This Day in Beatle History

February 24

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’.

1969 (Feb 24) - NEMS Control Changes

The Beatles are told that Brian Epstein’s NEMS Enterprises has been taken over by a merchant bank. Members of the band are not happy with that information.

1982 (Feb 24) - 'Double Fantasy' Album of the Year

Winners at the Grammy Awards included John & Yoko Album of the year with ‘Double Fantasy.

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.

February 25

1943 (Feb 25) - George Harrison Born

George Harrison is born.  Guitarist and vocalist with The Beatles  The all-time bestselling album in the UK is The Beatles’ ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’, with over 4.5 million copies sold.  Harrison wrote the 1969 US No.1 & UK No.4 Beatles single ‘Something’.  As a solo artist he had the 1971 US No.1 album ‘All Things Must Pass’ and the 1970 worldwide No.1 single ‘My Sweet Lord’.  He was also a member of the Traveling Wilburys with Tom Petty and Bob Dylan.  Harrison died of cancer on November 29th 2001.

1956 (Feb 25) - Elvis has First National Hit; Later Covered by The Beatles

Elvis Presley had his first national hit when ‘I Forgot To Remember To Forget’ went to No.1 on the Billboard Country & Western chart. The Beatles covered this song once for the BBC radio show, From Us To You, on 1 May 1964, with George Harrison on lead vocals.

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 25) - 'Please Please Me' First Release

The Beatles release ‘Please Please Me’ in America. The song gets little attention, but one year later becomes a big hit when Beatlemania strikes and the song is re-released.

1964 (Feb 25) - 'Can't Buy Me Love' Recording Finished

The Beatles finished recording their next single ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’, at Abbey Road studios, London, (they had first recorded the song on 29 January 1964 at Path Marconi Studios in Paris). They also recorded the B-side, ‘You Can’t Do That’ and another new song ‘I Should Have Known Better’.

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.

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