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1966 – Paul Works on ‘Penny Lane’

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.  

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1967 – ‘Hello Goodbye’ is #1 on Billboard

12/30/2019 @ All Day – It would remain #1 for three weeks.

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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.

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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’.

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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’.

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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.

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