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Этот день в истории Битлз
1962
Concert at the Cavern, with The Big Three, and Shane Fenton and the Fentones.
1963
Yoko's daughter, Kyoko Cox, is born.
Concert at the St Helier Springfield Ballroom, Jersey.
1964
A Hard Day's Night LP, number 1, 3rd week (UK Record Retailer).
NOTE: Due to advanced orders, the Beatles debuted at #1, 3 weeks before the album is even released.
A Hard Day's Night number 1, 3rd week (US Billboard).
"A Hard Day's Night" number 1, 2nd and last week (US Billboard).
"A Hard Day's Night" number 1, 3rd and last week (US Cashbox).
"A Hard Day's Night" number 1, 2nd week (Hitkrant Europarade).
"A Hard Day's Night"/"Things We Said Today" number 1, 3rd week (Australia Kent Music Report).
1965
Closing of the 5th National Jazz and Blues Festival at the Richmond Athletic Association Grounds, Richmond, Surrey. John, George, Cynthia and Pattie attend. The festival is filmed by Subafilms Limited, in conjunction with Leon Mirrel of Selmur Productions.
Paddy, Klaus & Gibson sign to a management contract with Brian.
1966
US album release: Revolver (Capitol ST 2576).
US single release: "Yellow Submarine"/"Eleanor Rigby" (Capitol 5715).
Beatles records were banned in South Africa following John Lennon's famous remark about the group being more popular than Jesus Christ.
1967
George, Pattie, Derek Taylor, and Magic Alex walk around Haight Ashbury in San Francisco before catching their flight to New York. George borrows a guitar and performs "Baby You're A Rich Man" before the crowds that have gathered as they walk through Golden Gate Park.
John and Julian pose for fans photographs at their house at St. George's Hill State, near Cavendish Road, Weybridge, Surrey.
1968
Studio 2. 6:40pm-6:30am. Mono mixing: "Hey Jude" (remixes 2-4, from take 1). Recording: "Not Guilty" (takes 47-101). Tape copying: "Hey Jude" (of remix mono 4, numbered 5); "Revolution" (of remix mono 21, numbered 5). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: John Smith.
Re-equalization of the "Hey Jude" tapes recorded at Trident Studios. Copies of "Hey Jude" and "Revolution" for Martin.
1969
11:35am. Photo shoot for cover of Abbey Road LP takes place outside of Abbey Road Studios in St. John's Wood, London. Paul later chooses the best one out of the 6 pictures taken for the LP.
Before the recording session, Paul takes John home, at Cavendish Avenue, George and Mal go to the London Zoo at Regent's Park, and Ringo goes shopping.
Studio 2. 2:30-9:00pm. Recording: "Ending" (working title of "The End") (overdub onto take 7); "I Want You" (later known as "I Want You (She's So Heavy)") (overdub onto unnumbered Trident master). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick/Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: John Kurlander.
Studio 3. 5:30-9:45pm. Recording: "Oh! Darling" (overdub onto take 26). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Tony Clark; 2nd Engineer: Alan Parsons.
Recording synthesizer for "I Want You (She's So Heavy)".
1970
Live Peace In Toronto, 31st week in the ranking (US Billboard).
"Something" covered by Shirley Bassey number 17 (Dutch Top 40).
1972
Paul and Wings' concert at Idretis Halle, Oerebro, Sweden ("Wings Over Europe 1972 Tour").
In Kassel, West Germany, Yoko's exhibition "Documenta 5" ends.
1980
Day Five of Double Fantasy recordings: Additional recordings for "Strange Days Indeed" (working title for "Nobody Told Me") and "Kiss Kiss Kiss".
1981
"Stars On 45 Medley" number 1, 10th week (Canadian RPM magazine).
In the US, the Beatles' newsreel film "This Is The Week That Beatlemania Was" screened in limited cinema release.
1983
New York's Museum of Broadcasting showcase Beatles achieve clips documentary "The Beatles Early Days" and several other films from the museum's personal collection, including the "Ed Sullivan Show" appearances and excerpts from their Washington, D.C. concert on February 11, 1964.
Abbey Road's Number Two studio presents "The Beatles At Abbey Road", 3 times a day.
Linda's "Photographs" exhibition is shown at the Barry Stern galleries in Paddington, New South Wales, Australia.
1984
The "Art Of The Beatles" Exhibition, portraying 30 years of the group in the form of cartoons, paintings, photographs, album covers, lithographs and sculptures, continues.
1987
The "Beatle City" exhibition runs at the West End marketplace in Dallas, Texas.
1989
Ringo and his All-Starr Band concert at the Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland ("North American Tour").
1992
"Instant Karma" number 12, 2nd week (Dutch Top 40).
Ringo and his All-Starr band perform at Camp Pendleton Marine Base, Oceanside, California ("Return To Ameria Tour").
1995
Ringo and his All-Starr Band perform at the Palace Theater, Louisville, Kentucky ("North America tour").
1998
Ringo and his Fourth All-Starr Band in concert at Festival, Zurich, Switzerland ("1998 Summer Tour").
In the UK, in his first major interview since Linda's death, Paul talks to the "Express" newspaper.
1999
The photo exhibition entitled "Linda McCartney's Sixties" ends at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.
In London, fans gather to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Beatles' photo shoot for the cover of their album Abbey Road. The event was organized by the London Beatles Fan Club.
2013
The exhibit Linda McCartney retrospective is displayed at the Kunst Haus Wien in Vienna, Austria. The new exhibition is the first comprehensive retrospective of Linda McCartney’s work featuring 190 of her iconic photographs.
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