Today in Beatles History: November 11

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on November 11. **

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[B] Beatles * [J] John * [P] Paul * [G] George * [R] Ringo * [O] Other
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[P] 1956
Paul McCartney sees Lonnie Donegan's live performance at
Liverpool's Empire Theatre.

[B] 1960
The Beatles perform at the Kaiserkeller Club, Grosse Freiheit,
Hamburg, West Germany.

[B] 1961
The Beatles perform at Aintree Institute, Aintree, Liverpool.
After their performance they attend a party given by Sam Leach,
promoter of the previous evening's "Operation Big Beat" at the
Tower Ballroom.

[B] 1962
The Beatles perform at the Star-Club, Hamburg, West Germany.

[B] 1963
Release in Sweden of Beatles LP "With The Beatles" (Parlophone).

[B] 1965
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). The final recording session for the "Rubber Soul" album,
The Beatles working for 13 hours straight. They need three new
songs. The previously-recorded "Wait" is pulled off the shelf for
one of the needed songs, and after a few overdubs it is ready to
go. They overdub vocals onto the previous night's rhythm track of
"I'm Looking Through You". Then they record, from start to finish,
Paul's "You Won't See Me" and John's "Girl", the basic tracks for
both songs being completed in two takes. "Rubber Soul" is
completed, and finished copies of the album are in the shops by
December 3 (December 6 in the US). "Rubber Soul" is hailed as a
breakthrough album for The Beatles, their lyrics more introspective
than ever before, the range of instruments employed greatly
expanded, and new recording techniques having been developed and
utilized effectively.

[J] 1968
US release of John Lennon/Yoko Ono LP "Unfinished Music No. 1 --
Two Virgins" (Apple Tetragrammaton). 8 weeks on Billboard chart;
highest position #124.

[R] 1970
Lee Parkin Starkey, Ringo and Maureen's daughter, is born at Queen
Charlotte's Hospital in London.

[R] 1974
US release of Ringo Starr single "Only You (and You Alone)/Call Me"
(Apple). 13 weeks on Billboard chart; highest position #6.

[P] 1977
UK release of Wings single "Mull of Kintyre/Girl's School"
(Capitol).

[B] 1977
Release in Sweden of Beatles double compilation LP "Love Songs"
(Parlophone).

[J] 1982
US re-release of John Lennon single "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
[John, Yoko, others]/Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) [John]" (Geffen).

[J] 1985
The film "Imagine" is released on videocassette in the UK.

[B] 1999
The Recording Industry Association of America names The Beatles
"Band of the Century". The Beatles have sold more than 106 million
records in the United States alone, and they are the only band in
history to earn 5 diamond albums (sales in excess of 10 million
copies): "The Beatles", aka "The White Album", (17 million); "Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (11 million); "Abbey Road" (11
million); "The Beatles/1967-1970" (14 million); and "The
Beatles/1962-1966" (13 million). The Beatles are also named as
"Top Rock Group".