01/01/2020 @ 12:00 am – The song was originally featured on ‘The Beatles’. (The White Album)
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1971 – George Harrison’s ‘All Things Must Pass’ #1 in America
01/02/2020 @ 12:00 am – It would be number one on the US album charts for seven weeks, making Harrison the first solo Beatle to score a US No.1 album. The triple album included the hit singles ‘My Sweet Lord’ and ‘What Is Life’, as well as songs such as ‘Isn’t It a Pity’ and the title track that was […]
1963 – Beatles Tour Heads To Scotland
01/02/2020 @ 12:00 am – On this day, The Beatles fly to Scotland. Their plane is diverted from Edinburgh to Aberdeen causing their first gig, (in Keith) to be cancelled. Tour ends on January 8th with a live performance on Scottish TV.
1969 – Filming Begins on ‘Let It Be’ Album Rehearsals
01/02/2020 @ 12:00 am – Filming began at Twickenham studios in England of The Beatles rehearsing for the ‘Let It Be’ album. There were multiple problems including George Harrison walking out on the group eight days in.
2007 – Cristin Keleher Found Dead (She Once Broke Into George’s Maui Home)
01/02/2020 @ 12:00 am – Keleher was found dead after an apparent murder-suicide in California, aged 34. She made headlines in December 1999 by entering Harrison’s Maui estate and then cooking herself a frozen pizza. Police said her body had been found with that of a 48-year-old man in a car, both had gunshot wounds to their heads. This […]
1985 – Ringo Attends Ronnie Wood’s Marriage
01/02/2020 @ 12:00 am – Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood married his girlfriend Jo Woodin at Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England. Guests included Ringo Starr, Keith Richard, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck. The couple divorced in 2009.
1969 – ‘Two Virgins’ Shipment Seized by New Jersey Authorities
01/02/2020 @ 12:00 am – The entire shipment of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s album ‘Two Virgins’ was seized by authorities in New Jersey due to the full frontal nude photograph on the cover. The album was eventually sold in plain brown paper in record stores. (Click title for uncensored version.)
2014 – Beatle Influencer Phil Everly Dies
01/03/2020 @ 12:00 am – Phil Everly, one half of the Everly Brothers, died of complications from lung disease aged 74, in California. In their heyday between 1957 and 1962, the Everly Brothers had 19 Top 40 hits, including ‘Bye Bye Love’, ‘Wake Up Little Susie’ and ‘All I Have to Do Is Dream’ and influenced acts such as […]
1962 – Beatles First Cavern Show of the Year
01/03/2020 @ 12:00 am – This video was from later in 1962. It is believed to be the oldest video of the band performing.
1970 – ‘I Me Mine’ is Constructed at EMI Studios
01/03/2020 @ 12:00 am – Working on the Get Back sessions at Studio Two of EMI Studios, London, Paul, George, and Ringo record 16 takes of the George Harrison song ‘I Me Mine’. John Lennon was away in Denmark at thetime. A decade later it became the title of George Harrison’s auto-biography.