
 
        Beatles-related dates for June 

        Compilation made by Victor Munoz
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        Last update: 11 May 1998


 
 
 
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1 June 
 
1926 
 -- Norma Jean Baker (Marilyn Monroe) is born in Los Angeles, USA.  
 
1963 
 -- `Please Please Me' LP number 1, 4th week (UK Record Retailer  
chart).   
 -- Two performances at the Granada, Tooting, London (3rd British  
tour).   
 -- BBC Paris Studio, London. 1.30-5.30pm.   
Recording for BBC's `Pop Go The Beatles': `Pop Go The  
Beatles'; `Too Much Monkey Business'; `I Got To Find My  
Baby'; `Youngblood '; `Baby It's You'; `Till There Was You';  
`Love Me Do'; `Pop Go The Beatles'.   
Only available take of `Youngblood'.   
 -- BBC Paris Studio, London. 9.30am-1.30pm.   
Recording for BBC's `Pop Go The Beatles': `Pop Go The  
Beatles'; `A Shot Of Rythm And Blues'; `Memphis Tennessee';  
`A Taste Of Honey'; `Sure To Fall (In Love With You)'; `Money (That's  
What I Want)'; `From Me To You'; `Pop Go The Beatles'.   
 -- Brian, present at BBC Paris Studio, London, for the  
recording of `Pop Go The Beatles', meets Sean O'Mahoney and  
discusses the possibility of a weekly magazine dedicated to  
the Beatles being published.   
 
1964 
 -- Studio 2. 2.30-5.30pm. Recording: `Matchbox' (takes 1-5); `I'll Cry  
Instead' (Section A) (takes 1-6) `I'll Cry Instead' (Section B)  
(takes 7-8); `Slow Down' (takes 1-6).    
Studio 2. 7.00-10.00pm. Recording: `I'll Be Back' (takes 1-16).  
Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.  
 -- US single release: `You're My World', 1st US single of Cilla  
Black.   
US single release: `Sweet Georgia Brown'/`Take Out Some  
Insurance On Me Baby'.   
 -- Brian announces plans for the Beatles 1964 Christmas Show,  
to be presented at the Odeon, Hammersmith, by him and Joe  
Collins.   
 
1966 
 -- `Rubber Soul', 26th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical  
Express chart).  
 -- Studio 2. 2.30pm-2.30am. Recording: `Yellow Submarine'  
(overdub onto take 5). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff  
Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.  
Recording of sound effects for `Yellow Submarine'.  
 -- From New York, Brian criticizes the imposition of a new  
mimic ban on television by the Musicians' Union.   
 
1967 
 -- UK LP release: `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'.   
 -- De Lane Lea Music Recording Studios. Time unknown.  
Recording: `Untitled' (no numbered takes). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Dave Siddle; 2nd Engineer: Mike Weighell.  
Recording of instrumental jamming.   
 -- Press reception, on occasion of `Sgt Pepper's Lonely  
Hearts Club Band' release.   
 
1969 
 -- Recording of `Give Peace A Chance'.   
End of bed-in in Montreal.   
 
1973 
 -- Single release: `Live And Let Die'.   
 
1976 
 -- Wings concert in Chicago, Illinois (World Tour).   
  
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2 June 
 
1962 
 -- The Beatles return from Hamburg to Liverpool.   
 
1963 
 -- Concert at the Hippodrome, Brighton (3rd British tour).  
 
1964 
 -- Studio 2. 2.30-5.30pm. Recording: `Any Time At All' (takes  
1-7); `Things We Said Today' (takes 1-3).   
Studio 2. 7.00-10.00pm. Recording: `When I Get Home' (takes 1-11); `Any  
Time At All' (takes 8-11). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman  
Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.   
 -- Production of the film `Ferry Cross The Mersey' begins.   
 
1965 
 -- `Ticket To Ride', 8th week in the Top 30 (UK New Musical Express  
chart).    
 -- World premiere of `The Knack', directed by Richard Lester, at  
the London Pavilion. Brian and George attend.  
 
1966 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.30am. Recording: `Laxton's Superb'  
(working title of `I Don't Know', working titles  of `I  
Want To Tell You') (takes 1-5, overdub onto take 3, tape reduction  
take 3 into take 4). Mono mixing: `Yellow Submarine' (remix 1, from  
take 5). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd  
Engineer: Phil McDonald.   
 -- US magazine `Disc' publishes on front page the photograph  
originally  intended for ``Yesterday'... And Today'.   
 
1967 
 -- US LP release: `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'.   
 -- De Lane Lea Music Recording Studios. 8.30pm-2.00am.   
Recording: `It's All Too Much' (overdub onto take 2); `Untitled' (no  
numbered takes). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Dave Siddle; 2nd  
Engineer: Mike Weighell.   
Recording of brasses and woodwinds for `It's All Too Much', and  
of an instrumental jamming.   
 
1970 
 -- Abbey Road. Start of recordings of `Isn't It A Pity'.   
 
1975 
 -- UK LP release: `Young Americans', of David Bowie.   
 
1976 
 -- Wings concert in Chicago, Illinois (World Tour).   
  
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3 June 
 
1963 
 -- 10.00-11.15pm. BBC's `Steppin' Out' broadcast (recorded 21  
May 1963).  
 -- Two performances at the Granada, Woolwich (3rd British tour).  
Concert at the Granada, Walthamstow (3rd British tour).   
 
1964 
 -- `With The Beatles', 28th week in the Top 30 (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
 -- Morning. Prospect Studios, London. Photographic session with  
photographer John Launois for the US magazine `Saturday Evening  
Post'.   
 Ringo collapses, suffering from  tonsillitis and pharyngitis. A  
local doctor is summoned. Ringo is taken to the private patients'  
wing of the University College Hospital, London.  
Brian and George Martin come up with Jimmy Nicol as Ringo's  
replacement.  
 -- Studio 2. 3.00-4.00pm. Rehearsal: `I Want To Hold Your  
Hand'; `She Loves You'; `I Saw Her Standing There'; `This  
Boy'; `Can't Buy Me Love'; `Long Tall Sally'.   
Rehearsal with Jimmy Nicol.  
 -- Brian is the subject of the 1st programme in a new  
Redifussion (ITV) series, `Celebrity Game'.   
 
1966 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.30am. Recording: `Laxton's Superb' (also  
`I Don't Know', both working titles of `I Want To Tell  
You') (overdub onto take 4). Mono mixing: `Laxton's Superb' (also `I  
Don't Know', both working titles of `I Want To Tell You') (remixes  
1-4, from take 4); `Yellow Submarine' (remixes 1-5, from take 5).  
Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil  
McDonald.    
`Laxton's Superb' changes name to `I Don't Know' during the  
session. For the first time, bass is separately overdubbed in a  
Beatles session (`I Want To Tell You'). It is discarded Ringo's  
spoken intro for `Yellow Submarine'.   
 -- Date of end of recording contract with EMI Records.   
 
1967 
 -- `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', number 1 in Britain.  
 
1969 
 -- John, Yoko and Kyoko leave Canada.   
 
1987 
 -- Mary Elizabeth Smith interview with Andrew Solt for film  
`Imagine: John Lennon'.  
  
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4 June 
 
1962 
 -- Signing of 1st recording contract with EMI.   
 
1963 
 -- John Profumo declares he lied about his relationship with  
Christine Keller. He leaves his charge as Minister of War  
and member of the Parliament.  
 -- Concert at the Town Hall, Birmingham (3rd British tour).  
 -- 5.00-5.29pm. BBC's `Pop Go The Beatles' broadcast (recorded  
25 May 1963).  
 
