17.03.1961 The Beatles perform at Mossway Hall, Croxteth, Liverpool and at the Liverpool Jazz Society.
17.03.1962 The Beatles perform at the Village Hall in Knotty Ash, Liverpool. The evening was billed as a “St. Patrick’s Night Rock Gala”. The promoter, Sam Leach, booked The Beatles and Rory Storm and the Hurricanes to draw a big crowd so that he could make enough profits to pay for his engagement party, scheduled to follow the night’s show. The Beatles attended Leach’s party, which didn’t end until the following afternoon.
17.03.1963 The Beatles, touring with Chris Montez and Tommy Roe, perform at the Embassy Cinema in Peterborough.
17.03.1964 Filming for “A Hard Day’s Night” at Les Ambassadeurs (a private club) for the nightclub scene where they find Paul’s ‘grandfather’ (Wilfrid Brambell) gambling at “Le Circle Club”. During the day John Lennon gave an interview about his first book, “In His Own Write”, which is due to be published on the 23rd.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3vu4jm_the-beatles-you-can-t-do-that-rare-a-hard-day-s-night_music
17.03.1965 The Beatles continue filming for “HELP!”, in Austria. In the curling rink with a bomb hidden in one of the curling stones. Scenes of The Beatles in the bushes. This day a press release announces that the upcoming movie will be titled “Eight Arms to Hold You”.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3to3bw_scene-from-help-film_music
17.03.1967 The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios, London). The “Sgt. Pepper” recording sessions continue. This day the orchestral score for “She’s Leaving Home” is recorded. George Martin had been busy with other matters, so Paul had asked freelance producer/arranger Mike Leander to compose the arrangement. Martin was a bit miffed, but he showed good grace nonetheless. One of the ten musicians was harpist Sheila Bromberg, the first woman to play on a Beatles recording.
17.03.1970 Release in Sweden of Beatles LP “Hey Jude” (Apple).
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3nbj09_25-the-beatles-hey-jude-rare-live-1968-year_music
