Love

.

1964 Monday 19th October

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the ABC Cinema, Edinburgh

.

1964 Tuesday 20th October

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the Caird Hall, Dundee

.

1964 Wednesday 21st October

• • Mixing

• • • I Feel Fine

    • I’ll Follow The Sun

    • She’s A Woman

    • Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, Glasgow

.

1964 Thursday 22nd October

• • Mixing

• • • I Feel Fine

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, Leeds

.

1964 Friday 23rd October

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the Gaumont State Cinema, Kilburn, London

.

1964 Saturday 24th October

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the Granada Cinema, Walthamstow, London

.

1964 Sunday 25th October

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the Hippodrome, Brighton

.

1964 Monday 26th October

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party

    • Rock And Roll Music

    • Words Of Love

    • Baby’s In Black

    • I’m A Loser

    • Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!

    • Honey Don’t

    • What You’re Doing

    • Another Beatles Christmas Record

.

1964 Tuesday 27th October

• • Mixing

• • • What You’re Doing

    • Honey Don’t

    • Mr Moonlight

    • Every Little Thing

    • Eight Days A Week

.

1964 Wednesday 28th October

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the ABC Cinema, Exeter

• • Interview

• • • Playboy

.

1964 Thursday 29th October

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the ABC Cinema, Plymouth

.

1964 Friday 30th October

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the Gaumont Cinema, Bournemouth

.

1964 Saturday 31st October

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the Gaumont Cinema, Ipswich

.

1964 November

1964 Sunday 1st November

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, Finsbury Park, London

.

1964 Monday 2nd November

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the King’s Hall, Belfast

.

1964 Wednesday 4th November

• • UK release

• • • I’ll Follow The Sun

    • “Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby

    • Rock And Roll Music

    • Words Of Love

    • Mr Moonlight

    • I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party

    • I’m A Loser

    • Baby’s In Black

    • No Reply

    • I Feel Fine

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the Ritz Cinema, Luton

.

1964 Thursday 5th November

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, Nottingham

.

1964 Friday 6th November

• • UK release

• • • EP – Extracts From The Album A Hard Day’s Night – Parlophone GEP 8924

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the Gaumont Cinema, Southampton

.

1964 Saturday 7th November

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the Capitol Cinema, Cardiff

.

1964 Sunday 8th November

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool

.

1964 Monday 9th November

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at City Hall, Sheffield

.

1964 Tuesday 10th November

5th British Tour

• • Live performance at Colston Hall, Bristol

.

1964 Saturday 14th November

• • Television

• • • Thank Your Lucky Stars

.

1964 Monday 16th November

• • Television

• • • Top Of The Pops

.

1964 Tuesday 17th November

• • Radio

• • • Top Gear

.

1964 Friday 20th November

• • Recording For Television

• • • John Lennon films a sequence for Not Only… But Also

.

1964 Monday 23rd November

• • US release:

• • • Single – I Feel Fine

• • US release

• • • LP – The Beatles’ Story

• • Television:

• • • • Ready, Steady, Go!

.

1964 Wednesday 25th November

• • Radio

• • • Saturday Club

.

1964 Friday 27th November

• • UK release

• • • I Feel Fine

.

1964 Saturday 28th November

• • Interview

• • • John Lennon by New Musical Express and BBC

.

1964 Sunday 29th November

• • John Lennon appears in Not Only… But Also

.

1964 Monday 30th November

• • Radio

• • • Brian Epstein appears on the BBC’s Desert Island Discs

• • Interview

• • • Ringo Starr by Melody Maker

.

1964 December

.

1964 Tuesday 1st December

• • Ringo Starr goes to hospital

.

1964 Wednesday 2nd December

• • Ringo Starr’s tonsils are removed

.

1964 Friday 4th December

• • UK release

• • • LP – Beatles For Sale

.

1964 Monday 7th December

• • Business

• • • George Harrison’s Mornyork Ltd becomes Harrisongs Ltd

.

1964 Tuesday 8th December

• • • George Harrison visits Ringo Starr in hospital

.

1964 Wednesday 9th December

• • Travel

• • • George Harrison and Pattie Boyd fly to the Bahamas

• • Paul McCartney visits Ringo Starr in hospital

.

1964 Thursday 10th December

• • Ringo Starr leaves hospital

.

1964 Tuesday 15th December

• • US release

• • • LP – Beatles ’65

.

1964 Saturday 19th December

• • Travel

• • • George Harrison and Pattie Boyd fly back to England from the Bahamas

.

1964 Monday 21st December

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • Rehearsal at the  Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

.

1964 Tuesday 22nd December

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • Rehearsal at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

.

1964 Wednesday 23rd December

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • Rehearsal at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

.

1964 Thursday 24th December

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • Live performance at the                   Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

.

1964 Friday 25th December

• • The Beatles’ Christmas Day

.

1964 Saturday 26th December

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

.

1964 Monday 28th December

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

.

1964 Tuesday 29th December

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

.

1964 Wednesday 30th December

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

.

1964 Thursday 31st December

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

.

1965.

1965 January

.

1965 Friday 1st January

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

.

1965 Saturday 2nd January

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

.

1965 Monday 4th January

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

.

1965 Tuesday 5th January

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

1965 Wednesday 6th January

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

.

1965 Thursday 7th January

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

.

1965 Friday 8th January

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

.

1965 Saturday 9th January

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

.

1965 Monday 11th January

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

.

1965 Tuesday 12th January

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

.

1965 Wednesday 13th January

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

.

1965 Thursday 14th January

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

.

1965 Friday 15th January

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

.

1965 Saturday 16th January

Another Beatles Christmas Show

• • • • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH

.

1965 Wednesday 20th January

• • • • Ringo Starr proposes to Maureen Cox after partying at the Ad Lib Club (over Prince Charles Theatre), 7 Leicester Place, London WC2H 7BY

.

1965 Monday 25th January

• • • • 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

.

1965 Tuesday 26th January

• • • 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

• • • 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’

.

1965 Friday 29th January

• • • American photographer Richard Avedon photographs Ringo  Starr in the penthouse photographic studio at Thompson House, 200 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 8XZ

.

1965 February

.

1965 Monday 1st February

• • US release:

• • • EP – 4 By The Beatles

.

1965 Thursday 4th February

• • Travel

• • • Paul McCartney and Jane Asher holiday in Tunisia

.

1965 Sunday 7th February

• • Travel

• • • John and Cynthia Lennon return to England from Switzerland

.

1965 Thursday 11th February

• • Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox

.

1965 Monday 15th February

• • US Release

• • • Singles – Eight Days A Week

  • John Lennon passes his driving test

• • Recording

• • • Ticket To Ride

    • Another Girl

    • I Need You

.

1965 Tuesday 16th February

• • Recording

• • • I Need You

• • • Another Girl

    • Yes It Is

.

1965 Wednesday 17th February

• • Recording

• • • The Night Before

• • • You Like Me Too Much

.

1965 Thursday 18th February

• • Business

• • • Northern Songs is floated on the stock exchange

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • Ticket To Ride

    • Another Girl

    • I Need You

    • Yes It Is

    • You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away

    • The Night Before

    • You Like Me Too Much

    • If You’ve Got Trouble

    • Tell Me What You See

.

1965 Friday 19th February

• • Recording

• • • You’re Going To Lose That Girl

.

1965 Saturday 20th February

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • If You’ve Got Trouble

    • Tell Me What You See

    • You’re Going To Lose That Girl

    • That Means A Lot

    • You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away

.

1965 Monday 22nd February

• • Travel

• • • The Beatles fly to the Bahamas to film Help!

.

1965 Tuesday 23rd February

• • Mixing

• • • Yes It Is

    • You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away

    • If You’ve Got Trouble

    • Tell Me What You See

    • I Need You, Another Girl

    • Ticket To Ride

    • You Like Me Too Much

    • The Night Before

    • You’re Going To Lose That Girl

    • That Means A Lot

  • Filming

• • • Help! in the Bahamas

.

1965 Wednesday 24th February

• • Filming

• • • Help! in the Bahamas

.

1965 Thursday 25th February

• • Filming

• • • Help! in the Bahamas

.

1965 Saturday 26th February

• • Filming

• • • Help! in the Bahamas

.

1965 Sunday 27th February

• • Filming

• • • Help! in the Bahamas

.

1965 Monday 28th February

• • Filming

• • • Help! in the Bahamas

.

1965 March

.

1965 Monday 1st March

• • Filming

• • • Help! in the Bahamas

.

1965 Tuesday 2nd March

• • Filming

• • • Help! in the Bahamas

.

1965 Wednesday 3rd March

• • Filming

• • • Help!n the Bahamas

.

1965 Thursday 4th March

• • Filming

• • • Help! in the Bahamas

.

1965 Friday 5th March

• • Filming

• • • Help! in the Bahamas

.

1965 Saturday 6th March

• • Filming

• • • Help! in the Bahamas

1965 Sunday 7th March

• • Filming

• • • Help! in the Bahamas

.

1965 Monday 8th March

• • Filming

• • • Help! in the Bahamas

.

1965 Tuesday 9th March

• • Filming

• • • Help! in the Bahamas

.

1965 Wednesday 10th March

• • Travel

• • • Bahamas to London

.

1965 Saturday 13th March

• • Travel

• • • London to Austria

.

1965 Sunday 14th March

• • Filming

• • • Help! in Austria

.

1965 Monday 15th March

• • Filming

• • • Help! in Austria

• • Mixing

• • • Ticket To Ride

.

1965 Tuesday 16th March

• • Filming

• • • Help! in Austria

.

1965 Wednesday 17th March

• • Filming

• • • Help! in Austria

.

1965 Thursday 18th March

• • Filming

• • • Help! in Austria

.

1965 Friday 19th March

• • Filming

• • • Help! in Austria

.

1965 Saturday 20th March

• • Filming

• • • Help! in Austria

.

1965 Monday 22nd March

• • US release

• • • LP – The Early Beatles

• • Travel

• • • Austria back to England

.

1965 Wednesday 24th March

• • Filming

• • • Help!

.

1965 Thursday 25th March

• • Filming

• • • Help!

.

1965 Friday 26th March

• • Filming

• • • Help!

1965 Sunday 28th March.

• • The Beatles’ final Thank Your Lucky Stars appearance

.

1965 Monday 29th March

• • Filming

• • • Help!

.

1965 Tuesday 30th March

• • Filming

• • • Help!

• • Recording:

• • • That Means A Lot

• • • You’re Going To Lose That Girl

.

1965 Wednesday 31st March

• • Filming

• • • Help!

.

1965 April

.

1965 Thursday 1st April

• • Filming

• • • Help!

• • Business

• • • Brian Epstein takes over the Saville Theatre, London

1965 Friday 2nd April

• • Filming

• • • Help!

• • Mixing

• • • You’re Going To Lose That Girl

1965 Monday 5th April

• • Filming

• • • Help!

1965 Tuesday 6th April

• • Filming

• • • Help!

• • UK release

• • • EP – Beatles For Sale

1965 Wednesday 7th April

• • Filming

• • • Help!

1965 Thursday 8th April

• • Filming

• • • Help!

.

1965 Friday 9th April

• • Filming

• • • Help!

• • UK Release

• • • Single – Ticket To Ride

.

1965 Saturday 10th April

• • Television

• • • Top Of The Pops

1965 Sunday 11th April

• • Live performance at the NME Poll-Winners’ All-Star Concert

• • Television

• • • The Eamonn Andrews Show

.

1965 Monday 12th April

• • Filming

• • • Help!

.

1965 Tuesday 13th April

• • Filming

• • • Help!

• • Paul McCartney buys 7 Cavendish Avenue, London

• • Radio

• • • Pop Inn

• • Recording

• • • Help!

.

1965 Wednesday 14th April

• • Filming

• • • Help!

.

1965 Friday 16th April

• • Television

• • • Ready, Steady, Go!

.

1965 Sunday 18th April

• • Mixing

• • • Help!

    • The Night Before

.

1965 Monday 19th April

• • US Release

• • • Single – Ticket To Ride

.

1965 Tuesday 20th April

• • Filming

• • • Help!

.

1965 Wednesday 21st April

• • Filming

• • • Help!

.

1965 Thursday 22nd April

• • Filming

• • • Help!

.

1965 Friday 23rd April

• • Filming

• • • Help!

.

1965 Saturday 24th April

• • Filming

• • • Help!

.

1965 Tuesday 27th April

• • Filming

• • • Help!

.

1965 Wednesday 28th April

• • Filming

• • • Help!

.

1965 Thursday 29th April

• • Filming

• • • Help!

.

1965 Friday 30th April

• • Filming

• • • Help!

.

1965 May

.

1965 Sunday 2nd May

• • The Beatles arrive in Amesbury, Wiltshire

.

