Today in Beatles History

1962  Performance at the Cavern, with the Four Jays and The Dominoes.1963BBC Paris Studio, London. 11.00am-2.00pm. Recording for BBC’s ‘Side By Side’: ‘Side By Side’; ‘Too Much Monkey Business’; ‘Love Me Do’; ‘Boys’; ‘I’ll Be On My Way’; ‘From Me To You’.  After BBC session, photographic sessions with Dezo Hoffmann …

1962 Evening: Performance in a dance booked by the Heswall Jazz Club, at the Barnston Women’s Institute, Wirral. 1963 Concert at the Empire, Liverpool (Chris Montez and Tommy Roe tour). Photographer present: Dezo Hoffmann. 1966 World premiere of ‘Alfie’, at the Plaza Cinema, Haymarket, London. Brian, Cilla and the Beatles …

1962 Performance at the Cavern, with Gerry and the Pacemakers. 1963 Concert at the City Hall, Newcastle (Chris Montez and Tommy Roe tour). 1964 ‘In His Own Write’ is published. US EP release: ‘The Beatles’ (‘Souvenir Of Their Visit To America’). US single release: ‘Do You Want To Know A …

1963   Please Please Me LP, 16th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express).Number 2 Studio, BBC Aeolian Hall. 10:30am-1:30pm. Recording for BBC’s “Pop Go The Beatles”: “Pop Go The Beatles”; “Sweet Little Sixteen”; “A Taste Of Honey”; “Nothin’ Shakin’ (But The Leaves On The Trees)”; “Love Me Do”; …

21 April 1990, Paul McCartney played in front of 184,000 fans at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Jnaeiro, creating a new world record for the largest crowd attending a rock concert. Band: Paul McCartney: Vocals, Bass, Piano Linda McCartney: Keyboards Chris Whitten: Drums Hammish Stuart: Guitars Robbie McIntosh: Guitars …

On This Day January 16, 1980   Paul McCartney was arrested and jailed in Japan for possession of marijuana on this day in 1980.   The musician had landed at Tokyo’s Narita airport with the rest of his band, Wings, his wife Linda and their four children prior to a …

1960 The Beatles perform at the Kaiserkeller Club, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, West Germany.   1961 The Beatles perform at the Cavern Club at lunchtime. That night they appear at Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool (their final performance at that venue). This is a major day for The Beatles, although they are …

October 3  1959 – The Quarry Men perform at the Casbah Coffee Club, West Derby, Liverpool.   October 3  1960 – The Beatles perform at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg,West Germany. This will be their final night at the Indra, which is closed by the police when neighbors complain about the noise. …

1960 The Beatles perform at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, West Germany. 1961 – The Beatles perform a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool, and a night show at Village Hall, Knotty Ash, Liverpool. This will be their last performance for two weeks, with John Lennon and Paul McCartney …

The world première of The Beatles’ animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, took place on this evening at the London Pavilion on Piccadilly Circus. Although the group had largely retreated from the public eye in recent months, with their trip to India and the recording of the White Album, their popularity …