This Day in Beatle History - The Beatle Zone

January 1

2007 - Queen Beats Out The Beatles in BBC2 Poll

Queen beat The Beatles to be crowned greatest British band of all time by BBC Radio 2 listeners in the UK. Only 20,000 votes were cast by email, text and phone. The bands were judged on song-writing, lyrics, live performances, originality and showmanship. Other finalists included The Rolling Stones and Oasis.

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.

January 2

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 - Beatles Tour Heads To Scotland

On this day, The Beatles fly to Scotland. Their plane is diverted from Edinburgh to Aberdeen causing their first gig, (in Keith) to be cancelled. Tour ends on January 8th with a live performance on Scottish TV.

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.

1969 - 'Two Virgins' Shipment Seized by New Jersey Authorities

The entire shipment of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s album ‘Two Virgins’ was seized by authorities in New Jersey due to the full frontal nude photograph on the cover. The album was eventually sold in plain brown paper in record stores. (Click title for uncensored version.)

1969 - Filming Begins on 'Let It Be' Album Rehearsals

Filming began at Twickenham studios in England of The Beatles rehearsing for the ‘Let It Be’ album. There were multiple problems including George Harrison walking out on the group eight days in.

1971 - George Harrison's 'All Things Must Pass' #1 in America

It would be number one on the US album charts for seven weeks, making Harrison the first solo Beatle to score a US No.1 album. The triple album included the hit singles ‘My Sweet Lord’ and ‘What Is Life’, as well as songs such as ‘Isn’t It a Pity’ and the title track that was turned down by The Beatles.

1985 - Ringo Attends Ronnie Wood's Marriage

Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood married his girlfriend Jo Woodin at Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England. Guests included Ringo Starr, Keith Richard, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck. The couple divorced in 2009.

2007 - Cristin Keleher Found Dead (She Once Broke Into George's Maui Home)

Keleher was found dead after an apparent murder-suicide in California, aged 34. She made headlines in December 1999 by entering Harrison’s Maui estate and then cooking herself a frozen pizza. Police said her body had been found with that of a 48-year-old man in a car, both had gunshot wounds to their heads.

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