** The following events in Beatles history all took place on September 23. **
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[B] Beatles * [J] John * [P] Paul * [G] George * [R] Ringo * [O] Other
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[B] 1960
The Beatles perform at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg,
West Germany.
[B] 1961
The Beatles perform at Aintree Institute, Aintree, Liverpool.
[B] 1962
The Beatles perform at the Cavern Club at night.
[O] 1963
US release of Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas single "Bad to Me/I
Call Your Name" (Liberty). Both songs were written by John Lennon
and were credited to Lennon-McCartney. The single will fail to
chart. "Bad to Me" will be re-released in 1964 as the flip side of
the Dakotas' single "Little Children" (Imperial). The 1964
re-release will be given greater airplay due to Kramer's connection
with The Beatles and Brian Epstein, his manager: "Little Children"
will rise to #7 on the Billboard singles chart, and the flip-side
"Bad to Me" will make it to #9. "Bad to Me" was never recorded by
The Beatles (although John Lennon did record a demo version for
producer George Martin), but The Beatles did record "I Call Your
Name", which appears on their Capitol LP "The Beatles' Second
Album".
[B] 1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). Recording John's "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" (using the
working title "Happiness Is a Warm Gun in Your Hand"). 45 takes
are recorded, with John on lead guitar and singing guide vocal,
George playing a fuzz lead guitar, Paul on bass, and Ringo on
drums.
[O] 1969
The first "Paul Is Dead" rumors appear in print, in the 'Northern
Star', the Northern Illinois University newspaper.
[J] 1971
John and Yoko appear on "The Dick Cavett Show", Cavett's only
guests for the entire program.
[J] 1974
US release of John Lennon single "Whatever Gets You Through the
Night/Beef Jerky" (Apple). 11 weeks on Billboard chart; highest
position #1.
[J] 1975
John Lennon's deportation order is temporarily suspended on
humanitarian grounds due to Yoko's advanced pregnancy.
[P] 1997
US release of Paul McCartney's classical music album "Standing
Stone". Selections: "Movement 1 - After Heavy Light Years",
"Movement 2 - He Awoke Startled", "Movement III - Subtle Colours
Merged Soft", and "Movement IV - Strings Pluck, Horns Blow". Top
chart position: #1 for 9 weeks on the Billboard classical chart.
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