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1964 (Apr 16) – Beatles Film, Record ‘A Hard Day’s Night’

04/16/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles filmed the ‘chase scenes’ for A Hard Day’s Night with actors dressed as policemen in the Notting Hill Gate area of London. In the evening they recorded the title track for the film, ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ at Abbey Road. John and Paul had the title first, and had to write a song […]

1962 (Jun 6) – First Beatles Recordings at What Will Become ‘Abbey Road’

04/16/2025 @ All Day – The first Beatles recording session took place at EMI studios. The group recorded four tracks, one of which was ‘Love Me Do’ the four musicians received payments for the session of £7.10 ($12.07) each.

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1993 (Apr 16) – Paul Headlines ‘Earth Day’ Concert

04/16/2025 @ All Day – Paul McCartney headlined a concert at the Hollywood Bowl to celebrate ‘Earth Day’ along with Ringo Starr, Don Henley and Steve Miller. McCartney had last performed there as a member of The Beatles in 1965.

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1971 (Apr 16) – Ringo Releases ‘It Don’t Come Easy’ in US

04/16/2025 @ All Day – Ringo Starr releases his second solo single in the US, “It Don’t Come Easy.”

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1973 (Apr 16) – ‘James Paul McCartney’ TV Special Airs

04/16/2025 @ All Day – Paul McCartney’s first television special, James Paul McCartney, was aired in America on the ABC network. The show, which includes performances by McCartney and Wings, would be broadcast in the UK on May 10th.

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1969 (Apr 16) – ‘Old Brown Shoe’ at Abbey Road

04/16/2025 @ All Day – Band works on ‘Old Brown Shoe’ in the studio. Recording will take several days.

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1966 (Apr 16) – The Beatles Record ‘Rain’

04/16/2025 @ All Day –

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1971 (Apr 17) – All Four Beatles Chart

04/17/2025 @ All Day – All four Beatles had solo singles in the UK charts, Paul McCartney with ‘Another Day’, John Lennon ‘Power To The People’, George Harrison ‘My Sweet Lord’ and Ringo Starr ‘It Don’t Come Easy.’

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1970 (Apr 17) – Paul Releases ‘Every Night’ as Single

04/17/2025 @ All Day – Paul releases ‘Every Night’ as a single on the first day of his solo album ‘McCartney’ release.

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1962 (Jun 6) – First Beatles Recordings at What Will Become ‘Abbey Road’

04/17/2025 @ All Day – The first Beatles recording session took place at EMI studios. The group recorded four tracks, one of which was ‘Love Me Do’ the four musicians received payments for the session of £7.10 ($12.07) each.

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