Today In The Beatles History

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Today in The Beatles History:

1961
Performance at the Cavern, with the Yorkshire Jazz Band.

1962

"Love Me Do", number 17 in Britain. [December 27th?]

1963
12:50am. New York WMCA broadcasts "I Want To Hold Your Hand" for the first time in the US.

The "Sunday Times" critic Richard Buckle praises the Beatles as the greatest composers since Beethoven.

1964
"Another Beatles Christmas Show" at the Hammersmith Odeon, London (two performances).

The Liverpool Youth Employment Service announced that some school leavers were finding it difficult to get jobs because their "Beatle" style haircuts and clothing were unacceptable to employers.

1965

"Day Tripper"/"We Can Work It Out" number 1, 4th week (UK Record Retailer).

Rubber Soul number 1, 4th week (UK Record Retailer).

1966
Studio 3 (control room only). 2:30-4:45pm. Mono mixing: "When I'm Sixty-Four" (remixes 4-7, from take 4). Tape copying: "Strawberry Fields Forever" (of remix moo 12, numbered remix mono 13).

Studio 3 (control room only). 4:45-5:40pm. Stereo mixing: "Strawberry Fields Forever" (remix 1, from take 7, remixes 2, 4, fom take 26). Editing: "Strawberry Fields Forever" (of stereo remixes 1, 2, edited together as remix 3, of stereo remixes 1, 4 edited together as remix 5).

Studio 2. 7:00pm-2:15am. Recording: "Untitled" (working title of "Penny Lane") (takes 1-6). Mono mixing: "Untitled" (working title of "Penny Lane") (remixes 1, 2, from take 6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.

Copy of "Strawberry Fields Forever" for the US. Recording of the keyboard sound for "Penny Lane".

1967
John goes to Morocco on vacations.

1969
John and Yoko are visited by Hammrick and Leonard, Canadian hypnotizers who intend to help them to stop smoking. John and Yoko prepare to go to Denmark to visit Kyoko. They fly to Aalborg.

Paul prepares Heather's birthday party.

1970
At the Kolnischer Kunstverein in Cologne, West Germany, the exhibition of Yoko's work "Happening And Fluxus" is shown.

At his Ascot home studios, John records demo tapes of "I'm The Greatest" and "Make Love Not War" (working title for "Mind Games").

In the US, Paul gives a phone interview to Alexis Korner on BBC Radio One.

1974
John gives a radio interview to Detroit radio station CKLW.

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

1979
In London, Wings performs for the "Concert for the People of Kampuchea" at the Hammersmith Odeon.

1983
In Los Angeles, the Linda exhibition "Photographs" is displayed at the Molly Barnes Gallery.

1984
"Do They Know It's Christmas?", by Band Aid, number 1, third week (UK British Market Research Bureau).

1987
The "Beatle City" exhibition runs at the West End marketplace in Dallas, Texas.

1996
BBC1 broadcast the program "Spirit Of '66", a retrospective of the year 1966. Included is John's appearance on the December episode of "Not Only... But Also".

1997
BBC1 broadcasts the second part of a three-part special George Martin documentary, entitled "The Rhythm Of Life".

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

1998
In Washington, D.C., an exhibition of Beatles photographs taken by Harry Benson is on display at the Govinda Gallery.