March 25
1964 (Mar 25) - Beatles 'Top of the Pops' Performance Airs |
 The Beatles made their debut on UK TV show Top Of The Pops performing ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ and ‘You Can’t Do That.’ The show had been recorded on March 19th.
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1966 (Mar 25) - 'Yesterday and Today' Butcher Cover Photoshoot |
 At a photo session at Bob Whitaker’s studio in London, The Beatles posed in white coats using sides of meat with mutilated and butchered dolls for the cover of their next American album, Yesterday and Today. After advance copies were sent to disc jockeys and record reviewers, negative reaction to the cover photo was so strong Capitol recalled 750,000 copies from distributors to replace the cover. The total cost to Capitol to replace the cover and promotional materials was $250,000, wiping out their initial profit.
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1969 (Mar 25) - John and Yoko Begin 'Bed In' |
 John Lennon and Yoko Ono started their week long ‘bed-in’ in the presidential suite at The Amsterdam Hilton hotel. The couple invited the world’s press into their hotel room every day, to talk about promoting world peace.
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1970 (Mar 25) - Phil Spector Begins 'Let It Be' Work |
 Phil Spector begins the remix of some of the ‘Let It Be’ tracks. This will take into April to finish and will generate much criticism from the band for his ‘Wall of Sound’ approach to their music.
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March 26
1964 (Mar 26) - Beatles #1-6 in Australia |
 The British invasion continued to make its way around the world with The Beatles having the top six positions on the Australian pop chart.
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1964 (Mar 26) - Pete Best on "I've Got A Secret' |
1968 (Mar 26) - Paul and Jane Return From Rishikesh |
 Paul and Jane return from Rishikesh. They head to Paul’s farm in Scotland.
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1987 (Mar 26) - Nike Uses 'Revolution' In Ad Campaign |
2019 (Mar 26) - Paul's Schoolbook Auctioned |
 A school book Sir Paul McCartney used as a teenager sold for £46,800 – nearly 10 times its estimate. The exercise book which features a doodle of a man smoking and a teacher’s critical comments sold at an auction of Beatles memorabilia in Merseyside. McCartney had used the book at Liverpool Institute High School for Boys, where he was taught English literature by Alan “Dusty” Durband. |
March 27
1956 (Mar 27) - McCartney Collaborator Paul Wickens Born |
 British musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, Paul Wickens who has worked with Paul McCartney since 1989. Wickens has also worked with Styx, The Damned, Tim Finn, Paul Carrack, Nik Kershaw, Jim Diamond, Boy George, and David Gilmour.
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