ANUARY 14, 1970 – John Lennon’s explicit “Bag One” lithographs were exhibited publicly at the London Arts Gallery, but were removed by Scotland Yard two days later because the series included many rough sketches, some of which depicted men and women, some resembling John and Yoko, in provocative poses and engaged in sexual acts. On…
DECEMBER 27, 1958 – While attending a class at the Liverpool College of Art, John Lennon met student Cynthia Powell and they began a relationship the following year. The early days of their relationship were turbulent. They would often have sex in alleys or doorways, and Lennon often showed jealousy towards her. He once slapped her…
DECEMBER 29, 1969 – In an effort to stop smoking, John Lennon and Yoko Ono had a session with hypnotists Hamrick & Leonard. Dr. Don Hamrick was a San Francisco-based therapist who claimed to have made contact with extraterrestrials in Norway and wanted the Beatles to help promote communications between them and humans. Lennon had been…
DECEMBER 29, 1966 – Working at Abbey Road studios in London, Paul McCartney began work on his new song “Penny Lane”, recording six takes of keyboard tracks and various percussion effects. The song’s title is derived from the name of a street near Lennon’s house in the band’s hometown of Liverpool. McCartney and Lennon would meet…
DECEMBER 25, 1965 – George Harrison officially proposed marriage to Patti Boyd at their home “Kinfauns” a bungalow-style house, on Claremont Drive in Esher, Surrey, England on the Claremont Estate. Harrison first met Boyd during the filming of “A Hard Day’s Night” in which she was cast as a schoolgirl. Her only line in the film…
DECEMBER 25, 1957 – An apprentice engineer from Liverpool named Richard Starkey, then already seventeen, gets his first real set of drums for Christmas (the young Starkey’s family couldn’t afford a proper set when he was a child). Later, he would become known as Ringo Starr.In 1953, Starr had contracted tuberculosis and was admitted to…
JANUARY 29, 1964 – The Beatles spent the day at Pathe Marconi Studios in Paris, France, The Beatles’ only studio recording session for EMI held outside the UK. They recorded new vocals for “She Loves You,””‘I Want to Hold Your Hand” and “Can’t Buy Me Love” after EMI’s West German branch persuaded Brian Epstein that they…
December 5 1967 at The Apple Apartments The launch party for the Apple Boutique in December 1967 was attended by John Lennon, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Cilla Black and Kenneth Tynan
Harrison’s third solo album, it includes the hit singles “My Sweet Lord” and “What Is Life”, as well as songs such as “Isn’t It a Pity” and the title track that were turned down by Harrison’s former band, the Beatles. The album reflects the influence of his musical activities outside the Beatles during 1968–70, with…
NOVEMBER 13, 2005 – Space workers on at the US space station in orbit around the Earth awoke to the sound of Paul McCartney singing “Good Day Sunshine” live from his concert in Anaheim, California.Flying 220 miles above the Earth, Astronauts Bill McArthur and Russian Cosmonaut Valery Tokarev were treated to the wake up call in…