March 15
2004 (Mar 15) - George Harrison Into Rock Hall |
2005 (Mar 15) - John Lennon Statue Unveiled at Liverpool Airport |
 Yoko Ono unveiled a seven foot bronze statue of John Lennon overlooking the check-in hall of Liverpool John Lennon airport. The re-branding of the airport featured a sketch of Lennon’s face with the words ‘Above Us Only Skies.’
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March 16
1963 (Mar 16) - Live Appearance on BBC's 'Saturday Club' |
1964 (Mar 16) - Beatles Set Record For Advance Sales |
The Beatles set a new record for advance sales in the US with 2,100,000 copies of their latest single ‘Can’t Buy Me Love.’ When pressed by American journalists in 1966 to reveal the song’s ‘true’ meaning, Paul McCartney stated ‘I think you can put any interpretation you want on anything, but when someone suggests that ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ is about a prostitute, I draw the line’. |
1969 (Mar 16) - Paul and Linda Fly to America |
 Married just four days, Paul and Linda fly to America for a three week visit.
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1972 (Mar 16) - John Lennon Appeals To Immigration |
John Lennon lodged an appeal with the US immigration office in New York, after he was served with deportation orders arising from his 1968 cannabis possession conviction. |
1979 (Mar 16) - CBS Airs 'Wings Over the World' |
March 17
1944 (Mar 17) - Pattie Boyd Born |
 Pattie Boyd is born in Taunton, Somerset, England. She would later marry George Harrison and Eric Clapton. Clapton’s song ‘Layla’ was inspired by her.
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1967 (Mar 17) - Finishing Touches on 'She's Leaving Home' |
1979 (Mar 17) - Bee Gees Tie Beatles #1 Mark |
 The Bee Gees went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their fifteenth studio album release Spirits Having Flown, the group’s first album after their collaboration on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. The album’s first three tracks were released as singles and all reached No.1 in the US, giving the Bee Gees an unbroken run of six US chart-toppers and tying a record set by The Beatles. |
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