
 
        Beatles-related dates for February 

        Compilation made by Victor Munoz
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1 February 
 
1962 
 -- Start of validity of contract with Brian.   
Performance at the Thistle Cafe, West Kirkby, Wirral. 1st  
gig under Brian's management.  
 
1963 
 -- Preparation for 1st British tour.   
 -- 3 concert promoters, Arthur Howes, Paul Cave and Harold  
Fielding, contact Brian, vying for the chance to present  
Beatles shows at seaside resorts in the summer.   
 
1964 
 -- `With The Beatles' number 1, 9th week (UK Record  
Retailer chart).  
`I Want To Hold Your Hand' number 1, 1st week; 3rd week in the Top  
100 (Billboard).  
`She Loves You', 2nd week in the Top 100 (Billboard).  
`Please Please Me', 1st week in the Top 100 (Billboard).  
 -- Celebration dinner, with Brian, at the George V Hotel,  
Paris.   
 
1965 
 -- US EP release: `4 By The Beatles'.   
 -- Brian announces new plans for Cilla Black: performances on   
`Sunday Night at the London Palladium' and at the Persian Room,  
at the Plaza Hotel, New York.   
 
1966 
 -- Merger of the Vic Lewis Organization and NEMS Enterprises  
commences legally. Vic Lewis becomes a director of NEMS  
Enterprises.   
 
1967 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.30am. Recording: `Sgt Pepper's Lonely  
Hearts Club Band' (takes 1-9). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.  
Recording of rythm track of `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts  
Club Band'. 1st use of DI (Direct Injection) in Beatles  
recordings: Paul's bass. Start of proper sessions for `Sgt Pepper's  
Lonely Hearts Club Band'.  
 
1968 
 -- John sends his Rolls Royce to USA, for his personal use.   
 -- BBC Television Rehearsal Rooms, Victoria Road, London. Ringo  
rehearses his appearance on the `Cilla' TV show.   
 
1969 
 -- `Yellow Submarine' LP, 3rd week in the Top 30 (Billboard).   
 
1988 
 -- Clive Epstein dies, in Austria.   
 
1990 
 -- Paul's concert in Detroit (`Get Back Tour').  
 
1993 
 -- UK CD release: `Off The Ground'.   
  
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2 February 
 
1938 
 -- Don Everly is born.  
 
1955 
 -- Brian is appointed a director of NEMS Enterprises.   
 
1962 
 -- Performance at Manchester. 2nd performance under Brian's  
management.   
 
1963 
 -- `Please Please Me' number 47 (UK Melody Market chart).  
 -- Start of Helen Shapiro Tour, with Danny Williams, Kenny  
Linch, Kestrels, and the Red Price Orchestra. 1st Beatles  
British tour. Concert at the Gaumont, Bradford. Performance filmed  
for complete transmision on ABC-TV and, later, partial transmision on  
`Thank Your Lucky Stars'.    
 
1966 
 -- `We Can Work It Out', 9th week in the Top 30 (UK  
New Musical Express chart).   
`Rubber Soul' number 1, 9th week (UK New Musical Express  
chart).   
 -- End of D'Oyly Carte Opera performances at the Saville  
Theatre.   
 
1967 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-1.45am. Recording: `Sgt Pepper's Lonely  
Hearts Club Band' (overdub onto take 9, tape reduction take  
9 into take 10). Mono mixing: `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts  
Club Band' (remix 1, from take 10). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.    
 -- Paul poses for photographers at his house.  
 
1968 
 -- Neil Aspinall and Stephen Maltz become Dandie Fashion's  
directors.   
 -- BBC Television Rehearsal Rooms, Victoria Road, London. Ringo  
rehearses his appearance on the `Cilla' TV show.   
 
1969 
 -- Yoko is divorced from Tony Cox.  Yoko is granted custody of  
Kyoko.    
 
1996 
 -- `Anthology 1' number 29, reappearing in the Top 30, 8th week  
in the Top 10 (chart based on record stores sales in Santiago,  
Chile).   
  
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3 February 
 
1962 
 -- Performance at the Cavern, with The Saints Jazz Band, and  
Gerry and the Pacemakers.   
 
1963 
 -- Performance at the Cavern.   
 
1964 
 -- Brian announces his concerts series `Pops Alive!' for the  
Prince Of Wales Theatre, London, 2 houses a night.   
Brian announces that Subafilms will produce for worldwide  
release through United Artists the Gerry and the Pacemakers  
film `Ferry Cross The Mersey'.   
 -- US gold certification: `Meet The Beatles!'  
US gold certification: `I Want To Hold Your Hand'/`I Saw Her  
Standing There'.   
 
1965 
 -- `I Feel Fine', 10th  and last week in the Top 30 (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
 -- Shepperton Film Studios. Brian tele-recording for  
`Hullabaloo', interviewing and presenting the Searchers,  
Billy J. Kramer, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Georgie  
Fame, Joe Brown, and the Moody Blues.   
 
1966 
 -- Performance of Stevie Wonder at the Scotch Of St James  
night-club, London. Paul attends.   
After the show, Paul and Stevie have a a long conversation.   
 
1967 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-1.15am. Recording: `A Day In The Life'  
(overdub onto take 6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer:  
Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.  
Re-recording of Paul's vocal.   
 
1968 
 -- Studio 3. 2.30-6.00pm. Recording: `Lady Madonna' (takes  
1-3). Studio 3. 7.00pm-1.30am. Recording: `Lady Madonna' (overdub onto  
take 3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd  
Engineer: Richard Lush.  
Start of sessions for next single (eventuallly Lady  
Madonna'/`The Inner Light').   
 
1969 
 -- Recording of `My Dark Hour', by Steve Miller, in London.  
Paul plays bass, sings backing vocals and plays some drums.   
 -- Allen Klein is appointed Apple business advisor.   
 
1996 
 -- `Abbey Road' number 3 in the Pop Catalog (Billboard).  
`Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' number 5 in the Pop  
Catalog (Billboard).  
`The Beatles 1967-1970' number 10 in the Pop Catalog  
(Billboard).   
  
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4 February 
 
1965 
 -- Shepperton Film Studios. Brian tele-recording for  
`Hullabaloo', interviewing and presenting the Searchers,  
Billy J. Kramer, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Georgie  
Fame, Joe Brown, and the Moody Blues.   
 -- Maclen (Music) Limited, publishing company for Lennon and  
McCartney, is incorporated, with Brian one of its opening  
directors.   
 
1966 
 -- Garrick Theatre, London. George and Pattie, with Brian, see  
the play `Little Malcolm And His Struggle Against The  
Eunuchs'.   
 
1967 
 -- Manager Gordon Mills considers Epstein's offer for a Tom  
Jones season at the Saville Theatre.   
Brian is set for a holiday in Mexico next month.   
A Rolls-Royce Pahntom V is the last Brian's pride and joy.   
In a new ruling at the Saville Theatre, comperes must not  
mention Epstein's name.   
 
