This Day in Beatle History - The Beatle Zone

May 4

1969 (May 4) - John Buys a New Home

John buys a new home, Tittenhurst Park, in Sunninghill, Berkshire.

1969 (May 4) - Ringo Hosts a Wrap Party

Ringo hosts a wrap party for ‘The Magic Christian’ at a London club. Paul and Linda, and John and Yoko attend.

2008 (Feb 20) - Beatles' Autographed Rolling Stones Album Auctioned

A 1976 Rolling Stones album bought for £2 at a car boot sale sold for £4,000 at an auction. The ‘Black and Blue’ LP was signed by John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Paul and Linda McCartney and George Harrison as well as members of the Rolling Stones. The seller obtained the album after haggling the cost down from £3.

May 5

1962 (Jun 6) - First Beatles Recordings at What Will Become 'Abbey Road'

The first Beatles recording session took place at EMI studios. The group recorded four tracks, one of which was ‘Love Me Do’ the four musicians received payments for the session of £7.10 ($12.07) each.

1963 (May 5) - Decca Records Scouts The Rolling Stones

On a recommendation by George Harrison Dick Rowe Head of A&R at Decca records, (and the man who turned down The Beatles) went to see The Rolling Stones play at Crawdaddy Club, London. The band were signed to the label within a week.

1964 (May 2) - John & George on Holiday

John and Cynthia, along with George and Patti fly to Honolulu, then to Tahiti for vacation.

1966 (Feb 18) - Brian Wilson Finishes 'Good Vibrations'

Beach Boy Brian Wilson finished recording the future classic song ‘Good Vibrations’, which went on to become the band’s third US number-one hit. As a child, his mother told him that dogs could pick up “vibrations” from people, so that the dog would bark at “bad vibrations” Wilson turned this into the general idea for the song.

1968 (May 5) - Twiggy Suggests Mary Hopkin to Paul

Twiggy sees Mary Hopkin on ‘Opportunity Knocks’, and suggests to Paul that he sign her to Apple.

1969 (May 5) - 'Get Back' Released in the US

The Beatles single ‘Get Back’ was released in the US. John Lennon claimed in 1980 that “there’s some underlying thing about Yoko in there”, claiming that Paul McCartney looked at Yoko Ono in the studio every time he sang “Get back to where you once belonged.”

1986 (May 5) - Cleveland Announced for Rock HOF

Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun announces that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will be built in Cleveland, Ohio.

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