March 21
1966 (Mar 21) - John Lennon First Major Acid Trip |
 John Lennon takes his first major LSD trip. He freaks out while recording backing vocals on ‘Getting Better’. Producer George Martin takes Lennon to the roof of Abbey Road Studios. Paul and George rush to get him down.
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2016 (Mar 21) - 'Holy Grail' Beatles Recording Found |
 A rare Beatles record found in the loft of Les Maguire – the keyboardist in fellow Liverpool act, Gerry and the Pacemakers sold for £77,500 at auction. The 10-inch acetate of ‘Till There Was You’ and ‘Hello Little Girl’ from 1962 was described as ‘a Holy Grail item’. It was the first Beatles disc to be cut before the band broke into the national charts.
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March 22
1963 (Mar 22) - UK Album Release of 'Please Please Me' |
1965 (Mar 22) - Beatles Return from Austria |
 Beatles return from Austria having finished filming there.
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1978 (Mar 22) - 'The Rutles' Airs on ABC. |
1997 (Mar 22) - Paul's Birth Certificate Auctioned |
 Paul McCartney’s original birth certificate is sold to a private Beatles collector for over $84,000.
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March 23
1967 (Mar 23) - Beatles Get 'Ivor Novello' Awards |
 At a ceremony held at the Playhouse Theatre in London, The Beatles were awarded three Ivor Novello awards for 1966: Best-selling British single ‘Yellow Submarine’, most-performed song ‘Michelle’, and next-most-performed song ‘Yesterday’. None of the Beatles attended and the winning songs were played by Joe Loss and his Orchestra. The lead vocal for ‘Michelle’ was sung by Ross MacManus, whose son would go on to become the professional musician Elvis Costello.
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1972 (Mar 23) - 'Concert For Bangladesh' Film Debuts |
2008 (Mar 23) - Neil Aspinall Dies |
 Neil Aspinall, who ran the Apple Corps music empire for the Beatles from 1970 – 2007 died at a hospital in New York from cancer aged 66. A school friend of Sir Paul McCartney and George Harrison, he was regarded by some of the band as the ‘fifth Beatle’ becoming The Beatles road manager in 1961 before becoming their personal assistant. He led the legal battle with Apple computers over the use of the Apple name and a royalties dispute between the Beatles and record label EMI. Aspinall had also played background instruments on Beatles tracks including ‘Magical Mystery Tour’, ‘Within You Without You’ and ‘Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite.’
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March 24
1964 (Mar 23) - 'In His Own Write' Published |
 John Lennon’s book of verse and rhyme ‘In His Own Write’ was published in the UK. Some of the content was first published in Lennon’s ‘Beachcomber’ column in the Liverpool weekly paper Mersey Beat.
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