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1978 (Mar 22) – ‘The Rutles’ Airs on ABC.

03/22/2026 @ All Day – ‘The Rutles: All You Need is Cash’ airs on ABC. It is a parody on the Beatles and stars Eric Idle with music produced by Neil Innes.

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1963 (Mar 22) – UK Album Release of ‘Please Please Me’

03/22/2026 @ All Day – UK Album Release of ‘Please Please Me’ on Parlophone

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1997 (Mar 22) – Paul’s Birth Certificate Auctioned

03/22/2026 @ All Day – Paul McCartney’s original birth certificate is sold to a private Beatles collector for over $84,000.

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1965 (Mar 22) – Beatles Return from Austria

03/22/2026 @ All Day – Beatles return from Austria having finished filming there.

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1972 (Mar 23) – ‘Concert For Bangladesh’ Film Debuts

03/23/2026 @ All Day – The film of The Concert For Bangladesh featuring George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton premiered in New York. The event was the first benefit concert of this magnitude in world history. The concert raised $243,418.51 for Bangladesh relief, which was administered by UNICEF. Sales of the album and DVD continue to benefit the George […]

1967 (Mar 23) – Beatles Get ‘Ivor Novello’ Awards

03/23/2026 @ 12:00 am – At a ceremony held at the Playhouse Theatre in London, The Beatles were awarded three Ivor Novello awards for 1966: Best-selling British single ‘Yellow Submarine’, most-performed song ‘Michelle’, and next-most-performed song ‘Yesterday’. None of the Beatles attended and the winning songs were played by Joe Loss and his Orchestra. The lead vocal for ‘Michelle’ was […]

2008 (Mar 23) – Neil Aspinall Dies

03/23/2026 @ All Day – Neil Aspinall, who ran the Apple Corps music empire for the Beatles from 1970 – 2007 died at a hospital in New York from cancer aged 66. A school friend of Sir Paul McCartney and George Harrison, he was regarded by some of the band as the ‘fifth Beatle’ becoming The Beatles road manager in […]

1974 (Mar 24) – Paul Celebrates ‘Venus And Mars’ Release

03/24/2026 @ All Day – To celebrate the release of the Wings album ‘Venus and Mars’, Paul McCartney throws a party on the Queen Mary to celebrate. Bo Dylan and Joni Mitchell are among the guests.

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1979 (Mar 23) – Paul Releases ‘Goodnight Tonight’

03/24/2026 @ All Day – Paul releases ‘Goodnight Tonight’

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2013 (Mar 24) – Shea Stadium Pics Sold At Auction

03/24/2026 @ All Day – Pictures of The Beatles’ 1965 Shea Stadium concert, taken by an amateur photographer who bluffed his way backstage, sold for £30,000 at auction. Marc Weinstein used a fake press pass to get next to the stage for the historic New York show. His 61 black and white images with copyright fetched £30,680, the successful bidder […]