Beatles

While in Miami, Florida, on their first visit to America, The Beatles meet up with boxer, Cassius Clay, who is training for an upcoming bout with Sonny Liston. It presents a perfect photo op for both parties, although John Lennon complains bitterly about being made a fool by having to …

Avant-garde artist, Yoko Ono, is born in Tokyo, Japan. Her third husband was musician, John Lennon and their son is musician, Sean Lennon. Her most famous performance art is “Cut Piece.” She also wrote a book entitled, Grapefruit, which Lennon helped to heavily promote in the early 1970s. She is …

Paul McCartney receives a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award. Also nominated this year are: The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 and Tom Petty’s Full Moon Fever, for Album of the Year (both featuring George Harrison); The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1, for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or a Group with Vocal; …

George Harrison appears in a 10-second Public Service Announcement at the conclusion of the ABC-TV airing of the film “Mr. Holland’s Opus.” Holding an acoustic guitar, George says: “I’m George Harrison. Music can make a world of difference in the life of a child, as it did mine. To find …

If I Fell is a song composed primarily by John Lennon, with a little help from Paul McCartney, and credited to Lennon and McCartney. It was recorded by the Beatles in 15 takes on February 27, 1964 and released as the third track on the album A Hard Day’s Night, …

Peter Sissons, John Lennon and Jimmy Tarbuck all in the same Dovedale Junior School photo on a trip to Douglas on the Isle Of Man in

“John’s death hit me and Julian hard. I was grieving for the man I had loved as a husband and partner, Julian for the father he never really knew and needed so badly. For some months he appeared to be spiralling out of control and I worried about him. … …

FEBRUARY 6, 1958 – George Harrison joined the Liverpool skiffle group The Quarry Men. It featured John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Len Garry, Eric Griffiths and John Lowe. Over time, they were to become The Beatles. Formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 1956 with schoolmates, the Quarry Men took their name …

JANUARY 17, 1967 – 40-year-old David Mason (April 2, 1926 – April 29, 2011) recorded the piccolo trumpet solo for The Beatles’ “Penny Lane” at Abbey Road Studios in London. The London native landed the gig after Paul McCartney saw him performing Bach’s “Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major” with …

JANUARY 18, 1964 – The Beatles made their US chart debut when “I Want To Hold Your Hand” entered the chart at #45 just twenty-three days after its release, making it the fastest-breaking and the fastest selling single in Capitol Records history, and launching the British invasion of the American music …