12/29/2019 @ All Day – At Abbey Road, Paul records six takes of keyboard tracks and various percussion effects. Penny Lane is a street near John Lennon’s home in Liverpool.
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2016 – Allan Williams Dies
12/30/2019 @ All Day – The first manager of the Beatles, working with the group from 1960 to 1961. He worked to get the group gigs in Britain and Hamburg. He was 86.
2012 – Autographed ‘Please Please Me’ Sold
12/30/2019 @ All Day – The copy of ‘Please Please Me’ sold for £12,000. The album was signed by John, Paul, George and Ringo after they used it as a drink coaster in 1963.
1947 – Jeff Lynne Born
12/30/2019 @ 12:00 am – Member of the Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison and others. English songwriter, singer, record producer Jeff Lynne was a member of Idle Race, then The Move who had the 1969 UK No.1 single ‘Blackberry Way’. He co-founded ELO who had the 1979 hit ‘Don’t Bring Me Down’ and many others. As […]
1999- George and Olivia Harrison Attacked At Their Home
12/30/2019 @ All Day – The pair were at their home in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. After George was stabbed, Olivia beat off the attacker with a poker and heavy lamp. George was admitted to the hospital and treated for a collapsed lung and various stab wounds. Olivia had cuts and bruises. Michael Abram from Liverpool was arrested in the attack.
1959 – Tracy Ullman Born
12/30/2019 @ 12:00 am – Buds with Paul, she appeared in his ‘Give My Regards to Broad Street’ film, and he made a cameo in the video of her hit song ‘They Don’t Know’.
2005 – ‘Imagine’ Voted Britain’s Favorite Song
12/31/2019 @ All Day – A quarter century after his death, Lennon took the top spot in a poll of 7,000 radio station listeners. The Beatles were second and third with ‘Hey Jude’ and ‘Let It Be’.
1970 – Paul Files Suit Against The Beatles
12/31/2019 @ All Day – The suit was designed to dissolve the partnership. Court documents stated the primary reason was a decision by John, George and Ringo to appoint Allan Klein as their manager. Paul wanted his in-laws Lee and John Eastman to take over. The suit took more than four years of court hearings and the group was officially […]
1969 – Ringo and Maureen Throw New Year’s Eve Party
12/31/2019 @ All Day – In attendance, George, Patti, Paul and Linda. John & Yoko are in Denmark.