This Day in Beatle History - The Beatle Zone

June 4

1962 (Jun 6) - First Beatles Recordings at What Will Become 'Abbey Road'

The first Beatles recording session took place at EMI studios. The group recorded four tracks, one of which was ‘Love Me Do’ the four musicians received payments for the session of £7.10 ($12.07) each.

1963 (Jun 4) - First 'Pop Goes The Beatles' Airs

The first Pop Goes The Beatles program is aired on the BBC in the UK. The band plays a version of ‘Pop Goes The Weasel’ on the show.

1964 (Jun 4) - Beatles Record 'Slow Down'

The Beatles record “Slow Down.”

1964 (Jun 4) - The Beatles Play Copenhagen

The Beatles played two performances at the KB Hallen, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark on the first date of a 27-day world tour. Drummer Jimmy Nicol replaced Ringo Starr who was ill in hospital.

1965 (Jun 4) - EP 'Beatles For Sale 2'

‘Beatles For Sale 2’ EP Release in the UK.

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 (Jun 4) - Jim Hendrix Plays Sgt Pepper Open; Paul Attends

Jimi Hendrix is at the Saville theater. He opens his show with the opening intro to Sgt Pepper. Paul McCartney is in the audience.

1967 (Jun 4) - Sgt Pepper Goes to #1 in the UK

The Beatles started a 23 week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Recorded over a 129-day period beginning in December 1966, the album widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time, includes songs such as ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ and ‘A Day in the Life’.

1986 (Jun 4) - Beatlemania! Producers Forced to Pay Up

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled that the primary purpose of the stage show “Beatlemania” was to commercially exploit the Beatles’ popularity and that the show and movie producers should pay $10 million to Apple Corps Ltd.

2003 (Jun 4) - Granddad Investigated for Pirate Radio Station

A grandfather who set up his own pirate radio station in Wakefield, Yorkshire, is under investigation by local broadcasting authorities. The man known as Ricky Rock had erected a 32-foot transmitter in his garden and had been playing hits by The Beach Boys, The Beatles, and Elvis Presley. Ricky said he set the station up because “talent-less boy bands and dance music” featured on local stations did not cater to the tastes of his generation.

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