01/03/2020 @ 12:00 am – Sir George Martin, English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer and musician. He worked as EMI records in-house record producer and became the so-called fifth Beatle. Martin produced all but one of The Beatles albums giving him 30 No.1 hit singles in the UK and 23 No.1 hits in the US. He also worked […]
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1964 – Beatles Are Seen on America’s Jack Parr Show
01/03/2020 @ 12:00 am – Contrary to popular belief, the Ed Sullivan Show was not the first time the band was seen on American TV. It was the third, but the first performing live. The Beatles were seen for the second time on US TV when a clip from the BBC’s ‘The Mersey Sound’ showing the group playing ‘She […]
1975 – Elton John US #1 with ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’
01/04/2020 @ 12:00 am – The song would be #1 for two weeks on the US singles chart. His third US No.1, the song featured John Lennon on guitar.
1962 – Beatles Top Merseybeat Popularity Poll
01/04/2020 @ 12:00 am – Liverpool’s Mersey Beat published its first popularity poll, with The Beatles place first, and Gerry and the Pacemakers voted second.
1970 – Final Studio Appearance For The Beatles Recording ‘Let It Be’
01/04/2020 @ 12:00 am – The Beatles (minus John Lennon) re-record vocals and a new guitar solo for ‘Let It Be’ at Studio Two, EMI Studios, London. This session will be the final studio appearance for The Beatles, as a group. (The final date that all four of The Beatles were in the studio together is August 20, 1969).
1955 – Brian Ray Born
01/04/2020 @ 12:00 am – American session musician, guitarist, bassist, singer–songwriter and musical director, Brian Ray, best known for his work as a rhythm guitarist and bassist with Paul McCartney. He joined McCartney in 2002 and has appeared on all tours and albums since then.
1969 – ‘Disc and Music Echo’ Predict New Beatle Releases
01/04/2020 @ 12:00 am – Disc and Music Echo, a British music weekly, report that The Beatles were to release five new albums. One would be their first ever live album plus four separate LP’s, each one the choice of Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr.
1962 – ‘My Bonnie’ by Tony Sheridan Released
01/05/2020 @ 12:00 am – The single is released on Polydor. It’s billed as ‘Tony Sheridan and the Beatles’ or ‘Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers’.
1976 – Mal Evans Shot & Killed By Police
01/05/2020 @ 12:00 am – Former Beatles roadie Mal Evans was shot dead by police at his Los Angeles apartment. He had become depressed about a separation from his wife Lil Evans, who had asked for a divorce weeks earlier. Meanwhile, his girlfriend discovered him with a rifle and she called police. Upon arrival Evans pointed the gun at the […]
1966 (Jan 1) – Beatles Re-record Shea Stadium Tracks
01/05/2020 @ 12:00 am – They were asked to re-record tracks that would be included in a film of the Shea Stadium concert.