1968 
 -- Studio 3. 2.30-5.30pm. Recording: `Across The Universe'  
(takes 1-7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott;  
2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.   
Studio 3. 8.00pm-2.00am. Recording: `Across The Universe'  
(overdub onto take 7, tape reduction take 7 into take 8,  
overdub onto take 8, sound effects takes 1-3). Producer:  
George Martin; Engineer: Martin Benge; 2nd Engineer: Phil  
McDonald.   
Recording of female harmonies (1st and only fans  
invited---by Paul---to contribute to a session) and of (not  
used) effects.   
 
1970 
 -- The Black Centre, London. Roof of a single storey workshop to  
the rear. John and Yoko give Michael X a bag with their recently  
shorn hair in exchange for a pair of Muhammed Ali boxing shorts.   
 
1972 
 -- US Attorney General John Mitchell receives a secret memo from   
Senator Strom Thurmond, suggesting that John be deported.  
  
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5 February 
 
1963 
 -- Concert at the Gaumont, Doncaster (Helen Shapiro tour).  
 
1964 
 -- `She Loves You', 23rd week in the Top 30 (UK  
New Musical Express chart).   
`Please Please Me' LP, 46th week in the Top 10 (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
`With The Beatles'  number 1, 11th week (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
 
1965 
 -- Baroness Erisso approaches Brian about the possibility of  
his signing her daughter, Marianne Faithfull, to NEMS  
Enterprises.   
 
1967 
 -- Shooting of `Penny Lane' clip.  
12.00 noon approx. The Beatles meet behind the Royal Theatre,  
Stratford, London.   
Shooting of horse scenes and others, standing in front of the  
Theatre Royal, and of John walking up and down Angel Lane.  
4.00pm. The Beatles leave Stratford.   
 -- End of the Four Tops British tour, at the De Montfort Hall,  
Leicester .   
Billy Stewart performance at the Saville Theatre.  
Brian presents Cream on a Sunday performance at the Saville  
Theatre.   
 
1969 
 -- US gold certification: `Yellow Submarine' LP.  
`Yellow Submarine' LP, 3rd week in the ranking (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
 -- Apple Studios. Time unknown. Stereo mixing: `I've Got A  
Feeling' (2 versions); `Don't Let Me Down'; `Get Back' (2 versions);   
`The One After 909'; `Dig A Pony'. Producer: George Martin?;  
Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Alan Parsons.   
Mixing of the roof performances.   
 -- `Yellow Submarine' LP, 3rd week in the ranking (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
 
1993 
 -- Paul's performance in London, for 400 reporters and 2500  
people more. 20 themes. `Previous' concert, start of the  
`New World Tour'.  
  
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6 February 
 
1962 
 -- Lunch at the Decca's session executive club on Albert  
Enbankment, of Brian, Dick Rowe and Beecher Stevens; Rowe  
and Stevens communicate Brian Decca's rejection.  
 
1963 
 -- Concert at the Granada, Bedford (Helen Shapiro tour).   
 
1964 
 -- Tickets for the Ed Sullivan Show sell out.  
 
1965 
 -- `Rolling Stones II' replaces `Beatles For Sale' as number 1  
(UK Record Retailer chart).  
 
1967 
 -- It is announced that the Beatles have signed contracts with  
EMI until 1976.  
 
1968 
 -- Studio 1. 2.30-8.00pm. Tape copying: `The Inner Light' (of  
take 5, numbered take 6). Recording: `The Inner Light'  
(overdub onto take 6). Mono mixing: `The Inner Light' (remix  
1, from take 6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff  
Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Jerry Boys.  
Recording of George vocal for `The Inner Light'.   
About 6.30pm. Harry Klein is contacted at home for the `Lady  
Madonna' session.   
8.00-9.00pm. Ringo appears on Cilla Black's live programme  
`Cilla', at the BBC Television Theatre, Shepherd's Bush,  
London. The recording session is interrupted to see the  
show.   
Studio 1. 9.00pm-2.00am. Recording: `Lady Madonna' (tape  
reduction take 3 into take 4, overdub onto take 4, tape  
reduction take 4 into take 5, overdub onto take 5).  Mono  
mixing: `Lady Madonna' (remixes 1, 2, from take 5).  
Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd  
Engineer: Jerry Boys.  
Recording of vocal brass impersonation and brasses for  
`Lady Madonna'.   
 -- Royal Garden Hotel, London. Paul participates in a press  
conference announcing the Leicester University's art festival.    
 
1970 
 -- UK single release: `Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)'/`Who  
Has Seen The Wind'.  
  
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7 February 
 
1963 
 -- Concert at the Odeon, Wakefield (Helen Shapiro tour).  
 
1964 
 -- Press conference at the Heathrow Airport.  
6.30. The Beatles and Brian leave from London to New York  
(Flight 101, Pan Am).  
13.35. Arrival at the US for a 10-day tour, at the Kennedy  
Airport, New York.  
Press conference at the Kennedy Airport. The Beatles are  
taken to the Plaza Hotel.   
Photographer Dezo Hoffmann is with them at both airports ard  
during the flight.  
George gets a flu.  
 -- UK EP release: `All My Loving'.  
 -- `New Musical Express' reveals that Brian has turned down an  
8000 pounds  offer for the Beatles to play a concert at the Madison  
Square Garden. It speculates that the Beatles talked Brian  
out of a `big deal' with Bernard Delfont. And it says that  
one can `discount rumours linking Alma Cogan's name  
romantically with Brian Epstein'.  
 
1967 
 -- Knole Park, Sevenoaks, Kent. Shooting for `Penny Lane' clip.  
Horse-riding and candelabra scenes.   
 
1967 
 -- BBC's `Not Only... But Also', with John's appearance, is  
retransmitted.   
 
1969 
 -- George's stay at the London University College Hospital  
begins. His tonsils are removed.  
 -- Ringo attends the `Candy' premiere.  
 
1970 
 -- `Live Peace In Toronto' number 10, 1st week, its highest  
position; 5th week in the ranking (Billboard).  
 
1978 
 -- Start of `London Town' LP sessions at Abbey Road Studios  
(3rd period).  
  
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8 February 
 
1958 
 -- Evening: Performance of the Quarry Men at the Wilson  
Hall, Garston.  Paul introduces George to John.   
 
1962 
 -- [Or around this day.] Brian goes to HMV's store, 363 Oxford  
Street, London, to have acetates cut from tapes of some  
songs of the Decca audition, and chat with Bob Boast,  
disc-cutter Jim Foy, and Sid Colman, who contacts him with  
George Martin.   
 
1963 
 -- Concert at the ABC, Carlisle (Helen Shapiro tour).  
The Beatles are ejected from a ballroom for wearing leather  
jackets.   
 
