06/28/2025 @ All Day – The Paul McCartney single ‘Coming Up’ became one of the few ‘live’ recordings to reach the top of Billboard’s Hot 100. American disc jockeys preferred it to the studio version on the flip side of the record.
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1975 (Jun 28) – Bowie Releases ‘Fame’ with John on Backing Vocals
06/28/2025 @ All Day – David Bowie releases “Fame,” featuring John Lennon on backing vocals. It become Bowie’s first #1 hit in the US.
1985 (Jun 29) – John’s Rolls Fetches Nearly Three Million
06/28/2025 @ All Day – New York’s Cooper-Hewitt museum fetches a record $2,299,000 for John Lennon’s “Roller,” a 1965 Rolls Royce Phantom V painted groovy psychedelic colors by Apple associates The Fool.
1962 (Jun 6) – First Beatles Recordings at What Will Become ‘Abbey Road’
06/28/2025 @ 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.
1997 (Jun 28) – George Harrison Undergoes Cancer Operation
06/28/2025 @ All Day – George Harrison has an operation to remove a cancerous growth from his neck.
1968 (Jun 28) – The Beatles Record ‘Good Night’
06/28/2025 @ All Day – Working at Abbey Road studios The Beatles recorded ‘Good Night’, John Lennon’s lullaby for his 5-year-old son Julian with Ringo singing the lead vocal. The track appeared on The White Album.
1975 (Jun 28) – ‘Venus And Mars’ #1 in the UK
06/28/2025 @ All Day – Wings went to No.1 on the UK chart with their fourth album ‘Venus And Mars’. The follow up to Band On The Run featured the US No.1 single ‘Listen What The Man Said’.
1964 (Jun 29) – The Beatles Play Two Shows in Brisbane
06/29/2025 @ All Day – Touring Australia The Beatles played two shows at the Festival Hall, Brisbane. Over 8,000 fans had waited until after midnight to greet the group as they landed at Brisbane Airport.
1963 (Jun 29) – Del Shannon’s ‘From Me To You’ Enters the Hot 100
06/29/2025 @ All Day – Del Shannon’s cover of The Beatles’ “From Me to You” enters the Hot 100 at #96, becoming the first Lennon-McCartney composition to chart in America. Shannon’s version peaks at #77; in the UK the Beatles original hits #1 in May.
1998 (Jun 29) – George Announces Cancer Treatment
06/29/2025 @ All Day – George Harrison announces that he is undergoing chemotherapy for throat cancer, with assurances that, “I’m not going to die on you folks just yet.” He succumbs to the disease three years later.