This Day in Beatle History

January 27

1967 (Jan 27) - 'The Beatles' and Brian Sign New Deal with EMI


The Beatles sign a new record deal with EMI negotiated by Brian.

1970 (Jan 27) - John Lennon Writes, Records and Mixes 'Instant Karma' in One Day


John Lennon wrote, recorded and mixed his new single ‘Instant Karma!’ on this day.   It ranks as one of the fastest-released songs in pop music history,  recorded at London’s Abbey Road Studios and arriving in stores only ten days later.

January 28

1966 (Feb 18) - Brian Wilson Finishes 'Good Vibrations'

Beach Boy Brian Wilson finished recording the future classic song ‘Good Vibrations’, which went on to become the band’s third US number-one hit. As a child, his mother told him that dogs could pick up “vibrations” from people, so that the dog would bark at “bad vibrations” Wilson turned this into the general idea for the song.

1967 (Jan 28) - George & Paul see the Four Tops In Concert

George and Paul see the Four Tops in concert.

1969 (Jan 28) - Beatles Record 'Get Back' and 'Don't Let Me Down'

Get Back and Don’t Let me Down are recorded. They will be both sides of the Beatles next single.

1969 (Jan 28) - John and Yoko Meet With Allen Klein

John and Yoko meet with Allen Klein and agree that Klein should be John’s personal advisor. Klein has been managing the affairs of the Rolling Stones.

1994 (Jan 28) - Paul and Linda attend Wayne's World II London Premiere

Paul and Linda McCartney attended the premiere of Wayne’s World II in London. The couple then went on to Hard Rock Cafe, where the film star Mike Myers presented them with a cheque for LIPA (the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts) for £25,000 ($42,500) from the sale of Linda’s vegetarian burgers.

January 29

1964 (Jan 29) - Beatles Record German Versions of Three Songs

The Beatles spent the day at Pathe Marconi Studios in Paris, France, The Beatles’ only studio recording session for EMI held outside the UK. They recorded new vocals for ‘She Loves You’, ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ and ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’, after EMI’s West German branch persuaded Brian Epstein that they would be unable to sell large quantities of records in Germany unless they were recorded in the German language. A translator coached John, Paul, and George, although their familiarity with the German language from their Hamburg days made things much easier.

1966 (Feb 18) - Brian Wilson Finishes 'Good Vibrations'

Beach Boy Brian Wilson finished recording the future classic song ‘Good Vibrations’, which went on to become the band’s third US number-one hit. As a child, his mother told him that dogs could pick up “vibrations” from people, so that the dog would bark at “bad vibrations” Wilson turned this into the general idea for the song.

1967 (Jan 29) - John and Paul See Jimi Hendrix

 

John and Paul attend The Saville Theater to see Jimi Hendrix who is backing up The Who

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