1964 
 -- `With The Beatles' number 1, 10th week (UK Record  
Retailer chart).  
`I Want To Hold Your Hand' number 1, 2nd week; 4th week in  
the Top 100 (Billboard).  
`She Loves You', 3rd week in the Top 100 (Billboard).  
`Please Please Me', 2nd week in the Top 100 (Billboard).  
`I Saw Her Standing There', 1st week in the Top 100  
(Billboard).   
 -- Rehearsal for the Ed Sullivan Show performance, at the CBS  
Studios, New York.   
 -- Photographic session in the Central Park, New York. George,  
sick with fever, stays in bed.   
 -- Start of British tour of Gerry and the Pacemakers, presented  
by Arthur Howes and Brian.   
 
1965 
 -- It is announced that the next Beatles film will be Richard  
Condon's `A Talent For Loving', produced for Pickfair Films.  
 
1967 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.15am. Recording: `Good Morning Good  
Morning' (takes 1-8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer:  
Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.  
Recording of rythm track for `Good Morning Good Morning'.  
 
1968 
 -- Studio 2. 2.30-9.00pm. Recording: `The Inner Light' (overdub  
onto take 6). Mono mixing: `The Inner Light' (remixes 2-4, from take  
6). Recording: `Across The Universe' (overdub onto take 8).  
Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick/Ken Scott; 2nd  
Engineer: Richard Lush.    
Studio 2 (control room only). 10.00pm-12.15am. Mono mixing: `Across  
The Universe' (remixes 1, 2, from take 8). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.    
Recording of backing vocals for `The Inner Light'.  
It is decided to keep `Across The Universe' for a World  
Wildlife Found album, and give `The Inner Light' the B-side  
of the next single.  
 
1969 
 -- `Yellow Submarine' LP, 4th week in the Top 30 (Billboard).   
`Unfinished Music No. 1--Two Virgins' enters the ranking,  
number 158 (Billboard).  
 
1972 
 -- Unannounced Paul's concert at the Nottingham University.   
 
1990 
 -- Paul's concert in Worcester (`Get Back Tour').   
  
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9 February 
 
1942 
 -- Carole King is born.   
 
1945 
 -- Mia Farrow is born.  
 
1963 
 -- `Please Please Me' number 39 (UK Melody Market chart).  
 -- Concert at the Odeon, Sutherland (Helen Shapiro tour).  
 
1964 
 -- 20.00. 1st live US performance: CBS's Ed Sullivan Show. US  
rating record (72.7%).  
Pre-recording of an additional performance for the Ed  
Sullivan Show.   
 
1966 
 -- `We Can Work It Out', 10th and last week in the Top 30 (UK  
New Musical Express chart).   
`Rubber Soul' number 1, 10th week (UK New Musical Express  
chart).   
 
1967 
 -- Regent Sound Studio. Time unknown. Recording: `Fixing A  
Hole' (takes 1-3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Adrian  
Ibbetson; 2nd Engineer: unknown.  
Recording of rythm track, vocals, harpsichord for `Fixing A  
Hole'. 1st session for EMI recorded at an studio other than Abbey  
Road.   
 -- Transmision of `Penny Lane'/`Strawberry Fields Forever'  
clips on BBC-TV's `Top Of The Pops'.   
 
1972 
 -- Wings start an improvisate British tour.   
 
1974 
 -- John's live performance.   
 
1990 
 -- Paul's concert in Worcester (`Get Back Tour').   
 
1996 
 -- `Anthology 1' number 29, 9th week in the Top 30 (chart based  
on record stores sales in Santiago, Chile).   
  
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10 February 
 
1962 
 -- Brian writes to Dick Rowe, about Rowe's decision of not  
signing the Beatles to a recording contract with Decca.   
 
1963 
 -- Concert at the Embassy, Peterborough (Helen Shapiro Tour).    
 -- Photographic session with photographer Cyrus Andrews at the  
Royal Court Hotel lobby and in and around Sloane Square,  
London. Locations: 1) Royal Court Hotel lobby; 2) telephone  
box; 3) Ford Popular; 4) letterbox; 5) Royal Court Theatre  
entrance; 6) King's Arms Public House.   
 
1964 
 -- Press conference at the Plaza Hotel dancing room.   
 -- Elvis Presley sends a congratulatory telegram to the  
Beatles.   
US `Herald Tribune', about the Beatles: 75 % publicity,   
20 % haircuts and 5 % cheerful mournings.   
US `Daily News', about the Beatles: Elvis performances are  
nothing compared with the Beatles stage image.   
 -- UK single release: `I'm In Love', with the Fourmost.   
 
1967 
 -- Studio 1. 8.00pm-1.00am. Recording: `A Day In The Life'  
(tape reduction take 6 into take 7, overdub onto take 7,  
reduction of take 7 with overdub onto take 6, edit piece  
takes 8-11). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff  
Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.  
Orchestra overdub. 1st use of two 4-track machines running  
in sync. Initial idea for the end: a long `hummmmmm'.  
Visits at the studio: Pattie Harrison, Mick Jagger, Marianne  
Faithfull, Keith Richards, Mike Nesmith, Donovan, Simon and  
Marijke of the Fool.   
 
1968 
 -- Concert by the Scaffold at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.  
Recorded for LP `The Scaffold'. Paul and Jane attend.   
 
1988 
 -- George is guest on KLOS-FM's `Rockline' out of Los Angeles.   
  
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11 February 
 
1963 
 -- Studio 2. 10.00am-1.00pm. Recording: `There's A Place'  
(takes 1-10); `Seventeen' (working title of `I Saw Her  
Standing There') (takes 1-9).   
Studio 2. 2.30-6.00pm. Recording: `A Taste Of Honey' (takes  
1-5); `Do You Want To Know A Secret' (takes 1-8); `A Taste  
Of Honey' (takes 6-7); `There's A Place' (takes 11-13);  
`Seventeen' (working title of `I Saw Her Standing There')  
(takes 10-12); `Misery' (takes 1-11).  
Studio 2. 7.30-10.45pm. Recording: `Hold Me Tight' (takes  
1-13); `Anna (Go To Him)' (takes 1-3); `Boys' (take 1);  
`Chains' (takes 1-4); `Baby It's You' (takes 1-3); `Twist  
And Shout' (takes 1-2). Producer: George Martin; Engineer:  
Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham.   
Recording of `Please Please Me' LP. Photographer Dezo  
Hoffmann present.  
 
1964 
 -- Snow storm. The Beatles leave to Washington by train.    
The Beatles stay at the Shoreham Hotel. Gene Loving meets them,  
Cynthia and Louise Harrison Caldwell in their suite. Later, the  
Beatles and Gene leave for the Washington Colliseum.   
8.30pm. Concert at the Washington Colliseum.   
Brian and Dezo Hoffmann attend. Performance filmed by CBS-TV.   
Press conference from the stage, before the show.   
Party at the British Embassy.   
 
