03/28/2019 @ All Day – Working on sessions for the new Beatles album Sgt. Pepper at Abbey Road studios in London, John Lennon recorded his lead vocal for ‘Good Morning Good Morning’, and Paul McCartney added a lead guitar solo to the track. Lennon had decided he wanted to end the song with animal sound effects, and asked that they […]
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1966 (Apr 6) – First ‘Revolver’ Sessions at Abbey Road
04/06/2019 @ All Day – The first session of what would become The Beatles album Revolver started in the evening at Abbey Road studios London, with the recording of the basic track of a new John Lennon song ‘Tomorrow Never Knows.’
1936 (Apr 23) – Beatle Influencer Roy Orbison Born
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1964 (Dec 25) – Beatles Record for BBC Radio’s ‘Saturday Club’
12/25/2019 @ All Day – The lads recorded six songs in London. They included: ‘Rock and Roll Music’, ‘I’m a Loser’, ‘Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby’, ‘I Feel Fine’, ‘Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey’ and ‘She’s a Woman.’
1981 (Dec 25) – Michael Jackson Phones Paul McCartney
12/25/2019 @ All Day – The ‘King of Pop’ phoned the Beatle and suggested they write and record together. First result was ‘The Girl Is Mine’. In 1981 it reached #2 in the US and #8 in the UK.
1966 – John Appears on the BBC’s ‘Not only..But also’
12/26/2019 @ All Day – John makes an appearance as a men’s room attendant in the Peter Cook-Dudley Moore vehicle.
1939 – Phil Spector Born
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1979 – ‘People of Kampuchea’ Benefit Concerts Begin
12/26/2019 @ All Day – These concerts were organized by Paul McCartney and Kurt Waldheim, and were designed to raise money for victims in Cambodia. Among the artists appearing were Queen, The Clash, The Pretenders, The Who, Elvis Costello and Wings.
1964 – ‘I Feel Fine’ #1 in the US
12/26/2019 @ All Day – The song would be #1 for three weeks. It was the Beatles’ sixth number one song of 1964. They were #1 a total of 18 weeks that year.