04/19/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles single ‘Ticket to Ride’ was released on Capitol records in the US. The single’s label stated that the song was from the upcoming movie ‘Eight Arms to Hold You’ (the original name for the movie Help!).
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1968 (Apr 20) – Apple Music Solicits Artists
04/20/2025 @ All Day – Apple Music ran advertisements soliciting tapes from unknown artists, offering financial grants as part of a deal to release records on the Apple label. Artists such as Badfinger, James Taylor, Mary Hopkin, Jackie Lomax, David Peel and Elephant’s Memory were signed up.
2012 (Apr 20) – Beatle Influencer Bert Weedon Dies
04/20/2025 @ All Day – Bert Weedon, whose Play in a Day guitar guide set some of the biggest names in rock and roll on the road to greatness, died, aged 91. Play in a Day, released in 1957, sold over two million copies and helped inspire a generation of budding musicians including Eric Clapton, Brian May of Queen and […]
1970 (Apr 20) – New York Times Reports on ‘Submarine Churches’
04/20/2025 @ All Day – The New York Times reports on ‘submarine churches’. These churches are inspired by the Beatles’ ‘Yellow Submarine’. Their logos are variations of a submarine with the periscope forming a peace sign.
1976 (Apr 20) – George Harrison on Stage with Monty Python
04/20/2025 @ All Day – George Harrison joins Monty Python on stage at New York’s City Center. Dressed as a Canadian Mountie, he joins the chorus for ‘The Lumberjack Song’. No mention is made of Harrison’s appearance, and few recognize him. He is close friends with Eric Idle.
1962 (Jun 6) – First Beatles Recordings at What Will Become ‘Abbey Road’
04/20/2025 @ 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.
1966 (Apr 20) – Work on ‘And Your Bird Can Sing’ and ‘Taxman’
04/20/2025 @ All Day – During a 12 hour session at Abbey Road studios in London The Beatles worked on a new John Lennon song ‘And Your Bird Can Sing’, and a new George Harrison song ‘Taxman’.
1990 (Apr 21) – Paul Plays Rio, 184,000 Watch
04/21/2025 @ All Day – Paul McCartneyplayed in front of 184,000 fans at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Jnaeiro, creating a new world record for the largest crowd attending a rock concert.