1964 
 -- Studio 2. 2.30-7.00pm. Mono mixing: `Long Tall Sally' (from  
take 1); `Matchbox' (from take 5); `I Call Your Name' (remixes 1, 2,  
from takes 5, 7). Editing: `I Call Your Name' (of mono remixes 1, 2).  
Recording: `Slow Down' (overdub onto take 6). Mono mixing: `Slow  
Down' (from take 6); `When I Get Home' (remix 1, from take 11); `Any  
Time At All' (remix 1, from take 11); `I'll Cry Instead' (Section A)  
(from take 6); `I'll Cry Instead' (Section B) (from take 8). Editing:  
`I'll Cry Instead' (of mono remixes from takes 6, 8). Producer:  
George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham.   
End of work on EP `Long Tall Sally'.   
 -- End of shootings of film `A Hard Day's Night'.   
 -- 19.00. Concert at the Tivoli Gardens, Copenhague.   
Jimmy Nicol on drums. Start of world tour.    
Recorded live by AVRO radio, Hilversum. [5 June?]  
 
1965 
 -- UK EP release: `Beatles For Sale (No 2)'.   
 -- The `Daily Mirror' informs that Tommy Quickly will not have  
his recording contract with Pye Records renewed when it  
expires in July. Epstein says he has not had good material,  
and that will very soon sign to another company.   
 
1966 
 -- Appearance on BBC-radio's `Saturday Club'.   
 
1967 
 -- Epstein presents the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Denny Laine  
and his Electric String Band (in their 1st ever appearance),  
Procol Harum (full concert debut), and the Chiffons, in 2  
houses in a Saville Theatre Sunday presentation.   
Morning: before the show, Procol Harum are told they are  
number 1 in the next week's chart with `A Whiter Shade Of  
Pale'. As only present they received a bottle of champagne  
from Brian.   
After the concert, it is announced that Procol Harum will  
return to the Saville Theatre to headline in a Brian Epstein  
Sunday presentation.   
 
1968 
 -- Studio 3. 2.30pm-1.00am. Recording: `Revolution' (working  
title of `Revolution 1') (overdub onto take 19, creation of tape loops  
takes 1, 2, tape reduction take 19 into take 20, overdub onto take  
20). Mono mixing: `Revolution' (working title of `Revolution 1')  
(unnumbered rough remix, from take 20). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Peter Bown; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.       
Mix for John. Recording of John's vocal, lying on the floor.    
 
1969 
 -- US single release: `The Ballad Of John And Yoko'/`Old Brown  
Shoe'.  
 
1969 
 -- Single release: `Give Peace A Chance'. [?]  
 
1976 
 -- UK LP release: `The Beatles Featuring Tony Sheridan'.   
 -- Wings concert at the Civic Center, St Paul, Minnesota (World  
Tour).   
  
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5 June 
 
1952 
 -- George Smith dies of a brain hemorrhage.   
 
1963 
 -- `Please Please Me' LP, 11th week in the Top 10 (UK  
New Musical Express chart).   
 -- Concert at the Odeon, Leeds (3rd British tour).  
 
1964 
 -- During their arrival in Amsterdam, fans throw themselves to a  
channel trying  to get near ther Beatles.   
 -- Evening: Concert in Amsterdam, on a live TV show.   
Recording for Dutch television (Vara TV), at the Cafe-Restaurant  
Treslong, Hillegom, Holland.   
Recorded live by AVRO radio, Hilversum. [4 June?]  
In both events, Jimmy Nicol on drums.   
 -- Single UK release: `Like Dreamers Do', with The Applejacks.   
Radio KFWB of Los Angeles releases the single `KFWB  
Beatles'/`You Can't Do That', with interviwes to the  
Beatles.   
 -- Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, Brian and Tony Barrow fly  
from London Airport to the US.  
 
1966 
 -- Interview for the Ed Sullivan Show.   
 -- Broadcast on the Ed Sullivan Show of clips of `Paperback  
Writer'/`Rain'.   
 
1967 
 -- NEMS Enterprises announces news about the film `Yellow  
Submarine'.   
 
1968 
 -- Studio 3. 2.30pm-1.30am. Recording: `Ringo's Tune (Untitled)'  
(working title of `This Is Some Friendly', both working  
titles of `Don't Pass Me By') (takes 1-3, tape reduction take 3 into  
takes 4, 5, overdub onto take 5, tape reduction take 5 into take 6).  
Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil  
McDonald.    
1st recording of a Ringo's composition. Recording of rythm track  
(piano, drums) and overdubs: piano, sleigh-bell, 2 basses, one lead  
vocal (wiped), for `Don't Pass Me By'.  
Visits at the studio: Lulu, Davy Jones, Twiggy, Franco  
Zeffirelli, Francie Schwartz. [6 June, 12 July, 22 July?]  
 
1981 
 -- US single release: `(Just Like) Starting Over'/`Woman'.  
 
1991 
 -- Paul's concert at the Naples Teatro Tenda, Italy.   
 
1995 
 -- Westwood One broadcasts `Oobu Joobu', Part 4.  
    
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6 June 
 
1960 
 -- Performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey, with Gerry  
and the Pacemakers.   
 
1962 
 -- Studio 2/3? 6.00-8.00pm. Recording: `Besame Mucho' (takes  
unknown); `Love Me Do' (takes unknown); `P.S. I Love You' (takes  
unknown). Producer: Ron Richards and George Martin; Engineer: Norman  
Smith; 2nd Engineer: Chris Neal.   
Parlophone audition.   
 
1964 
 -- Concert at the Blokker Exhibition Hall, Amsterdam.   
Jimmy Nicol on drums.   
 
1966 
 -- Studio 3 (control room only). 7.00-12.00pm. Tape copying: `I  
Want To Tell You' (2 copies of mono remix 1, numbered mono remixes 5,  
6). Mono mixing: `And Your Bird Can Sing' (remixes 9, 10, from takes  
10, 4); `For No One' (remixes 1-6, from take 14); `I'm Only Sleeping'  
(remixes 5, 6, from take 13); `Tomorrow Never Knows' (remixes 10-12,  
from take 3).   
Studio 3. 12.00-1.30am. Recording: `Eleanor Rigby' (overdub onto take  
15). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer:  
Phil McDonald.   
 -- Brian forms Nemperor Artists Inc. in New York, with Nat  
Weiss.   
 
1968 
 -- Studio 2. 2.30pm-2.45am. Recording: `This Is Some Friendly'  
(working title of `Don't Pass Me By') (overdub onto take 5, tape  
reduction take 5 into take 7, overdub onto take 7). Mono mixing:  
`This Is Some Friendly' (working title of `Don't Pass Me By')  
(unnumbered rough remix, from take 7). Recording: `Revolution 9'  
(sound effects takes 1-12). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff  
Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.  
Recording of effects for `Revolution 9', some of them for the  
London Old Vic Theatre adaptation of `In His Own Write'.  Recording  
of two lead vocals and bass for `Don't Pass Me By'.  
Visits at the studio: Lulu, Davy Jones, Twiggy, Franco  
Zeffirelli, Francie Schwartz. [5 June, 12 July, 22 July?]  
 
1970 
 -- `Let It Be' single, 13th and last week in the Top 30  
(Billboard).    
`Live Peace In Toronto', 22nd week in the ranking  
(Billboard).   
 
1971 
 -- John, Yoko and Frank Zappa with the Mothers of Invention, join  
during a show in Fillmore East, New York, for a jam session,  
recording which will appear on `Some Time In New York City'.   
 
1997 
 -- Reykjavik, Iceland. 8.00pm. Opening of festival in  
celebration of 30th anniversary of LP `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts  
Club Band' release.    
  
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7 June 
 
1941 
 -- Tom Jones is born.  
 
1963 
 -- Dr. Stephen Ward is arrested.   
 -- Concert at the Odeon, Glasgow (3rd British tour).   
 
1964 
 -- Debut of Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas on the Ed Sullivan  
Show.   
 
1965 
 -- 10.00-12.00am. BBC's `The Beatles (Invite You To Take A  
Ticket To Ride)' broadcast (recorded 26 May 1965).   
Last BBC session broadcast.   
 
1967 
 -- Announcement to the press that the Beatles have accepted the  
`Yellow Submarine' project.   
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.00am. Recording: `You Know My Name (Look  
Up The Number)' (overdub onto take 9, takes 20-24). Producer: George  
Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.   
 
