04/24/2025 @ All Day – John Lennon’s controversial single, ‘Woman Is the Nigger of the World’ was released in the US. The song peaked at No.57, despite virtually every radio station in the country refusing to play it. Yoko Ono said the phrase during a magazine interview in 1967 and Lennon later explained that he was making a point that […]
04/24/2025 @ All Day – ‘Ticket to Ride’ goes to number 1 in the US. It will remain there for three weeks.
04/24/2025 @ All Day – BBC’s ‘Top of the Pops’ shows a clip of ‘Get Back’ being performed on the rooftop.
04/24/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles new company, Apple Records turned down the offer to sign new artist David Bowie. (Apple later signed Mary Hopkin, James Taylor, Badfinger and Billy Preston).
04/25/2025 @ All Day – Just days after the completion of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles embarked upon their next project, recording the theme to ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ at Abbey Road studios in London.
04/25/2025 @ 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.
04/25/2025 @ All Day – Denny Laines leaves Wings, leaving just Paul and Linda McCartney as members.
04/25/2025 @ All Day – Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Ebony And Ivory.’ This was McCartney’s 24th No.1 hit single as a songwriter. The title was inspired by McCartney hearing Spike Milligan say “black notes, white notes, and you need to play the two to make harmony folks!”. It was later […]
04/26/2025 @ All Day – Mike McCartney unveiled the £40,000 statue of The Beatles by John Doubleday at the new £8 million Cavern Walks shopping center in Liverpool, England. John’s first wife, Cynthia, was also in attendance.
