This Day in Beatle History

July 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 (Jul 19) - Ringo Buys Sunny Heights in Weybridge.

Ringo buys Sunny Heights in Weybridge.

1967 (Jul 19) - 'All You Need Is Love' #1 in Britain

The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘All You Need Is Love’ the group’s 12th UK No.1 single. The Beatles had been selected to represent the UK for the first-ever global-wide satellite broadcast. The group agreed to be shown in the studio recording a song written especially for the occasion, (which was aired on June 25). John Lennon wrote ‘All You Need is Love’ which was thought to sum up the 1967 ‘summer of love’ and The Beatles’ sympathies.

1968 (Jul 19) - Recording Begins on 'Sexy Sadie'

It’s the first day of recording for The Beatles’ “Sexy Sadie.”

1975 (Jul 19) - 'Listen To What The Man Said' #1 in the US

Paul McCartney and Wings went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Listen To What The Man Said’, his fourth US No.1, and No.6 hit in the UK, (the track features Tom Scott playing the saxophone solo). It would go on to sell a million copies in America and reach No.6 in the UK. Wings also had the US No.1 album chart with ‘Venus And Mars’. Paul McCartney’s fourth No.1 album since The Beatles.

July 20

1961 (Jul 20) - 'The Beat Brothers' Get Press

The Beatles, known as The Beat Brothers, get some press in the British paper Mersey Beat, which announces their first record deal.

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.

1964 (Jul 20) - Beatles Release Two

The Beatles release “I’ll Cry Instead” b/w “I’m Happy Just To Dance With You” and “And I Love Her” b/w “If I Fell.”

1968 (Jul 20) - Jane Asher Announces Engagement to Paul is Off

Jane Asher announced on the national British TV show, Dee Time, that her engagement to Paul McCartney was off. Paul reportedly was watching at a friend’s home and was surprised by the news. She was said to have inspired many of McCartney’s songs, such as ‘All My Loving’, ‘And I Love Her’, and ‘We Can Work It Out’. Jane went on to have a career in films and television as well as becoming a successful author and business woman.

2011 (Jul 20) - Never Before Seen DC Concert Photos Sold

Never-before seen photographs of The Beatles’ first US concert in Washington DC sold in New York for more than $360,000 (£223,600). The Fab Four played their first US concert on February 11 1964, at the Washington Coliseum, two days after their debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. Mike Mitchell, of Washington, was 18 at the time and took photographs just feet away. Among the highlights was a backlit photograph Mitchell shot while standing directly behind the Fab Four which sold for more than $68,000 dollars.

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