05/08/2025 @ All Day – John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr signed a business management contract with Allen Klein and his company ABKCO, but Paul McCartney refused to sign, continuing to let the Eastmans represent his interests.
Blog Archive
1982 (May 8) – ‘Tug of War’ #1 for Paul McCartney
05/08/2025 @ All Day – Paul McCartney scored his fifth UK No.1 album with ‘Tug Of War’. The album featured the duet with Stevie Wonder ‘Ebony & Ivory’, which was inspired by McCartney hearing comedian Spike Milligan say “black notes, white notes, and you need to play the two to make harmony, folks!”, (the ebony (black) and ivory (white) keys […]
1964 (May 8) – Beatles Have UK #1 for the Fourteenth Week
05/08/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles had held the No.1 position on the US singles chart for fourteen weeks with three No.1’s in succession. ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ for seven weeks, ‘She Loves You’ for two weeks and ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’, for five weeks.
1970 (May 8) – ‘Let It Be’, Their Final Album is Released
05/08/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles twelfth and final album, Let It Be was released, (it was recorded before the Abbey Road album, and was originally to be called ‘Get Back’). The album came in a deluxe-boxed edition with a ‘Get Back’ book.
1963 (May 8) – ‘From Me to You’ Becomes The Beatles First #1
05/08/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles have their first #1 hit when ‘From Me to You’ tops the British charts. The song goes nowhere in America.
1962 (Jun 6) – First Beatles Recordings at What Will Become ‘Abbey Road’
05/08/2025 @ 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.
1969 (May 9) – George’s Album ‘Electronic Sound’ Released
05/09/2025 @ All Day – Beatles guitarist George Harrison’s experimental album Electronic Sound was released on Zapple records.
1962 (Jun 6) – First Beatles Recordings at What Will Become ‘Abbey Road’
05/09/2025 @ 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.
1969 (May 9) – Infighting Continues Over Allen Klein
05/09/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles have a major argument over Allen Klein at Olympic Studios in Barnes. John, George and Ringo walk out. Paul stays and records ‘My Dark Hour’ with the Steve Miller Band.
2020 (May 9) – Beatles Influencer Little Richard Dies
05/09/2025 @ All Day – Richard Penneman, aka ‘Little Richard’ dies in Nashville. The Beatles recorded several of his songs, including “Long Tall Sally,” and Paul McCartney’s singing on those tracks – and the Beatles’ own “I’m Down” – paid tribute to Little Richard’s shredded-throat style. (Rolling Stone) Photo is of The Beatles and Little Richard in Hamburg in the […]