1965 Monday 3rd May

• • Filming

• • • Help!

.

1965 Tuesday 4th May

• • Filming

• • • Help!

.

1965 Wednesday 5th May

• • Filming

• • • Help!

.

1965 Friday 7th May

• • Filming

• • • Help!

.

1965 Sunday 9th May

• • Filming

• • • Help! at various locations in London

• • Leisure

• • • The Beatles watch Bob Dylan perform in London

.

1965 Monday 10th May

• • Filming

• • • Help!

• • Recording and mixing:

• • • Dizzy Miss Lizzy

    • Bad Boy

.

1965 Tuesday 11th May

• • Filming

• • • Help!

.

1965 Tuesday 18th May

• • Recording:

• • • Post-sync work for Help!

.

1965 Tuesday 25th May

• • Interview

• • • John Lennon in Cannes

.

1965 Wednesday 26th May

• • Radio

• • • The Beatles (Invite You To Take A Ticket To Ride) – the final BBC radio session

.

1965 June

.

1965 Wednesday 2nd June

• • Leisure

• • • John, George and Ringo attend the première of Richard Lester’s The Knack (And How To Get It)

.

1965 Thursday 3rd June

• • Leisure

• • • John, George, Cynthia and Pattie attend Allen Ginsberg’s 39th birthday party

.

1965 Friday 4th June

• • UK Release:

• • • EP  – Beatles For Sale No 2

.

1965 Tuesday 8th June

• • Mixing

• • • I Want To Hold Your Hand

.

1965 Friday 11th June

• • Awards

• • • The Beatles to receive MBE’s

.

1965 Saturday 12th June

• • Press conference

• • • About the MBE announcement

.

1965 Monday 14th June

• • US Release

• • • LP – Beatles VI

• • Recording

• • • I’ve Just Seen A Face

    • I’m Down

    • Yesterday

.

1965 Tuesday 15th June

• • Recording

• • • It’s Only Love

.

1965 Wednesday 16th June

• • Recording

• • • Post-sync work for Help!

  • Radio

• • • John Lennon in The World Of Books

.

1965 Thursday 17th June

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • Yesterday

    • Act Naturally

    • Wait

.

1965 Friday 18th June

• • Mixing:

• • • I’ve Just Seen A Face

    • I’m Down

    • It’s Only Love

    • Act Naturally

    • Wait

    • Help!

    • Yesterday

  • Radio

• • • BBC European Service

• • Television

• • • Tonight

.

1965 Saturday 20th June

European Tour

• • Live performance at the Palais Des Sports, Paris

.

1965 Sunday 21st June

• • Leisure

• • Day off in Paris

.

1965 Monday 22nd June

European Tour

• • Live performance at the Palais d’Hiver, Lyon, France

.

1965 Tuesday 23rd June

• • Travel

• • • Lyon to Milan

.

1965 Wednesday 24th June

.

• • Book

• • •  John Lennon’s A Spaniard In The Works is published

European Tour

• • Live performance at the Velodromo Vigorelli, Milan, Italy

1965 Saturday 26th June

.

European Tour

• • Live performance at Palazzo dello Sport, Genoa, Italy

1965 Sunday 27th June

.

European Tour

• • Live performance at the Teatro Adriano, Rome, Italy

.

1965 Monday 28th June

European Tour

• • Live performance at the Teatro Adriano, Rome, Italy

.

1965 Tuesday 29th June

• • Travel

• • • Rome, Italy to Nice, France

.

1965 Wednesday 30th June

European Tour

• • Live performance at the Palais des Expositions, Nice, France

.

1965 July

.

1965 Thursday 1st July

• • Travel

1. 1. • Nice, France to Madrid, Spain

.

1965 Friday 2nd July

European Tour

• • Live performance at the Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, Madrid, Spain

1965 Saturday 3rd July

European Tour

• • Live performance at the Plaza de Toros Monumental, Barcelona, Spain

.

1965 Sunday 4th July

• • Travel:

• • • Barcelona, Spain back  to London

.

1965 Tuesday 13th July

• • Awards

• • • John Lennon and Paul McCartney receive five Ivor Novello awards

.

1965 Monday 19th July

• • US Release

• • • Single – Help!

.

1965 Friday 23rd July

• • UK release:

• • • Single – Help!

.

1965 Saturday 24th July

• • Ringo Starr buys Sunny Heights, Weybridge

.

1965 Thursday 29th July

• • World première

• • • Film – Help!

.

1965 Friday 30th July

• • Rehearsals

• • • North America Tour

.

1965 August

.

1965 Sunday 1st August

• • Television:

• • • Blackpool Night Out

.

1965 Friday 6th August

• • UK release:

• • • LP – Help!

.

1965 Monday 9th August

• • Recording by The Silkie

• • • “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away“

  • US release:

• • • LP – Help!

Second American Tour

.

1965 Friday 13th August

• • Travel

• • • London to New York. USA

.

1965 Saturday 14th August

• • Television

• • • The Beatles’ fourth Ed Sullivan Show

.

1965 Sunday 15th August

Second American Tour

• • Live performance at Shea Stadium, New York

.

1965 Monday 16th August

• • Leisure

• • • Day off in New York, USA

• • John Lennon’s Mellotron is delivered to Weybridge

.

1965 Tuesday 17th August

2nd American Tour

• • Live performance at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada

.

1965 Wednesday 18th August

2nd American Tour

• • Live performance at Atlanta Stadium

.

1965 Thursday 19th August

2nd American Tour

• • Live performance at the Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston

.

1965 Friday 20th August

2nd American Tour

• • Live performance at White Sox Park, Chicago

1965 Saturday 21st August

2nd American Tour

• • Live performance at Metropolitan Stadium, Minneapolis

.

1965 Sunday 22nd August

2nd American Tour

• • Live performance at the Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon

.

1965 Monday 23rd August

• • Leisure

• • • Day off in Los Angeles, CA, USA

.

1965 Tuesday 24th August

• • Leisure

• • • The Beatles take LSD in Los Angeles with The Byrds and Peter Fonda

.

1965 Wednesday 25th August

• • Leisure:

• • • Day off in Los Angeles, CA, USA

.

1965 Friday 27th August

• • Leisure:

• • • The Beatles meet Elvis Presley

.

1965 Saturday 28th August

2nd American Tour

• • Live performance at Balboa Stadium, San Diego

.

1965 Sunday 29th August

2nd American Tour

• • Live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles

1965 Monday 30th August

2nd American Tour

• • Live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles

.

1965 Tuesday 31st August

2nd American Tour

• • Live performance at the Cow Palace, San Francisco

.

1965 September

.

1965 Wednesday 1st September

• • Recording:

• • • Paul McCartney and George Harrison attend a Byrds recording session

• • Travel:

• • • San Francisco, USA to London

.

1965 Monday 13th September

• • • US Release

• • • • Single – Yesterday

• • • Birth

• • • • Zak Starkey is born

.

1965 Saturday 25th September

• • • The Beatles’ cartoon series begins in the United States

.

1965 October

.

1965 Saturday 9th October

• • Leisure

• • • The Beatles celebrate John Lennon’s 25th birthday

.

1965 Tuesday 12th October

• • Recording

• • • Run For Your Life

    • Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

.

1965 Wednesday 13th October

• • Recording

• • • Drive My Car

.

1965 Saturday 16th October

• • Recording

• • • Day Tripper

    • If I Needed Someone

.

1965 Monday 18th October

• • Recording

• • • If I Needed Someone

    • In My Life

.

1965 Tuesday 19th October

• • Recording

• • • Unused Christmas Fan Club Messages

.

1965 Wednesday 20th October

• • Recording

• • • We Can Work It Out

.

1965 Thursday 21st October

• • Recording

• • • Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

    • Nowhere Man

.

1965 Friday 22nd October

• • Recording

• • • In My Life

    • Nowhere Man

.

1965 Sunday 24th October

• • Recording

• • • I’m Looking Through You

.

1965 Monday 25th October

• • Mixing

• • • Drive My Car

    • In My Life

    • If I Needed Someone”

    • Day Tripper

    • Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

    • Nowhere Man

.

1965 Tuesday 26th October

• • Mixing

• • • Drive My Car

    • Day Tripper

    • In My Life

    • If I Needed Someone

    • Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

    • Nowhere Man

  • Awards

• • • The Beatles collect their MBEs

.

1965 Thursday 28th October

• • Mixing

• • • We Can Work It Out

.

1965 Friday 29th October

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • We Can Work It Out

    • Day Tripper

.

1965 November

.

1965 Monday 1st November

• • Television

• • • The Music Of Lennon & McCartney

.

1965 Tuesday 2nd November

• • Television

• • • The Music Of Lennon & McCartney

.

1965 Wednesday 3rd November

• • Recording

• • • Michelle

.

1965 Thursday 4th November

• • Recording

• • • What Goes On

    • 12-Bar Original

.

1965 Friday 5th November

• • Recording

• • • I’m Looking Through You

.

1965 Monday 8th November

• • Recording

• • • Beatle Speech

    • Think For Yourself

    • The Beatles’ Third Christmas Record

.

1965 Tuesday 9th November

• • Editing and Mixing

• • • “The Beatles’ Third Christmas Record

    • “Michelle

    • “What Goes On

    • “Run For Your Life

    • “Think For Yourself

.

1965 Wednesday 10th November

• • Editing and Mixing

• • • “Run For Your Life

    • “We Can Work It Out

    • “The Word

    • “I’m Looking Through You

.

1965 Thursday 11th November

• • Editing and Mixing

• • • “The Word

    • “You Won’t See Me

    • “Girl, Wait

    • “I’m Looking Through You

.

1965 Monday 15th November

• • Mixing

• • • “I’m Looking Through You

    • “You Won’t See Me

    • “Girl, Wait

    • “The Word

    • “Michelle

.

1965 Tuesday 16th November

• • George Martin decides the running order for the LP –  Rubber Soul

• • Paul McCartney compères for Gene Pitney

.

1965 Thursday 23rd November

• • Promotional films for

• • • “We Can Work It Out

    • “Day Tripper

    • “Help!

    • “Ticket To Ride

    • “I Feel Fine

.

1965 Thursday 25th November

• • Leisure

• • • The Beatles go Christmas shopping in Harrods

.

1965 Monday 29th November

• • Radio

• • • Saturday Club

.

1965 Tuesday 30th November

• • Radio

• • • Pop Profile

• • Mixing

• • • 12-Bar Original

.

1965 December

.

1965 Thursday 2nd December

• • • • George Harrison’s Gretsch guitar is destroyed

.

1965 Friday 3rd December

• • • • UK Releases

• • • • • • Double A Side Single

            • • We Can Work It Out

              • Day Tripper

• • • • • • LP – Rubber Soul

6th British Tour

• • • • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, Glasgow

 

1965 Saturday 4th December

6th British Tour

• • • • Live performance at the City Hall, Newcastle

.

1965 Sunday 5th December

6th British Tour

• • • • Live performance at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool – The Beatles’ final Liverpool concerts

.

1965 Monday 6th December

• • • • UK Release

• • • • • • EP – The Beatles’ Million Sellers

• • • • US Release

• • • • • • LP – Rubber Soul

.

1965 Tuesday 7th December

6th British Tour

• • • • Live performance at the ABC Cinema, Ardwick, Manchester

.

1965 Wednesday 8th December

6th British Tour

• • • • Live performance at the Gaumont Cinema, Sheffield

1965 Thursday 9th December

6th British Tour

• • • • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, Birmingham

.

1965 Friday 10th December

6th British Tour

• • • • Live performance at the Odeon Cinema, Hammersmith, London

.

1965 Saturday 11th December

6th British Tour

• • • • Live performance at the Astoria Cinema, Finsbury Park, London

.

1965 Sunday 12th December

6th British Tour

• • • • Live performance at the Capitol Cinema, Cardiff

.

1965 Monday 13th December

• • • • The Beatles discuss their third film project

.

1965 Tuesday 14th December

• • • • Television – The Music Of Lennon & McCartney

.

1965 Wednesday 15th December

• • • • George Harrison pays a surprise visit to his family

• • • • Paul McCartney has a moped accident in Liverpool

.

1965 Thursday 16th December

• • • • The Beatles attend New Year’s Eve parties

.

1966.

1966 January

1966 Tuesday 5th January

• • • • 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

.

1966 Tuesday 10th January

• • • • US release by Peter And Gordon:

• • • • • • Single – Woman composed by Paul McCartney

.

1966 Wednesday 12th January

• • • • 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

.

1966 Wednesday 13th January

• • • • George Harrison and Mick Jagger go nightclubbing at Dolly’s, 57-58 Jermyn Street, London

.

1966 Friday 21st January

• • • • George Harrison marries Pattie Boyd at Epsom Registry Office, Ashley House, Ashley Road, Epsom, Surrey

.

