04/17/2025 @ All Day – Linda McCartney died after a long battle against cancer. Married Paul McCartney in 1969 when she was working as a photographer. As well as a being a member of Wings, she became an animal rights campaigner and launched her own brand of vegetarian food.
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1970 (Apr 17) – ‘McCartney’ Released in the UK
04/17/2025 @ All Day – Paul McCartney releases his first solo album, McCartney, in the UK.
1965 (Apr 18) – Beatles on ‘Big Beat ’65’ Show
04/18/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles’ Poll Winners Appearance shown on ‘Big Beat ’65’
1963 (Apr 18) – Paul Meets Jane Asher
04/18/2025 @ All Day – After the ‘Swingin’ Sound ’63’ show, Paul meets Jane Asher. They become one of the most popular couples in England, become engage but later split up after Jane catches Paul cheating on her. She inspires several Beatles songs, including ‘All My Loving’ and ‘I’m Looking Through You’.
1962 (Jun 6) – First Beatles Recordings at What Will Become ‘Abbey Road’
04/18/2025 @ 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.
1963 (Apr 18) – Beatles Perform at the ‘Swinging Sounds of 63’ Show
04/18/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles appear at the Royal Albert Hall in the ‘Swinging Sounds of ’63’ show. Del Shannon heard them play ‘From Me To You’. He later recorded it and it became the first Lennon/McCartney song to chart in the United States.
2012 (Apr 18) – Rare ‘Please Please Me’ Album Auctioned
04/18/2025 @ All Day – An original and extremely rare 1963 mono copy of The Beatles ‘Please Please Me’ album, signed by the Fab Four, sold on an eBay auction for nearly $25,000. Paul McCartney and John Lennon both signed their names with “love” in royal blue ink whereas George Harrison and Ringo Starr signed their names in midnight blue […]
1964 (Apr 18) – Beatles Appear on ‘The Morecambe and Wise Show’
04/18/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles appeared on the UK TV comedy program The Morecambe and Wise Show, playing ‘This Boy’, ‘All My Loving’, and ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ and also participate in comedy sketches with Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. The Beatles also held the UK and US No.1 position on this day with ‘Can’t Buy […]
2010 (Apr 19) – Ringo Rejects Catholic Church’s “Foregiveness”
04/19/2025 @ All Day – A week after Catholic Church officials published an article in the Vatican’s L’Osservatore Romano newspaper that said they forgive John Lennon’s remarks about The Beatles being “bigger than Jesus”, Ringo Starr rejected their forgiveness. The newspaper’s editors had written, “The Beatles said they were bigger than Jesus and put out mysterious messages, that were possibly […]
1962 (Jun 6) – First Beatles Recordings at What Will Become ‘Abbey Road’
04/19/2025 @ 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.