This Day in Beatle History - The Beatle Zone

February 22

1970 (Feb 22) - Paul Records "Every Night"

Paul records ‘Every Night’ on this date. The lyrics reflect the situation he was dealing with as The Beatles were close to breakup. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios.

1970 (Feb 22) -Paul Records 'Maybe I'm Amazed'

‘Maybe I’m Amazed’ recorded on this day.

2001 (Feb 22) - Beatles Top Grossing Recording Group of 2000

The Brit newspaper Sunday Mirror reports that the Beatles, now broken up for 31 years, are nevertheless the top grossing recording group of the year 2000.

2003 (Feb 22) - Paul Plays Private Gig

Sir Paul McCartney played a private show in San Diego for the 50th birthday of Wendy Whitworth, the executive producer of CNN’s Larry King Show. Sir Paul donated his $1 million (£0.6 million) fee to the Adopt-a-Minefield charity.

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 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.’

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