1966 Saturday 22nd January

• • • • George and Pattie Harrison hold a Press Conference in London

.

.

1966 February

1966Thursday 3rd February

• • Paul McCartney meets Stevie Wonder

.

1966 Tuesday 8th February

• • George and Pattie Harrison’s honeymoon in Barbados

.

1966 11th February

• • UK Release

• • • Single – Woman by Peter And Gordon

.

1966 Saturday 12th February

• • Leisure

• • • John Lennon and Ringo Starr visit Scotch Of St James nightclub, London

.

1966 Sunday 13th February

• • Awards

• • • The Beatles receive ten Grammy Awards nominations

.

1966 Monday 21st February

• • US release:

• • • Single – Nowhere Man

.

1966 March

.

1966 Tuesday 1st March

• • Television

• • • • The Beatles At Shea Stadium is premièred on BBC 1

.

1966 Thursday 3rd March

• • Business

• • • • Brian Epstein announces The Beatles’ 1966 tours

.

1966 Friday 4th March

• • UK Release

• • • • EP – Yesterday

  • John Lennon is quoted as saying“We’re more popular than Jesus”

.

1966 Sunday 6th March

• • Leisure

• • • Paul McCartney and Jane Asher holiday in Switzerland

.

1966 Tuesday 15th March

• • Awards

• • • The Beatles fail to win any Grammys

.

1966 Sunday 20th March

• • Travel

• • • Paul McCartney and Jane Asher return to England from Switzerland

 

1966 Thursday 24th March

• • Leisure

• • • The Beatles attend the première of Alfie

.

1966 Friday 25th March

• • Photography

• • • The Beatles’ ‘Butcher’ LP cover session

.

1966 Monday 28th March

• • Meetup

• • • George Harrison and Ringo Starr meet Roy Orbison

.

1966 April

.

1966 Friday 1st April

• • John Lennon buys Timothy Leary’s The Psychedelic Experience

.

1966 Wednesday 6th April

• • Recording

• • • Tomorrow Never Knows

.

1966 Thursday 7th April

• • Recording

• • • Tomorrow Never Knows

    • Got To Get You Into My Life

.

1966 Friday 8th April

• • Recording

• • • Got To Get You Into My Life

.

1966 Monday 11th April

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • Got To Get You Into My Life

    • Love You To

.

1966 Wednesday 13th April

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • Love You To

    • Paperback Writer

.

1966 Thursday 14th April

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • Paperback Writer

    • Rain

.

1966 Saturday 16th April

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • Rain

.

1966 Sunday 17th April

• • Recording

• • • “Doctor Robert”

.

1966 Monday 18th April

• • Leisure

• • • John Lennon and George Harrison watch The Lovin’ Spoonful in London

.

1966 Tuesday 19th April

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • Doctor Robert

.

1966 Wednesday 20th April

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • And Your Bird Can Sing

    • Taxman

.

1966 Thursday 21st April

• • Recording

• • • Taxman

.

1966 Friday 22nd April

• • Recording

• • • Taxman

    • Tomorrow Never Knows

.

1966 Monday 25th April

• • Mixing

• • • Got To Get You Into My Life

.

1966 Tuesday 26th April

• • Recording

• • • And Your Bird Can Sing

.

1966 Wednesday 27th April

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • Taxman

• • • And Your Bird Can Sing

    • Tomorrow Never Knows

    • I’m Only Sleeping

.

1966 Thursday 28th April

• • Recording

• • • Eleanor Rigby

.

1966 Friday 29th April

• Recording and Mixing

• • Eleanor Rigby

  • I’m Only Sleeping

.

1966 May

.

1966 Sunday 1st May

• • NME Poll-Winners’ show: The Beatles’ final UK concert

.

1966 Monday 2nd May

• • Radio

• • • Saturday Club

• • • Pop Profile

• • Leisure

• • • Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones visit Dolly’s nightclub in London

.

1966 Thursday 5th May

• • Recording

    • I’m Only Sleeping

1966 Friday 6th May

• • Recording

    • I’m Only Sleeping

.

1966 Monday 9th May

• • Recording

    • For No One

.

1966 Thursday 12th May

• • Mixing

    • Doctor Robert

    • I’m Only Sleeping

    • And Your Bird Can Sing

.

1966 Monday 16th May

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • Taxman

    • For No One

.

1966 Wednesday 18th May

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • Got To Get You Into My Life

.

1966 Thursday 19th May

• • Filming

    • Paperback Writer

    • Rain

  • Recording

    • For No One

.

1966 Friday 20th May

• • Filming

    • Paperback Writer

    • Rain

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • And Your Bird Can Sing

    • Doctor Robert

    • I’m Only Sleeping

.

1966 Thursday 26th May

• • Recording

    • Yellow Submarine

1966 Friday 27th May

John Lennon is filmed with Bob Dylan

.

1966 Monday 30th May

US  Release

• • Single – Paperback Writer

.

1966 Tuesday 31st May

Ringo Starr is photographed for The Beatles Book

.

1966 June

.

1966 Wednesday 1st June

• • Recording

    • Yellow Submarine

.

1966 Thursday 2nd June

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • I Want To Tell You

    • Yellow Submarine

1966 Friday 3rd June

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • I Want To Tell You

    • Yellow Submarine

.

1966 Monday 6th June

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • And Your Bird Can Sing

    • For No One

    • I’m Only Sleeping

    • Tomorrow Never Knows

    • Eleanor Rigby

.

1966 Wednesday 8th June

• • Recording and Editing

• • • Good Day Sunshine

    • And Your Bird Can Sing

.

1966 Thursday 9th June

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • Good Day Sunshine

.

1966 Friday 10th June

• • UK Release

• • • Single –  Paperback Writer

.

1966 Tuesday 14th June

• • Recording

• • • Here, There And Everywhere

.

1966 Wednesday 15th June

• • US Release

    • LP – Yesterday… And Today

.

1966 Thursday 16th June

• • Recording

    • Here, There And Everywhere

  • Television

The Beatles’ only live Top Of The Pops appearance

.

1966 Friday 17th June

• • Paul McCartney purchases High Park Farm in Kintyre, Scotland

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • Here, There And Everywhere

    • Got To Get You Into My Life

.

1966 Monday 20th June

• • Mixing

• • • Got To Get You Into My Life

.

1966 Tuesday 21st June

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • Love You To

    • I Want To Tell You

    • Here, There And Everywhere

    • For No One

    • Doctor Robert

    • Taxman

• • Recording and Mixing

• • • She Said She Said

.

1966 Wednesday 22nd June

• • Mixing

• • • Eleanor Rigby

    • She Said She Said

    • Good Day Sunshine

    • Yellow Submarine

    • Tomorrow Never Knows

    • Got To Get You Into My Life

.

1966 Friday 24th June

Mini Tour Of Germany

• • Live performance at the Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany

.

1966 Saturday 25th June

Mini Tour Of Germany

• • Live performance at Grugahalle, Essen, Germany

.

1966 Sunday 26th June

Mini Tour Of Germany

• Live performance at Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg

.

Mini Tour of Japan and the Philippines

1966 Monday 27th June

• • Travel

• • • Hamburg, Germany Back to London and on to Anchorage, AK, USA

.

1966 Tuesday 28th June

• • Travel

• • • Anchorage, AK, USA to Tokyo, Japan

.

1966 Thursday 30th June

Mini Tour Of Japan and the Philippines

• • Live performance at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo

.

1966 July

1966 Friday 1st July

Mini Tour Of Japan and the Philippines

• • Live performance at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo

.

1966 Saturday 2nd July

Mini Tour Of Japan and the Philippines

• • Live performance at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo

.

1966 Sunday 3rd July 

• • Travel

• • •  Tokyo, Japan, to Hong Kong and on to Manila, Philippines

.

1966 Monday 4th July

Mini Tour Of Japan and the Philippines

• • Live performance at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium, Manila

.

1966 Tuesday 5th July

• • Travel

• • • The Beatles leave the Philippines

.

1966 Wednesday 6th July

• • Travel

• • • The Beatles’ first trip to India

.

1966 Thursday 7th July

• • Leisure

• • • The Beatles go sightseeing in India

..

1966 Friday 8th July

• • Travel

• • • India back to England

• • UK Release

    • EP – Nowhere Man

.

1966 Tuesday 12th July

• • Awards

• • • The Beatles receive three Ivor Novello awards

.

1966 Friday 29th July

• • Quote

• • • Datebook republishes John Lennon’s ‘Jesus’ comments

.

1966 August

.

1966 Monday 1st August

• • Interview

• • • with David Frost At The Phonograph

.

1966 Tuesday 2nd August

• • Leisure

• • • George and Pattie Harrison holiday in Devon

.

1966 Friday 5th August

• UK release

• • Double A-Side Single

    • Eleanor Rigby

    • Yellow Submarine

  • UK LP release

    • Revolver

.

1966 Saturday 6th August

• • Radio

• • • The Lennon And McCartney Songbook

• • Press Conference

• • • Brian Epstein holds a press conference

.

1966 Monday 8th August

• • UK release

• • • Double A-Side Single

      • Eleanor Rigby

      • Yellow Submarine

  • US Release

• • • LP  – Revolver

The South African Broadcasting Corporation bans The Beatles’ music

.

1966 Thursday 11th August

• • Travel

• • • London to Chicago

.

1966 Friday 12th August

• • Press conference

• • • at the Astor Tower Hotel, Chicago

3rd American Tour

• • Live performance at the International Amphitheatre, Chicago

.

1966 Saturday 13th August

3rd American Tour

• • Live performance at the Olympia Stadium, Detroit

• • KLUE radio in Texas organises a public Beatles bonfire

.

1966 Sunday 14th August

• • KLUE radio, Texas, is struck by lightning

3rd American Tour

• • Live performance at the Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

.

1966 Monday 15th August

3rd American Tour

• • Live performance at the DC Stadium, Washington, DC

.

1966 Tuesday 16th August

3rd American Tour

• • Live performance at the John F Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia

.

1966 Wednesday 17th August

3rd American Tour

• • Live performance at the Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada

.

1966 Thursday 18th August

3rd American Tour

• • Live performance at the Suffolk Downs Racetrack, Boston

.

1966 Friday 19th August

3rd American Tour

• • Live performance at Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis

.

1966 Saturday 20th August

• • The Beatles’ Cincinnati concert is postponed

.

1966 Sunday 21st August

3rd American Tour

• • Live performance at Crosley Field, Cincinnati

• • Live performance at the Busch Stadium, St Louis

.

1966 Monday 22nd August

• • Press conference

• • • at the Warwick Hotel, New York City

• • Junior press conference

• • • at the Warwick Hotel, New York City

.

1966 Tuesday 23rd August

3rd American Tour

• • Live performance at the Shea Stadium, New York

.

1966 Wednesday 24th August

• • Leisure

• • • Day off in Los Angeles

.

1966 Thursday 25th August

3rd American Tour

• • Live performance at the Coliseum, Seattle

.

1966 Friday 26th August

• • Leisure

• • • Day off in Los Angeles

.

1966 Friday 27th August

• • Leisure

• • • Day off in Los Angeles

.

1966 Sunday 28th August

3rd American Tour

• • Live performance at the Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

.

1966 Monday 29th August

3rd American Tour

• • Live performance at the Candlestick Park, San Francisco – The Beatles’ final concert

.

1966 Tuesday 30th August

• • Travel

• • • Los Angeles to London

.

1966 September

.

1966 Monday 5th September

• • Travel

• • • John Lennon flies to Hanover, Germany

.

1966 Tuesday 6th September

• • Fashion

• • • John Lennon begins wearing ‘granny’ glasses

1966 Wednesday 14th September

• • Travel

• • • George and Pattie Harrison travel to India

.

1966 Thursday 15th September

• • Leisure

• • • Paul McCartney watches experimental music in London

.

1966 Friday 16th September

• • Leisure

• • • John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Brian Epstein meet in Paris

.

1966 Sunday 18th September

• • Travel

• • • John Lennon travels to Carboneras, Spain

.

1966 Monday 19th September

• • Filming

• • • John Lennon in Spain filming How I Won The War

• • Press Conference

• • • George and Pattie Harrison hold a press conference in India

.

1966 Tuesday 20th September

• • Interview

• • • BBC with George Harrison

.

1966 Monday 26th September

• • Illness

• • • Brian Epstein is hospitalised in London

.

1966 October

.

1966 Monday 3rd October

• • Announcement

• • • Brian Epstein denies The Beatles’ split

.

1966 Tuesday 4th October

• • Travel

• • • Ringo Starr joins John Lennon in Spain

.

1966 Sunday 9th October

• • Birthday

• • • John Lennon celebrates his 26th birthday in Spain

.

