FEBRUARY 4, 1974 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono mutually agreed to a trial separation, which effectively kicked off John’s notorious fifteen-month “lost weekend.” Separating from Yoko, he took up with Ono associate May Pang and left for sunny Los Angeles on an extended bender, where he was often joined by his friends Harry Nilsson,…
FEBRUARY 5, 1967 – The Beatles filmed part of the promo clip for “Penny Lane” around the Royal Theatre in Stratford, London and walking up and down Angel Lane in London. Together with the video for “Strawberry Fields Forever”, this was one of the first examples of what later became known as a music video.
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…