01/05/2020 @ 12:00 am – The Beatles played at Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool. In the audience are two members from Rory Storm & the Hurricanes: Johnny Guitar and Ringo Starr who have just returned from Hamburg, Germany.
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1968 (Jan 5) – Magical Mystery Tour Shown on BBC2
01/05/2020 @ 12:00 am – The film is shown in colour.
1968 (Jan 6) – Magical Mystery Tour #1 in the US
01/06/2020 @ 12:00 am – It would be #1 for eight weeks. It was the band’s 11th US chart topper.
1997 (Jan 8) – Thieves Break Into George Harrison’s Estate
01/06/2020 @ 12:00 am – Two bronze busts worth $70,000 were stolen from a garden at George Harrison’s estate in Henley-on- Thames, Oxfordshire. Thieves had climbed a 10- foot-wall and cut the figures of two monks from their stone plinths.
2003 (Jan 7) – The Beatles Book Monthly Ceases Publication
01/07/2020 @ 12:00 am – The Beatles Book Monthly closed down after 40 years. Author Sean O’Mahony who set up the magazine in 1963 said there was nothing more to say as the number of things the former Beatles were doing gets less and less as the years go on. The magazine had previously shut down in 1969 but had […]
1964 (Jan 7) – Beatles Record for BBC’s ‘Saturday Club’
01/07/2020 @ 12:00 am – The Beatles recorded a seven-song appearance for the BBC Radio program Saturday Club. They played ‘All My Loving’, ‘Money’, ‘The Hippy Hippy Shake’, ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’, ‘Roll Over Beethoven’, ‘Johnny B. Goode’, and ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’. The show was broadcast on February 15, while the Beatles were in the US.
1944 (Jan 7) – Michael McCartney (Mike McGear) Born
01/07/2020 @ 12:00 am – The brother of Paul McCartney was also an entertainer. His group, ‘The Scaffold’, had the 1968 Christmas UK Number 1 single ‘Lily The Pink’. (pics below)
2010 (Jan 7) – Beatles Still Lead Groups For Media Sold
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2008 (Jan 7) – Ringo Starr releases ‘Liverpool 8’ as Single
01/07/2020 @ 12:00 am – Liverpool 8 is a single from the 15th studio album by Ringo Starr, released worldwide on 14 January 2008. The album is also called Liverpool 8.
1967 (Jan 8) – John, Paul and Ringo Attend Georgie Fame’s Fancy Dress Party
01/08/2020 @ 12:00 am – Fellow entertainer Fame was throwing the party for his girlfriend’s 21st birthday.