1966 Saturday 22nd October

• • Travel

• • • George and Pattie Harrison leave India

.

1966 Monday 31st October

• • Mixing

    • Paperback Writer

.

1966 November

.

1966 Friday 4th November

• • Business

• • • NEMS leaves 13 Monmouth Street, London

• • Charity

• • • The Beatles turn down a benefit request for victims of the Aberfan disaster

.

1966 Sunday 6th November

• • Travel

• • • John Lennon returns to England from Spain

• • • Paul McCartney flies to France

.

1966 Monday 7th November

• • Mixing

    • I Want To Hold Your Hand

  • John Lennon meets Yoko Ono

.

1966 Tuesday 8th November

• • Mixing

    • She Loves You

.

1966 Thursday 10th November

• • Mixing and Editing

• • • This Boy

    • Day Tripper

    • We Can Work It Out

.

1966 Saturday 12th November

• • Paul McCartney meets Mal Evans in Bordeaux, France

.

1966 Saturday 19th November

• • Paul McCartney has the idea for Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

.

1966 Sunday 20th November

• • Leisure

• • • Brian Epstein holds a party for The Four Tops in London

.

1966 Thursday 24th November

• • Recording Strawberry Fields Forever

.

1966 Friday 25th November

• • Pantomime – Everywhere It’s Christmas

 

1966 Sunday 27th November

John Lennon films a sequence for Not Only… But Also

.

1966 Monday 28th November

Recording and Mixing

• • • Strawberry Fields Forever

.

1966 Tuesday 29th November

Recording, mixing: Strawberry Fields Forever

.

1966 December

.

1966 Friday 2nd December

• • • • Mixing and Editing

• • • • • • Pantomime – Everywhere It’s Christmas

.

1966 Tuesday 6th December

• • • • Recording

• • • • • • Christmas radio messages

          • When I’m Sixty-Four

.

1966 Thursday 8th December

• • • • Recording and Editing

• • • • • • When I’m Sixty-Four

          • Strawberry Fields Forever

.

1966 Friday 9th December

• • • • UK Release

• • • • • • LP – A Collection Of Beatles Oldies

      • Recording and Mixing

• • • • • • Strawberry Fields Forever

.

1966 Thursday 15th December

• • • • Recording and Mixing

• • • • • • Strawberry Fields Forever

.

1966 Friday 16th December

• • • • UK Single Release

• • • • • • The Beatles’ Fourth Christmas Record – Pantomime: Everywhere It’s Christmas

.

1966 Sunday 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 Tuesday 20th December

• • • • Recording – When I’m Sixty-Four

.

Wednesday 21st December

• • • • Recording and Mixing

• • • • • • When I’m Sixty-Four

          • Strawberry Fields Forever

.

1966 Thursday 22nd December

• • • • Mixing and Editing

• • • • • • Strawberry Fields Forever

.

1966 Thursday 29th December

• • • • Mixing, Recording, and Editing

• • • • • • When I’m Sixty-Four

          • Strawberry Fields Forever

          • Penny Lane

.

1966 Friday 30th December

• • • • Mixing and Recording

• • • • • • When I’m Sixty-Four

          • Penny Lane

.

1966 Saturday 31st December

George Harrison is refused entry to Annabel’s nightclub in London

.

1967

1967 January

.

1967 Monday 2nd January

• • Tape copying:

• • • ‘“When I’m Sixty Four“

• • • ‘Strawberry Fields Forever‘

.

1967 Wednesday 4th January

• • Recording:

• • • ‘Penny Lane‘

.

1967 Thursday 5th January

• • Recording:

• • • ‘Penny Lane‘

• • • ‘Carnival Of Light‘

.

1967 Friday 6th January

• • UK LP release:

• • • ‘The Family Way‘

  • Recording:

• • • ‘Penny Lane‘

.

1967 Monday 9th January

• • Recording and mixing:

• • • ‘Penny Lane‘

.

1967 Tuesday 10th January

• • Recording:

• • • ‘Penny Lane‘

.

1967 Wednesday 11th January

• • 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

.

1967 Thursday 12th January

• • Joe Orton is asked to write a film script for The Beatles

• • Recording and mixing:

• • • ‘Penny Lane‘

.

1967 Sunday 15th January

• • Paul McCartney and George Harrison watch Donovan at the Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP

.

1967 Monday 16th January

• • Joe Orton begins writing a script for The Beatles’ third film

.

1967 Tuesday 17th January

• • John Lennon begins writing ‘A Day In The Life‘

• • Recording and mixing:

• • • ‘Penny Lane‘

.

1967 Wednesday 18th January

• • Television Paul McCartney interviewed for Scene Special

.

1967 Thursday 19th January

• • Recording:

• • • ‘A Day In The Life‘

.

1967 Friday 20th January

• • Recording:

• • • ‘A Day In The Life‘

.

1967 Tuesday 24th January

• • Paul McCartney and Brian Epstein discuss The Beatles’ third film with Joe Orton

.

1967 Wednesday 25th January

• • Mixing:

• • • ‘Penny Lane‘

.

1967 Monday 30th January

• • Filming:

• • • ‘Strawberry Fields Forever‘ video

• • Mixing:

• • • ‘A Day In The Life‘

.

1967 Tuesday 31st January

• • Filming the video:

• • • ‘Strawberry Fields Forever‘

.

1967 February

.

1967 Wednesday 1st February

• • Recording

    • Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

.

1967 Thursday 2nd February

• • Recording and Mixing

    • Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

.

1967 Friday 3rd February

• • Recording

    • A Day In The Life

.

1967 Sunday 5th February

• • Filming

    • Penny Lane

.

1967 Tuesday 7th February

• • Filming

    • Penny Lane

.

1967 Wednesday 8th February

• • Recording

    • Good Morning Good Morning

.

1967 Thursday 9th February

• • Recording

    • Fixing A Hole

.

1967 Friday 10th February

• • Recording

    • A Day In The Life

.

1967 Monday 13th February

• US Release

• • • Single – Double A Side

      • Penny Lane

      • Strawberry Fields Forever

  • Recording and Mixing

    • A Day In The Life

    • Only A Northern Song

.

1967 Tuesday 14th February

• • Recording and Mixing

    • Only A Northern Song

.

1967 Thursday 16th February

• • Recording and Mixing

    • Good Morning Good Morning

.

1967 Friday 17th February

• US Release

• • • Single – Double A Side

      • Penny Lane

      • Strawberry Fields Forever

  • Recording and Mixing

    • Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!

.

1967 Monday 20th February

• • Recording and Mixing

    • Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!

    • Good Morning Good Morning

.

1967 Tuesday 21st February

• • Recording and Mixing

    • Fixing A Hole

.

1967 Wednesday 22nd February

• • Recording and Mixing

    • A Day In The Life

.

1967 Thursday 23rd February

• • Recording, Mixing, and editing

    • A Day In The Life

    • Lovely Rita

.

1967 Friday 24th February

• • Recording

    • Lovely Rita

.

1967 Tuesday 28th February

• • Recording

    • Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

.

1967 March

.

1967 Wednesday 1st March

• • Recording

    • A Day In The Life

    • Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

.

1967 Thursday 2nd March

• • Recording and Mixing

    • Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

.

1967 Friday 3rd March

• • Recording and Mixing

    • Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

    • Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

.

1967 Monday 6th March

• • Recording and Mixing

    • Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

.

1967 Tuesday 7th March

• • Recording

    • Lovely Rita

.

1967 Thursday 9th March

Recording:

• • Getting Better

.

1967 Friday 10th March

Recording:

• • Getting Better

.

1967 Monday 13th March

Recording:

• • Good Morning Good Morning

.

1967 Wednesday 15th March

Recording:

• • Within You Without You

.

1967 Friday 17th March

Recording:

• • She’s Leaving Home

.

1967 Monday 20th March

Recording, mixing:

• • She’s Leaving Home

.

1967 Tuesday 21st March

Recording, mixing, editing:

• • Getting Better, Lovely Rita

.

1967 Wednesday 22nd March

Recording, mixing:

• • Within You Without You

.

1967 Thursday 23rd March

Recording, mixing:

• • Getting Better

.

1967 Tuesday 28th March

Recording:

• • Good Morning Good Morning, Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!

.

1967 Wednesday 29th March

Recording:

• • Good Morning Good Morning

  • Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!

  • With A Little Help From My Friends

.

1967 Thursday 30th March

Cover shoot for Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club

Recording:

• • With A Little Help From My Friends

.

1967 Friday 31st March

Recording, mixing:

• • With A Little Help From My Friends

  • Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!

.

1967 April

• .

1967 Saturday 1st April

Recording, mixing:

• Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

.

1967 Monday 3rd April

Paul McCartney flies to Los Angeles

Recording, mixing:

• Within You Without You

.

1967 Tuesday 4th April

Paul McCartney flies to San Francisco

Mixing, editing:

• Within You Without You

.

1967 Wednesday 5th April

Paul McCartney visits Jane Asher in Denver

.

1967 Thursday 6th April

Paul McCartney and Jane Asher holiday in Denver

Mixing:

• Sergeant Pepper crossfades,

• Good Morning Good Morning

.

1967 Friday 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 Saturday 8th April

Paul McCartney and Mal Evans holiday in Denver

.

1967 Sunday 9th April

Paul McCartney flies from Denver to Los Angeles

.

1967 Monday 10th April

Paul McCartney performs on The Beach Boys’ Vegetables

.

1967 Tuesday 11th April

Paul McCartney performs with Brian Wilson and John and Michelle Phillips

.

1967 Wednesday 12th April

Paul McCartney returns to England from America

.

1967 Monday 17th April

Mixing:

• Getting Better

• She’s Leaving Home

• When I’m Sixty-Four

• Lovely Rita

.

1967 Wednesday 19th April

The Beatles & Co. is formed

Mixing:

• Good Morning Good Morning

• Only A Northern Song

.

1967 Thursday 20th April

Recording, mixing:

• Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

• Only A Northern Song

.

1967 Friday 21st April

Recording, mixing:

• Only A Northern Song

• Sergeant Pepper run-out groove

.

1967 Monday 24th April

The Beatles watch Donovan perform in London

.

1967 Tuesday 25th April

Recording:

• Magical Mystery Tour

.

1967 Wednesday 26th April

Recording:

• Magical Mystery Tour

.

1967 Thursday 27th April

Recording, mixing:

• Magical Mystery Tour

.

1967 Saturday 29th April

John Lennon attends the 14 Hour Technicolour Dream

.

1967 May

.

1967 Wednesday 3rd May

Recording:

• Magical Mystery Tour

.

1967 Thursday 4th May

Mixing:

• Magical Mystery Tour

.

1967 Tuesday 9th May

Recording:

• Untitled

.

1967 Thursday 11th May

Recording and mixing

• Baby, You’re A Rich Man

.

1967 Friday 12th May

Recording, mixing:

• All Together Now

.

1967 Monday 15th May

Paul McCartney meets Linda Eastman

.

1967 Wednesday 17th May

Recording:

• You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)

.

1967 Friday 19th May

Press launch for Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club

.

1967 Saturday 20th May

The BBC bans A Day In The Life

.

1967 Tursday 23rd May

EMI is informed of the BBC’s ban of A Day In The Life

.

1967 Wednesday 24th May

The Beatles watch Procol Harum perform in London

.

1967 Thursday 25th May

Recording:

• It’s All Too Much

.

1967 Sunday 28th May

The Beatles attend a party at Brian Epstein’s country house

.

1967 Wednesday 31st May

Recording, mixing:

• It’s All Too Much

.

1967 June

.

1967 Thursday 1st June

UK album release:

• Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Recording:

• Untitled

.

1967 Friday 2nd June

US album release:

• Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Recording, mixing:

• It’s All Too Much

.

1967 Sunday 4th June

Paul McCartney and George Harrison watch Jimi Hendrix in London

.

1967 Wednesday 7th June

Recording:

• You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)

.

1967 Thursday 8th June

Recording:

• You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)

.

1967 Friday 9th June

Editing, mixing:

• You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)

.

1967 Monday 12th June

US album release:

• The Family Way

.

1967 Wednesday 14th June

Recording:

• All You Need Is Love

.

1967 Monday 19th June

Recording:

• All You Need Is Love

Paul McCartney admits to taking LSD

.

1967 Wednesday 21st June

Mixing:

• All You Need Is Love

.

1967 Friday 23rd June

Recording:

• All You Need Is Love

.

1967 Saturday 24th June

Recording:

• All You Need Is Love

.

1967 Sunday 25th June

The Beatles on Our World:

• All You Need Is Love

.

1967 Monday 26th June

Recording, mixing:

• All You Need Is Love

.

1967 Wednesday 28th June

George Harrison is fined for speeding

.

1967 July

.

