05/25/2025 @ All Day – After just one day, John and Yoko decide the Bahamas are ‘too hot’ and they fly to Toronto.
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1969 (May 26) – John & Yoko Begin 8 Day ‘Bed In’
05/26/2025 @ All Day – John Lennon and Yoko Ono began an eight-day ‘bed in’, in room 1742 of The Hotel La Reine Elizabeth, Montreal, Canada, to promote world peace. They recorded ‘Give Peace a Chance’ in the hotel room (Petula Clark can be heard on the chorus). The song was credited to Lennon & McCartney, even though Paul had […]
2008 (May 26) – Yale Makes Paul a ‘Doctor’
05/26/2025 @ All Day – Yale University awards Paul McCartney an honorary Doctorate of Music.
1973 (May 26) – ‘The Beatles 1967-1970’ #1
05/26/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles ‘The Beatles 1967-1970’ goes to #1.
1966 (May 26) – The Beatles Record ‘Yellow Submarine’
05/26/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles recorded ‘Yellow Submarine’ at Abbey Road studios in London. Recovering from a case of food poisoning, producer George Martin missed this recording, EMI engineer Geoff Emerick worked on the session. The track features John Lennon blowing bubbles in a bucket of water, shouting “Full speed ahead Mister Captain!”
1964 (May 26) – John & George Return From Holiday
05/26/2025 @ All Day – John, Cynthia, George and Patti return from Tahiti.
1962 (Jun 6) – First Beatles Recordings at What Will Become ‘Abbey Road’
05/26/2025 @ 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.
1977 (May 26) – Beatlemania! Opens
05/26/2025 @ All Day – Beatlemania!, a Broadway tribute to the music of The Beatles opens at the Winter Garden Theater.
1965 (May 25) – Beatles Record Final Show For BBC Radio
05/26/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles record their final show for BBC radio. It was titled ‘The Beatles Invite you to Take a Ticket To Ride’.