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

04/26/2025 @ 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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1978 (Apr 26) – ‘Ringo’ TV Special Airs on NBC

04/26/2025 @ All Day – Ringo’s TV specia Ringo airs on NBC.

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1976 (Apr 26) – ‘Wings At The Speed Of Sound’ #1 in the US

04/26/2025 @ All Day – ‘Wings At The Speed Of Sound’ went to No.1 on the US album chart. Paul McCartney’s fifth No.1 album after The Beatles became his most successful American chart album, spending seven unconsecutive weeks at No.1. The album featured the hits ‘Let ‘Em In’ and ‘Silly Love Songs’.

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1969 (Apr 26) – ‘Get Back’ to #1

04/26/2025 @ All Day – ‘Get Back’ goes to #1 on the UK singles charts. It will remain there for six weeks.

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1964 (Apr 26) – Beatles Attend Roy Orbison’s Birthday Party

04/26/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles attend Roy Orbison’s belated 28th birthday party in London.

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1964 (Apr 26) – Beatles Head NME Poll Winners Concert

04/26/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and the Dave Clark Five headlined the NME poll winner’s concert at Wembley Empire Pool, London.

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1975 (Apr 26) – John’s ‘Stand By Me’ #20 in US

04/26/2025 @ All Day – John Lennon’s cover of ‘Stand By Me’ reaches #20 in the US.

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1966 (Apr 27) – The Beatles Work on ‘I’m Only Sleeping’

04/27/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles started recording the new John Lennon song ‘I’m Only Sleeping’ at Abbey Road studios London, England. The song features the then-unique sound of a reversed guitar duet played by George Harrison. It was released two months earlier in the United States on the album Yesterday And Today and did not feature on the […]

1970 (Apr 27) – Lennon Lithographs Ruled OK for Viewing

04/27/2025 @ All Day – John Lennon’s explicit ‘Bag One’ lithographs are returned to the London Arts Gallery exhibition. A High Court judge has ruled them ‘unlikely to deprave or corrupt’.

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

04/27/2025 @ 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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