February 15
1962 (Jun 6) - First Beatles Recordings at What Will Become 'Abbey Road' |
 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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1964 (Feb 15) - 'Ed Sullivan Show' Dress Rehearal |
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1964 (Feb 15) - 'Meet The Beatles' Becomes Band's First US #1 |
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1965 (Feb 15) - 'Eight Days A Week' and 'I Don't Want To Spoil The Party' Released |
1965 (Feb 15) - John Passes His Driving Test |
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1966 (Feb 18) - Brian Wilson Finishes 'Good Vibrations' |
1968 (Feb 15) - Part of the Band Heads to India |
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1974 (Feb 15) - 'Jet/Let Me Roll It' Released |
2001 (Feb 15) - George Harrison on MSN Live |
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2008 (Feb 15) - Former Beatles' Flat Goes Up For Auction |
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The Beatles second appearance on the ‘Ed Sullivan Show’ is one day away. The boys go through a full dress rehearsal at their Miami hotel.
The Beatles scored their first US No.1 album with Meet The Beatles! The album stayed at No.1 for eleven weeks. The album sold over four million copies in the US by December 31, 1964.
John Lennon becomes a licensed driver.
John and Cynthia Lennon, along with George and Patti Harrison and Cynthia’s sister Jenny, flew to India to study meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Paul and Ringo joined them a few days later, but Starr would become bored and leave on March 1st, comparing the experience to be like a ‘Butlins holiday camp.’ Much of the Beatles’ The White Album was written during their stay.
George Harrison enters the cyber age with an online chat on MSN Live.
A flat once rented by The Beatles in London went up for sale for £1.75m. The band shared the three-bedroom top floor property in Green Street, Mayfair in the autumn of 1963. A publicity photo of the Fab Four peering over a banister, used as the cover for the December 1963 edition of The Beatles Book, was taken at the top of the property’s communal stairwell.Powered by Events Manager