05/09/2025 @ All Day – UK music paper Melody Maker introduced a Juke Box Top 20 Chart compiled from 200 Juke Boxes around the UK.
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1962 (May 9) – Brian Epstein Meets George Martin
05/09/2025 @ All Day – Brian Epstein Meets George Martin in London.
1960 (May 10) – ‘The Silver Beetles’ Have Audition
05/10/2025 @ All Day – The Silver Beetles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe, and Tommy Moore) auditioned for promoter Larry Parnes and singer Billy Fury for a job as Fury’s backing group. Parnes was also looking for backing groups for his lesser-known acts, and The Silver Beetles were selected as backing group for singer Johnny Gentle’s upcoming […]
1962 (Jun 6) – First Beatles Recordings at What Will Become ‘Abbey Road’
05/10/2025 @ 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.
1920 (May 10) – Beatles Influencer Bert Weedon Born
05/10/2025 @ All Day – English guitarist Bert Weedon who had the 1959 UK No.10 single ‘Guitar Boogie Shuffle’. His best-selling tutorial guides, Play in a Day, were a major influence on many British musicians, such as Eric Clapton, Brian May, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, Keith Richards, Pete Townshend and Jimmy Page. Weedon died on 20th April 2012 […]
1975 (May 10) – Apple Records Officially Dissolves.
05/10/2025 @ All Day – Apple Records officially dissolves.
2011 (May 10) – Iron Gates on Strawberry Fields Removed
05/10/2025 @ All Day – The ornate iron gates of a children’s home which inspired John Lennon’s psychedelic Beatles anthem Strawberry Fields Forever were removed after The Salvation Army, which owned the former home, decided to put the red Victorian gates into storage. Beatles fans who passed the Liverpool site on tours would now be met with 10ft (3m) high […]
1963 (May 11) – Beatles Begin 30 Weeks At #1 on UK Album Charts
05/11/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles started a 30 week run at No.1 on the UK album charts with their debut album ‘Please Please Me’, making it the longest running No.1 album by a group ever. The bands follow up ‘With The Beatles’ replaced it at the top of the charts on 7th December 1963 and stayed there for […]
1962 (Jun 6) – First Beatles Recordings at What Will Become ‘Abbey Road’
05/11/2025 @ 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.