1965 
 -- Ringo marries Maureen Cox. Brian is best man. John and  
George attend.   
8.15am. Ringo and Maureen arrive at the Caxton Hall Register  
Office, London, with their parents.   
Ringo and Maureen go to Brighton, on wedding trip.  
 
1966 
 -- Tommy Quickly leaves NEMS Enterprises and signs for the  
George Cooper Organization.   
 -- UK single release: `Woman', with Peter and Gordon.   
 
1968 
 -- Studio 3. 4.00pm-2.00am. Recording: `Hey Bulldog' (takes  
1-10). Mono mixing: `Hey Bulldog' (remixes 1, 2, from take  
10). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd  
Engineer: Phil McDonald.  
On mixing, it is decided to keep the complete end of `Hey Bulldog'.   
The group is filmed for `Lady Madonna' clip.   
 
1970 
 -- `The Magic Christian' premiere in New York.   
 -- Studio 8. BBC Television Centre, London. John, Yoko, Klaus  
Voorman, Alan White and Mal Evans appear on BBC-TV's `Top Of The  
Pops' performing `Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)'.    
 
1994 
 -- `Paul Is Live' number 4, 10th week in the Top 30 (chart based  
on record stores sales in Santiago, Chile).   
   
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12 February 
 
1963 
 -- Concert at the Azena Ballroom, Sheffield (Helen Shapiro tour).  
 
1964 
 -- Two 25-minute performances at the New York Carnegie Hall.   
Dezo Hoffmann and Brian attend.   
British Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home and US  
President Lyndon B. Johnson meet at the White House. Johnson  
says: `I like your advance guard. But don't you think they  
need haircuts?'  
 -- `She Loves You', 24th and last week in the Top 30 (UK  
New Musical Express chart).   
`Please Please Me' LP, 47th week in the Top 10 (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
`With The Beatles'  number 1, 12th week (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
 
1965 
 -- Brighton. Ringo and Maureen's wedding trip. Ringo receives  
reporters to officially announce his marriage.   
 -- `New Musical Express' announces that the Beatles will star  
on a film version of the novel `A Talent For Loving'.   
 
1966 
 -- Brian is at the New Arts Theatre, London, as producer of `A  
Smashing Day'.   
 
1967 
 -- Evening: Brian attends `Disc and Music Echo' Valentine  
awards night, at the Hilton Hotel, London.   
 
1969 
 -- `Yellow Submarine' LP, 4th week in the ranking (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
 
1970 
 -- BBC-TV's `Top Of The Pops' first broadcasts John's performance  
of `Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)' (filmed 11 February 1970).   
 
1990 
 -- Paul's concert in Cincinnatti (`Get Back Tour').   
  
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13 February 
 
1963 
 -- Transmision of performance for ABC-TV's `Thank Your Lucky  
Stars'.   
 
1964 
 -- Start of stay at Miami. Dezo Hoffmann is with them.   
 
1965 
 -- Brighton. Ringo and Maureen's wedding trip.   
 -- Brian, Marianne Faithfull, Adrienne Posta and Ted Ray appear  
on `Juke Box Jury'.  
 
1966 
 -- Brian throws a party at 24 Chapel Street. Guests, among  
others: Cilla Black, Gerry and the Pacemakers and wives,  
John and Cynthia, Ringo and Maureen, Paul and Peter Asher.   
 
1967 
 -- US single release: `Strawberry Fields Forever'/`Penny Lane'.  
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.30am. Mono mixing: `A Day In The Life'  
(remixes 2-5, from take 7).  
Recording: `Not Known' (working title of `Only A Northern  
Song'). (takes 1-9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer:  
Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.  
Recording of `Only A Northern Song' rythm track.   
 
1968 
 -- Ringo sings with Cilla `Do You Like Me Just A Little Bit',  
on BBC-TV.  
 
1969 
 -- Post Office Tower's restaurant. Party thrown by Apple  
Records to launch Mary Hopkin's debut album, `Postcard'.  
Paul and Linda attend.   
  
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14 February 
 
1843 
 -- Evening: Show for the benefit of Mr. Kite.  
 
1961 
 -- Performance at the Casanova club, Liverpool. Filmed. Earliest  
Beatles footage known.   
 
1963 
 -- Concert at the Locarno Ballroom.  
 
1965 
 -- Ringo returns from Brighton to London.  
 
1967 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-12.30am. Recording: `Only A Northern Song'  
(tape reduction take 3 into takes 10-12, overdub onto take  
12). Mono mixing: `Only A Northern Song' (remixes 1-3, from  
take 12). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick;  
2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.   
 
1969 
 -- Clive Epstein receives a letter from John Eastman about  
Klein's intervention in NEMS.   
 
1970 
 -- `Live Peace In Toronto', 6th week in the ranking  
(Billboard).   
 
1972 
 -- US Vice-minister of Justice sends the Judicial Committee's  
memorandum about John and Yoko to Raymon Farell.   
 -- John and Yoko appear as guests for one week on the `David  
Frost Show'.  
 
1996 
 -- Worldwide radio broadcast of `Real Love' begins.  
 -- London newspaper `Sun' reports that two robbers arrested by  
the police knew of a $ 150,000 plan to assassinate Paul, which was  
dismissed by a Paul's speaker.   
 
1997 
 -- Recording of orchestra overdub for `Beautiful Night' at Abbey  
Road Studios, London.   
  
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15 February 
 
1964 
 -- `With The Beatles' number 1, 11th week (UK Record  
Retailer chart).  
`I Want To Hold Your Hand' number 1, 3rd week; 5th week in  
the Top 100 (Billboard).  
`She Loves You', 4th week in the Top 100 (Billboard).  
`Please Please Me', 3rd week in the Top 100 (Billboard).  
`I Saw Her Standing There', 2nd week in the Top 100  
(Billboard).   
 -- 10.00-12.00am. BBC's `Saturday Club' broadcast (recorded 7  
January 1964).  
 
1965 
 -- US single release: `Eight Days A Week'/`I Don't Want To  
Spoil The Party'.   
 -- Studio 2. 2.30-5.45pm. Recording: `Ticket To Ride' (takes 1-2).   
Studio 2. 7.00-10.30pm. Recording: `Another Girl' (take 1,  
and 10 [unnumbered] edit pieces); `I Need You' (takes 1-5).  
Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd  
Engineer: Ken Scott/Jerry Boys.          
Start of `Help!' sessions. A new recording technique is used: i)  
Rehearsals with tape running, spooling back it to record properly;  
ii) Making themes in one or two takes, with numerous overdubs on a   
rythm track.   
 -- Brian escorts Cilla Black to the Royal Film Performance.  
 -- John passes his drivers test.  
 
