04/01/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles began a three-month residency at The Top Ten Club, Hamburg, playing 92 straight nights. The group played for seven hours a night on weekdays and eight hours at weekends with a fifteen-minute break every hour. It was during this visit that Astrid Kirchherr cut Stuart Sutcliffe’s hair into the style destined to become […]
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1966 (Apr 1) – John Inspired for ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’
04/01/2025 @ All Day – John Lennon bought a copy of Timothy Leary’s ‘The Psychedelic Experience’ and ‘The Tibetan Book Of The Dead’, where he read near the beginning of the book’s introduction; “When in doubt, relax, turn off your mind, float downstream,” which captured Lennon’s imagination and became the first line of ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’, (which he recorded 5 […]
2013 (Apr 1) – Autographed ‘Sgt Pepper’s’ Brings Record Price
04/01/2025 @ All Day – A signed copy of The Beatles’ album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band sold at Dallas-based Heritage Auctions for $290,500 (£191,000). The selling price far exceeded the $30,000 (£19,700) originally estimated for the rare LP record. The UK Parlophone copy of the album included a high gloss cover and vinyl gatefold sleeve.
1970 (Apr 1) – Phil Spector Brings Orchestra in for Beatle Sessions
04/01/2025 @ All Day – 50 musicians recorded the orchestral scores for The Beatles tracks ‘The Long And Winding Road’ and ‘Across The Universe’ for the Phil Spector produced sessions. The bill for the 50 musicians was £1,126 and 5 shillings, ($1.914).
1967 (Apr 1) – Sgt. Pepper’s Marathon Recording Sessions End
04/01/2025 @ All Day – Effectively the last day of recording for ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’.
2015 (Apr 1) – Cynthia Lennon Dies
04/01/2025 @ All Day – Cynthia Lennon, first wife of The Beatles’ John Lennon died at her home in Spain following a short battle with cancer. At the height of The Beatles’ early success she was, at the insistence of the band’s management, kept in the background so their legions of female fans were not aware of her existence. The […]
1973 (Apr 2) – Beatles Release Two Compilation Albums
04/02/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles release two compilation albums: ‘The Beatles 1962-1966’ and ‘The Beatles 1967-1970’. Both will land in the Top 10 on the US and UK albums charts, with ‘1967-1970’ hitting #1 in the US.
2013 (Apr 2) – Paul Helps Fund Restoration of Motown Records Grand Piano
04/02/2025 @ All Day – A grand piano used in the Motown Records studios was fully restored and put on display at a museum dedicated to the legendary record label in Detroit. Sir Paul McCartney helped fund the restoration of the 1877 Steinway, which was originally in Motown’s Studio B.and was used to create hits for names including Marvin Gaye, […]
1969 (Apr 2) – John & Paul and the Bankers
04/02/2025 @ All Day – John and Paul meet with bankers to try and retain control of Northern Songs. Dick James wants to sell his shares to ATV.