This Day in Beatle History - The Beatle Zone

February 23

1923 (Feb 23) - Hurricane Smith Born

Hurricane Smith, Beatles’ engineer and producer (along with Pink Floyd) is born in Edmonton, London, England. He later has his own hit ‘Oh Babe, What Would You Say?’.

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.

1963 (Feb 23) - 'Please Please Me' All Over The Charts

In the UK, ‘Please Please Me’ makes #1 on some music industry charts. It only reaches #2 on the Record Retailer chart.

1964 (Feb 23) - Beatles back on Ed Sullivan

For the third week in a row, The Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan Show. This appearance was taped two weeks earlier when the band was in New York.

1965 (Feb 23) - 'Help!' First Full Day of Filming

The Beatles in Bahamian waters. Richard Lester watches.

Filming began on The Beatles follow up to ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ on location in the Bahamas with the working title of ‘Eight Arms To Hold You.’

1966 (Feb 18) - Brian Wilson Finishes 'Good Vibrations'

Beach Boy Brian Wilson finished recording the future classic song ‘Good Vibrations’, which went on to become the band’s third US number-one hit. As a child, his mother told him that dogs could pick up “vibrations” from people, so that the dog would bark at “bad vibrations” Wilson turned this into the general idea for the song.

1968 (Jan 20) - 'Judy In Disguise' is #1. Inspired by 'Lucy In The Sky'?

One Hit Wonders John Fred and the Playboy Band started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Judy In Disguise, (With Glasses)’. It topped at No.3 in the UK. The song was allegedly inspired by The Beatles ‘Lucy In The Sky’.

1970 (Feb 23) - Ringo on Laugh In

Ringo Starr guests on Laugh In, making his first solo TV appearance.

2008 (Feb 20) - Beatles' Autographed Rolling Stones Album Auctioned

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 down from £3.

2010 (Feb 23) - Abbey Road Studios Building Protected as Historical

London’s Abbey Road studios was made a listed building, protecting it from plans to radically alter it. Culture Minister Margaret Hodge listed the studios on the advice of English Heritage saying it had “produced some of the very best music in the world”. The Beatles used Abbey Road for 90% of their recordings. The studio was origanally named EMI Studios, they changed the name to Abbey Road Studios in 1970 because of The Beatles album.

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