1967 
 -- Vic Lewis, on behalf of NEMS Enterprises, flies to the US  
for talks with the Monkees' manager, Bert Schneider, with a  
view to NEMS Presentation bringing the group over to Britain  
for concerts.   
 
1968 
 -- Studio 3 (control room only). 4.30-6.00pm. Mono mixing:  
`Lady Madonna' (remixes 3-10, from take 5). Producer: George  
Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Martin Benge.  
 -- John, George, Cynthia and Pattie go to India. [16 February?]  
 
1969 
 -- `Yellow Submarine' LP, 5th week in the Top 30 (Billboard).   
 -- End of George's stay at the London College University  
Hospital.   
 
1975 
 -- Capitol Records hurries to release the LP `Rock And Roll'  
and sues Morris Levy to force him to withdraw the LP  
`Roots', which has already sold 3,000 copies, from the market.   
 
1977 
 -- US gold certification for `The Best Of George Harrison'.   
  
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16 February 
 
1963 
 -- `Please Please Me' number 21 (UK Melody Market chart).  
`Please Please Me' number 1 [chart?].  
 -- London. Recording for `Thank Your Lucky Stars'.  
 -- EMI House. Photographic session with Angus Mc Bean for  
`Please Please Me' LP cover. [20 February?]  
 
1964 
 -- 2nd performance on the Ed Sullivan Show, at the Deauville's  
Hotel Mau Mau Club, Miami Beach.  
1st act performing twice on this programme.  Dezo Hoffmann  
attends. Brian watches the Ed Sullivan Show performance at his hotel   
room in Miami.  
The Beatles have a brief rest in Miami.  
 
1965 
 -- Studio 2. 2.30-5.00pm. Recording: `I Need You' (overdub onto  
take 5); `Another Girl' (overdub onto take 1).    
Studio 2. 5.00-7.00pm. Recording: `Yes It Is' (takes 1-14).  
Studio 2. 7.00-10.00pm. Recording: `Yes It Is' (overdub onto  
take 14). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith;  
2nd Engineer: Ken Scott/Jerry Boys.   
1st use (in `I Need You') of foot controlled tone pedal.   
 -- EMI Manchester Square, Ground floor studio. Morning: The  
Beatles receive prizes from Sir Joseph Lockwood, including  
Japanese dolls, silver and gold discs.  
 
1966 
 -- `Rubber Soul' number 1, 11th week (UK New Musical Express  
chart).   
 -- Brian presents `A Smashing Day' at the New Arts Theatre,  
London.   
 
1967 
 -- Studio 3. 7.00pm-1.45am. Recording: `Good Morning Good  
Morning' (overdub onto take 8, tape reduction take 8 into  
takes 9, 10). Mono mixing: `Good Morning Good Morning'  
(remix 1, from take 8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer:  
Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.   
 -- Re-transmision of `Penny Lane'/`Strawberry Fields Forever'  
clips on BBC-TV's `Top Of The Pops'.   
 
1968 
 -- John, George, Cynthia and Pattie go to Rishikesh. [15  
February?]   
 
1970 
 -- The `Beatles Book' ends being published.   
 
1972 
 -- John and Yoko share hosting duties on `The Mike Douglas  
Show'. Recording of John and Chuck Berry performance.   
 
1973 
 -- UK LP release: `Approximately Infinite Universe', by Yoko.   
 
1984 
 -- `Rolling Stone' cover features a picture taken on the 1st part  
of the 3 June 1963 photographic session at Prospect Studios, London.   
 
1996 
 -- `Anthology 1' number 30, 10th week in the Top 30 (chart based  
on record stores sales in Santiago, Chile).   
  
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17 February 
 
1963 
 -- Teddington TV Studios, Teddington Lock, Middlesex. Filming  
appearance for ABC's `Thank Your Lucky Stars'. 1st visit at  
Teddington TV Studios.   
 
1964 
 -- Colonel Parker phones Brian from Hollywood to Miami to  
congratulate him and the group.  
 -- Cilla Black reaches UK number 1 with `Anyone Who Had A  
Heart'. From the USA Brian sends her a congratulatory  
telegram.   
 
1965 
 -- Studio 2. 2.00-7.00pm. Recording: `The Night Before' (takes 1-2).    
Studio 2. 7.00-11.00pm. Recording: `You Like Me Too Much'  
(takes 1-8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman  
Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.    
 
1967 
 -- UK single release: `Strawberry Fields Forever'/`Penny Lane'.  
3rd double A side.    
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.00am. Recording: `Being For The Benefit  
Of Mr Kite!' (takes 1-7, tape reduction take 7 into takes 8,  
9, overdub onto take 9). Mono mixing: `Being For The Benefit  
Of Mr Kite!' (remix 1, from take 9). Producer: George  
Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.  
The mix is taken home by Paul.   
 
1969 
 -- Clive Epstein sells Nemperor Holdings to Leonard  
Richenberg's Triumph Trust.   
 -- US LP release: `Under The Jasmine Tree'.   
 
1972 
 -- Evening. British screening of John and Yoko's film protesting  
the innocence of James Hanratty, in the crypt of the St  
Martin-In-The-Fields church.   
 
1975 
 -- US LP release: `Rock'n'Roll'.  
  
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18 February 
 
1933 
 -- Yoko Ono is born in Tokyo.   
 
1964 
 -- Photographic session of the Beatles and Cassius Clay.  
 
1965 
 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 10.00am-1.00pm. Mono mixing:  
`Ticket To Ride' (remix 1, from take 2); `Another Girl'  
(from take 1); `I Need You' (from take 5); `Yes It Is' (from  
take 14).   
Studio 1. 3.30-5.15pm. Recording:  `You've Got To Hide Your  
Love Away' (takes 1-9).  
Studio 2 (control room only). 5.15-6.00pm. Mono mixing: `The  
Night Before' (from take 2); `You Like Me Too Much' (from  
take 8).  
Studio 2. 6.00-10.30pm. Recording: `If You've Got Trouble'  
(take 1); `Tell Me What You See' (take 1-4). Producer:  
George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.   
1st use (on `You've Got To Hide Your Love Away') of an  
outside musician---excepting Andy White---: Johnnie Scott  
(tenor and alto flutes).   
 -- Northern Songs Limited becomes a public company on the  
London Stock Exchange. 1st song publishing company in this condition.   
 
1968 
 -- Ringo, Paul,  Maureen and Jane go to India. [19 February?]  
 
1993 
 -- Paul's concert in Milano. Start of `The New World Tour'.   
 
1994 
 -- `Paul Is Live' number 11, 11th week in the Top 30 (chart  
based on record stores sales in Santiago, Chile).   
  
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19 February 
 
1963 
 -- Evening. Performance at the Cavern.   
 
