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29 АВГУСТА
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1958
15-year-old George Harrison joined the Quarrymen, the skiffle band founded by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The group was the first act ever to play the Casbah Club in Liverpool, which was run by the mother of Quarrymen drummer Pete Best.
1959
The Quarry Men (John, Paul, George, Ken Browne) play on opening night of the Casbah Coffee Club, Hayman's Green, West Derby, Liverpool.
1963
Concert at the Odeon Cinema, Southport, with Tommy Quickly and Gerry and the Pacemakers.
"Bad To Me" by Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, number 1, second week (UK New Music Week).
1964
A Hard Day's Night number 1, sixth week (US Billboard).
Billboard publishes that the sales of guitars have reached its highest point since 1957, when Elvis appeared.
1965
Press conference for their concert at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California. Concert was taped for possible live album, but technical problems with Paul's microphone rendered most of the recording unusable.
Recording: "Introduction" (by KRLA disc-jockeys); "Twist And Shout"; "She's A Woman"; "I Feel Fine"; "Dizzy Miss Lizzy"; "Ticket To Ride"; "Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby"; "Can't Buy Me Love"; "Baby's In Black"; "I Wanna Be Your Man"; "A Hard Day's Night"; "Help!"; "I'm Down". Producer: Engeman (Christian name unknown); Engineer: Hugh Davies; 2nd Engineer: not assigned.
1966
Morning. Dizz Gillespie disappears with personal briefcases of Brian and Nat Weiss.
Concert at the Candlestick Park, San Francisco. Last Beatles concert. Tony Barrow films and records the concert. Support act: the Ronettes.
1968
Trident Studios. 7:00pm-6:00am. Recording: "Dear Prudence" (overdub onto take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Barry Sheffield; 2nd Engineer: unknown.
Visits at the studio: John (Paul's cousin), Jackie Lomax.
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".
"Crawdaddy!" publishes an article entitled "Yoko: The Film Maker".
1972
Final rehearsals for the One To One concerts are held at the Fillmore East Theater in New York.
1973
Paul receives word that Henry McCullough and Denny Seiwell will not accompany the group to Lagos, Nigeria.
1980
Day Twenty-one of Double Fantasy sessions: Recording "Dear Yoko" and "Cleanup Time".
1981
In Liverpool, the first "Mersey Beatle Extravaganza" is held at the Adelphi Hotel. Guest speakers include Philip Norman, author of "Shout!", Victor Spinetti and Brian Southall, publicity executive of EMI Records. Brian announces that EMI has a recording of a song called "Leave My Kitten Alone" and hope to release it on a new Beatles single.
At Sotheby's auction in London, Cynthia sells a Christmas card drawn by John. It net a record £8,800.
1983
Paul, Linda and family arrive at the close of the "MerseyBeatle" Convention to pick up Victor Spinetti, who was a guest speaker at the convention.
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.
In London, Paul joins George Martin at AIR Studios for recordings.
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.
1985
At the annual Sotheby's auction in London, Paul's original handwritten letter to "Melody Maker" in 1970 sells for £10,000. An audio tape of the Beatles playing at the Cavern in July 1961 sells for £2,100. The man that booght both items was none other than Paul himself.
1986
The MPL/BBC special "McCartney" premieres on BBC1.
In New York, the world premiere of the Handmade Films production of "Shanghai Surprise".
A Beatles' home movie of the band's 1965 U.S. tour was auctioned off for $40,000 in London.
1987
The "Beatle City" exhibition runs at the West End marketplace in Dallas, Texas.
1989
Ringo and his All-Starr Band concert at the Cal Expo Amphitheater, Sacramento, California ("North American Tour").
UK album release: London Town (EMI CDP 7 48198 2) on CD.
1991
In London, Christie's auction house presents for the first time a sale of the Cynthia Lennon archive.
1995
Ringo and his All-Starr Band's concert at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada is cancelled.
1998
Ringo and his Fourth All-Starr Band in concert at the Sporting Club, Monte Carlo ("1998 Summer Tour").
1999
In Liverpool, Cavern City Tours holds their annual Beatles Week.
In the US, Orlando, Florida hosts its first ever Beatlefest at the Caribe Royale Resort Suites Hotel.
2003
Press conference and brief performance for Ringo's 8th All Starr Band concert later that night at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
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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