1968 
 -- George and Ringo fly to Hollywood as guest artists for a  
Ravi Shankar film. 1st trip of a Beatle out of England while  
sessions are in progress.  
 -- Michael McCartney marries.   
 
1969 
 -- `Yellow Submarine' LP, 21st and last week in the Top 100  
(Billboard).   
`Get Back' number 1, 3rd week; 5th week in the Top 30  
(Billboard).    
 -- John and Yoko appear on the `David Frost Show'.   
 
1976 
 -- US LP release: `Rock'n'Roll Music'.  
 -- Wings concert at the McNichols Arena, Denver (World Tour).  
 
1991 
 -- Paul's concert at the St Austell Colosseum, England.   
 
1997 
 -- Reykjavik, Iceland. 8.00pm. Festival in celebration of 30th  
anniversary of LP `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' release.  
   
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8 June 
 
1963 
 -- `Please Please Me' LP number 1, 5th week (UK Record Retailer  
chart).   
 -- Concert at the City Hall, Newcastle (3rd British tour).  
 -- Magazine `Valentine' publishes photographs of the Beatles at  
the swimming pool of the University of London Union.  
 
1964 
 -- BBC re-broadcasts `Around The Beatles'.   
 -- Brian flies back to London and announces that Gerry and the  
Pacemakers will star in their own Christmas show.   
 -- Vara TV (Holland) screens the 5 June 1964 recording.   
 
1965 
 -- Studio 1 (control room only). 10.00-10.30am. Stereo mixing `I  
Want To Hold Your Hand' (remix 2, from take 17). Producer: not  
assigned; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ron Pender.    
Mix with voices on the center of the stereo picture.   
 
1966 
 -- `Rubber Soul', 27th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical  
Express chart).  
 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 1.00-2.00pm. Editing: `And Your  
Bird Can Sing' (mono remixes 9, 10). Producer: not assigned;  
Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: not assigned.   
Studio 2. 2.30pm-2.30am. Recording: `A Good Day's Sunshine'  
(working title of `Good Day Sunshine') (takes 1-3). Producer: George  
Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer; Richard Lush.   
 
1967 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-1.00am. Recording: `You Know My Name (Look Up  
The Number)' (Part 2, takes 1-12; Part 3, takes 1-4; Part 4, takes  
1-6; Part 5, take 1). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff  
Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.    
Recording of sax solo.   
 
1983 
 -- Canada, Japan, South America LP release: `Old Wave'.   
 
1997 
 -- Reykjavik, Iceland. 5.00pm. Closing of festival in  
celebration of 30th anniversary of LP `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts  
Club Band' release.   
  
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9 June 
 
1962 
 -- 7.00-12.00pm. 1st performance at the Cavern after returning  
from Germany, along with The Red River Jazzmen, Ken Dallas  
and the Silhouettes, and the Four Jays.  
 
1963 
 -- Concert at the King George Hall, Blackburn. End of 3rd  
British tour.   
 -- Vacations in Liverpool begin.   
 
1964 
 -- Studio 3 (control room only). 2.00-5.45pm. Mono tape copying:  
`I Should Have  Known Better'; `If I Fell'; `Tell Me Why'; `And I  
Love Her'; `I'm Happy Just To Dance With You'; `I'll Cry Instead';  
`Can't Buy Me Love'; `A Hard Day's Night'. Mono mixing: `A  
Hard Day's Night' (from take 9); `Things We Said Today' (from take  
3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer:  
Ken Scott.  
Copies for Capitol and United Artists. Mix of `A Hard Day's  
Night' with extended end, just for the film.   
 -- UK interview LP release: `The Beatles American Tour With Ed  
Rudy'.   
 
1965 
 -- `Ticket To Ride', 9th and last week in the Top 30 (UK New  
Musical Express chart).    
 
1966 
 -- Broadcast on BBC-TV's `Top Of The Pops' of clips of  
`Paperback Writer'/`Rain'.   
 -- Studio 2. 2.30-8.00pm. Recording: `A Good Day's Sunshine'  
(working title of `Good Day Sunshine') (overdub onto take 1). Mono  
mixing: `A Good Day's Sunshine' (working title of `Good Day  
Sunshine') (remixes 1-6, from take 1). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.    
 
1967 
 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 7.00-11.00pm. Editing: `You Know  
My Name (Look Up The Number)' (take 30, consisting of take 9 of part  
1, take 12 of part 2, take 4 of part 3, take 6 of part 4 and take 1  
of part 5). Mono mixing: `You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)'  
(remix 1, from take 30). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff  
Emerick; 2nd Engineer; Richard Lush.   
Editing of the 5 existing rythm parts of `You Know My Name (Look  
Up The Number)'.   
  
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10 June 
 
1963 
 -- US single release: `Do You Want To Know A Secret'/`I'll Be  
On My Way', 1st record of Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas.   
 
1964 
 -- `With The Beatles', 29th week in the Top 30 (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 10.00-11.00am. Mono mixing:  
`I'll Be Back' (remix 1, from take 16). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer; Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.    
 -- Brian Epstein Publications Limited is incorporated.   
 -- Two performances at the Princess Treatre, Hong Kong.   
Jimmy Nicol on drums.   
 
1966 
 -- UK single release: `Paperback Writer'/`Rain'.   
 
1967 
 -- `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' number 1 (UK Record  
Retailer chart).  
 
1968 
 -- Studio 3. 2.30-5.45pm. Recording: `Revolution 9' (sound  
effects takes 1-3). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick;  
2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.   
 
1976 
 -- UK LP release: `Rock'n'Roll Music'.   
 -- Wings concert at the Kingdome, Seattle, Washington (World Tour).  
 
1996 
 -- AIR Studios, Lyndhurst, London. Recording of orchestra  
overdub for `Somedays'.    
    
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11 June 
 
1962 
 -- The Playhouse Theatre, Manchester. 8.00-9.00pm. Recording  
for BBC's `Here We Go': `Ask Me Why'; `Besame Mucho'; `A  
Picture Of You'.  
Last available recording with Pete Best on drums. 1st  
available take of `Ask Me Why'. Only BBC take of `Besame  
Mucho'. Only recording of `A Picture Of You', and 1st  
documentation of George taking the lead vocal.   
 
1963 
 -- 5.00-5.29pm. BBC's `Pop Go The Beatles' broadcast (recorded  
1 June 1963).   
 
1964 
 -- End of Ringo's stay at the University College Hospital,  
London.   
 
1965 
 -- The Beatles are named to the Order of the British Empire on  
the Queen Elizabeth II's birthday honours list published  
this day.    
 -- Night: Brian flies to Blackpool to see Billy J. Kramer with  
the Dakotas play at the North Pier Theatre.  
Before leaving, he orders flowers for the parents of each  
Beatle, to coincide with the lifting of the  news embargo  
that the Beatles have been awarded the MBE.  
Paul returns from holiday in Portugal, at Brian's  
request, to attend the next day's press conference.   
 
1966 
 -- Brian receives the article published in the `Palladium' of  
Richmond, Indiana.  
 
1968 
 -- Studio 2. 6.30pm-12.15am. Recording: `Blackbird' (takes 1-32).  
Mono mixing: `Blackbird' (remixes 1-6, from take 32). Studio 3.  
7.00-10.15pm. Recording: `Revolution 9' (unnumbered takes of sound  
effects). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd  
Engineer: Phil McDonald.    
Visit at the studio: Francie Schwartz. While recording  
`Blackbird', Paul is filmed for a BBC Australia video.  
 
1969 
 -- `The Ballad Of John And Yoko' number 1 (UK Record Retailer  
chart).   
 
1970 
 -- John and Yoko announce they will continue their vacations in  
the state of California for some time.  
 
1993 
 -- Paul's concert in New York (`The New World Tour').   
  
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12 June 
 
1963 
 -- `Please Please Me' LP, 12th week in the Top 10 (UK  
New Musical Express chart).   
 -- The London `Daily Sketch' reproduces charts of `Melody  
Maker' (Britain)  and `Cash Box' (USA).  
 -- Acts managed by Brian occupy places 1, 2 and 3 of the New  
Musical Express chart.   
 -- Charity performance at the Grafton Ballroom, Liverpool.   
 
