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1963 (Sep 15) – Beatles Go To The Prom

09/15/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles are at the Great Pop Prom at the Royal Albert Hall. The Stones are also on the bill.

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1967 (Sep 15) – ‘Magical Mystery Tour Filming Continues

09/15/2025 @ All Day – Filming continued for The Beatles ‘Magical Mystery Tour’. Lunch was at James and Amy Smedley’s fish and chip shop in Taunton, Somerset with The Beatles being filmed and photographed eating their fish and chips.

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1964 (Sep 15) – Beatles in Cleveland

09/15/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles on tour in the USA, appeared at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio. During the performance a group of fans managed to break through the line of police fronting the stage and get up on-stage. Police ordered The Beatles off-stage in the middle of a song, and the concert only resumed after Derek […]

2003 (Sep 15) – Beatles Tribute Bands Drop to #3 in Popularity

09/15/2025 @ All Day – ABBA tribute acts overtook Elvis Presley impersonators in the battle of British covers singers according to a survey. The Swedish group jumped from third most tributed act in 2001 to top in 2002 with imitators like Abba Fever and Voulez Vous putting on Abba shows. Elvis dropped to number two while The Beatles dropped to […]

1998 (Sep 16) – Auction at Sotheby’s

09/16/2025 @ All Day – At a Sotheby’s auction a notebook belonging to former Beatles roadie Mal Evans containing the lyrics to ‘Hey Jude’ sold for £111,500, a two-tone denim jacket belonging to John Lennon went for £9,200 and the Union Jack dress worn by Spice Girl Ginger Spice sold for £41,320.

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2008 (Feb 20) – Beatles’ Autographed Rolling Stones Album Auctioned

09/16/2025 @ All Day – A 1976 Rolling Stones album bought for £2 at a car boot sale sold for £4,000 at an auction. The ‘Black and Blue’ LP was signed by John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Paul and Linda McCartney and George Harrison as well as members of the Rolling Stones. The seller obtained the album after haggling the cost […]

1970 (Sep 16) – Zeppelin Knocks Off The Beatles

09/16/2025 @ All Day – After eight straight years, The Beatles are finally knocked from their perch as England’s top act in the Melody Maker fan poll by Led Zeppelin.

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1967 (Sep 16) – ‘Your Mother Should Know’ Re-recorded

09/16/2025 @ All Day – Working at Abbey Road studios in London The Beatles recorded 11 takes of ‘Your Mother Should Know’, giving the song a stronger beat, but this version of the song was discarded in favour of the original recording.

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1963 (Sep 16) – ‘She Loves You’ Released by Swan in the US

09/16/2025 @ All Day – ‘She Loves You’ by The Beatles was released by Swan Records in the US. Although the song was currently No.1 in the UK, ‘She Loves You’ was ignored in the US until 1964 when it would reach the top of the US Pop chart.

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1968 (Sep 16) – Beatles Record ‘I Will’

09/16/2025 @ All Day – Beatles Record ‘I Will’

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