1967 Monday 3rd July

John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison attend a party in London

.

1967 Tuesday 4th July

George Harrison visits his parents

.

1967 Friday 7th July

UK single release:

• All You Need Is Love

.

1967 Monday 17th July

US single release:

• All You Need Is Love

.

1967 Wednesday 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 Thursday 20th July

George Harrison and Ringo Starr travel to Greece

The Chris Barber Band records Catcall

.

1967 Sunday 22nd July

John Lennon and Paul McCartney travel to Greece

.

1967 23rd July

The Beatles go sightseeing in Greece

.

1967 Monday 24th July

The Beatles call for the legalisation of marijuana

The Beatles go sightseeing in Greece

.

1967 Tuesday 25th July

John Lennon and Ringo Starr go sightseeing in Athens

.

1967 Wednesday 26th July

Ringo Starr flies back to England from Greece

The Beatles visit a Greek island they intended to purchase

.

1967 Saturday 29th July

George Harrison flies back to England from Greece

.

1967 Sunday 31st July

John Lennon and Paul McCartney fly back to England from Greece

.

1967 August

.

1967 Tuesday 1st August

George and Pattie Harrison fly to Los Angeles

.

1967 Wednesday 2nd August

George Harrison meets Ravi Shankar in Los Angeles

.

1967 Thursday 3rd August

Pattie Harrison reads about Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

George Harrison and Ravi Shankar hold a press conference

.

1967 Friday 4th August

George Harrison watches Ravi Shankar at the Hollywood Bowl

.

1967 Saturday 5th August

George Harrison attends an Alla Rakha recording session

.

1967 Sunday 6th August

George Harrison dines at Ravi Shankar’s house

.

1967 Monday 7th August

George Harrison visits Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco

.

1967 Wednesday 9th August

George and Pattie Harrison return from America

.

1967 Friday 11th August

Richard Avedon photographs the Beatles

.

1967 Saturday 19th August

Jason Starkey is born

.

1967 Tuesday 22nd August

Recording:

• Your Mother Should Know

.

1967 Wednesday 23rd August

Recording:

• Your Mother Should Know

.

1967 Thursday 24th August

The Beatles meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

.

1967 Friday 25th August

The Beatles travel to Bangor

.

1967 Saturday 26th August

The Beatles renounce the use of drugs

.

1967 Sunday 27th August

Brian Epstein dies

Interview:

• John, George and Ringo in Bangor, Wales

.

1967 Thursday 31st August

The Beatles issue a statement on NEMS Enterprises

.

1967 September

.

1967 Friday 1st September

• • • Business

• • • • • The Beatles discuss their future after Brian Epstein

.

1967 Tuesday 5th September

• • • Recording

• • • • • “I Am The Walrus”

.

1967 Wednesday 6th September

• • • Recording, mixing:

• • • • • “I Am The Walrus”

        • “The Fool On The Hill”

        • “Blue Jay Way”

.

1967 Thursday 7th September

• • • Recording:
      

• • • • • “Blue Jay Way”

.

1967 Friday 8th September

• • • Recording, mixing:

• • • • • “Flying”

.

1967 Tuesday 19th September

• • • Filming

• • • • • Magical Mystery Tour

.

1967 Wednesday 20th September

• • • Filming

• • • • • Magical Mystery Tour

.

1967 Thursday 31st September

• • • Filming

• • • • • Magical Mystery Tour

.

1967 Friday 22nd September

• • • Filming

• • • • • Magical Mystery Tour

.

1967 Saturday 23rd September

• • Recording, mixing, and editing

• • • A Day In The Life

• • • Lovely Ritar

.

1967 Sunday 24th September

• • • Filming

• • • • • Magical Mystery Tour

.

1967 Monday 25th September

• • • Editing

• • • • • Magical Mystery Tour

• • • Recording, mixing:

• • • • • “The Fool On The Hill”

.

1967 Tuesday 26th September

• • • Recording:

• • • • • “The Fool On The Hill”

.

1967 Wednesday 27th September

• • • Recording, mixing:

• • • • • “I Am The Walrus”

.

1967 Thursday 28th September

• • • Recording, mixing, editing:

• • • • • “I Am The Walrus”
        • “Flying”

.

1967 Friday 29th September

• • • Television:

• • • • • The Frost Programme

• • • Recording, mixing, editing:

• • • • • “I Am The Walrus”

        • “Your Mother Should Know”

.

1967 Saturday 30th September

Mixing:

• Your Mother Should Know

.

1967 October

.

1967 Sunday 1st October

Filming of Magical Mystery Tour

.

1967 Monday 2nd October

Recording, mixing:

• Your Mother Should Know

• Hello, Goodbye

.

1967 Wednesday 4th October

Television in The Frost Programme

.

1967 Friday 6th October

Recording: Blue Jay Way

.

1967 Monday 9th October

John Lennon’s 27th birthday

.

1967 Thursday 12th October

Mixing:

• It’s All Too Much

Recording, mixing, editing:

• Blue Jay Way

• 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  Thursday 19th October

Recording:

• Hello, Goodbye

.

1967 Friday 20th October

Recording:

• The Fool On The Hill

• Hello, Goodbye

.

1967 Wednesday 25th October

Recording, mixing, editing:

• The Fool On The Hill

• Hello, Goodbye

.

1967 Sunday 29th October

Filming of Magical Mystery Tour

.

1967 Monday 30th October

Filming of Magical Mystery Tour

.

1967 Tuesday 31st October

Filming of Magical Mystery Tour

.

1967 November

.

1967 Wednesday 1st November

Mixing:

• All You Need Is Love

• Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

Recording, mixing, editing:

• Untitled Sound Effects

• Hello, Goodbye

• The Fool On The Hill

.

1967 Thursday 2nd November

Recording, mixing:

• Hello, Goodbye

.

1967 Friday 3rd November

Filming of Magical Mystery Tour

.

1967 Monday 6th November

Mixing, editing:

• Hello, Goodbye

• I Am The Walrus

• Your Mother Should Know

• Magical Mystery Tour

.

1967 Tuesday 7th November

Recording, mixing, editing:

• Blue Jay Way

• Flying

• Magical Mystery Tour

.

1967 Friday 10th November

Filming of Hello, Goodbye

.

1967 Wednesday 15th November

Mixing:

• Hello, Goodbye

.

1967 Friday 17th November

Mixing, editing:

• I Am The Walrus

.

1967 Wednesday 22nd November

Tape copying:

• Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

• Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

• Nowhere Man

.

1967 Thursday 23rd November

Tape copying:

• Yellow Submarine soundtrack songs

.

1967 Friday 24th November

UK single release:

• Hello, Goodbye

.

1967 Monday 27th November

US album release:

• Magical Mystery Tour

US single release:

• Hello, Goodbye

.

1967 Tuesday 28th November

Recording, mixing:

• Christmas Time (Is Here Again)

.

1967 Wednesday 29th November

Editing:

• Christmas Time (Is Here Again)

.

1967 December

.

1967 Tuesday 5th December

• • • • Launch party at the Apple Boutique

.

1967 Thursday 7th December

• • • • The Apple Boutique opens

.

1967 Friday 8th December

• • • • UK EP Release

• • • • • • Magical Mystery Tour

            • • EP 1

• • • • • • • • • • A Side 1 – Magical Mystery Tour

• • • • • • • • • • A Side 1 – Your Mother Should Know

• • • • • • • • • • A Side 2 – I Am The Walrus

• • • • • • • • EP 2

• • • • • • • • • • A Side 1 – The Fool On The Hill

• • • • • • • • • • A Side 1 – Flying

• • • • • • • • • • A Side 2 – Blue Jay Way

.

1967 Monday 25th December

• • • • Paul McCartney and Jane Asher announce their engagement

.

1967 Tuesday 26th December

• • • • Magical Mystery Tour is premièred on BBC 1

.

1967 Wednesday 27th December

• • • • Paul McCartney justifies Magical Mystery Tour

.

1968.

1968 January

.

1968 Sunday 7th 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‘

.

1968 Tuesday 9th January

• • Recording by George Harrison:

• • • • ‘Wonderwall Music‘

.

1968 Wednesday 10th January

• • Recording by George Harrison:

• • • • ‘Wonderwall Music‘

.

1968 Thursday 11th January

• • Recording by George Harrison:

• • • • ‘Wonderwall Music‘

.

1968 Friday 12th January

• • Recording by George Harrison:

• • • • “The Inner Light“

      • ‘Wonderwall Music‘

.

1968 Saturday 13th January

• • Recording by George Harrison:

• • • • ‘Wonderwall Music‘

.

1968 Monday 22nd January

• • Apple opens offices at 95 Wigmore Street, London W1U 1DQ after signing a 1 year lease

.

1968 Thursday 25th January

• • The Beatles film their cameo for the ‘Yellow Submarine‘ film

• • Pattie Harrison models for Ossie Clark at The Revolution Club, 14-16 Bruton Place, London W1J 6LX

.

1968 Saturday 27th January

• • 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 Thursday 1st February

Ringo Starr rehearses for Cilla Black’s television show

.

1968 Friday 2nd February

Tape copying:

• Only A Northern Song

Ringo Starr rehearses for Cilla Black’s television show

.

1968 Saturday 3rd February

Recording:

• Lady Madonna

• Across The Universe

.

1968 Sunday 4th February

Recording:

• • Across The Universe

• • 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 Monday 5th February

Ringo Starr rehearses for Cilla Black’s television show

.

1968 Tuesday 6th February

Recording, mixing:

• The Inner Light

• Lady Madonna

Ringo Starr appears on Cilla Black’s television show

.

1968 Thursday 8th February

Recording, mixing:

• The Inner Light

• Across The Universe

.

1968 Sunday 11th February

Recording, mixing:

• Hey Bulldog

.

1968 Wednesday 14th February

Mal Evans flies to India

.

1968 Thursday 15th February

John Lennon and George Harrison fly to India

Mixing:

• Lady Madonna

.

1968 Friday 16th February

John Lennon and George Harrison arrive in Rishikesh

.

1968 Monday 19th February

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr fly to India

.

1968 Tuesday 20th February

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr arrive in Rishikesh, India

.

1968 Thursday 29th February

Yoko Ono and Ornette Coleman give a live performance at the Royal Albert Hall, London

.

1968 March

.

1968 Friday 1st March

Ringo Starr leaves India

.

1968 Sunday 3rd March

Ringo Starr arrives back in England

.

1968 Friday 15th March

UK single release:

• Lady Madonna

.

1968 Sunday 17th March

Pattie Harrison celebrates her 24th birthday in India

.

1968 Monday 18th March

US single release:

• Lady Madonna

.

1968 Tuesday 26th March

Paul McCartney leaves Rishikesh

.

1968 April

.

1968 Friday 12th April

John Lennon and George Harrison leave Rishikesh

.

1968 Friday 19th April

Apple Corps advertises for new talent

.

1968 May

.

1968 Sunday 5th May

Mary Hopkin appears on Opportunity Knocks

.

1968 Saturday 11th May

John Lennon and Paul McCartney promote Apple in New York

.

1968 Sunday 12th May

John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet Ron Kass of Apple US

.

1968 Monday 13th May

John Lennon and Paul McCartney give interviews to US press

.

1968 Tuesday 14th May

John Lennon and Paul McCartney give interviews in New York

.

1968 Thursday 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 Wednesday 22nd May

John Lennon and Yoko Ono attend press launch of Apple Tailoring

.

1968 Thursday 23rd May

Apple Tailoring opens in London

Television: Omnibus – All My Loving

.

1968 Friday 24th May

Demo recordings for the White Album

.

1968 Thursday 30th May

Recording:

• Revolution 1

.

1968 Friday 31st May

Recording:

• Revolution 1

.

1968 June

.

1968 Tuesday 4th June

Recording, mixing:

• Revolution 1

.

1968 Wednesday 5th June

Recording:

• Don’t Pass Me By

1968 6th Thursday June

Recording, mixing:

• Don’t Pass Me By

BBC interview with John Lennon and Victor Spinetti

Radio on The Kenny Everett Show

.

1968 Friday 7th June

George Harrison and Ringo Starr fly to America

.

1968 Saturday 8th June

Paul McCartney is best man at his brother Michael’s wedding

George Harrison and Ringo Starr visit Joan Baez in California

.

1968 Monday 10th June

George Harrison films a scene for Ravi Shankar’s Raga

Recording:

• Revolution 9

.

1968 Tuesday 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:

• Blackbird, Revolution 9

.

1968 Saturday 15th June

John Lennon and Yoko Ono plant acorns for peace at Coventry Cathedral

.

1968 Sunday 16th June

Television in David Frost Presents…

.

1968 Tuesday 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 Thursday 20th June

Paul McCartney flies to New York

Recording:

• Revolution 9

.