1964 
 -- Arrival in Australia. 300,000 people welcome them on  
Adelaida's streets.   
Ringo, with Brian, flies to Australia.   
Concert at the Centennial Hall, Adelaida, Australia. Jimmy  
Nicol on drums. Taped for `Beatles Show', Australian radio programme.   
 
1965 
 -- A spokesman of the British government announces the Beatles  
have been named to the MBE.  
`Daily Mirror' headline: `Beatles, MBE!'.   
Morning: Beatles parents receive flowers sent by Brian.   
Morning: Brian is interviewed on BBC's Light Programme  
`Late Night Extra' by telephone from his Blackpool hotel  
room.   
Later, Brian flies from Blackpool to London and then drives  
to Weybridge to collect John, who is very late for the press  
conference.   
Lunchtime: press conference at Twickenham Film Studios.  
Brian attends. Paul affirms that MBE must stand for `Mister  
Brian Epstein'.  
 
1968 
 -- Recording session cancelled due to George and Ringo's  
abscenses.   
 
1972 
 -- US LP release: `Some Time In New York City'.   
 
1995 
 -- Westwood One radio broadcasts `Oobu Joobu' Part 5.  
    
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13 June 
 
1963 
 -- The production company Gerry and the Pacemakers Limited is  
incorporated, with Brian one of its opening directors.   
 
1964 
 -- Concert at the Centennial Hall, Adelaida, Australia.   
Jimmy Nicol on drums.   
 
1966 
 -- NEMS  Enterprises announces that Paddy, Klaus & Gibson have  
split up.   
 
1970 
 -- `Live Peace In Toronto', 23rd week in the ranking  
(Billboard).   
 
1976 
 -- Wings concert at the Cow Palace, San Francisco (World Tour).  
 
1977 
 -- US LP release: `The Beatles Live! At The Star Club In  
Hamburg, Germany; 1962'.  
 
1991 
 -- BBC Lime Grove Studios, London, end active use as BBC TV  
studios.   
 
1992 
 -- Ringo and his All Starr Band's concert at the Montreaux  
Jazz Festival. Recorded for `Ringo Starr And His All Starr Band.  
Volume 2'.   
  
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14 June 
 
1963 
 -- 7.30pm, 11.30pm. Concert at the New Brighton Tower, Liverpool,  
with Gerry and the Pacemakers, plus 5 support groups.  
 
1964 
 -- Melbourne, Australia. Ringo re-joins the Beatles. 5-Beatle  
press conference.   
 
1965 
 -- US LP release: `Beatles VI'.  
 -- Studio 2. 2.30-5.30pm. Recording: `I've Just Seen A Face'  
(takes 1-6); `I'm Down' (takes 1-7). Studio 2. 7.00-10.00pm.  
Recording: `Yesterday' (takes 1-2). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.   
 During `I'm Down' sessions Paul frequently repeats  
`Plastic soul, man, plastic soul', revealing it as a negro  
musicians' sentence to refer to Mick Jagger.   
1st use of a string quartet (`Yesterday').   
 -- It is announced that plans to film `A Talent For Loving'  
have been dropped.   
 
1966 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.00am. Recording: `Here, There And  
Everywhere' (takes 1-4). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff  
Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.   
Recording of vocal harmonies for `Here, There And Everywhere'.    
 
1967 
 -- Studio 1, Olympic Sound Studios. Time unknown. Recording:  
`All You Need Is Love' (takes 1-33, tape reduction of take 10).  
Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Eddie Kramer; 2nd Engineer: George  
Chkiantz.   
 
1968 
 -- Recording session, cancelled due to Ringo and George's  
abscence.   
 
1969 
 -- `Yellow Submarine' LP, 22nd week in the Top 200 (Billboard).   
`Get Back' number 1, 4th week; 6th week in the Top 30  
(Billboard).    
 -- John and Yoko appear on the `David Frost Show'.   
 
1976 
 -- Wings concert at the Cow Palace, San Francisco (World Tour).  
   
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15 June 
 
1958 
 -- Julia Stanley dies. [15 July?]  
 
1961 
 -- Performance at the Top Ten Club, Hamburg.  
 
1962 
 -- 5.00-5.29pm. BBC's `Here We Go' broadcast (recorded 11 June  
1962).   
 -- Lunch and evening: Performance at the Cavern, with the  
Soiderman.  
 
1963 
 -- `Please Please Me' LP number 1, 6th week (UK Record Retailer  
chart).   
 -- Performance at City Hall, Fisherton Street, Salisbury,  
Wiltshire.    
 
1964 
 -- US single release: `Nobody I Know', with Peter and Gordon.   
US LP release: `Souvenir Of Their American Visit'.   
 -- A tape of the Beatles in concert is played on an Australian  
radio programme called `Beatles Show' (recorded 12 June  
1964, in Adelaide).  
 -- Two performances at the Festival Hall, Melbourne. Ringo is  
back on drums.   
 
1965 
 -- Studio 2. 2.30-5.30pm. Recording: `It's Only Love' (takes  
1-6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer:  
Phil McDonald.  
 -- `Daily Mirror' headline: `Two MBEs sent back because of  
Beatles'.   
 
1966 
 -- `Rubber Soul', 28th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical  
Express chart).  
`Paperback Writer', 1st week in the ranking (UK New Musical  
Express chart). [?]  
 -- US LP release: ``Yesterday'... And Today', with original  
butcher's cover.   
 
1967 
 -- US gold certification: `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club  
Band'.   
 
1968 
 -- John and Yoko appear on the `National Sculpture Exhibition',  
at the Coventry Cathedral. Peace acorns are planted outside Coventry  
Cathedral.   
 -- Arts Lab, Drury Lane, London. End of exhibition of John and  
Yoko's first joint venture. [?]  
 
1969 
 -- `The Ballad Of John And Yoko' number 1.  
 
1974 
 -- Wings' Denny Seiwell is replaced by Geoff Britton on drums.   
 
1992 
 -- Ringo and his All-Stars band's concert at the Pine Knob Music  
Theater, Clarkston, Michigan.   
 
1993 
 -- Paul's concert at the Blockbuster Pavillion, Charlotte,  
North Carolina (`The New World Tour', end of American tour).  
Televised live.   
 
1996 
 -- Ella Fitzgerald dies in Beverly Hills, California, USA, of  
complications from diabetes.  
  
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16 June 
 
1960 
 -- Performance at the Neston Institute, Hinderton Road, Neston,  
Wirral, Cheshire.   
 
1961 
 -- Performance at the Top Ten Club, Hamburg.   
 
1962 
 -- Evening: Performance at the Cavern, with Tony Smith's  
Jazzmen.    
 
1963 
 -- Performance at the Odeon, Romford, with Billy J. Kramer and   
the Dakotas, and Gerry and the Pacemakers.   
 
1964 
 -- Two performances at the Festival Hall, Melbourne.   
 
1965 
 -- Recording of vocal overdubs for `Help!' at Twickenham Film  
Studios.   
 -- John is interviewed about `A Spaniard In The Works' for the  
BBC radio programmes `The World Of Books', `The Teen Scene',  
`Pick Of The Week' and `Today'.  
 
1966 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.30am. Recording: `Here, There And  
Everywhere' (takes 5-13, tape reduction take 13 into take 14, overdub  
onto take 14). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd  
Engineer: Phil McDonald.   
Recording of second set of vocal harmonies.   
 -- Early afternoon. BOAC air terminal at Victoria Station,  
London. The Beatles receive vaccinations against cholera.   
Later, the Beatles go on John's Rolls Royce to the BBC  
Television Centre, London.   
BBC Television Centre, London. Rehearsal for appearance on  
BBC-TV's `Top Of The Pops' later this day.   
Studio 2, BBC Television Centre, London. Surprise live  
appearance on BBC-TV's `Top Of The Pops', miming `Paperback Writer'  
and `Rain'.    
 -- Martha is born, in High Wycombe.   
 
1967 
 -- The Beatles appear on the front page of `Life' magazine.    
 
