01/02/2026 @ 12:00 am – On this day, The Beatles fly to Scotland. Their plane is diverted from Edinburgh to Aberdeen causing their first gig, (in Keith) to be cancelled. Tour ends on January 8th with a live performance on Scottish TV.
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1969 – Filming Begins on ‘Let It Be’ Album Rehearsals
01/02/2026 @ 12:00 am – Filming began at Twickenham studios in England of The Beatles rehearsing for the ‘Let It Be’ album. There were multiple problems including George Harrison walking out on the group eight days in.
1926 – Sir George Martin Born
01/03/2026 @ 12:00 am – Sir George Martin, English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer and musician. He worked as EMI records in-house record producer and became the so-called fifth Beatle. Martin produced all but one of The Beatles albums giving him 30 No.1 hit singles in the UK and 23 No.1 hits in the US. He also worked […]
1964 – Beatles Are Seen on America’s Jack Parr Show
01/03/2026 @ 12:00 am – Contrary to popular belief, the Ed Sullivan Show was not the first time the band was seen on American TV. It was the third, but the first performing live. The Beatles were seen for the second time on US TV when a clip from the BBC’s ‘The Mersey Sound’ showing the group playing ‘She […]
2008 (Feb 20) – Beatles’ Autographed Rolling Stones Album Auctioned
01/03/2026 @ All Day – 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 […]
2014 – Beatle Influencer Phil Everly Dies
01/03/2026 @ 12:00 am – Phil Everly, one half of the Everly Brothers, died of complications from lung disease aged 74, in California. In their heyday between 1957 and 1962, the Everly Brothers had 19 Top 40 hits, including ‘Bye Bye Love’, ‘Wake Up Little Susie’ and ‘All I Have to Do Is Dream’ and influenced acts such as […]
1962 – Beatles First Cavern Show of the Year
01/03/2026 @ 12:00 am – This video was from later in 1962. It is believed to be the oldest video of the band performing.
1966 (Feb 18) – Brian Wilson Finishes ‘Good Vibrations’
01/03/2026 @ All Day – 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 […]
1970 – ‘I Me Mine’ is Constructed at EMI Studios
01/03/2026 @ 12:00 am – Working on the Get Back sessions at Studio Two of EMI Studios, London, Paul, George, and Ringo record 16 takes of the George Harrison song ‘I Me Mine’. John Lennon was away in Denmark at thetime. A decade later it became the title of George Harrison’s auto-biography.
1970 – Final Studio Appearance For The Beatles Recording ‘Let It Be’
01/04/2026 @ 12:00 am – The Beatles (minus John Lennon) re-record vocals and a new guitar solo for ‘Let It Be’ at Studio Two, EMI Studios, London. This session will be the final studio appearance for The Beatles, as a group. (The final date that all four of The Beatles were in the studio together is August 20, 1969).