The Beatles Today in Beatles History

June 1977. Lennon was in Hong Kong during a trip to Japan – and Bowie was in town on tour with his band. They met up in Hong Kong (where Bowie was touring along with Iggy Pop). While there, a tourist approached John and said, “Aren’t you John Lennon?” John …

The sea was in John’s blood. Not one for pools, he preferred an open body of salt water; he would swim every day if he could. At the sea, he found peace of mind and recharged his creativity – May Pang

OCTOBER 6, 2010 – A set of John Lennon’s fingerprints were seized by the FBI from a New York memorabilia dealer who intended to sell them for $100,000 (£62,621) minimum bid. The prints were taken at a New York police station in 1976 when Lennon applied for permanent US residence. The …

OCTOBER 1, 2015 – An original film of The Beatles performing at The Cavern Club in Liverpool in 1962 was found after 50 years languishing in a desk drawer. It featured the Fab Four playing “Some Other Guy” on August 22, 1962, four weeks before their debut single came out. It …

1960 – In Hamburg, the Beatles, with Stu Sutcliffe, recorded versions of “Fever,” “Summertime,” and “September Song. 1962Performance at the Cavern, with the Dominoes and The Saints Jazz Band.1963US single release: ‘Bad To Me’, with Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas.[According to my sources, this record got on the Billboard chart. …

SEPTEMBER 2, 1978 – George Harrison married Olivia Arias in a private ceremony at the Henley-on-Thames Register Office in England. Olivia was a secretary with Harrison’s Dark Horse record label when they first met in 1974. Harrison’s first marriage, to model Pattie Boyd in 1966, had ended in divorce in …

SEPTEMBER 4, 1968 – Thirteen years before the birth of MTV, The Beatles recorded promotional videos for “Hey Jude” and “Revolution” at Twickenham Film Studios. They arrived at the studios at 1:30 PM and worked until evening. The set, at the studio’s “stage one” had been assembled over the previous …

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012 – Paul McCartney received France’s highest public distinction for his contributions in music. In a private ceremony at the Élysée Palace in Paris with members of McCartney’s family attending, French president Francois Hollande presented the former Beatle with the award in appreciation for his contribution to music.