1968 
 -- Paul is interviewed, introducing Mary Hopkin, for the  
American television programme `David Frost presents...  
Frankie Howerd'.  
 
1975 
 -- John files suit in a New York Federal Court against two  
former Attorneys General, John Mitchell and Richard  
Kleindienst, due to the barassment associated with the  
Government's attempts at deportation, and allegations  
concerning illegal wire taps.   
 
1976 
 -- Wings at the Sports Arena, San Diego (World Tour).   
 
1992 
 -- Ringo and his All-Stars band's concert at the Kingswood  
Music Theatre, Maple, Ontario, Canada.   
  
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17 June 
 
1961 
 -- Performance at the Top Ten Club, Hamburg.   
 
1963 
 -- Studio Number 5, BBC Maida Vale Studios, London. 10.30am-1.00pm.  
Recording for  BBC's `Pop Go The Beatles': `Pop Go The  
Beatles'; `Anna (Go To Him)'; `I Saw Her Standing There';  
`Boys'; `Chains'; `P.S. I Love You'; `Twist And Shout'; `Pop  
Go The Beatles'; `A Taste Of Honey'.   
Last programme of the series `Pop Go The Beatles',  
according to the initial plans.  Photographer Dezo Hoffmann takes  
pictures of the Beatles during the session and having lunch in the  
BBC staff restaurant.  
After the recording session, Hoffmann photographs the Beatles  
`bumping' Paul (celebrating his 21st birthday) in the middle of  
Delaware Road.   
 
1964 
 -- `With The Beatles'  30th week in the Top 30 (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
 -- Two performances at the Melbourne Festival Hall.  Taped for  
the Australian television programme `The Beatles Sing For  
Shell'.   
 
1965 
 -- Studio 2. 2.30-5.30pm. Recording: `Act Naturally' (takes 1-13).   
Studio 2. 7.00-10.00pm. Recording: `Wait' (takes 1-4). Mono mixing:  
`Yesterday' (remixes 1, 2, from take 2). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer; Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.  
 -- General Sir William Oliver declares: `I know the Beatles  
deserve the Order of the British Empire'.  
Jack Berg, Former Member of Canada's Parliament, Hector  
Dupuis, Stanley Ellis, Cyril Hearns, Douglas Moffit, Richard  
Pape, RAF Squadrom Leader Paul Pearson, David Evan Rees, and  
World War Veteran Col. George Wagg, return their MBE's in  
protest of The Beatles receiving theirs. The first recorded  
instances of anyone returning an MBE.   
 
1966 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-1.30am. Recording: `Here, There And  
Everywhere' (overdub onto take 14); `Got To Get You Into My Life'  
(overdub onto take 9). Mono mixing: `Got To Get You Into My Life'  
(remixes 3-7, from take 9); `Here, There And Everywhere' (remix 1,  
from take 14). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd  
Engineer: Phil McDonald.     
 -- Paul buys a farm in Kintyre, Scottland.   
 -- Appearance on BBC-2's `Line-up Review', re-broadcast of  
previous night's live appearance on `Top Of The Pops'.   
 -- Ringo and his All-Stars band's concert at the Merriweather  
Post Pavillion, Columbia, Maryland.   
    
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18 June 
 
1942 
 -- Paul McCartney is born.   
 
1960 
 -- Performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Road,  
Liscard, Wallasey, Cheshire.   
 
1961 
 -- Performance at the Top Ten Club, Hamburg.  
 
1963 
 -- Paul's birthday party, at aunt Jin's house, in Huyton. John  
has a fight with Bob Wooler.   
 -- 5.00-5.29pm. BBC's `Pop Go The Beatles' broadcast (recorded  
1 June 1963).  
 -- Concert at the Winters Garden, Margate.   
 
1964 
 -- Placards reading `We love you Ruby Baby, yes we do' and  
`Artur's Smarter', a show of support for 75 year-old pianist  
Artur Rubenstein who was in town for a concert, greet the  
Beatles arriving in Sydney.   
 -- Concert at the Sydney Stadium, Sydney, Australia.   
 
1965 
 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 10.00am-12.30pm. Mono mixing:  
`I've Just Seen A Face' (from take 6); `I'm Down' (from take 7);  
`It's Only Love' (from take 6); `Act Naturally' (from take 13);  
`Wait' (remix 1, from take 4); `Help!' (remix 4, from take 12).   
Studio 2 (control room only). 12.30-1.30pm. Stereo mixing: `I've Just  
Seen A Face' (from take 6); `I'm Down' (from take 7); `Yesterday'  
(from take 2); `It's Only Love' (from take 6); `Act Naturally' (from  
take 13); `Help!' (remix 2, from take 12). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.   
End of sessions for single and LP, mono and stereo, `Help!'.    
 -- BBC Lime Grove Studios. John appearance on BBC-TV's `Tonight'.  
Broadcast live. John presents and speaks about `A Spaniard In The Works'.  
 -- The Beatles are interviewed for the Italian radio programme  
`Londra Ultima Ora'.   
 
1966 
 -- Appearance on `Thank Your Lucky Stars'.   
 
1967 
 -- Paul comments he has had 4 LSD trips this year, describing his  
impressions to the press.   
 -- Pop charity concert at the Saville Theatre, presented by  
Brian, starring Manfred Mann, the New Vaudeville Band, the  
Zombies, the Yardbirds, and the Settlers.   
 -- Apple Corp. is officially formed.   
 -- Studio, Dick James House. Paul, Mike McGear and Roger McGough  
begin sessions for `McGough & McGear'.   
 
1968 
 -- John, Yoko and Neil attend the opening night of the Old Vic  
Theatre adaptation of `In His Own Write', in London. First  
public appearance of John and Yoko together.   
 -- George and Ringo return from the US.   
 -- Press reception on occasion of the release of the 1st single  
by Grapefruit. John, Paul and Ringo attend.   
 
1971 
 -- UK LP release: `The Early Years'.   
 
1976 
 -- Wings concert at the Community Forum, Tucson, Arizona (World  
Tour).   
 
1977 
 -- `The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl' number 1, 1st week.  
  
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19 June 
 
1961 
 -- Performance at the Top Ten Club, Hamburg.  
 
1962 
 -- Lunch time, evening. Performances at the Cavern, with the  
Bluegenes, and Ken Dallas and the Silhouettes.   
 
1963 
 -- `Please Please Me' LP, 13th week in the Top 10 (UK  
New Musical Express chart).   
 -- The Playhouse Theatre, London. 8.45-9.45pm. Recording for  
BBC's `Easy Beat': `Some Other Guy'; `A Taste Of Honey';  
`Thank You Girl'; `From Me To You'.   
1st time Ringo uses his Ludwig drum kit in a live  
performance. Photographer present: Dezo Hoffmann.  
 
1964 
 -- UK EP release: `Long Tall Sally'.  
US LP release: `The Beatles' First'.   
 -- Two performances at the Stadium, Rushcutter's Bay, Sydney,  
New South Wales, Australia.   
 
1967 
 -- Studio 3. 7.00pm-1.45am. Tape copying: `All You Need Is  
Love' (of take 10). Recording: `All You Need Is Love' (overdub onto  
take 10). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd  
Engineer: Richard Lush.   
 -- Paul admits on a TV programme [or the `Daily Mirror'?] he  
has experimented with LSD.  
 
1970 
 -- UK LP release: `Delaney And Bonnie On Tour'.   
 
1992 
 -- Ringo Starr and his All-Starr band's performance at the  
Radio City Music Hall, New York.   
 
1995 
 -- Westwood One radio broadcasts `Oobu Joobu' Part 6.  
    
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20 June 
 
1961 
 -- Performance at the Top Ten Club, Hamburg.   
 
1962 
 -- Lunch time, evening.  Performances at the Cavern, with The  
Strangers and The Sorrals.   
 
1963 
 -- The production company The Beatles Limited is incorporated,  
with Brian one of its opening directors.    
 -- [Probably.] Dezo Hoffmann's Studio, 29 Wardour Street,  
London. Session of formal individual portraits of John, Paul  
and Ringo.  
 
