05/04/2025 @ All Day – Mary Hopkin won her heat on the ITV talent show ‘Opportunity Knocks’. She later signed with The Beatles owned Apple Records, Paul McCartney produced her UK No.1 single ‘Those Were The Days’, which also made No. 2 in the US. Hopkin later married record producer Tony Visconti.
05/04/2025 @ All Day – Ringo hosts a wrap party for ‘The Magic Christian’ at a London club. Paul and Linda, and John and Yoko attend.
05/04/2025 @ 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.
05/04/2025 @ All Day – John buys a new home, Tittenhurst Park, in Sunninghill, Berkshire.
05/05/2025 @ All Day – John and Cynthia, along with George and Patti fly to Honolulu, then to Tahiti for vacation.
05/05/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles single ‘Get Back’ was released in the US. John Lennon claimed in 1980 that “there’s some underlying thing about Yoko in there”, claiming that Paul McCartney looked at Yoko Ono in the studio every time he sang “Get back to where you once belonged.”
05/05/2025 @ All Day – Twiggy sees Mary Hopkin on ‘Opportunity Knocks’, and suggests to Paul that he sign her to Apple.
05/05/2025 @ All Day – On a recommendation by George Harrison Dick Rowe Head of A&R at Decca records, (and the man who turned down The Beatles) went to see The Rolling Stones play at Crawdaddy Club, London. The band were signed to the label within a week.
05/05/2025 @ 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.
05/05/2025 @ All Day – The John Lennon tribute concert was held at the Pier Head Arena in Merseyside, featuring Lenny Kravitz, Al Green, Joe Cocker, The Christians, Kylie Minogue, Ringo Starr, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Deacon Blue, Lou Reed, Joe Walsh and Wet Wet Wet.