1968 Friday 21st June

Paul McCartney flies from New York to Los Angeles

Recording, mixing:

• Revolution 1

• Revolution 9

.

1968 Saturday 22nd June

The Beatles purchase Apple headquarters at 3 Savile Row, London

Paul McCartney addresses Capitol Records conference

.

1968 Sunday 23rd June

Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman spend time together in Los Angeles

.

1968 Monday 24th June

George Harrison produces Jackie Lomax’s Sour Milk Sea

Paul McCartney sails to Santa Catalina Island, California

.

1968 Tuesday 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 Wednesday 26th June

George Harrison produces Jackie Lomax’s Sour Milk Sea

Recording:

• Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey

.

1968 Thursday 27th June

Recording:

• Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey

.

1968 Friday 28th June

Recording:

• Good Night

.

1968 Sunday 30th June

Paul McCartney records Thingumybob by Black Dyke Mills Band

.

1968 July

.

1968 Monday 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 Tuesday 2nd July

Recording:

• Good Night

1968 Wednesday 3rd July

Recording:

• Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

.

1968 Thursday 4th July

Recording:

• Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

.

1968 Friday 5th July

Recording:

• Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

.

1968 Monday 8th July

The Beatles attend a press screening of Yellow Submarine

Recording:

• Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

.

1968 Tuesday 9th July

Ringo Starr performs on Solomon King’s A Hundred Years Or More

Recording:

• Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da,

• Revolution

.

1968 Wednesday 10th July

Recording:

• Revolution

.

1968 Thursday 11th July

John Lennon is the best man at Alexis Mardas’ wedding

Recording, mixing:

• Revolution,

• Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

.

1968 Friday 12th July

Recording, mixing:

• Don’t Pass Me By

• Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

• Revolution

.

1968 Saturday 13th July

John Lennon introduces his aunt Mimi to Yoko Ono

.

1968 Monday 15th July

The Beatles move into the Apple headquarters at 3 Savile Row, London

Recording, mixing:

• Revolution,

• Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

• Cry Baby Cry

.

1968 16th July

Recording:

• Cry Baby Cry

.

1968 Wednesday 17th July

World première of Yellow Submarine

.

1968 Thursday 18th July

Recording:

• Cry Baby Cry

• Helter Skelter

.

1968 Friday 19th July

Recording:

• Sexy Sadie

.

1968 Saturday 20th July

Jane Asher announces her split from Paul McCartney

.

1968 Monday 22nd July

Recording:

• A Beginning

• Good Night

.

1968 Tuesday 23rd July

Recording, mixing:

• Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey

• Good Night

.

1968 Wednesday 24th July

Recording:

• Sexy Sadie

.

1968 Thursday 25th July

Recording:

• While My Guitar Gently Weeps

.

1968 Sunday 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 Monday 29th July

Recording:

• Hey Jude

.

1968 Tuesday 30th July

Recording, mixing:

• Hey Jude

.

1968 Wednesday 31st July

The Apple Boutique closes down

Recording:

• Hey Jude

.

1968 August

.

1968 Thursday 1st August

Recording:

• Hey Jude

.

1968 Friday 2nd August

Mixing:

• Hey Jude

.

1968 Tuesday 6th August

Mixing:

• Hey Jude

1968 Wednesday 7th August

Tape copying, recording:

• Hey Jude

• Not Guilty

.

1968 Thursday 8th August

Recording, mixing:

• Hey Jude

• Not Guilty

.

1968 Friday 9th August

Recording:

• Not Guilty

• Mother Nature’s Son

.

1968 Saturday 10th August

Paul McCartney is interviewed for New Musical Express

.

1968 Monday 12th August

John Lennon and Yoko Ono attend an Ossie Clark fashion show

Recording, mixing:

• Not Guilty

.

1968 Tuesday 13th August

Recording and editing:

• Sexy Sadie

• Yer Blues

.

1968 Wednesday 14th August

Recording, mixing:

• Yer Blues

• What’s The New Mary Jane

.

1968 Thursday 15th August

Recording, mixing:

• Rocky Raccoon

.

1968 Friday 16th August

Recording:

• While My Guitar Gently Weeps

.

1968 Saturday 17th August

George and Pattie Harrison fly to Greece

.

1968 Tuesday 20th August

Recording, mixing, editing:

• Yer Blues

• Mother Nature’s Son

• Etcetera

• Wild Honey Pie

.

1968 Wednesday 21st August

George and Pattie Harrison return to England from Greece

Recording, mixing:

• Sexy Sadie

.

1968 Thursday 22nd August

Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce

Ringo Starr quits The Beatles

Recording:

• Back In The USSR

.

1968 Friday 23rd August

Recording, mixing:

• Back In The USSR

.

1968 Saturday 24th August

Television: John Lennon and Yoko Ono on Frost On Saturday

.

1968 Monday 26th August

US single release:

• Hey Jude

Tape copying:

• Revolution 9

.

1968 Tuesday 27th August

Tape copying:

• Ob-La-Di

• Ob-La-Da

• Blackbird

• Not Guilty

• Revolution 9

.

1968 Wednesday 28th August

Recording:

• Dear Prudence

.

1968 Thursday 29th August

Recording:

• Dear Prudence

.

1968 Friday 30th August

UK single release:

• Hey Jude

Recording, mixing:

• Dear Prudence

.

1968 September

.

1968 Tuesday 3rd September

• • • Recording:

• • • • • “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
    • Ringo Starr rejoins The Beatles

.

1968 Wednesday 4th September

• • • Filming:

• • • • • Hey Jude

        • Revolution

.

1968 Thursday 5th September

• • • Recording:

• • • • • “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”

1968 Friday 6th September

• • • Television:

• • • • • Paul McCartney and Mary Hopkin filmed for Magpie

• • • Recording:

• • • • • “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”

.

1968 Monday 9th September

• • • Recording:

• • • • • “Helter Skelter”

.

1968 Tuesday 10th September

1. 1. • Recording:

• • • • “Helter Skelter”

1968 Wednesday 11th September

• • • Recording:

• • • • • “Glass Onion”

.

1968 Thursday 12th September

• • • Recording:

• • • • • “Glass Onion”

.

1968 Friday 13th September

• • • Recording:

• • • • • “Glass Onion”

.

1968 Monday 16th September

• • • Recording:

• • • • • “I Will”

• • • • • “Glass Onion”

.

1968 Tuesday 17th September

• • • Recording, mixing:

• • • • • “Helter Skelter”

        • “I Will”

.

1968 Wednesday 18th September

• • • Interview

• • • • • George Harrison for New Musical Express and BBC

• • • Recording, mixing:

• • • • • “Birthday”

.

1968 Thursday 19th September

• • • Recording:

• • • • • “Piggies”

.

1968 Friday 20th September

• • • Recording:

• • • • • “Piggies”

• • • • • “Glass Onion”

.

1968 Monday 23rd September

• • • Recording:

• • • • • “Happiness Is A Warm Gun”

1968 Tuesday 24th September

• • • Recording:

• • • • • “Happiness Is A Warm Gun”

.

1968 Wednesday 25th September

• • • Editing, recording, mixing:

• • • • • “Happiness Is A Warm Gun”

.

1968 Thursday 26th September

• • • Mixing:

• • • • • “Happiness Is A Warm Gun”

        • “What’s The New Mary Jane”

        • “Glass Onion”

        • “I Will”

.

1968 Monday 30th September

• • • Book

• • • • • Hunter Davies’ biography of The Beatles is published

.

1968 October

.

1968 Tuesday 1st October

Recording, mixing:

• Honey Pie

.

1968 Monday 2nd October

Recording:

• Honey Pie

.

1968 Thursday 3rd October

Recording:

• Savoy Truffle

.

1968 Friday 4th October

Recording:

• Martha My Dear

• Honey Pie

.

1968 Saturday 5th October

Recording, mixing:

• Savoy Truffle

• Martha My Dear

• Honey Pie

• Dear Prudence

.

1968 Monday 7th October

Mixing, recording:

• While My Guitar Gently Weeps

• Long Long Long

.

1968 Tuesday 8th October

Recording:

• Long Long Long

• I’m So Tired

• The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill

.

1968 Wednesday 9th October

Recording, mixing:

• The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill

• Long Long Long

• Why Don’t We Do It In The Road

.

1968 Thursday 10th October

George Harrison forms the music publishing company Singsong Ltd

Recording, mixing:

• Piggies

• Glass Onion

• Rocky Raccoon

• Long Long Long

• Why Don’t We Do It In The Road

.

1968 Wednesday 11th October

Recording, mixing:

• Savoy Truffle

• Piggies

• Don’t Pass Me By

• Good Night

.

1968 Saturday 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 Sunday 13th October

Recording, mixing:

• Julia

• Dear Prudence

• Wild Honey Pie

• Back In The USSR

• Blackbird

.

1968 Saturday 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 Tuesday 15th October

Mixing:

• Happiness Is A Warm Gun

• I’m So Tired

• Cry Baby Cry

.

1968 Wednesday 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 Friday 18th October

John Lennon and Yoko Ono are arrested for drug possession

Tape copying:

• Yer Blues

• Don’t Pass Me By

.

1968 Saturday 19th October

John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear in court on drug charges

.

1968 Sunday 20th October

Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman holiday in New York

.

1968 Tuesday 22nd October

George Harrison produces Is This What You Want? by Jackie Lomax

.

1968 Thursday 24th October

George Harrison produces Is This What You Want? by Jackie Lomax

1968 Friday 25th October

John Lennon and Yoko Ono announce pregnancy

George Harrison produces Is This What You Want? by Jackie Lomax

.

1968 Tuesday 29th October

Mixing:

• Hey Bulldog

• All Together Now

• All You Need Is Love

• Only A Northern Song

.

1968 Thursday 31st October

George Harrison produces Is This What You Want? by Jackie Lomax

.

1968 November

1968 Sunday 1st November

UK LP release by George Harrison:

• Wonderwall Music

George Harrison produces Is This What You Want? by Jackie Lomax

Yoko Ono is admitted to hospital

.

1968 Saturday 7th November

John Lennon writes A Short Essay On Macrobiotics

.

1968 Sunday 8th November

John and Cynthia Lennon get divorced

George Harrison produces Is This What You Want? by Jackie Lomax

.

1968 Monday 9th November

George Harrison produces Is This What You Want? by Jackie Lomax

.

1968 Tuesday 10th November

George Harrison produces Is This What You Want? by Jackie Lomax

.

1968 Wednesday 11th November

US LP release by John Lennon and Yoko Ono:

• Two Virgins

George Harrison produces Is This What You Want? by Jackie Lomax

.

1968 Thursday 12th November

Recording by George Harrison:

• Electronic Sound

.

1968 Sunday 15th November

George Harrison appears on The Smothers Brothers’ Comedy Hour

.

1968 Friday 20th November

Radio Luxembourg interviews Paul McCartney

.

1968 Saturday 21st November

Yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage

George Harrison performs on Badge by Cream

.

1968 Sunday 22nd November

UK LP release:

• The Beatles (White Album)

.

1968 Wednesday 25th November

US LP release:

• The Beatles (White Album)

.

1968 Saturday 28th November

John Lennon pleads guilty to cannabis possession

.

1968 Sunday 29th November

UK album release: Two Virgins by John Lennon and Yoko Ono

.

1968 December

.

1968 Monday 2nd December

• • • • US LP release by George Harrison

• • • • • • Wonderwall Music

.

1968 Wednesday 4th December

• • • • George Harrison invites Hells Angels to Apple

.

1968 Tuesday 10th December

• • • • John Lennon rehearses for The Rolling Stones’ Rock And Roll Circus

.

1968 Wednesday 11th December

• • • • John Lennon appears in The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus

.

1968 Thursday 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 Wednesday 18th December

• • • • John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear onstage in a white bag

.

1969

1969 January

.

1969 Thursday 2nd January

• • Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 1st Day at Twickenham Studios, The Barons, Twickenham, TW1 2AW

.

1969 Friday 3rd January

• • Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 2nd Day at Twickenham Studios, The Barons, Twickenham, TW1 2AW

.

1969 Monday 6th January

• • Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 3rd Day at Twickenham Studios, The Barons, Twickenham, TW1 2AW

.

1969 Tuesday 7th January

• • Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 4th Day at Twickenham Studios, The Barons, Twickenham, TW1 2AW

.

1969 Wednesday 8th January

• • Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 5th Day at Twickenham Studios, The Barons, Twickenham, TW1 2AW

.

1969 Thursday 9th January

• • Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 6th Day at Twickenham Studios, The Barons, Twickenham, TW1 2AW

.

1969 Friday 10th January

• • 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

.

1969 Sunday 12th January

• • 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

.

