06/07/2025 @ All Day – George and Ringo (and their wives) fly to Los Angeles. George is there to appear in a documentary about Ravi Shankar.
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1962 (Jun 6) – First Beatles Recordings at What Will Become ‘Abbey Road’
06/07/2025 @ 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.
1967 (Jun 7) – ‘Mr. Mustard’ Inspires John Lennon
06/07/2025 @ All Day – An article appears in the Daily Mirror describing a mean man named John Mustard, giving John Lennon the idea for the Beatles song “Mean Mr. Mustard.”
1968 (Jun 8) – Paul Best Man at Michael McCartney’s Wedding
06/08/2025 @ All Day – Paul is best man at his brother Michael’s wedding.
1974 (Jun 8) – ‘Band On The Run’ #1 Single in the US
06/08/2025 @ All Day – Paul McCartney and Wings went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Band On The Run’. ‘George Harrison unwittingly contributed the first line of one part of the song: “If we ever get out of here” when he said it during one of the many Beatles’ business meetings.
1967 (Jun 8) – Brian Jones at Abbey Road
06/08/2025 @ All Day – Paul invites Rolling Stone Brian Jones to a recording session at Abbey Road.
1962 (Jun 6) – First Beatles Recordings at What Will Become ‘Abbey Road’
06/08/2025 @ 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.
1967 (Jun 8) – Sgt Pepper #1 in the UK
06/08/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band went to No.1 in the UK. Costing £25,000 ($42,500) to produce the album was recorded over 700 hours of studio time. It was also the first album to print the lyrics on the sleeve. The album spent 27 weeks at No.1 on the UK chart.
2002 (Jun 8) – Paul McCartney’s Wedding Plans Leak
06/08/2025 @ All Day – Months of secrecy surrounding Paul McCartney’s wedding plans were blown when John Leslie the owner of the 17th century Castle Leslie in Co Monaghan, let slip to reporters that Sir Paul had booked the Castle for the wedding.
1963 (Jun 8) – ‘My Bonnie’ Enters the UK Charts
06/08/2025 @ All Day – Capitalizing on the band’s success, Polydor issues ‘My Bonnie’ in the UK.