1964 
 -- Epstein flies from Australia to Waikiki, Honolulu, for a  
short holiday.   
 -- Concert at the Stadium, Rushcutter's Bay, Sydney, New South  
Wales, Australia.   
 -- A critic in the London Times reacts to John's `In His Own  
Write' by claiming that he thought John was ``In a pathetic  
state of near illiteracy".  
 -- The Beatles are interviewed by telephone from Australia for  
BBC-1's `Roundabout' radio programme.  
 
1965 
 -- Start of tour of France, Italy and Spain.   
Two performances at the Palais des Sports, Paris.   
Afternoon show recorded for `Musicorama', French radio  
programme. Evening show broadcast live on `Les Beatles (en direct du  
Palais des Sports)', French radio programme, and taped for  
`Les Beatles', French TV programme.   
 
1966 
 -- US LP release: ``Yesterday'... And Today', with the new  
cover.   
 -- Studio 1 (control room only). 6.00-8.30pm. Mono mixing and  
Recording: `Got To Get You Into My Life' (tape copy of remix 7 into  
remix 8 with overdub added from take 8). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.   
 
1968 
 -- Studios 1, 2, 3. 7.00pm-3.30am. Recording: `Revolution 9'  
(sound effects, takes 1, 2, compilation of master version, with  
overdub). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd  
Engineer: Richard Lush.  
Master version compilation for `Revolution 9'.   
Visit at the studio: Francie Schwartz. [21 June?]  
 -- About 6.00pm. Paul flies from the London Airport to the USA  
on Apple Corp business.  
 
1970 
 -- `Live Peace In Toronto', 24th week in the ranking  
(Billboard).   
 
1992 
 -- Ringo Starr and his All-Starr band's concert at the Radio  
City Music Hall, New York.  
 
1994 
 -- `Daily Express' reports that Paul, George and Ringo have met  
to record instrumental themes for `The Beatles Anthology' in  
London, citing George Martin.   
  
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21 June 
 
1961 
 -- Performance at the Top Ten Club, Hamburg.   
 
1962 
 -- Performance at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, as one of  
the support acts for Bruce Channel, who heads the bill of  
the first pop dance/concert promoted by Brian.   
 
1963 
 -- Performance at the Surrey Odeon Cinema.   
 
1964 
 -- Arrival at the Wellington airport, New Zealand.  
 
1965 
 -- John is interviewed about `A Spaniard In The Works' on  
BBC radio's `Today' (recorded 16 June 1965).  
 
1966 
 -- Studio 3 (control room only). 10.00am-1.00pm. Stereo mixing:  
`Granny Smith' (working title of `Love You To') (remixes 1-3, from  
take 7). Editing: `Granny Smith' (working title of `Love You To') (of  
stereo remixes 1-3). Stereo mixing: `I Want To Tell You' (remixes 1,  
2, from take 4); `Here, There And Everywhere' (remixes 1, 2, from  
take 14). Mono mixing: `Here, There And Everywhere' (remixes 2, 3,  
from take 14).   
Studio 3 (control room only). 2.30-6.30pm. Mono mixing: `For No One'  
(remixes 7, 8, from take 14); `Doctor Robert' (remixes 4-6, from take  
7); `Taxman' (remixes 5, 6, from take 12). Editing: `Doctor Robert'  
(of remix mono 6); `Taxman' (of mono remixes 5, 6). Stereo mixing:  
`For No One' (remix 1, from take 14); `Taxman' (remixes 1, 2, from  
take 12).  Editing: `Taxman' (of stereo remixes 1, 2).  
Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.45am. Recording: `Untitled' (working  
title of `She Said She Said') (takes 1-3, tape reduction take 3 into  
take 4, overdub onto take 4). Producer: George Martin; Engineer:  
Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.   
`She Said She Said' gets its title during the session.   
 
1967 
 -- Abbey Road, Room 53. 4.30-5.00pm. Mono mixing: `All You Need  
Is Love' (remix 1, from take 10). Producer: George Martin; Engineer:  
Malcolm Addey; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.   
Studio 3 (control room only). 7.00-11.30pm. Mono mixing: `All You  
Need Is Love' (demo remix, unnumbered). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.  
Demo remix of `All You Need Is Love' for Derek Burrell Davis,  
director of the BBC crew for the transmision of `Our World'.    
 
1968 
 -- Studio 2. 2.30-9.00pm. Recording: `Revolution' (working  
title of `Revolution 1') (overdub onto take 20, tape reduction take  
20 into takes 21, 22, overdub onto take 22). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush/Nick Webb.   
Studio 2. 10.00pm-3.30am. Recording: `Revolution 9' (overdub onto  
master version). Stereo mixing: `Revolution 1' (remixes 1-7, from  
take 22); `Revolution 9' (remixes 1, 2, from master version).  
Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer:  
Richard Lush.   
Recording of brasses for `Revolution 1'.   
Visit at the studio: Francie Schwartz. [20 June?]  
 -- Paul announces that the next records will be edited by the  
label Apple throughout the world, at Capitol's convention  
in Hollywood.   
 
1969 
 -- `Yellow Submarine' LP, 23rd week in the Top 200 (Billboard).   
`Get Back' number 1, 5th and last week; 7th week in the Top  
30 (Billboard).    
 
1976 
 -- Wings concert at the Forum, Los Angeles (World Tour).  
Ringo walks out on stage at Wings concert, gives Denny  
Laine some flowers, kisses Linda's hand, and grabs Paul's  
bass guitar as they walk off arm in arm.  
 
1982 
 -- Santa Barbara Sound studio, Santa Barbara, USA. Mixing titles for  
`Old Wave'. [Either of these: `I Keep Forgettin' ', `Going Down',  
`Everybody's In A Hurry But Me'; `In My Car'.] Producer: Jim Nipar  
(assisted by Terry Nelson). Joe Walsh is in attendance.   
 
1989 
 -- John's 1956 four door Bentley S1 featuring a  
psychedelic paint job, purple leather interior, pink door-to-door  
carpeting, and purple/green paisley curtains is auctioned at  
Christie's.    
 
1992 
 -- Ringo Starr and his All-Starr band's concert at the Garden  
State Arts Center, Holmdel, New Jersey.  
   
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22 June 
 
1944 
 -- Peter Asher is born. [22 July?]  
 
1962 
 -- Performance at the Cavern, with The Cyclones.   
 
1963 
 -- `Please Please Me' LP number 1, 7th week (UK Record Retailer  
chart).   
 -- Paul, George and Ringo leave from London to Abergavenny in  
the group's van.  
London. Mid-evening. Westland Heliport. John boards a chartered  
chopper and flies to Abergavenny.  
Couple of hours later. Performance at the Town Hall,  
Abergavenny.    
 -- BBC Television Theatre, London. John tapes an appearance as  
jury on BBC-TV's `Juke Box Jury'.    
 
1964 
 -- Studio 1 (control room only). 10.00-11.30am. Mono mixing: `Any  
Time At All' (remix 2, for the UK, from take 11); `Any Time At All'  
(remix 3, from the USA, from take 11); `When I Get Home' (remix 2,  
for the UK, from take 11); `When I Get Home' (remix 3, for the USA,  
from take 11); `I'll Be Back' (remix 2, for the UK, from take 16);  
`I'll Be Back' (remix 3, for the USA, from take 16); `And I Love Her'  
(remix 2, from take 21).   
Studio 1 (control room only). 11.30am-1.00pm. Stereo mixing: `And I  
Love Her' (from take 21); `When I Get Home' (from take 11); `Any Time  
At All' (from take 11); `I'll Be Back' (from take 16); `If I  
Fell' (from take 15); `A Hard Day's Night' (from take 9); `I Should  
Have Known Better' (from take 22); `I'm Happy Just To Dance With You'  
(from take 4); `I Call Your Name' (remixes 1, 2, from takes 5, 7).  
Editing: `I Call Your Name' (from stereo remixes 1, 2).   
Studio 1 (control room only). 2.30-5.30pm. Stereo mixing: `Can't Buy  
Me Love' (from take 4); `You Can't Do That' (from take 9); `Tell Me  
Why' (from take 8); `Things We Said Today' (from take 3); `Matchbox'  
(from take 5); `Slow Down' (from take 6); `Long Tall Sally' (from  
take 1); `I'll Cry Instead' (Section A) (from take 6); `I'll Cry  
Instead' (Section B) (from take 8). Editing: `I'll Cry Instead' (of  
stereo remixes from takes 6, 8).   
Studio 2 (control room only). 5.45-9.00pm. Tape copying: `Slow Down'  
(copy of 4 June mono remix); `Matchbox' (copy of 4 June mono remix);  
`Things We Said Today' (copy of June 22 stereo remix). Producer:  
George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Geoff Emerick.  
End of `A Hard Day's Night' sessions.   
 -- Concert in Wellington, New Zealand.   
 
