22 January – Events Today in Beatles History
EVENTS 22 January 1966 – George and Pattie Harrison hold a press conference The day after they married in Esher, Surrey, George and Pattie Harrison gave a press conference in London. After our wedding we had to endure a press conference that Brian had set up. It was so terrifying that I have almost blanked…
21 January 1963 – The Beatles on The Friday Spectacular, EMI House, Manchester Square
The Beatles go to EMI House, London, for their third radio appearance on the Radio Luxembourg program “The Friday Spectacular”. As before, they chat with the host and their songs are played for a live audience. The show is taped for broadcast on January 25; the featured songs are from The Beatles’ second single, “Please…
20 January 1988 – The Beatles are inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame
In a ceremony held at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Mick Jagger inducted The Beatles into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame. It was the third annual event for the Hall of Fame. George Harrison and Ringo Starr attended, as did Yoko Ono, Julian Lennon and Sean Lennon. [wp_ad_camp_3] Mick Jagger inducts The Beatles…
20 January 1964 – The album “Meet the Beatles!” was released in the U.S. on Capitol Records.
US release of Beatles LP “Meet the Beatles” (Capitol). Songs: “I Want to Hold Your Hand”, “I Saw Her Standing There”, “This Boy”, “It Won’t Be Long”, “All I’ve Got to Do”, “All My Loving”, “Don’t Bother Me”, “Little Child”, “Till There Was You”, “Hold Me Tight”, “I Wanna Be Your Man”, and “Not a…
19 January 1971: The Beatles’ ‘Helter Skelter’ Played in Court During Charles Manson Trial
In 1969, terror and paranoia swept through the film and music communities of Los Angeles after actress Sharon Tate, Hollywood hairstylist Jay Sebring, coffee heiress Abigail Folger, aspiring screenwriter Wojciech Frykowski and 18-year-old Steven Parent were brutally murdered in a house on Cielo Drive. In a bizarre twist to an already sensational story, the Beatles‘…
18 January 1963 -The Beatles perform at the Floral Hall Ballroom, Morecambe.
[wp_ad_camp_5] This was The Beatles’ second and final performance at this venue on the Morecambe promenade. The first had taken place on 29 August 1962. The group’s road manager, Neil Aspinall, was unwell with the flu on this day, so Les Hurst, Gerry and the Pacemakers’ roadie, stood in for him. Gerry and the Pacemakers’…
17 January 1964 – The Beatles perform two shows at the Olympia Theatre in Paris, France.
Today in Beatles History (17 January 1964 ) This was the second date of The Beatles’ residency at the Olympia Theatre, on Paris’s Boulevard des Capucines. The Beatles’ residency at the Olympia Theatre began on 16 January 1964 and ended on 4 February. They performed a set containing eight songs: From Me To You, Roll Over…
10 Fun Facts About the Beatles
Beatles Facts From the time he was five years old and all but abandoned by his parents, Lennon lived with his aunt and uncle, Mimi and George Smith, in Woolton. One of his favorite spots to explore with his childhood friends was the garden of the nearby Salvation Army orphanage, Strawberry Fields. McCartney remembered in…
Top 11 Things You May Not Know About The Beatles
The Beatles Facts The Beatles are credited with being the first to do many things such as printing lyrics on a pop album, creating music videos and holding a stadium concert, but most bizarre is their role in the “devil horns” hand gesture taking off. John Lennon’s cartoon figure on the “Yellow Submarine” cover is…