1964 
 -- Brian flies from New York to England.   
 -- `Please Please Me' LP, 48th week in the Top 10 (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
`With The Beatles'  number 1, 13th week (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
 
1965 
 -- Studio 2. 3.30-6.20pm. Recording: `You're Going To Lose That  
Girl' (takes 2-3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman  
Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.   
 -- The Connaught Hotel, Carlos  Place. Party in honour of the  
Beatles hosted by Sir Joseph Lockwood.  
 -- UK LP release: `A Hard Day's Night', orchestral LP by George  
Martin.   
 
1967 
 -- Chuck Berry performance at the Saville Theatre. Support  
acts: Del Shannon, the Canadians, and Hamilton and the  
Movement. Brian, John and Ringo attend. There's a big  
trouble at the concert, following Brian's dismissal of the  
house manager,  Michael Bullock.   
 
1968 
 -- Ringo, Paul,  Maureen and Jane go to India. [18 February?]  
 
1969 
 -- `Yellow Submarine' LP, 5th week in the ranking (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
 
1971 
 -- Royal Courts of Justice (Court 16), London. Beginning of  
Paul's trial against John, George and Ringo to seek the  
appointment of an official receiver to take over the  
Beatles' financial affairs and wrest control from Allen  
Klein.   
 
1987 
 -- Taj Majal's concert at the Palimino Club, Hollywood. George,  
Bob Dylan, John Fogerty and Jesse Ed Davis join them on  
stage.   
 
1996 
 -- Recording of `Souvenir' begins in Sussex, England.   
  
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20 February 
 
1962 
 -- Brian writes to Bert Kaempfert, asking him for Beatles  
freedom from their contract.  
 
1963 
 -- Studio 1. 10.30am-1.00pm. Recording: `Misery' (overdub takes  
12-16); `Baby It's You' (overdub takes 4-6). Producer:  
George Martin; Engineer: Stuart Eltham; 2nd Engineer: Geoff  
Emerick.   
Martin adds piano to `Misery' and celeste to `Baby It's  
You'. 1st Emerick's session.    
 -- The Playhouse Theatre, Manchester. 12.31-1.30pm. Recording  
and broadcasting of BBC's `Parade Of The Pops': `Love Me  
Do'; `Please Please Me'.   
1st live show for the BBC.  
 -- EMI House. Photographic session with Angus Mc Bean for the  
`Please Please Me' LP cover. [16 February?]  
 
1965 
 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 11.00am-12.00noon. Mono  
mixing: `If You've Got Trouble' (from take 1); `Tell Me What  
Tou See' (from take 4); `You're Going To Lose That Girl'  
(from take 3).  
Studio 2. 12.00noon-5.15pm. Recording: `That Means A Lot'  
(take 1, tape reduction take 1 into take 2, overdub onto  
take 2).  
Studio 2 (control room only). 5.15-6.00pm. Mono mixing:  
`That Means A Lot' (from take 1); `You've Got To Hide Your  
Love Away' (from take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer:  
Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.   
 
1967 
 -- Studio 3. 7.00pm-2.15am. Recording: `Being For The Benefit  
Of Mr Kite!' (unnumbered take). Mono mixing: `Good Morning  
Good Morning' (remix 1, from take 10). Producer: George  
Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.  
Recording of tape of effects (19 pieces of calliope tapes)  
for `Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!'. The `Good Morning  
Good Morning' remix is for demonstration only.  
 -- Ringo and Maureen, John and Cynthia attend a Chuck Berry  
concert.   
 -- Brian amid the debris at the Saville Theatre, after  
yesterday's Chuck Berry concert.   
 
1969 
 -- European premiere of `Candy' at the Odeon Theatre, Kensington,  
London. Ringo attends.    
 
1970 
 -- US single release: `Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)'/`Who  
Has Seen The Wind'.  
 
1976 
 -- Judge Griesa gives a 29-page report on the case  
Lennon/Morris Levy, explaining that a verbal agreement was  
attempted, which John did not accept.  
  
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21 February 
 
1964 
 -- US single release: `My Bonnie'.   
 
1966 
 -- US single release: `Nowhere Man'/`What Goes On'.   
 
1967 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-12.45am. Recording: `Fixing A Hole' (take  
1, tape reduction take 2 into take 3, overdub onto take 3).  
Mono mixing: `Fixing A Hole' (remixes 2-6, from take 3). Editing:   
`Fixing A Hole' (of mono remixes 3, 6). Producer: George  
Martin: Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.      
 
1970 
 -- `Live Peace In Toronto', 7th week in the ranking  
(Billboard).   
`Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)' enters the ranking; 1st  
week in the Top 20 (Billboard).  
 
1975 
 -- UK LP release: `Rock'n'Roll'.  
  
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22 February 
 
1963 
 -- This day's issue of the `New Musical Express' reports,  
erroneously, that `Keep Your Hands Off My Baby' was recorded  
during sessions for `Please Please Me' LP.   
 -- `Please Please Me' single number 1, 1st week, sharing this  
position with Frank Ifield's `The Wayward Wind' (UK `New  
Musical Express' chart).  
Brian invites the Beatles to a restaurant in Soho to  
celebrate.   
 -- Brian is made an opening director of Northern Songs Limited.  
 
1964 
 -- `With The Beatles' number 1, 12th week (UK Record  
Retailer chart).  
`I Want To Hold Your Hand' number 1, 4th week; 6th week in  
the Top 100 (Billboard).  
`She Loves You', 5th week in the Top 100 (Billboard).  
`Please Please Me', 4th week in the Top 100 (Billboard).  
`I Saw Her Standing There', 3rd week in the Top 100 (Billboard).   
 -- End of stay in Miami.  
The Beatles leave from Kennedy Airport, USA, to Heathrow  
Airport, England. Dezo Hoffmann present at the Kennedy Airport.    
8.10am. The Beatles arrive in Heathrow Airport, London. 3620  
fans crowd the Queen's Building roof, the biggest Beatles reception  
at this airport.  
 -- Informal ceremony, at the NEMS Moorfields office. Brian  
celebrates Cilla Black's number 1 presenting her with a gold  
bracelet watch stuffed with diamond chippings. When Cilla  
returns home, she discovers that Brian has sent her mother  
the biggest bunch of flowers she has ever seen.   
 
1965 
 -- The Beatles and Eleanor Bron fly from London to Bahamas, to  
begin `Help!' shootings.   
The Beatles arrive in Nassau, Bahamas. Gene Loving records  
interviews with the Beatles.   
 
1967 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.45am. Recording: `A Day In The Life'  
(edit pieces takes 1-9). Mono mixing: `A Day In The Life'  
(remixes 6-9, from takes 6, 7). Editing: `A Day In The Life'  
(remix mono 9 and edit piece take 9).   
Stereo mixing: `A Day In The Life' (remixes 1-9, from takes  
6, 7). Recording: `Anything' (also known as `Drum Track  
(1)') (take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff  
Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.   
Recording of final piano chord for `A Day In The Life'.  
Remix of `A Day In The Life' with two 4-track machines in  
sync.   
Visit at the studio: David Crosby, of the Byrds.   
 