1965 
 -- Concert at the Palais d'Hiver, Lyon, France.    
 
1966 
 -- `Rubber Soul', 29th and last week in the Top 10 (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
`Paperback Writer' number 1, 1st week (UK New Musical  
Express chart).    
 -- Private launch party for the club Sibylla's, London, with  
attendance of the Beatles.   
 -- Studio 3 (control room only). 7.00pm-1.30am. Mono mixing:  
`Eleanor Rigby' (remixes 4, 5, from take 15); `She Said She Said'  
(remix 4, from take 4); `Good Day Sunshine' (remix 7, from take 1).  
Stereo mixing: `Eleanor Rigby' (remix 1, from take 15); `She Said She  
Said' (remix 1, from take 4); `Good Day Sunshine' (remix 1, from take  
1); `Yellow Submarine' (remixes 1, 2, from take 5); `Tomorrow Never  
Knows' (remixes 1-6, from take 3); `Got To Get You Into My Life'  
(remix 1, from take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff  
Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Jerry Boys.   
End of `Revolver' sessions.   
 -- UK single release: `You Make Me Feel Like Someone', with  
Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas.   
 
1968 
 -- John interview for BBC-TV. Among other subjects, he explains  
the different stages he lived when writing his two books.   
 -- Apple purchases the freehold of 3 Savile Row for   
500,000 pounds, from band-leader Jack Hylton.    
 
1997 
 -- Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. Performance of  
Theatretrain, singing Beatles songs.  
  
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23 June 
 
1940 
 -- Stuart Ferguson Victor Sutcliffe is born, in Edinburgh.   
 
1963 
 -- 10.31-11.30am. BBC's `Easy Beat' broadcast (recorded 19 June  
1963).  
 
1964 
 -- Concert in Wellington, New Zealand.   
 
1965 
 -- Broadcast of `Londra Ultima Ora', Italian radio programme,  
with interview to the Beatles (recorded 18 June 1965).  
 -- Night. The Beatles arrive in Milan central starion, platform  
3, on the Trans Europe Express from Lyon, France. A car takes them to  
the hotel.   
 
1966 
 -- Flight to Munich, with Brian and Cliff Bennett and the Rebel  
Rousers, also included in the tour.   
 -- Opening night of the club Sibylla's, London.   
 
1967 
 -- Studio 1. 8.00-11.00pm. Recording: `All You Need Is Love'  
(tape reduction take 10, takes 34-43 as overdub onto take 10).  
Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer:  
Richard Lush.  
Orchestra overdub for `All You Need Is Love'.   
 
1976 
 -- Wings concert at the Forum, Los Angeles. End of World Tour.   
 
1982 
 -- Santa Barbara Sound studios, Santa Barbara, USA. Mixing for `Old  
Wave' [either of these: `Alibi', `I Keep Forgettin' ', `Going Down';  
`Everybody's In A Hurry But Me'; `In My Car']. Producer: Jim Nipar  
(assisted by Terry Nelson). Joe Walsh is in attendance.   
  
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24 June 
 
1963 
 -- 5.00-5.29pm. BBC's `Side By Side' broadcast (recorded 4 July  
1963).  
 -- The Playhouse Theatre, London. 5.30-6.30pm. Recording for  
BBC's `Saturday Club'; `I Got To Find My Baby'; `Memphis,  
Tennessee'; `Money (That's What I Want)'; `Till There Was  
You'; `From Me To You'; `Roll Over Beethoven'.   
 
1964 
 -- `With The Beatles',  31st week in the Top 30 (UK New  
Musical Express chart).  
 -- Concert in Auckland, New Zealand.   
 -- Broadcast of `Let's Find Out', with appearance of Brian,  
recorded 20 May 1964.   
 
1965 
 -- `A Spaniard In The Works' is published.   
 -- Morning. Press conference in Milan.   
4.30pm, 9.30pm. Concert at the Velodromo Vigorelli, Milan, Italy.   
 -- An interview to John about `A Spaniard In The Works' is  
broadcast on ITV's `Today'.   
 
1966 
 -- Marriage of George Martin and Judy.   
 -- Arrival in Munich. Start of tour of Germany.  Concert at the  
Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich.    
Hours before the concert, the police discovers a ticket  
falsification.   
 -- It is reported that Klaus Voormann may replace Jack Bruce in  
the group Manfred Mann.   
 
1967 
 -- `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' LP number 8 in USA.  
 -- Alley to the left of Abbey Road Studios. Photographic session  
of the Beatles wearing sandwich boards, promoting `All You Need Is  
Love'.   
 -- Studio 1. 5.00-8.00pm. Recording: `All You Need Is Love'  
(takes 44-47 as overdub onto take 10). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.   
 -- Late morning. Abbey Road studios are opened to over 100  
reporters and photographers.   
2.00-4.00pm. Recording for the BBC.  
5.00-8.00pm. Today's session intended for orchestra  
overdub, due to the decision---taken this day--- of  
releasing `All You Need Is Love' as a single.  
 -- John and George admit to reporters that they had taken LSD.   
 
1968 
 -- Start of George's sessions producing Jackie Lomax.   
    
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25 June 
 
1963 
 -- 5.00-5.29pm. BBC's `Pop Go The Beatles' broadcast (all 17  
June 1963 session but `A Taste Of Honey').   
 
1964 
 -- Concert in Auckland, New Zealand.   
 -- The producing company Fourmost Productions Limited is  
incorporated, with Brian one of its opening directors.   
 
1965 
 -- Brian begins negotiations to present the next UK tour of the  
Everly Brothers.   
 -- The Beatles, with Brian and Wendy Hanson, stay at a hotel in  
Geneva.   
4.30pm, 9.30pm. Concerts at the Palazzo dello Sport, Geneva,  
Italy.   
 -- Mr. Quintieri, member of the Italian Parliament, in the  
Chamber of Deputies, asks the Minister of Finance if `appropriate  
measure has been taken to guarantee the payment of taxes on the fees  
paid to the Beatles and what was the amount declared and assessed.'  
 
1966 
 -- Arrival and concert in Essen, at the Grugahalle.   
The press announces that a Japanese nationalist group has  
threatened to cut the Beatles' hair during their next visit  
to Japan, protesting for their performance at the Budokan  
Hall.   
 -- `Paperback Writer', number 1.  
``Yesterday'... And Today', 1st week in the Top 30  
(Billboard).   
 -- Transmision on `Thank Your Lucky Stars' of clips of  
`Paperback Writer' and `Rain'.   
 
1967 
 -- `Our World' is broadcast. Premiere of `All You Need Is  
Love'.   
Studio 1. 2.00pm-1.00am. Recording: `All You Need Is Love' (takes  
48-50; BBC rehearsal takes 1-3; takes 51-53; takes 54-58 (58 being  
live BBC broadcast); overdub onto take 58). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush/Martin Benge.   
Recording of snare drum roll and re-done John vocal for `All You  
Need Is Love'. Visits at the studio: Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull,  
Keith Richard, Keith Moon, Eric Clapton, Pattie Harrison, Jane Asher,  
Mike McCartney, Graham Nash and wife, Gary Leeds, Hunter Davies.    
 
