02/08/2026 @ 12:00 am – Winners at the second annual Brit Awards held in London included Paul McCartney who won Best British Male Solo Artist, Kim Wilde won Best British Female Solo Artist, Dire Straits won British Group, British Breakthrough Act went to Yazoo, International Act was Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Best Selling Single Dexy’s Midnight Runners “Come On […]
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1962 (Feb 8) – Beatles Audition Tapes Converted to Acetates
02/08/2026 @ 12:00 am – The Beatles DECCA audition tapes are made into acetates at HMV’s shop on London’s Oxford Street. That leads to the Beatles meeting Sid Coleman, head of EMI publishing. He encourages Brian Epstein to meet with George Martin.
1993 (Feb 9) – Bill Grundy Dies. First Presented ‘The Beatles’ on TV
02/09/2026 @ 12:00 am – British broadcaster Bill Grundy died of a heart attack aged 69. He conducted the famous Sex Pistols interview on Thames Television on December 1, 1976; when Grundy provoked the band into using obscenities on live TV. The broadcast wrecked Grundy’s television career. He was also the first television presenter to present The Beatles on Granada […]
1961 (Feb 9) – First Cavern Club Appearance as ‘The Beatles’
02/09/2026 @ 12:00 am – The Beatles appeared at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, for the very first time (as The Beatles), they would go on to make a total of 292 other appearances at the Club. They were paid £5 for this luchtime appearance and George Harrison was nearly denied admission to play because he was wearing jeans.
1967 (Feb 9) – Videos For ‘Penny Lane’ & ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ First Shown
02/09/2026 @ 12:00 am – The film for the latest Beatles single ‘Penny Lane’ and ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ was shown on BBC-TV’s Top Of The Pops. It was the first Beatles single not to make No.1 in the UK since 1963, held off the top by Engelbert Humperdinck’s ‘Release Me.’
2009 (Feb 9) – Ringo Gets Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
02/09/2026 @ 12:00 am – Ringo Starr became the 2,401st person to be added to the Hollywood Walk Of Fame during a ceremony that marked the 50th anniversary of the attraction. The Beatles as a group were given a star in 1998.
2014 (Feb 9) – ‘The Beatles: The Night That Changed America” Airs
02/09/2026 @ 12:00 am – ‘The Beatles: The Night That Changed America’ airs on CBS exactly 50 years afer the group first appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. The show features performances by Paul and Ringo, and covers by Stevie Wonder, Dave Grohl and Eurythmics.
1964 (Feb 9) – US Live TV Debut on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’
02/09/2026 @ 12:00 am – The Beatles made their US live debut on CBS-TV’s ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’; they performed five songs including their current No.1 ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’. Never before had so many viewers tuned-in to a live television program, which with 73 million viewers, was three-fourths of the total adult audience in the United States.The […]
1972 (Feb 9) – Wings Plays First Gig of UK College Tour
02/09/2026 @ 12:00 am – Paul McCartney’s Wings played the first night of a UK College tour in Nottingham. The group arrived unannounced asking social secretaries if they would like them to perform that evening. The band’s intended first stop on the tour, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, refused to allow them to play so they drove on to Nottingham. Admission was 40p, British […]
1982 (Feb 9) – George Presents UNICEF over 9 Million
02/09/2026 @ 12:00 am – George Harrison presented UNICEF with a cheque for $9 million (£5.3 million), ten years after the fundraising The Concert For Bangladesh.