This Day in Beatle History

February 15

2001 (Feb 15) - George Harrison on MSN Live

George Harrison enters the cyber age with an online chat on MSN Live.

2008 (Feb 15) - Former Beatles' Flat Goes Up For Auction

A flat once rented by The Beatles in London went up for sale for £1.75m. The band shared the three-bedroom top floor property in Green Street, Mayfair in the autumn of 1963. A publicity photo of the Fab Four peering over a banister, used as the cover for the December 1963 edition of The Beatles Book, was taken at the top of the property’s communal stairwell.

February 16

1964 (Feb 16) -The Beatles Second Live 'Ed Sullivan' Appearance

The Beatles made their second live appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, exactly one week after the first. Before an audience of 3,500 at the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, The Beatles performed ‘She Loves You’, ‘This Boy’, ‘All My Loving’, ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, ‘From Me to You’, and ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’. Their appearance on the Sullivan show garners 70 million viewers nationwide.

1965 (Feb 16) - 'Help!' Soundtrack Recording Begins

The Beatles begin recording the soundtrack for Help!’. The recording sessions will last for five days. On this date, they record ‘I Need You’, ‘Another Girl’ and ‘Yes It Is’.

1967 (Feb 16) - The Beatles Record 'Good Morning Good Morning'

The Beatles Record ‘Good Morning Good Morning’

February 17

1967 (Feb 17) - 'Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite' Recording Begins

The Beatles started recording a new John Lennon song ‘Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite’. at Abbey Road studios, London. John’s lyrics for the song came almost entirely from an antique poster advertising a circus performance scheduled to take place in Rochdale, Lancashire, in February 1843. John had purchased the poster in Sevenoaks on January 31 while The Beatles were on location for the filming of the ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ promotional film.

1967 (Feb 17) - 'Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields' UK Release

Penny Lane’ and ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ are released in the UK.

1969 (Feb 17) - James Taylor's Apple Album is Released

James Taylor’s album on Apple is released. It has been produced by Peter Asher.

2000 (Feb 17) - John Lennon's Steinway Goes On Display

John Lennon’s Steinway piano, on which he composed ‘Imagine’, went on display at the Beatles Story Museum in Liverpool, England. The piano was set to be auctioned on the Internet later in the year and was expected to fetch more than £1 million ($1.7 million).

February 18

1933 (Feb 18) - Yoko Ono Born

Yoko Ono, Japanese artist, singer, poet, author and peace activist and wife of John Lennon. Ono moved to New York City from Tokyo aged 14 and first met John Lennon in London in 1966, the couple married in 1969.

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