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

05/19/2025 @ 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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2013 (May 19) – Guitar Played by John and George Auctioned

05/19/2025 @ All Day – A guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison sold for $408,000 (£269,000) at auction. The custom-made instrument, built in 1966 by VOX was bought by an unidentified US buyer in New York. Harrison played ‘I Am The Walrus’, on the guitar in a scene from Magical Mystery Tour in 1967. Lennon used it in […]

1980 (May 19) – Ringo and Barbara Bach in Car Crash

05/19/2025 @ All Day – Ringo Starr and his future wife were involved in a car crash less than half a mile from where Marc Bolan was killed, the car was a write-off but Starr and Bach were not seriously injured.

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1967 (May 19) – Press Party for the Sgt Pepper Album

05/19/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles held a press party at manager’s Brian Epstein’s house in London for the launch of the Sgt. Pepper album. Linda Eastman was hired as the press photographer for the event.

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

05/19/2025 @ 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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1962 (Jun 6) – First Beatles Recordings at What Will Become ‘Abbey Road’

05/20/2025 @ 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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1967 (May 20) – BBC Bans ‘A Day In The Life’

05/20/2025 @ All Day – Because of the line, “I’d love to turn you on,” the BBC bans ‘A Day In The Life’. Their reasoning? They think it might promote drug use.

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1970 (May 20) – George Harrison Demos For Phil Spector

05/20/2025 @ All Day – George Harrison meets producer Phil Spector at Abbey Road Studios. He plays demos of the songs which will appear on his debut album ‘All Things Must Pass’.

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1960 (May 20) – The Silver Beetles are in Scotland

05/20/2025 @ All Day – The Silver Beetles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stu Sutcliffe, and Tommy Moore) played the first night of a short tour of Scotland backing singer Johnny Gentle, at Alloa Town Hall in Clackmannanshire. Three of the Silver Beetles adopted stage names: Paul McCartney became Paul Ramon, George Harrison was Carl Harrison, and Stuart Sutcliffe […]

1978 (May 20) – ‘With A Little Luck’ #1 in the US

05/20/2025 @ All Day – Paul McCartney went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘With A Little Luck’, his sixth solo US No.1.

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