1968 
 -- Paul returns from the US.  
 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 2.00-8.00pm. Stereo mixing:  
`Revolution 1' (remixes 8-12, from take 22). Editing: `Revolution 9'  
(of remix stereo 2). Tape copying: `Revolution 1' (of remix stereo 12);  
`Revolution 9' (of edit of remix stereo 2). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.  
Copies  of `Revolution 1' and `Revolution 9' for John and Apple  
Corps.    
 -- Studio 3. George produces and plays guitar on Jackie Lomax  
session, recording `Sour Milk Sea'.   
 
1976 
 -- UK single release: `Back In The USSR'/`Twist And Shout'.   
  
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26 June 
 
1962 
 -- Brian and Clive form NEMS Enterprises Limited, in which they  
are directors and shareholders.   
 -- Ron White writes Brian, on knowing of the Beatles' contract  
with George Martin.   
 -- Joe Flannery forms his booking agency Carleton Brook  
Management.   
 
1963 
 -- `Please Please Me' LP, 14th week in the Top 10 (UK  
New Musical Express chart).   
 -- John and Paul compose `She Loves You' at their hotel room in  
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.  
 
1964 
 -- US LP release: `A Hard Day's Night'.   
 -- Concert in Christchurch, New Zealand.  
 
1966 
 -- Arrival in Hamburg. Concert at the Erns Merck Halle, Hamburg.  
End of tour of Germany.   
In downtown, fans face the police hours before the show.   
 -- John visits Astrid, who gives him some letters written by  
Stuart shortly before dying.   
 
1967 
 -- Studio 2 (control room only). 2.00-5.00pm. Mono mixing: `All  
You Need Is Love' (remixes 2-10, from take 58). Producer: George  
Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.    
 -- The Montreal Gazette reports that John and George admitted to  
reporters (24 June) that they had taken LSD.  
 
1968 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.30am. Recording: `Untitled' (working  
title of `Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My  
Monkey') (rehearsal only). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff  
Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.   
Rough mix of `Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My  
Monkey' in the control room, with John, Yoko, Geoff Emerick and  
Francie Schwartz in attendance. [27 June, 1 July?]  
Visits at the studio: Yoko Ono, Francie Schwartz. [27 June, 1 July?]  
 
1995 
 -- Westwood One broadcasts `Oobu Joobu', Part 7.  
    
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27 June 
 
1962 
 -- Performance at the Cavern, with the Big Three.   
 
1963 
 -- Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas record `Bad To Me'/`I Call  
Your Name' at Abbey Road. Paul attends.   
 
1964 
 -- Concert in Christchurch, New Zealand.  
 -- Broadcast of BBC-1 radio's `Roundabout', with interview to  
the Beatles (recorded 20 June 1964).  
 
1965 
 -- 4.30pm, 9.30pm. Concerts at the Cinema Teatro Adriano, Rome,  
Italy.   
 -- Press conference in Rome.  
 -- Broadcast on `Musicorama', French radio programme, of  
the afternoon Beatles show at the Palais des Sports, Paris  
(recorded 20 June 1965).  
 
1966 
 -- Flight from Hamburg to Tokyo. The plane must land in  
Anchorage, Alaska, to avoid a typhoon.   
 
1967 
 -- Trial on drugs charges of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards  
and Robert Fraser begins at West Sussex Quarter Sessions.    
 
1968 
 -- Studio 2. 5.00pm-3.45am. Recording: `Untitled' (working title  
of `Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My  
Monkey') (takes 1-6, tape reduction take 6 into takes 7, 8, overdub  
onto take 8). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd  
Engineer: Richard Lush.   
Rough mix of `Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My  
Monkey' in the control room, with John, Yoko, Geoff Emerick and  
Francie Schwartz in attendance. [26 June, 1 July?]  
Visits at the studio: Yoko Ono, Francie Schwartz. [26 June, 1 July?]  
 
1969 
 -- Ringo and Maureen go on holiday to the south of France.  
The Beatles [Lennon?] appear on cover of magazine `Screw',  
number 18.   
Mary Hopkin arrives in Chile.   
 
1970 
 -- `Live Peace In Toronto', 25th week in the ranking  
(Billboard).   
 
1976 
 -- John receives his `Green Card', number A17-597-321.   
Later John affirms that he will record again only when Sean  
is 5 years old.  
 
1987 
 -- Manuscript of `Dear Prudence' is auctioned at New York  
Sotheby's for $ 19.500.   
  
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28 June 
 
1962 
 -- Performance at the Majestic, Birkenhead.   
 
1963 
 -- Concert at the Queen's Hall, Leeds.   
 
1965 
 -- Two concerts at the Cinema Teatro Adriano, Rome, Italy.   
 
1966 
 -- Arrival in Tokyo.   
 
1967 
 -- The Monkees arrive in the UK for their concerts at the  
Empire Pool, Wembley.   
 -- 2nd day of the trial on drugs charges of Mick Jagger,  
Keith Richards and Robert Fraser at West Sussex Quarter Sessions.  
 -- New York premiere of `The Family Way'.   
 
1968 
 -- Studio 2. 7.00pm-4.30am.  Recording: `Untitled' (working  
title of `Good Night') (takes 1-5). Producer: George Martin;  
Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.   
 
1969 
 -- `Yellow Submarine' LP, 24th and last week in the Top 200  
(Billboard).    
`Get Back', 8th week in the Top 30 (Billboard).    
 
1974 
 -- Single `Band On The Run' reaches number 3 in Britain.  
 
1990 
 -- Paul's concert in Liverpool, before 50,000 people.  1st Paul's  
public performance of Lennon originals (`Strawberry Fields Forever',  
`Help!', `Give Peace A Chance').   
 
1991 
 -- Premiere of the `Liverpool Oratorio', with the Liverpool  
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, at the Liverpool  
Cathedral.   
   
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29 June 
 
1962 
 -- Brian politely responds to Ron White's letter (written 26  
June 1962) with another letter.   
 -- Concert at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton.   
 
1963 
 -- `Please Please Me' LP number 1, 8th week (UK Record Retailer  
chart).   
 -- Broadcast of `Juke Box Jury', with John's appearance as  
judge (recorded 22 June 1963).   
 -- Broadcast of `Thank Your Lucky Stars', with recording of the  
Beatles and other Liverpool groups, under the name `Mersey  
Beat'.   
 -- 10.00-12.00am. BBC's `Saturday Club' broadcast (recorded 24  
June 1963).   
 
1964 
 -- Concert in Brisbane, Australia. End of tour.   
Disturbances in Brisbane. Fans attack those who throw eggs  
and vegetables. The police prevents a lynching.   
 
1966 
 -- `Paperback Writer' number 1, 2nd week (UK New Musical  
Express chart).    
 
1967 
 -- 3rd and last day of trial on drugs charges of Mick  
Jagger, Keith Richards and Robert Fraser at West Sussex  
Quarter Sessions.  
 -- `Kenwood'. Photographic session of John with `Beatles Book'  
photographer Leslie Bryce for the magazine's `at home' series.   
 
1969 
 -- John, Yoko, Kyoko and Julian go to Scotland on holiday.   
 
1991 
 -- Second presentation of the `Liverpool Oratorio', with the  
Liverpool Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, at the  
Liverpool Cathedral.   
  
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30 June 
 
1963 
 -- Concert at the Regal, Yarmouth.   
 
1964 
 -- Return to London, at the Heathrow airport.  
 
1965 
 -- Concert at the Palais des Fetes, Niza, France.   
 
1966 
 -- Concert at the Budokan Hall, Tokyo. Filmed by Nippon  
Television.   
 
1967 
 -- 1st concert of the Monkees at the Empire Pool, Wembley,  
presented by NEMS Enterprises.  
 -- `The Times' editorial headlined `Who Breaks a Butterfly on a  
Wheel?' leads a strong public outcry for the trial on drugs  
charges of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Robert Fraser.   
 
1978 
 -- UK single release: `Tomorrow'.   
 
1990 
 -- Paul's performance for the Knebworth concert.   
 
1995 
 -- Ringo Starr and The Monkees debut on a TV spot for Pizza Hut.  
  
  
 
  
 
 

