1929
Actor, Victor Spinetti, is born Vittorio Giorgio Andrea Spinetti in Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Wales. He is best known for the three roles he played in The Beatles’ films A Hard Day’s Night, Help!, and Magical Mystery Tour. During his later career, Spinetti acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He appeared in the films Expresso Bongo, The Gentle Terror, Sparrows Can’t Sing, The Wild Affair, Becket, The Taming of the Shrew, The Biggest Bundle of Them All, Start the Revolution Without Me, Under Milk Wood, Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World, The Little Prince, The Return of the Pink Panther, Voyage of the Damned, Some Like It Cool, Under the Cherry Moon, and The Krays.
1946
Keyboardist, Billy Preston, is born William Everett Preston in Houston, Texas. He got his start playing the organ on the teen music series Shindig! He was one of the few musicians to play on record with The Beatles, when he sat in on their Let It Be sessions. His hits were That’s the Way God Planned It, Outa-Space, Nothing from Nothing, and Will It Go Round in Circles. And in the early 1970s, he may have had the biggest Afro on record.
1961
The Beatles perform at Aintree Institute in Aintree, Liverpool.
1964
The Beatles, on tour in America, perform at Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Days before the concert, Philadelphia had experienced race-riots. The Beatles, who are Civil Rights supporters, are shocked to see that their audience of 13,000 is completely white.
UK. The Beatles ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ single, 8th and last week in the Top 10.
Larry Kane records interviews with John and Ringo for WFUN AM.
1965
The Beatles and Brian return from the USA to England.
US Gold certification for The Beatles single ‘Help!’
1966
Epstein backs the bullfighter Henry Higgins.
1967
US. The Beatles song ‘All You Need Is Love’, 6th week in the Top 40.
Paul affirms that ”No one could possibly replace Brian”, and that they will go on alone, without manager.
Date for the beginning of Brian’s planned trip to New York.
1972
In New York, John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear live with Elephant’s Memory towards the end of the all-day annual Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. They perform live versions of Imagine, Now or Never, and a reggae version of Give Peace a Chance.
1978
George Harrison marries Olivia Trinidad Arias, in a secret ceremony at the Henley-on-Thames Register Office in England. She was a secretary at his Dark Horse record company.
1983
Studio 2. Show ‘The Beatles At Abbey Road’ (3 times).
1997
