31 ЯНВАРЯ
Этот день в истории Битлз:
1962
Evening: Performance at the Cavern Club.
1963
Lunchtime performance at the Cavern Club.
Evening: Concert at the Majestic Ballroom, Birkenhead.
1964
Day booked for a 2nd session at EMI Pathe Marconi Studios, Paris, France; cancelled.
In England, "She Loves You" has sold 1.3 million copies, and "I Want To Hold Your Hand" over 1.5 million.
UK single releae: "Sweet Georgia Brown"/"Nobody's Child".
1966
Wyndham's Theatre, London. Premiere of the play "How's The World Treating You?" Paul, Jane, George and Pattie attend.
1967
Shooting for "Strawberry Fields Forever" clip, at Knole Park, Sevenoaks, Kent: scene of Paul jumping up into a tree. In Sevenoaks, in an antique shop, John buys a poster announcing a circus near Richdale, Lancashire, in February 1843.
1969
Billy Preston signs a contract with Apple.
Apple Studios. Time unknown. Recording: "The Long And Winding Road"; "Lady Madonna"; "Let It Be"; "On Our Way Home" (working title of "Two Of Us"). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Glyn Johns; 2nd Engineer: Alan Parsons.
Final recording of numbers not apt for performance on the roof. Versions of "The Long And Winding Road" and "Let It Be" for Get Back LP. Versions of "The Long And Winding Road", "Let It Be" and "Two Of Us" for Let It Be LP.
1970
Abbey Road number 1, 17th and last week (UK Record Retailer).
Live Peace In Toronto, 4th week in the ranking (US Billboard).
"Something", 16th and last week in the Top 40 (US Billboard).
"Come Together", 16th and last week in the Top 40 (US Billboard).
1972
John and Yoko begin taping for "The Mike Douglas Show".
1974
"You're Sixteen" is certified gold by the RIAA.
Paul & Linda appear on the cover of 'Rolling Stone' magazine(photo).
1975
UK single release: "# 9 Dream"/"What You Got" (Apple R 6003).
John returns to the Dakota and ends his "Lost Weekend".
1981
"(Just Like) Starting Over", 14th week in the Top 40 (US Billboard).
"Woman", 3rd week in the Top 40 (US Billboard).
Double Fantasy number 1, sixth week (US Billboard).
"Imagine" number 1, fourth and last week (UK British Market Research Bureau).
1985
Grand provincial premiere of the Handmade film "A Private Function" in Leeds.
1986
In the UK, EMI Records delete the mono version of The Beatles.
1988
EMI Records delete from their catalogue Red Rose Speedway and McCartney II.
1997
At the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford, Yoko's art exhibition "Have You Seen The Horizon Lately" is on display.