1969 
 -- `Yellow Submarine' LP, 6th week in the Top 30 (Billboard).   
 -- Trident Studios. Time unknown. Recording: `I Want You'  
(later known as `I Want You (She's So Heavy)') (takes 1-35).  
Producer: Glyn Johns; Engineer: Barry Sheffield; 2nd  
Engineer: unknown.   
Start of `Abbey Road' sessions.   
 
1970 
 -- New York premiere: `The Magic Christian'.   
 
1995 
 -- Recording of `Young Boy' begins in Idaho, USA.   
  
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23 February 
 
1963 
 -- `Please Please Me' number 9 (UK Melody Market chart).  
 -- Concert at the Mansfield, Granada (Helen Shapiro Tour).   
 -- First appearance on ABC's `Thank Your Lucky Stars' (filmed 17  
February 1963).   
 
1964 
 -- `Newsweek' front page article about the Beatles.   
 -- Transmision of a 3rd Ed Sullivan Show performance (recorded  
9 February 1964). The Beatles become the first artists  
performing 3 times for the programme.   
 -- Teddington TV Studios. Recording music and comedy sequences  
for ABC-TV's `Big Night Out'.   
 -- Party thrown by Alma Cogan at her house. The Beatles attend.   
 
1965 
 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 10.00am-1.00pm. Stereo mixing:  
`Yes It Is' (from take 14); `You've Got To Hide Your Love  
Away' (from take 9); `If You've Got Trouble' (from take 1);  
`Tell Me What You See' (from take 4); `I Need You' (from  
take 5); `Another Girl' (from take 1); `Ticket To Ride'  
(from take 2); `You Like Me Too Much' (from take 8); `The Night  
Before' (remix 1, from take 2); `You're Going To Lose That  
Girl' (remix 1, from take 3); `That Means A Lot' (from take  
1); `You're Going To Lose That Girl' (remix 2, from take 3).  
Producer: not assigned; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd  
Engineer: Malcolm Davies.   
 
1966 
 -- `Rubber Soul' number 1, 12th and last week (UK New Musical Express  
chart).   
 -- Performance of Luciano Berio at the Italian Institute,  
London. Paul attends with Barry Miles.   
 
1967 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.45am. Stereo mixing: `A Day In The Life'  
(remixes 10-12, from takes 6-7). Editing: `A Day In The  
Life' (of remix stereo 12 and edit piece 9). Recording:  
`Lovely Rita' (takes 1-8, tape reduction take 8 into take  
9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd  
Engineer: Richard Lush.   
 
1969 
 -- Trident Studios. Time unknown. Editing: `I Want You'  
(later known as `I Want You (She's So Heavy)' (unnumbered  
master, from takes 9, 20 and 32). Producer: Glyn Johns;  
Engineer: Barry Sheffield; 2nd Engineer: unknown.    
  
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24 February 
 
1961 
 -- Performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey.   
 
1962 
 -- Performance at the Cavern.   
 
1963 
 -- Concert at the Coventry Theatre, Coventry (Helen Shapiro  
tour).   
 
1964 
 -- US `Newsweek' cover story headline: `eeeeeeeeeeeee...  
EEEEEEEEEEEEE, EEEEEEEEEEEE!'  
 
1965 
 -- Start of `Help!' shootings in Bahamas.   
 
1967 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-1.15am. Recording: `Lovely Rita' (overdub  
onto take 9, tape reduction take 9 into takes 10, 11).  
Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd  
Engineer: Richard Lush.   
 -- Date planned for meeting of Brian and Nat Weiss.   
 
1969 
 -- Trident Studios. Time unknown. Tape copying: `I Want You'  
(later known as `I Want You (She's So Heavy)' (of unnumbered  
Trident master). Producer: not assigned; Engineer: Barry  
Sheffield; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.  
Security copy of `I Want You (She's So Heavy)'.   
 -- Triumph Investment gets control over NEMS.   
 
1982 
 -- John is awarded a posthumous Grammy for `Double Fantasy'.   
  
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25 February 
 
1943 
 -- George Harrison is born.   
 
1963 
 -- US single release: `Please Please Me'/`Ask Me Why'.   
 -- Studio 1 (control room only). 10.00am-1.00pm. Editing:  
`Seventeen' (working title of `I Saw Her Standing There')  
(of takes 9, 12). Mono mixing: `Anna (Go To Him)' (from take  
3); `Boys' (from take 1); `Chains' (from take 1); `Misery'  
(from take 16); `Do You Want To Know A Secret' (from take  
8); `There's A Place' (from take 13); `Seventeen' (working title of `I  
Saw Her Standing There') (from edit of takes 9, 12); `Twist  
And Shout' (from take 1); `A Taste Of Honey' (from take 7).  
Stereo mixing: `Anna (Go To Him)' (from take 3); `Boys'  
(from take 1); `Chains' (from take 1); `Misery' (from take  
16); `Baby It's You' (from take 5); `Do You Want To Know A  
Secret' (from take 8); `There's A Place' (from take 13);  
`Seventeen' (working title of `I Saw Her Standing There')  
(from edit of takes 9, 12); `Twist And Shout' (from take 1);  
`A Taste Of Honey' (from take 7).  
Studio 1 (control room only). 2.30-5.45pm. Editing: `Please  
Please Me' (of takes 16, 17, 18). Mono mixing: `Ask Me Why'  
(from take 6); `Misery' (from take 16); `Baby It's You'  
(from take 5). Stereo mixing: `Ask Me Why' (from take 6);  
`Please Please Me' (from edit of takes 16-18); `Love Me Do'  
(from 11 September 1962 mono remix); `P.S. I Love You' (from  
11 September 1962 mono remix); `Misery' (from take 16).  
Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd  
Engineer: A. B. Lincoln.  
Mixing of versions for `Please Please Me' LP masters.   
 
1964 
 -- Studio 2. 10.00am-1.00pm. Recording: `You Can't Do That'  
(takes 1-9).   
Studio 2. 2.30-5.30pm. Recording: `And I Love Her' (takes 1-2); `I  
Should Have Known Better' (takes 1-3). Producer: George  
Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham.   
Start of `A Hard Day's Night' sessions.   
 -- Mail service vehicles get at George's house with cards and  
presents.   
 -- The Beatles Film Production Limited is incorporated, with  
Brian one of its opening directors.   
 -- At his house, Walter Strach throws a birthday party for George.  
George, angry at seeing the press was invited, attacks the cake and  
walks out.  
 
