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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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1965 (Mar 24) - Filming on 'Help!' Continues |
 The Beatles continued filming Help! at Twickenham Studios, England. They shot the interior temple scenes, including the one where they dive through a hollow sacrificial altar and into water. That scene was then cut to the swimming pool scene filmed in the Bahamas on February 23.
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1966 (Mar 24) - All Four Attend 'Alfie' Debut |
 All four Beatles are at the premiere of the film ‘Alfie’, co-starring Jane Asher.
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1969 (Mar 24) - John and Yoko Lunch with Salvadore Dali |
 In Paris, John and Yoko have lunch with Salvadore Dali.
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1970 (Mar 23) - Paul Finishes Mixing 'McCartney' |
 Paul finishes mixing the master tapes of his solo album ‘McCartney’.
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1974 (Mar 24) - Paul Celebrates 'Venus And Mars' Release |
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1979 (Mar 23) - Paul Releases 'Goodnight Tonight' |
2000 (Mar 24) - Yoko's Lost Film of John Lennon Sold |
 A film company paid £635,000, ($1,079,500) for over nine hours of film shot during the 70s by Yoko Ono. The film contained shots of Lennon smoking hash and talking about his political beliefs. |
2013 (Mar 24) - Shea Stadium Pics Sold At Auction |
 Pictures of The Beatles’ 1965 Shea Stadium concert, taken by an amateur photographer who bluffed his way backstage, sold for £30,000 at auction. Marc Weinstein used a fake press pass to get next to the stage for the historic New York show. His 61 black and white images with copyright fetched £30,680, the successful bidder was a South American gentleman currently living in Washington who is a huge collector of Beatles memorabilia.
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To celebrate the release of the Wings album ‘Venus and Mars’, Paul McCartney throws a party on the Queen Mary to celebrate. Bo Dylan and Joni Mitchell are among the guests.Powered by Events Manager