06/17/2025 @ 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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1965 (Jun 17) – Beatles Complete ‘Yesterday’, Work on ‘Act Naturally’
06/17/2025 @ All Day – Working at Abbey Road studios in London The Beatles completed work on the new Paul McCartney song ‘Yesterday’ with the overdubbing of an additional vocal track by McCartney and a string quartet. They also recorded ‘Act Naturally’ for Ringo’s vocal contribution on the Help! album and the song ‘Wait’, in four takes. ‘Wait’ will not […]
1989 (Jun 17) – Ringo Announces All-Starr Band Lineup
06/17/2025 @ All Day – Ringo Starr announces the second annual line-up of his All-Starr Band, featuring Billy Preston, Joe Walsh, Dr. John, Nils Lofgren and Clarence Clemons of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, and The Band’s Levon Helm and Rick Danko.
1942 (Jun 18) – Paul McCartney Born
06/18/2025 @ All Day – Paul McCartney, The Beatles Wings, solo. The most successful rock composer of all time. McCartney first met John Lennon on July 6th 1957, who was impressed that Paul could tune a guitar. With The Beatles he scored 21 US No.1 & 17 UK No.1 singles plus McCartney has scored over 30 US & UK solo […]
2010 (Jun 18) – Handwritten ‘A Day In The Life’ Lyrics Sold
06/18/2025 @ All Day – John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics to The Beatles song ‘A Day In The Life’ sold for $1.2m (£810,000) at an auction at Sotheby’s in New York. The double-sided sheet of paper with notes written in felt marker and blue ink also contained some corrections and other notes penned in red ink.
1963 (Jun 18) – John Beats Up Cavern DJ at Paul’s Birthday Party
06/18/2025 @ All Day – Paul’s birthday at his aunt’s house is spoiled when John Lennon attacks the Cavern DJ Bob Wooler. Wooler had made a comment that John’s recent vacation to Spain with Brian Epstein was a ‘honeymoon’.
1948 (Jun 18) – Mass Production of 33RPM Records Begins
06/18/2025 @ All Day – Columbia Records started the first mass production of the 33-RPM long player. The new format could contain a maximum of 23 minutes of music per side versus the three minutes that could be squeezed on to a 78 RPM disc.
2006 (Jun 18) – Paul McCartney is 64
06/18/2025 @ All Day – Paul McCartney turns 64. He’s older, but doesn’t seem to be losing his hair. McCartney started writing “When I’m 64” when he was 15.
1962 (Jun 6) – First Beatles Recordings at What Will Become ‘Abbey Road’
06/18/2025 @ 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.