Today In The Beatles History

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Этот день в истории Битлз:

1963
Vee Jay gets US contract to release Beatles records.

5:00-5:29pm. BBC's "Here We Go"' broadcast (all of January 16, 1963 session but "Three Cool Cats").

Night: Performance at the Cooperative Hall, Darwen, with the Baptist Youth Club Dance & The Mustangs.

Cilla Black debuts as a vocalist at Liverpool's Cavern Club.

1964
With The Beatles number 1, 8th week (UK Record Retailer).

"I Want To Hold Your Hand" number 3, 2nd week in the Top 100; 1st week in the Top 40 (US Billboard).
"I Saw Her Standing There", 1st week in the Top 40 (US Billboard).

"She Loves You", 1st week in the Top 100 (US Billboard).

Brian writes in the "Fabulous" magazine, proud of the achievements of Liverpool pop groups.

Performance at the Hambleton Hall, Liverpool, with Derry and the Seniors, and Faron and The Tempest Tornadoes.

1967
Studio 1 (control room only). 6:30-8:30pm. Mono mixing: "Penny Lane" (remixes 12-14, from take 9).

Studio 1 (control room only). 9:00-10:00pm. Tape copying: "Penny Lane" (of remix mono 14). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.

Remix, omitting some bits of piccolo trumpet at the end of "Penny Lane".

Problems for John when parking his car in front of Brian's house.

1969
Yellow Submarine LP, 2nd week in the Top 30 (US Billboard).

The Beatles number 1, fifth week (US Billboard).

Apple Studios. Time unknown. Recording: "Untitled Jamming"; "On Our Way Home" (working title of "Two Of Us"); "Bye Bye Love"; "George's Blues (Because You're Sweet And Lovely)" (working title of "For You Blue"); "Let It Be". Producer: George Martin?; Engineer: Glyn Johns; 2nd Engineer: Alan Parsons.

"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" number 1, third and last week for Marmalade (UK Record Retailer).

1975
"Junior's Farm", 10th and last week in the Top 40 (US Billboard).

"Sally G", 7th week in the Top 40 (US Billboard).

"#9 Dream", 3rd week in the Top 40 (US Billboard).

1977
In Los Angeles, an exhibition of Linda's photographs is on display at the Jan Baum and Iris Silverman Gallery.

1980
Paul flies from Tokyo to Amsterdam.

1981
BBC Radio One broadcasts Andy Peeble's interview to John Lennon (December 6, 1980). Part 2.

1984
Yoko Ono donated $425,000 to Liverpool's Strawberry Fields.

1986
"Spies Like Us", 7th week in the Top 40 (US Billboard).

1990
In the US, the CBS TV news program "48 Hours" airs it special edition with the footage taken during Paul's recent tour.

1991
Paul's performance for MTV. Recording: Unplugged.

1997
At the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford, Yoko's art exhibition "Have You Seen The Horizon Lately" is on display.

1999
Paul McCartney launches a crusade against British radio and TV stations over the banning of "The Light Comes From Within," the final song by his late wife Linda, because it contains language deemed offensive.

In Tampa, Florida, the exhibition of Linda's pictures entitled "Sixties" is on display at the Tampa Museum of Art.

2011
A former Miss Canada finalist became the first person in the world to graduate with a Masters degree in the Beatles. Canadian singer Mary-Lu Zahalan-Kennedy, 53, was one of the first students to sign up for the course on the Fab Four when it launched at Liverpool Hope University in March 2009.

2014
The Beatles are presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at a special pre-Grammy Special Merit Award ceremony.

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