This Day in Beatle History

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?’.

1963 (Feb 23) - 'Please Please Me' All Over The Charts

In the UK, ‘Please Please Me’ makes #1 on some music industry charts. It only reaches #2 on the Record Retailer chart.

1964 (Feb 23) - Beatles back on Ed Sullivan

For the third week in a row, The Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan Show. This appearance was taped two weeks earlier when the band was in New York.

1965 (Feb 23) - 'Help!' First Full Day of Filming

The Beatles in Bahamian waters. Richard Lester watches.

Filming began on The Beatles follow up to ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ on location in the Bahamas with the working title of ‘Eight Arms To Hold You.’

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.