1969 Monday 13th January

• • US LP release:

• • • • ‘Yellow Submarine‘

  • Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 8th Day at Twickenham Studios, The Barons, Twickenham, TW1 2AW

.

1969 Tuesday 14th January

• • Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 9th Day at Twickenham Studios, The Barons, Twickenham, TW1 2AW

.

1969 Wednesday 15th January

• • George Harrison rejoins The Beatles due to:

• • • • Negotiations that met his conditions

• • • • The group’s commitment to completing their project

• • • • Strong underlying personal connections among the members.

.

1969 Thursday 16th January

• • Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 10th Day at Twickenham Studios, The Barons, Twickenham, TW1 2AW

.

1969 Friday 17th January

• • UK LP release:

• • • • “Yellow Submarine“

.

1969 Monday 20th January

• • Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 11th Day and now in Apple’s basement studio at 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB

.

1969 Tuesday 21st January

• • 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

• • 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

.

1969 Wednesday 22nd January

• • Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 13th Day in Apple’s basement studio at Apple Corps, 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB

.

1969 Thursday 23rd January

• • Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 14th Day in Apple’s basement studio at Apple Corps, 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB

.

1969 Friday 24th January

• • Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 15th Day in Apple’s basement studio at Apple Corps, 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB

.

1969 Saturday 25th January

• • Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 16th Day in Apple’s basement studio at Apple Corps, 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB

.

1969 Sunday 26th January

• • Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 17th Day in Apple’s basement studio at Apple Corps, 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB

.

1969 Monday 27th January

• • Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 18th Day in Apple’s basement studio at Apple Corps, 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB

.

1969 Tuesday 28th January

• • 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 9:00 am in Apple Corps, 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB

.

1969 Wednesday 29th January

• • Get Back/Let It Be sessions – 20th Day in Apple’s basement studio at Apple Corps, 3 Savile Row, London W1S 3PB

.

1969 Thursday 30th January

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

.

1969 Friday 31st January

• • 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 Saturday 1st February

Allen Klein discusses The Beatles’ purchase of NEMS

.

1969 Monday 3rd February

Allen Klein is appointed The Beatles’ manager

.

1969 Wednesday 5th February

Mixing:

• I’ve Got A Feeling

• Don’t Let Me Down

• Get Back

• One After 909

• Dig A Pony

.

1969 13th February

Launch party for Mary Hopkin’s album Postcard

.

1969 20th February

Recording:

• Don’t Let Me Down

 

1969 Saturday 22nd February

Recording:

• I Want You (She’s So Heavy)

.

1969 Sunday 23rd February

Editing:

• I Want You (She’s So Heavy)

.

1969 Monday 24th February

Tape copying:

• I Want You (She’s So Heavy)

.

1969 Tuesday 25th February

• • Recording:

• • • Old Brown Shoe, All Things Must Pass, Something

.

1969 March

1969 Saturday 1st March

Paul McCartney produces Mary Hopkin’s Goodbye

.

1969 Sunday 2nd March

Paul McCartney produces Mary Hopkin’s Goodbye

John Lennon and Yoko Ono perform in Cambridge

.

1969 Tuesday 4th March

George Harrison is interviewed for the BBC’s Scene And Heard

.

1969 Monday 10th March

Mixing:

• 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 Tuesday 11th March

Mixing:

• Two Of Us

• The Long And Winding Road

• Lady Madonna

Paul McCartney and George Harrison produce a Jackie Lomax session

.

1969 Wednesday 12th March

Mixing:

• The Long And Winding Road, Let It Be

Paul McCartney marries Linda Eastman

The Drugs Squad raids George and Pattie Harrison’s home

.

1969 Thursday 13th March

Mixing:

• I’ve Got A Feeling

• Dig It

• Maggie Mae

• Shake Rattle And Roll

• Kansas City

• Miss Ann

• Lawdy Miss Clawdy

• Blue Suede Shoes

• You Really Got A Hold On Me

.

1969 Sunday 16th March

Paul and Linda McCartney begin their honeymoon

John Lennon and Yoko Ono fly to Paris

.

1969 Tuesday 8th March

George and Pattie Harrison appear in court on drugs charges

.

1969 Thursday 20th March

John Lennon marries Yoko Ono

.

1969 Monday 24th March

John Lennon and Yoko Ono meet Salvador Dali

.

1969 Tuesday 25th March

John and Yoko’s first bed-in for peace: Amsterdam

.

1969 Wednesday 26th March

Mixing:

• Get Back

.

1969 Monday 31st March

John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s lightning trip to Vienna

George and Pattie Harrison are fined for drugs possession

.

April 1969

.

1969 Tuesday 1st April

John Lennon and Yoko Ono interviewed for Today on Television

.

1969 Thursday 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 Monday 7th April

Mixing:

Get Back

• Don’t Let Me Down

.

1969 Wednesday 9th April

The Beatles’ penultimate photo session

.

1969 Friday 11th April

UK single release:

• Get Back

.

1969 Monday 14th April

Recording, mixing:

• The Ballad Of John And Yoko

.

1969 Wednesday 16th April

Recording, mixing:

• Old Brown Shoe

• Something

1969 Friday 18th April

Recording, mixing:

• Old Brown Shoe

• I Want You (She’s So Heavy)

.

1969 Sunday 20th April

Recording, mixing:

• I Want You (She’s So Heavy)

• Oh! Darling

.

1969 Tuesday 22nd April

John Lennon changes his middle name to Ono

Recording, mixing:

• John And Yoko

.

1969 Friday 25th April

Mixing:

• Two Of Us

1969 Saturday 26th April

Mixing:

• John And Yoko

Recording:

• Oh! Darling

• Octopus’s Garden

.

1969 Sunday 27th April

Recording:

• John And Yoko

.

1969 Tuesday 29th April

Recording, mixing:

• Octopus’s Garden

.

1969 Wednesday 30th April

Recording, mixing:

• Let It Be

• You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)

.

1969 May

.

1969 Thursday 1st May

Mixing:

• Oh! Darling

Mixing:

• John And Yoko

.

1969 Friday 2nd May

John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed by How Late It Is on Television

Recording:

• Something

.

1969 Sunday 4th May

John Lennon and Yoko Ono buy Tittenhurst Park

John Lennon and Paul McCartney attend a wrap party for The Magic Christian

.

1969 Monday 5th May

US single release:

• Get Back

Recording:

• Something

.

1969 Tuesday 6th May

Recording, mixing:

• You Never Give Me Your Money

.

1969 Wednesday 7th May

Mixing:

• Get Back album inserts

.

1969 Thursday 8th May

John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed for the BBC’s Scene And Heard

.

1969 Friday 9th May

UK album release by George Harrison

• Electronic Sound

UK LP release:

• 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 Sunday 11th May

George Harrison performs in a Jack Bruce session

.

1969 Thursday 15th May

Radio: Paul McCartney is interviewed by BBC Radio Merseyside’s Light And Local

.

1969 Friday 16th May

Ringo Starr sets sail for New York on board the QE2

Paul and Linda McCartney holiday in Corfu

.

1969 Thursday 22nd May

Ringo Starr flies from New York to the Bahamas

.

1969 Saturday 24th May

John Lennon and Yoko Ono fly to the Bahamas

.

1969 Sunday 25th May

John Lennon and Yoko Ono fly from the Bahamas to Toronto

1969 Monday 26th May

US album release by George Harrison:

• Electronic Sound

US LP 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:

• Let It Be, Get Back album

.

1969 Friday 30th May

UK single release:

• The Ballad Of John And Yoko

.

1969 June

.

1969 Sunday 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 Wednesday 4th June

US single release:

• The Ballad Of John And Yoko

.

1969 Saturday 14th June

Television: John Lennon and Yoko Ono on The David Frost Show

.

1969 Monday 23rd June

John Lennon and Yoko Ono holiday in Wales

.

1969 Friday 20th June

John Lennon and Yoko Ono holiday in Scotland

.

1969 July

.

1969 Tuesday 1st July

John Lennon crashes his car in Scotland

Recording:

• You Never Give Me Your Money

.

1969 Wednesday 2nd July

Recording:

• Her Majesty

• Golden Slumbers

• Carry That Weight

.

1969 Thursday 3rd July

Recording, editing:

• Golden Slumbers

• Carry That Weight

.

1969 Friday 4th July

UK single release by Plastic Ono Band:

• Give Peace A Chance

Recording:

• Golden Slumbers

• Carry That Weight

.

1969 Monday 7th July

US single release Plastic Ono Band:

• Give Peace A Chance

Recording Plastic Ono Band:

• Here Comes The Sun

.

1969 Tuesday 8th July

Recording, mixing:

• Here Comes The Sun

.

1969 Wednesday 9th July

Recording:

• Maxwell’s Silver Hammer

.

1969 Thursday 10th July

Recording, mixing:

• Maxwell’s Silver Hammer

.

1969 Friday 11th July

Recording, mixing:

• Maxwell’s Silver Hammer

• Something

• You Never Give Me Your Money

.

1969 Tuesday 15th July

Recording, mixing:

• You Never Give Me Your Money

.

1969 Wednesday 16th July

Recording:

• Here Comes The Sun, Something

.

1969 Thursday 17th July

Recording:

• Oh! Darling, Octopus’s Garden

.

1969 Friday 18th July

Recording, mixing:

• Oh! Darling

• Octopus’s Garden

.

1969 Monday 21st July

Recording:

• Come Together

.

1969 Tuesday 22nd July

Recording:

• Oh! Darling

• Come Together

.

1969 Wednesday 23rd July

Recording:

• Oh! Darling

• Come Together

• The End

.

1969 Thursday 24th July

Recording, mixing:

• Come And Get It

• Sun King

• Mean Mr Mustard

.

1969 Friday 25th July

Recording:

• Sun King

• Mean Mr Mustard

• Come Together

• Polythene Pam

• She Came In Through The Bathroom Window

.

1969 Monday 28th July

• • • Recording

• • • • • Polythene Pam

        • She Came In Through The Bathroom Window

.

1969 Tuesday 29th July

Recording:

• Come Together

• Sun King

• Mean Mr Mustard

1969 Wednesday 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 Thursday 31st July

Recording:

• You Never Give Me Your Money

• Golden Slumbers

• Carry That Weight

.

1969 August

1969 Friday 1st August

Recording:

• Because

.

1969 Saturday 2nd August

Paul McCartney produces Badfinger’s Come And Get It

.

1969 Monday4th August

Recording, mixing:

• Because

• Something

• Here Comes The Sun

.

1969 Tuesday 5th August

Recording:

• You Never Give Me Your Money

• Because

• The End

.

1969 Wednesday 6th August

Recording, mixing:

• Here Comes The Sun

• Maxwell’s Silver Hammer

1969 Thursday 7th August

Recording, mixing:

• Come Together

• The End

.

1969 Friday 8th August

The Abbey Road cover photography session

Recording:

• The End

• I Want You (She’s So Heavy)

• Oh! Darling

.

1969 Monday 11th August

John Lennon and Yoko Ono move into Tittenhurst Park

Recording and editing:

• I Want You (She’s So Heavy)

• Oh! Darling

• Here Comes The Sun

.

1969 Tuesday 12th August

Mixing:

• Oh! Darling

• Because

• Maxwell’s Silver Hammer

.

1969 Wednesday 13th August

Mixing:

• You Never Give Me Your Money

1969 Thursday 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 Friday 15th August

Recording:

• Golden Slumbers

• Carry That Weight

• The End, Something

• Here Comes The Sun

1969 Sunday 17th August

Paul McCartney produces Mary Hopkin’s Que Sera, Sera

1969 Monday 18th August

Recording, mixing:

• Golden Slumbers

• Carry That Weight

• The End

1969 Tuesday 19th August

Recording, mixing:

• The End

• Golden Slumbers

• Carry That Weight

• Something

• Here Comes The Sun

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1969 Wednesday 20th August

Mixing, editing:

• I Want You (She’s So Heavy)

.

1969 Thursday 21st August

Mixing, editing:

• The End

• You Never Give Me Your Money

• Sun King

• Mean Mr Mustard

.

1969 Friday 22nd August

The Beatles’ final photo session

.

1969 Monday 25th August

Recording and editing:

• Maxwell’s Silver Hammer

• The End

.

1969 Tuesday 26th August

George Harrison meets Bob Dylan in Portsmouth

.

1969 Thursday 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 Saturday 30th August

John Lennon and Ringo Starr travel to the Isle of Wight to see Bob Dylan

.

1969 Sunday 31st August

John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr watch Bob Dylan perform at the Isle of Wight Festival

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1969 September

.

1969 Monday 1st September

• • Bob Dylan visits John Lennon at Tittenhurst Park

.

1969 Wednesday 10th September

• • Self-Portrait and Mr & Mrs Lennon’s Honeymoon by John Lennon and Yoko Ono are premièred in London

.

