This Day in Beatle History - The Beatle Zone

March 1

1966 (Mar 1) -Cavern Club The Site of a 'Sit In'

A hundred Beatles fans stage a sit-in at Liverpool’s Cavern Club. It is the first live home for the band and it is closing due to bankruptcy.

1967 (Feb 29) - John's US Visa Expires

John Lennon’s US Visa expires. He now begins a four year fight for immigrant status.

1967 (Mar 1) - Beatles Working on 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds'

Working at Abbey Road studios, London, The Beatles started recording a new John Lennon song ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’. Despite the supposed drug references, John always insited the song was inspired by a drawing his 3 year-old son Julian returned home from school with one day. The picture, which was of a little girl with lots of stars, was his classmate – Lucy O’Donnell, who also lived in Weybridge, and attended the same school as Julian. When John asked what the picture was, Julian replied “Lucy in the sky with diamonds”.

1968 (Feb 29) - 'Sgt Pepper' Cleans Up At The Grammys

The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band won album of the year, best cover and best-engineered and recorded album at this year’s Grammy Awards.

1968 (Mar 1) - Ringo and Maureen Leave Rishikesh

Ringo and Maureen Leave Rishikesh

1970 (Mar 1) - Beatles' Last Ed Sullivan Appearance

The Beatles make their last appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. Music videos for ‘Let It Be’ and ‘Two Of Us’ are aired.

1985 (Mar 1) - 'Help!' Licensed to Ford Motor Co.

Ford licenses The Beatles song ‘Help!’ for a commercial. This is the first time a fab four song is used in a TV ad.

March 2

1964 (Mar 2) - Beatles Begin Filming 'A Hard Days Night'

The Beatles began filming what would become their first feature film A Hard Day’s Night at Marylebone train station in London.

1964 (Mar 2) - Tollie Label Releases 'Twist and Shout'

Vee-Jay Records out of Chicago creates the Tollie label and releases ‘Twist and Shout’.

1975 (Mar 2) - Linda McCartney Arrested on Pot Charge

A policeman who stopped a Lincoln Continental for running a red light in Los Angeles was surprised to find Paul McCartney at the wheel with his wife Linda. The cop detected a smell of marijuana and on searching the car found eight ounces of the drug. Linda was arrested for the offense.

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