This Day in Beatle History

February 21

1982 (Feb 21) - Murray The K Dies

Murray The K dies at age 60. He was an early champion of The Beatles, hyping the band when they came to America and calling himself ‘The Fifth Beatle’. As a New York disc jockey, he held showcase concerts featuring many top acts including Stevie Wonder, The Lovin’ Spoonful and The Supremes.

1990 (Feb 21) - Paul Gets Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Paul McCartney is honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 32nd annual Grammy Awards. The Beatles only won four of the awards while active.

February 22

1970 (Feb 22) - Paul Records "Every Night"

Paul records ‘Every Night’ on this date. The lyrics reflect the situation he was dealing with as The Beatles were close to breakup. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios.

2003 (Feb 22) - Paul Plays Private Gig

Sir Paul McCartney played a private show in San Diego for the 50th birthday of Wendy Whitworth, the executive producer of CNN’s Larry King Show. Sir Paul donated his $1 million (£0.6 million) fee to the Adopt-a-Minefield charity.

February 23

1923 (Feb 23) - Hurricane Smith Born

Hurricane Smith, Beatles’ engineer and producer (along with Pink Floyd) is born in Edmonton, London, England. He later has his own hit ‘Oh Babe, What Would You Say?’.

1970 (Feb 23) - Ringo on Laugh In

Ringo Starr guests on Laugh In, making his first solo TV appearance.

2010 (Feb 23) - Abbey Road Studios Building Protected as Historical

London’s Abbey Road studios was made a listed building, protecting it from plans to radically alter it. Culture Minister Margaret Hodge listed the studios on the advice of English Heritage saying it had “produced some of the very best music in the world”. The Beatles used Abbey Road for 90% of their recordings. The studio was origanally named EMI Studios, they changed the name to Abbey Road Studios in 1970 because of The Beatles album.