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2007 (Feb 5) – Apple Settles ‘Apple Suit’

02/05/2026 @ 12:00 am – Apple Computers settles a long-standing legal battle with Apple Records, the Beatles’ record label. The companies have disputed the rights of the computer maker to sell music under the Apple name.

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2008 (Feb 20) – Beatles’ Autographed Rolling Stones Album Auctioned

02/05/2026 @ 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 […]

1966 (Feb 18) – Brian Wilson Finishes ‘Good Vibrations’

02/05/2026 @ 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 […]

1967 (Feb 5) – More Filming For the ‘Penny Lane’ Video

02/05/2026 @ 12:00 am – The Beatles filmed part of the promo clip for ‘Penny Lane’ around the Royal Theatre, Stratford, London and walking up and down Angel Lane in London. Together with the video for ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’, this was one of the first examples of what later became known as a music video.

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1964 (Feb 5) – Beatles Arrive Home From Paris

02/05/2026 @ 12:00 am – The Beatles arrive home from Paris. Video is silent.

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1968 (Feb 5) – Yellow Submarine Certified Gold

02/05/2026 @ 12:00 am – The Beatles’ album ‘Yellow Submarine’ is certified gold on this day.

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1962 (Feb 6) – Decca Records Turns Down The Beatles

02/06/2026 @ 12:00 am – Decca Records turns down the Beatles on this day. Decca claims they had offered to press the Beatles records, but at the Beatles’ expense. It was on this day that the offer was received and Brian Epstein rejected it.

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1968 (Feb 6) – Ringo on Cilla Black’s TV Show

02/06/2026 @ 12:00 am – Ringo appears on Cilla Black’s TV Show. Paul had supplied the theme song ‘Step Inside Love’.

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1970 (Feb 6) – ‘Instant Karma’ UK Release

02/06/2026 @ 12:00 am – ‘Instant Karma/Who Has Seen The Wind’ released. Side one by the Plastic Ono Band. Side two by Yoko Ono Lennon.

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1981 (Feb 6) – Paul Records For George

02/06/2026 @ 12:00 am – Paul McCartney records vocals for George Harrison’s ‘All Those Years Ago’, a tribute to John Lennon. Ringo Starr also plays on the song.

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