1966 
 -- Northern Songs Limited buys Sweco Music Corp and Cole & Gole  
Music, music publishing companies.   
 -- George and Pattie return to London from their honeymoon in  
the Caribean Islands.   
 -- George Martin is demanded by his wife to divorce.  
 
1968 
 -- George celebrates his birthday with the Maharishi and his  
disciples. The Maharishi presents him with a plastic world map.   
 
1969 
 -- Allen Klein goes to Leonard Richenberg's office, threating  
him with trials.   
 -- Abbey Road, Studio unknown. Time unknown. Recording: `Old  
Brown Shoe' (takes 1, 2); `All Things Must Pass' (takes 1, 2);  
`Something' (take 1). Producer: not assigned; Engineer and  
2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.  
George solo session. Recording of demos of `Old Brown  
Shoe', `All Things Must Pass' and `Something'.  
 
1970 
 -- De Lane Lea Sound Centre, 75 Dean Street. Ringo tapes `You  
Always Hurt The One You Love'.   
 
1972 
 -- UK single release: `Give Ireland Back To The Irish'.   
 
1994 
 -- `Paul Is Live' number 13, 12th week in the Top 30 (chart  
based on record stores sales in Santiago, Chile).   
  
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26 February 
 
1963 
 -- Concert at the Odeon, Taunton (Helen Shapiro Tour).  
 
1964 
 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 10.00am-1.00pm. Mono mixing:  
`You Can't Do That' (remixes 1-4, from take 9); `Can't Buy  
Me Love' (from take 4).  
Studio 2. 2.30-5.30pm. Recording: `I Should Have Known  
Better' [re-make] (takes 4-22).   
Studio 2. 7.00-10.00pm. Recording: `And I Love Her'  
[re-make] (takes 3-19). Producer: George Martin; Engineer:  
Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham.   
Remixes of `You Can't Do That' and `Can't Buy Me Love' for  
the UK and US.    
 -- US LP release: `Jolly What! The Beatles And Frank Ifield On  
Stage'.   
 -- `Please Please Me' LP, 49th week in the Top 10 (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
`With The Beatles'  number 1, 14th week (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
 
1965 
 -- The `Jewish Chronicle' informs that Brian has agreed to be  
the first vice-president of the Finchley (London) Jewish Youth  
Club.  
 
1967 
 -- Performance of Edwin Starr and Garnet Mimms at the Saville  
Theatre [?].  
2nd performance of Chuck Berry at the Saville Theatre.  
 
1969 
 -- `Yellow Submarine' LP, 6th week in the ranking (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
 
1970 
 -- US LP release: `Hey Jude'.  
 -- A New York newspaper says that John declared that there is no  
point in doing the Peace Festival in Toronto, since the  
money is not being used for peace but for others to have  
profits.   
 
1973 
 -- US single release: `Death Of Samantha'/`Yang, Yang', by Yoko.  
  
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27 February 
 
1963 
 -- Concert at the Rialto, York (Helen Shapiro tour).  
 
1964 
 -- Studio 2. 10.00am-1.00pm. Recording: `And I Love Her'  
[re-re-make] (takes 20-21); `Tell Me Why' (takes 1-8).  
Studio 2. 2.30-5.30pm. Recording: `If I Fell' (takes 1-15).  
Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd  
Engineer: Richard Langham.   
 
1965 
 -- `Beatles For Sale' number 1, 1st and last week, replacing `Rolling  
Stones II' (UK Record Retailer chart).  
 
1967 
 -- Brian and Vic Lewis fly to the US, to arrange plans for the  
Monkees, Cream, the Who, and the Four Tops.   
 
1996 
 -- Recording of `Flaming Pie' in Sussex, England.   
  
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28 February 
 
1962 
 -- A letter is sent by a lawyer on behalf of Brian, to a man of  
Liverpool who had murmured about Brian's motivations on  
managing the Beatles, demanding an apollogize and warranty  
not to repeat the comments.  
 -- Performance at the Cavern, with Gerry and the Pacemakers,  
and the Searchers.   
 
1963 
 -- Paul and John compose `From Me To You' on the artists car  
going from York to Shrewsbury, during the Helen Shapiro  
tour.   
Concert at the Granada, Shrewsbury (Helen Shapiro tour).  
 -- Brian and Dick James officially found Northern Songs Ltd.   
 
1964 
 -- UK Polydor single release: `Why (Can't You Love Me  
Again)'/`Cry For A Shadow'.   
 -- UK single release: `A World Without Love', 1st by Peter and  
Gordon.   
 -- Number 1 Studio, Piccadilly Theatre, London. 6.30-9.00pm.  
Recording for BBC's `From Us To You' (2nd edition): `From Us  
To You'; `You Can't Do That'; `Roll Over Beethoven'; `Till  
There Was You'; `I Wanna Be Your Man'; `Please Mister  
Postman'; `All My Loving'; `This Boy'; `Can't Buy Me Love';  
`From Us To You'.  
 
1967 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.00am. Recording: `Lucy In The Sky With  
Diamonds' (rehearsal only). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.   
 
1968 
 -- Abbey Road. Cilla Black records `Step Inside Love'.   
 -- The Cavern closes.   
 
1969 
 -- Ringo starts shooting of `The Magic Christian'.   
 
1970 
 -- Abbey Road, Room 4. Time unknown. Stereo mixing: `For You  
Blue' (remixes 1-8). Producer: Malcolm Davies; Engineer:  
Peter Bown; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham.   
 -- `Live Peace In Toronto', 8th week in the ranking (Billboard).  
`Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)', 2nd week in the ranking  
(Billboard).   
 
1992 
 -- Moyzes Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic, Bratislavia. Start  
of recording of `The Beatles Go Baroque', with Peter Breiner  
and his chamber orchestra. Producer: Leos Komarek; Engineer:  
Otto Nopp.  
  
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29 February 
 
1964 
 -- `With The Beatles' number 1, 13th week (UK Record  
Retailer chart).  
`I Want To Hold Your Hand' number 1, 5th week; 7th week in  
the Top 100 (Billboard).  
`She Loves You', 6th week in the Top 100 (Billboard).  
`Please Please Me', 5th week in the Top 100 (Billboard).  
`I Saw Her Standing There', 4th week in the Top 100 (Billboard).   
 -- Transmision of ABC-TV's show `The Big Out' (recorded 23  
February 1964).  
 
1968 
 -- Yoko, with John on guitar, records `AOS', at the Royal  
Albert Hall.  
 
1972 
 -- John's US non-immigrant visa expires.  John's immigration lawyer asks  
for an extension of his 6-month non-immigrant visa.    
 
1992 
 -- Moyzes Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic, Bratislavia.   
Recording of `The Beatles Go Baroque', with Peter Breiner  
and his chamber orchestra. Producer: Leos Komarek; Engineer:  
Otto Nopp.  
 
  

