17 АВГУСТА
Этот день в истории Битлз:
1960
Arrival in Hamburg. Evening: First performance at the Indra Club.
1962
Performance at the Cavern. Last with Pete Best.
1963
Please Please Me LP number 1, 15th week (UK New Musical Express).
Concert at the Odeon, Llandudno, with Tommy Quickly, and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas.
1964
US single release: "It's For You", by Cilla Black.
The Beatles appear on the cover photograph of US weekly magazine "Saturday Evening Post" (photograph taken June 3, 1964).
1965
Concert at the Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada.
1966
Afternoon. Concert at the Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada. 15,000 people attend.
Evening. Concert at the Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada. 18,000 people attend.
In Toronto, Lennon states his support to the American who go to Canada rather than being sent to Vietnam.
"Eleanor Rigby" number 1, 1st week, 2nd week in the Top 10 (UK Record Retailer).
"Yellow Submarine", 2nd week in the Top 10 (UK Record Retailer).
1967
Brian writes a letter to Derek Taylor, then in California, about his next (never materialised) trip to New York.
1968
George leaves England, starting a 5-day trip to Greece.
1971
Great Hall, Alexandra Palace, London. "Art Spectrum", modern art exhibition. 5 films of John and Yoko are screened: "Cold Turkey", "The Ballad Of John And Yoko", "Give Peace A Chance", "Instant Karma!", "Up Your Legs Forever".
1972
Paul and Wings' concert at Evenmanten, Gronnegan, Rotterdam, Holland ("Wings Over Europe 1972 Tour").
George attends a Ravi Shankar performance at the Philharmonic Hall.
1973
In the US, the stage musical "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" opens at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago.
1974
Band On The Run number 1, fourth week (UK Record Retailer).
1976
In the UK, BBC1 airs its second screening of the Beatles' film "Yellow Submarine".
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.
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.
1986
Paul and Linda leave England for the US to begin promotional work for the album Press To Play.