21 February – Today in Beatles History
February 21, 2016
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| Tue, February 21st, 1961 | The Beatles perform at the Cavern Club at lunchtime. That night they appear at the Cassanova Club, Liverpool, and at Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool. |
| Wed, February 21st, 1962 | The Beatles perform at the Cavern Club twice – at lunchtime and then again that night. |
| Thu, February 21st, 1963 | The Beatles perform two shows for two separate “houses” at the Majestic Ballroom in Birkenhead. |
| Thu, February 21st, 1963 | Release in Sweden of Beatles single “Please Please Me/Ask Me Why” (Parlophone). Only 300 promotional copies are pressed. Due to the UK chart success of “Love Me Do”, “Please Please Me” will be given general release in Sweden with “Love Me Do” on the flip side, on March 5, 1963. |
| Fri, February 21st, 1964 | The Beatles leave the US and return home to England. They arrive in London the morning of Feb. 22, at 8:10 am. Before their departure from America, The Beatles were filmed improvising a tune called “Guitar Blues”, the footage being included in a documentary film called “What’s Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A.” |
| Mon, February 21st, 1966 | US release of Beatles single “Nowhere Man/What Goes On” (Capitol). 9 weeks on Billboard chart; highest position #3. |
| Tue, February 21st, 1967 | The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios, London). “Fixing a Hole”, begun in Regent Studios on February 9, is completed with overdubs being recorded onto a reduction mixdown of take two. |
| Mon, February 21st, 1994 | US re-release of Beatles vinyl singles labeled ‘For Jukeboxes Only’: “Can’t Buy Me Love/You Can’t Do That” (green vinyl); “Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby (yellow vinyl); “She Loves You/I’ll Get You” (red vinyl); and “All You Need is Love/Baby You’re a Rich Man” (pink vinyl). All released by Capitol/CEMA. |
