1940 18.30. John Lennon is born at the Maternity Hospital, Oxford Street, Liverpool. 1962 Cavern lunchtime session: the Big Three. Cavern evening session: Buddy Brittain and the Regents, the Big Three, the Undertakers, and the Strangers. Visit to the editorial office of ‘Record Mirror’, 116 Shaftesbury Avenue, London. 1963 ‘She Loves You’, 6th week in…
1963 Concert at the ABC, Blackpool. 1964 Peter Brown moves to London. Studio 2. 7.00-11.00pm. Recording: ‘Baby’s In Black’ (takes 1-14, and 13 [unnumbered] edit pieces). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ron Pender. First session for ‘Beatles For Sale’. ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ film New York premiere. 1965 ‘Help!’ single number 1,…
1963 Studio 2. 10.00am-1.30pm. Recording: ‘Please Mister Postman’ (takes 1-9); ‘It Won’t Be Long’ (takes 1-10). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham. 5.00-5.29pm. BBC’s ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ broadcast (recorded 10 July 1963, 1.30-3.30pm). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0W3YAV9HaI The Playhouse Theatre, London. Much earlier than 5.30-6.30pm, the contracted time. Recording for BBC’s ‘Saturday…
1963 Epstein signs a contract for the Beatles to perform at the Olympia Theatre, Paris, in January 1964. The Playhouse Theatre, London. 8.45-9.45pm. Recording for BBC’s ‘Easy Beat’: ‘I Saw Her Standing There’; ‘A Shot Of Rythm And Blues’; ‘There’s A Place’; ‘Twist And Shout’. Only live take of ‘A Shot Of Rythm And Blues’….
1962 Performance at the Majestic, Birkenhead. 1963 Concert at the Queen’s Hall, Leeds. 1965 Two concerts at the Cinema Teatro Adriano, Rome, Italy. 1966 Arrival in Tokyo. 1967 The Monkees arrive in the UK for their concerts at the Empire Pool, Wembley. 2nd day of the trial on drugs charges of Mick…
1961–The Beatles perform at the Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn, Hamburg, West Germany. 1963–The Beatles perform at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, Wallasey. Another Brian Epstein “Mersey Beat Showcase,” and the last time The Beatles will perform here. Their appearance is sensational. 1964–Ringo Starr, flying in from Sydney, rejoins The Beatles in Melbourne, Australia. The Beatles…
1963 ‘Please Please Me’ LP number 1, 1st week (UK Melody Market chart?). ‘From Me To You’ number 1, 1st week (UK Melody Market chart?). 1964 Dick James Music and Northern Songs install their headquarters at 71–75 New Oxford Street, Blumsbury, London. 1966 ‘Rubber Soul’, 22nd week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express…
1963 ‘Please Please Me’ LP, 6th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). Tony Barrow becomes the Beatles’ press agent. 1964 BBC Paris Studio, London. 6.30-9.00pm. Recording for BBC’s ‘From Us To You’ (3rd edition): ‘From Us To You’; ‘I Saw Her Standing There’; ‘Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!’; ‘Happy Birthday’; ‘I Forgot To Remember…
1918 Ella Fitzgerald is born in Virginia, USA. 1963 Performance at the Fairfield Halls, Croydon, Surrey (‘Mersey Beat Showcase’ banner). 1964 ‘With The Beatles’ number 1, 21st and last week (UK Record Retailer chart). ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ number 1, 4th week; 4th week in the Top 100 (Billboard). Hall Of Remembrance, Chelsea Manor…
1963 Afternoon. Empire Pool, Wembley, Middlesex. Performance for the ‘New Musical Express’ Poll Winner’s concert. Concert at the Pigalle night club, London. 1964 Palace Theatre, Manchester. Brian with Tommy Quickly, Cilla Black, Billy J. Kramer, the Fourmost, the Dakotas, and the Remo Four. Jack Billing’s TV School Of Dancing, Shepherds Bush, London. Shooting for…