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1915 (Jun 9) – Beatle Influencer & Guitar Legend Les Paul Born

06/09/2025 @ All Day – Guitarist Les Paul, who had a 1953 UK No.7 single with ‘Vaya Con Dios’ and the US No.7 single ‘Hummingbird’ with Mary Ford featuring his multi-layered recording techniques. He also pioneered ‘close miking’ and echo delay recording. He broke his right arm in a car accident and had it set at an angle so he […]

1971 (Jun 9) – ‘Ram’ Certified Gold

06/09/2025 @ All Day – Paul McCartney’s second solo album, Ram, is certified Gold.

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1962 (Jun 9) – The Beatles Back at the Cavern

06/09/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles make their first Liverpool appearance in two months, returning to The Cavern.

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1963 (Jun 9) -Last Night of the Roy Orbison Tour

06/09/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles on the last night of their tour with Roy Orbison, performed at King George’s Hall, Blackburn, Lancashire. It was during this tour that The Beatles’ fans started throwing jelly babies at them while they were on stage, after an off-the-cuff remark on television that George Harrison enjoyed eating them.

1977 (Jun 9) – George & Pattie Divorced

06/09/2025 @ All Day – George and Pattie Harrison’s divorce is finalized.

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

06/09/2025 @ 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.

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1966 (Jun 10) – UK Single Release of ‘Paperback Writer/Rain’

06/10/2025 @ All Day – UK single release of ‘Paperback Writer/Rain’.

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1976 (Jun 10) – Wings Performs Before 67,000+ Indoors

06/10/2025 @ All Day – Wings set a new world record when they performed in front of 67,100 fans in Seattle, the largest attendance for an indoor crowd.

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1973 (Jun 10) – ‘Live And Let Die’ Released in UK

06/10/2025 @ All Day – Wings releases ‘Live and Let Die’ in the UK. It is the theme song to the James Bond movie starring Roger Moore.

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1976 (Jun 10) – Wings Sets Indoor Attendance Record

06/10/2025 @ All Day – Paul McCartney and Wings set a new indoor concert attendance record of 67,100 at the newly-opened Kingdome in Seattle.

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