The Beatles scored their fifth US No.1 single in seven months when ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ went to the top of the charts. The group had now spent seventeen weeks at the No.1 position in this year.
It’s the heyday of the harmonica, as the industry publication Billboard points out that The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and Stevie Wonder have all had hits with the instrument.
The Beatles appear on ‘Blackpool Night Out’. It is hosted by Mike and Bernie Winters. Also appearing are Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson, along with dancer Lionel Blair.
George and Pattie fly to Los Angeles. They lease a house on Blue Jay Way. George visits with Ravi Shankar where he gets Sitar lessons. George later visits San Francisco where he wanders around Haight-Ashbury.
The Concert For Bangladesh organised by George Harrison to aid victims of famine and war in Bangladesh took place at New York’s Madison Sq Garden. Featuring Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar and members from Badfinger. Harrison had to shell out his own money to maintain the fund after legal problems froze all proceeds. The triple album release (the second in a row by Harrison), hit No.1 in the UK and No.2 in the US and received the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
George Harrison forms a movie production company called Handmade Films, which produces the films Monty Python’s Life of Brian, The Long Good Friday, Time Bandits, and Shanghai Surprise.
John Lennon’s “granny” sunglasses were snapped up by a British collector at auction. The sunglasses, from one of the last Beatles concerts, were expected to fetch around £1m, but auction bosses refused to say what the actual figure was. Lennon gave the gold-rimmed glasses to his Japanese interpreter in Tokyo in 1966, and the translator removed the lenses when Lennon died.
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.
It’s the heyday of the harmonica, as the industry publication Billboard points out that The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and Stevie Wonder have all had hits with the instrument.
The Beatles appear on ‘Blackpool Night Out’. It is hosted by Mike and Bernie Winters. Also appearing are Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson, along with dancer Lionel Blair.
George and Pattie fly to Los Angeles. They lease a house on Blue Jay Way. George visits with Ravi Shankar where he gets Sitar lessons. George later visits San Francisco where he wanders around Haight-Ashbury.
John Lennon’s “granny” sunglasses were snapped up by a British collector at auction. The sunglasses, from one of the last Beatles concerts, were expected to fetch around £1m, but auction bosses refused to say what the actual figure was. Lennon gave the gold-rimmed glasses to his Japanese interpreter in Tokyo in 1966, and the translator removed the lenses when Lennon died.
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.