This Day in Beatle History - The Beatle Zone

April 18

1963 (Apr 18) - Beatles Perform at the 'Swinging Sounds of 63' Show

The Beatles appear at the Royal Albert Hall in the ‘Swinging Sounds of ’63’ show. Del Shannon heard them play ‘From Me To You’. He later recorded it and it became the first Lennon/McCartney song to chart in the United States.

1963 (Apr 18) - Paul Meets Jane Asher

After the ‘Swingin’ Sound ’63’ show, Paul meets Jane Asher. They become one of the most popular couples in England, become engage but later split up after Jane catches Paul cheating on her. She inspires several Beatles songs, including ‘All My Loving’ and ‘I’m Looking Through You’.

1964 (Apr 18) - Beatles Appear on 'The Morecambe and Wise Show'

The Beatles appeared on the UK TV comedy program The Morecambe and Wise Show, playing ‘This Boy’, ‘All My Loving’, and ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ and also participate in comedy sketches with Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. The Beatles also held the UK and US No.1 position on this day with ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’.

1965 (Apr 18) - Beatles on 'Big Beat '65' Show

The Beatles’ Poll Winners Appearance shown on ‘Big Beat ’65’

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’.

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.

2012 (Apr 18) - Rare 'Please Please Me' Album Auctioned

An original and extremely rare 1963 mono copy of The Beatles ‘Please Please Me’ album, signed by the Fab Four, sold on an eBay auction for nearly $25,000. Paul McCartney and John Lennon both signed their names with “love” in royal blue ink whereas George Harrison and Ringo Starr signed their names in midnight blue ink. The autographs were signed in May of 1963.

April 19

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.

1965 (Apr 19) - 'Ticket to Ride' Released in US

The Beatles single ‘Ticket to Ride’ was released on Capitol records in the US. The single’s label stated that the song was from the upcoming movie ‘Eight Arms to Hold You’ (the original name for the movie Help!).

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