JANUARY 20, 1970 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono both shaved off their hair. The couple stayed in Aalborg in Denmark over the New Year and most of January 1970, to be with Ono’s daughter Kyoko who was living there with her father Tony Cox (Ono’s second husband and an American jazz musician, film producer…
Paul McCartney appeared on MTV’s “Unplugged.” The performance was recorded and released a few months later as “Unplugged (The Official Bootleg).”Unlike other artists who appeared on the acclaimed show with acoustic instruments plugged into amplifiers (producing the sound heard), McCartney’s instruments were 100% unplugged. Microphones were carefully placed close to guitars, pianos, etc. to pick…
George Harrison met with President Gerald Ford at the White House after Gerald’s son Jack extended an invitation. Jack had attended a George Harrison concert in Salt Lake City, Utah. After the show, he invited Harrison and members of his band to pay a visit to the White House. Ford said he invited George and…
Paul McCartney appeared at The Cavern Club in Liverpool, England in front of 300 people with Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice, keyboardist Pete Wingfield on keyboards and the legendary Johnny Kidd & The Pirates guitarist Mick Green. Chock full of oldie covers, the show was McCartney’s last gig of the…
Capitol records released “Beatles ’65” in the US. The LP was also issued in Germany on the Odeon label. “Beatles ’65” included eight of the fourteen songs from “Beatles for Sale” (omitting “Eight Days a Week,” “Words of Love,” “Every Little Thing,” “I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party,” “What You’re Doing” and the “Kansas…
Paul and Linda McCartney’s limousine burst into flames while the couple were driving to Newcastle, England for a television taping. They escaped unharmed, and the fire was believed to be caused by a malfunction in the Limo’s lighting system.
DECEMBER 17, 1960 – Returning from a string of club dates in Hamburg, Germany, The Beatles appeared at Mona Best’s Casbah Coffee Club in Liverpool, a venue they hadn’t played at since the Quarrymen days, on October 10, 1959. Chas Newby, formerly the rhythm guitarist with The Blackjacks with Pete Best and skiffle group The…
DECEMBER 18,1962 – On their fifth visit to West Germany, The Beatles played the first night of a two-week engagement at the Star-Club, Hamburg. A 13 night run, playing 3 hours each night. The final night’s performance was recorded and became known as ‘The Star-Club Tapes’, released in 1977 against the wishes of the ex-Beatles…
NOVEMBER 21, 1960 – The Beatles played at the Kaiserkeller Club in Hamburg, Germany without George Harrison. Harrison had been deported on this day for being underage (he was still 17) and not legally allowed to remain in a nightclub after midnight.The discovery took place on November 20, 1960. Harrison stayed up all that night…
NOVEMBER 21, 1995 – The Beatles “Anthology 1” was released in the US, featuring 60 tracks including the track “Free As A Bird,” a song originally composed and recorded in 1977 as a home demo by John Lennon. The three remaining Beatles Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr re-worked the John demo, given to…