1969 Thursday 11th September

• • Mixing:

• • • What’s The New Mary Jane

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1969 Friday 12th September

• • • John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed for various publications

• • • John Lennon decides to leave The Beatles

.

1969 Saturday 13th September

• • Plastic Ono Band live at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival Festival

.

1969 Sunday 14th September

• • The Plastic Ono Band relax in Toronto

.

1969 Monday 15th September

• • • Interview

• • • • John Lennon and Yoko Ono  by ITV News

.

1969 Tuesday 16th September

Maclen (Music) Limited begins legal proceedings against Northern Songs

.

1969 Thursday 18th September

• • Paul McCartney performs on Badfinger’s Rock Of All Ages

.

1969 Friday 19th September

• • Business

• • • The Beatles lose control of Northern Songs

• • Interview

• • • Paul McCartney for the BBC’s Scene And Heard

.

1969 Saturday 20th September

• • John Lennon reveals he is leaving The Beatles

.

1969 Thursday 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 Friday 26th September

• • UK release:

• • • LP – Abbey Road

.

1969 Sunday 28th September

• • Recording by Plastic Ono Band:

• • • “Cold Turkey”

.

1969 Monday 29th September

• • Mixing by Plastic Ono Band:

• • • “Cold Turkey”

.

1969 October

.

1969 Wednesday 1st October

US LP release:

• Abbey Road

.

1969 Thursday 2nd October

Mixing:

• Across The Universe

.

1969 Friday 3rd October

Recording by Plastic Ono Band:

• Don’t Worry Kyoko (Mummy’s Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow)

.

1969 Sunday 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 Monday 6th October

US single release:

• Something/Come Together

.

1969 Wednesday 8th October

George Harrison is interviewed for the BBC’s Scene And Heard

.

1969 Thursday 9th October

Yoko Ono is taken to hospital in London

.

1969 Monday 20th October

• • • • US LP release by John & Yoko Lennon

• • • • • • Wedding Album

      • Mixing by Plastic Ono Band

• • • • • • Live Peace In Toronto 1969

.

1969 Tuesday 21st October

• • • • John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed for the BBC’s Scene And Heard

.

1969 Friday 24th October

• • • • Paul McCartney denies reports of his death

.

1969 Monday 27th October

Recording and mixing by Ringo Starr:

• • • • Night And Day

.

1969 Friday 31st October

UK single release:

• • • Something/Come Together

01

US album release: Abbey Road

02: Mixing: Across The Universe
03: Recording: Don’t Worry Kyoko (Mummy’s Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow) by Plastic Ono Band
05: Recording, mixing: Cold Turkey, Don’t Worry Kyoko (Mummy’s Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow) by Plastic Ono Band
06: US single release: Something/Come Together
08: George Harrison is interviewed for the BBC’s Scene And Heard
09: Yoko Ono is taken to hospital in London
20: US album release: Wedding Album by John & Yoko
20: Mixing: Live Peace In Toronto 1969 by Plastic Ono Band
21: John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed for the BBC’s Scene And Heard
24: Paul McCartney denies reports of his death
27: Recording, mixing: Night And Day by Ringo Starr
31: UK single release: Something/Come Together

November 1969

06: Recording: Stormy Weather by Ringo Starr
07: Recording: Stardust by Ringo Starr
14: UK album release: Wedding Album by John & Yoko
14: Recording: Stardust, Dream by Ringo Starr
18: Mixing: Stardust, Dream by Ringo Starr
25: John Lennon returns his MBE to the Queen
26: Recording, mixing, editing: You Know My Name (Look Up The Number), What’s The New Mary Jane
27: John Lennon is interviewed about returning his MBE
28: Recording, mixing: Blue Turning Grey Over You, Stardust by Ringo Starr

December 1969

01: The final Beatles Book monthly magazine is published
01: Ringo Starr is interviewed for the BBC’s Line-Up
02: John Lennon is interviewed for Man Of The Decade
02: Television: 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko – day one
02: Mixing: Lady Madonna, Rain, Octopus’s Garden
02: George Harrison live at Colston Hall, Bristol with Delaney & Bonnie
03: Television: 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko – day two
03: George Harrison live at Town Hall, Birmingham with Delaney & Bonnie
04: Recording, mixing: Blue Turning Grey Over You by Ringo Starr
04: Television: 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko – day three
04: George Harrison live at City Hall, Sheffield with Delaney & Bonnie
04: Recording, mixing: Item 1 and Item 2 by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
05: Mixing: Hey Jude, Revolution
05: Television: 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko – day four
05: John Lennon and Yoko Ono make Apotheosis 2
06: Television: 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko – day five
06: Television: Ringo Starr and Peter Sellers on Frost On Saturday
06: George Harrison live at Empire Theatre, Liverpool with Delaney & Bonnie
07: George Harrison live at Fairfield Hall, Croydon with Delaney & Bonnie
07: Television: John Lennon and Yoko Ono on The Question Why
08: Recording: Octopus’s Garden
10: George Harrison live at Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen with Delaney & Bonnie
11: World première of The Magic Christian in London
11: George Harrison live at Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen with Delaney & Bonnie
12: Album release: Live Peace In Toronto 1969 by Plastic Ono Band
12: John Lennon is interviewed for South African radio
12: George Harrison live at Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen with Delaney & Bonnie
14: Television: With A Little Help From My Friends
15: Ringo Starr records a charity appeal for BBC radio
15: John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s ‘War Is Over’ poster campaign is launched
15: Mixing, editing: Get Back album
15: Plastic Ono Band live at Lyceum Ballroom, London
16: John Lennon and Yoko Ono fly to Toronto, Canada
17: John Lennon and Yoko Ono give a press conference in Toronto, Canada
17: John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed by WABC-AM radio
17: Mixing: Plastic Ono Band live at Lyceum Ballroom, London
18: John Lennon and Yoko Ono record a message for Japanese radio
18: John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed for CBC-TV
18: John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed by Associated Press
20: Television: John Lennon in conversation with Marshall McLuhan
20: John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed for CBC Weekend
21: Mixing, editing: Get Back album
22: John Lennon and Yoko Ono give a press conference in Montreal
23: John Lennon and Yoko Ono meet Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau
24: John Lennon and Yoko Ono visit Rochester Cathedral
29: John Lennon and Yoko Ono fly to Aalborg, Denmark

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1970.

1970 January

.

1970 Saturday 3rd January

• Recording:

• • ‘I Me Mine‘

.

1970 Sunday 4th January

• Recording:

• • The Beatles’ last recording session together as a group at Abbey Road Studios, 3 Abbey Road, St John’s Wood, London NW8

• • ‘Let It Be’

.

1970 Monday 5th January

• 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“

.

1970 Thursday 8th January

• George Harrison’s final recording session with The Beatles

• Recording and mixing:

• • ‘Let It Be‘

  • ‘For You Blue‘

.

1970 Thursday 15th January

• John Lennon’s Bag One exhibition opens in London

.

1970 Friday 16th January

• The Police raid John Lennon’s Bag One exhibition

.

1970 Tuesday 20th January

• John Lennon and Yoko Ono have their hair cropped in Denmark

.

1970 Monday 26th January

• Ringo Starr and his wife, Maureen Starkey fly to Los Angeles

• Interview

• • John Lennon is interviewed by Reuters in Paris

.

1970 Tuesday 27th January

• Mixing

• • ‘The Inner Light‘

• Ringo Starr appears on ‘Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In‘

• Recording by Plastic Ono Band:

• • ‘Instant Karma!‘

.

1970 Thursday 29th January

• Ringo Starr attends the US première of ‘The Magic Christian‘ in Los Angeles

.

1970 Friday 30th January

• Ringo Starr meets up with Elvis Presley

.

1970 Saturday 31st January

• Travel

• • Ringo Starr and his wife, Maureen Starkey fly from Las Vegas to Los Angeles

.

1970 February

.

1970 Sunday 1st February

• Travel

• • Ringo and Maureen Starr fly to New York from Los Angeles

.

1970 Monday 2nd February

• Travel

• • Ringo and Maureen Starr return to London from New York

.

1970 Tuesday 3rd February

• Recording and mixing by by Ringo Starr:

  • 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 by Ringo Starr:

    • Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing 

.

1970 Friday 6th February

• • Radio

• • • John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed for the BBC’s Scene And Heard

.

1970 Saturday 7th February

• • George Harrison produces Govinda by Radha Krishna Temple

• • Television

• • • John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on The Simon Dee Show

.

1970 Monday 9th February

• • Recording by Ringo Starr:

    • Whispering Grass

    • Have I Told You Lately That I Love You

.

1970 Tuesday 10th February

• • Mixing by Plastic Ono Band:

    • Instant Karma!

  • Recording and mixing by Ringo Starr

    • Dream

.

1970 Wednesday 11th February

• • Recording and mixing by Ringo Starr:

    • I’m A Fool To Care

  • New York première

• • • The Magic Christian

• • Plastic Ono Band perform Instant Karma! on Top Of The Pops

.

1970 Thursday 12th February

• • Recording and mixing by Ringo Starr:

    • Let The Rest Of The World Go

.

1970 Tuesday 17th February

• • Recording and mixing by Ringo Starr:

    • I’m A Fool To Care

    • Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing

.

1970 Wednesday 18th February

• • Recording and mixing by Ringo Starr:

    • Have I Told You Lately That I Love You

    • Let The Rest Of The World Go By

  • Recording and mixing by Ringo Starr:

    • It Don’t Come Easy

.

1970 Thursday 19th February

• • Recording by Ringo Starr:

• • • Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing

• • Recording by Ringo Starr:

    • It Don’t Come Easy

.

1970 Friday 20th February

• • Mixing by Ringo Starr:

    • Sentimental Journey

.

1970 Saturday 21st February

• • Mixing by Paul McCartney:

    • The Lovely Linda

    • Momma Miss America

    • Glasses

    • Singalong Junk

.

1970 Sunday 22nd February

• • Recording and mixing by Paul McCartney:

    • That Would Be Something

    • Valentine Day

    • Every Night

    • Maybe

    • I’m Amazed

.

1970 Tuesday 24th February

• • Mixing by Paul McCartney:

    • 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 LP Release:

    • Hey Jude

1970 Saturday 28th February

• • Mixing:

    • For You Blue

.

1970 March

.

1970 Thursday 5th March

• • Recording by Ringo Starr:

    • Whispering Grass

    • Bye Bye Blackbird

.

1970 Friday Friday 6th March

• • UK single release:

    • Let It Be

  • Recording by Ringo Starr:

    • You Always Hurt The One You Love

  • Mixing by Ringo Starr:

    • Sentimental Journey

.

1970 Sunday 8th March

• • Recording by Ringo Starr:

    • It Don’t Come Easy

.

1970 Wednesday 11th March

• • US single release:

    • Let It Be

  • Recording by Ringo Starr:

    • 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:

    • Sentimental Journey

.

1970 Sunday 15th March

• • Filming

• • • Sentimental Journey by Ringo Starr

.

1970 Monday 16th March

• • Playback:

    • McCartney by Paul McCartney

.

1970 Monday 23rd March

• • Mixing and editing:

    • I’ve Got A Feeling

    • Dig A Pony

    • One After 909

    • I Me Mine

    • Across The Universe

  • Tape copying:

• • • McCartney by Paul McCartney

.

1970 Wednesday 25th March

• • Mixing:

    • For You Blue

    • Teddy Boy

    • Two Of Us

  • Television

• • • Ringo Starr is interviewed for the BBC’s Scene And Heard

.

1970 Thursday 26th March

• • Mixing:

    • The Long And Winding Road

    • Let It Be

    • Get Back

    • Maggie Mae

.

1970 Friday 27th March

• • Mixing:

    • Dig It

.

1970 Sunday 29th March

• • Television

• • • Ringo Star in Frost On Sunday

.

1970 Monday 30th March

• • Mixing:

    • 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

.

1970 April

.

1970 Wednesday 1st April

• Recording:

  • Across The Universe

  • The Long And Winding Road

  • I Me Mine

.

1970 Thursday 2nd April

• Mixing and editing:

  • The Long And Winding Road

  • I Me Mine

  • 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

• • UK Release

• • • LP – Let It Be

.

1970 Monday 11th May

• • US Release

    • Single – The Long And Winding Road

.

1970 Monday 18th May

• • US Release

• • • LP – Let It Be

.

1970 Wednesday 20th May

• • • • UK première – Let It Be

.

1970 October

.

1970 Thursday 9th October

• • • • John Lennon meets up with his father Alf, for the last time.

.

1970 December

.

1970 Friday 31st December

• • • • Paul McCartney files a lawsuit to dissolve The Beatles’ partnership