1962 – The Beatles perform four shows at three venues. First they play a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club. That evening they perform at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, Wallasey. The Beatles then rush to Technical College Hall in Birkenhead for a half-hour performance, after which they hurry back to the Tower Ballroom for a second performance.
1963 – The Beatles perform on opening night of the second leg of the Helen Shapiro tour. They play at the Granada Cinema, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, performing for two “houses”. Before their first performance, The Beatles crowd into Helen Shapiro’s dressing room to watch their most recent appearance on the television program “Thank Your Lucky Stars”, which had been taped on the 17th. Shapiro, as headliner of the tour, was the only one who had a television set.
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1963- The Beatles’ single “Please Please Me/Ask Me Why” reaches #1 on the “Disc” chart in the UK, the first #1 record for The Beatles. On March 2 it is #1 on the “New Musical Express” chart (for the week ending March 1) and also #1 on the “Melody Maker” chart. It also reaches #1 on the BBC and “Record Mirror” charts.
1964- Just back from the US, and with no time to rest, The Beatles travel to Teddington Studio Centre to record their second appearance on the ABC Television variety show “Big Night Out”. Recording is done in front of a studio audience. The Beatles participate in three comedy skits, one of them showing customs inspectors searching The Beatles’ luggage as they are returning from America and finding the suitcases are all filled with cash. Then The Beatles play lip-sync performances of “All My Loving”, “I Wanna Be Your Man”, “Till There Was You”, “Please Mr. Postman”, “Money”, and “I Want to Hold Your Hand”. Broadcast on February 29.
1965- The Beatles begin filming in the Bahamas for the movie “HELP!” (originally to be named “Eight Arms to Hold You”). First filmed are shots of Ringo listening to conch shells at a dock-side location (this scene would not be included in the final film). Then all four Beatles swim about fully clothed in the pool at the Nassau Beach Hotel (for the scene where The Beatles are escaping from the temple, diving through an opening in the hollow altar, into water, and surfacing at a busy hotel swimming pool).
1967 – The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios, London). They start recording “Lovely Rita”, taping eight takes of the rhythm track and a McCartney bass overdub.
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