This Day in Beatle History

July 18

1969 (Jul 18) - Beatles Record 'Octopus's Garden'

During sessions at Abbey Road studios, London, Ringo Starr recorded his vocal to ‘Octopus’s Garden’, for the Abbey Road album. Starr had written the song when he ‘quit’ The Beatles the previous year and was staying on actor Peter Seller’s yacht in the Mediterranean.

1974 (Jul 18) - US Justice Dept Orders John Out of the Country

The US Justice Department ordered John Lennon out of the country by September 10th. The Immigration and Naturalization Service denied him an extension of his non-immigrant visa because of his guilty plea in England to a 1968 marijuana possession charge. The US Court of Appeal would overturn the deportation order in 1975 and Lennon was granted permanent resident status the following year.

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.

July 19

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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