Hey, here are some important dates and events that you may find useful as you strive to know everything about The Beatles.
First live performance by original band, The Quarry Men:
"TV Star Search" audition, Liverpool Empire, June 9, 1957
First meeting between John and Paul:
St. Peter's Church garden fete, Woolton, Liverpool, July 6, 1957
First Quarry Men live performance featuring Paul:
New Clubmoor Hall, Norris Green, Liverpool, October 18, 1957
First meeting of George with The Quarry Men:
Wilson Hall, Garston, Liverpool, February 6, 1958
First EMI recording:
June 6, 1962
First official Beatles concert performace featuring John, Paul, George, and Ringo:
Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight, Birkenhead, August 18, 1962
First professional recording by John, Paul, George, and Ringo:
"Love Me Do"
First radio appearance:
BBC's Teenager's Turn-Here We Go, recorded March 7, 1962, broadcast March 8.
First TV appearance:
Granada's People And Places, October 17, 1962
First Single:
"Love Me Do"/"PS I Love You," October 5, 1962
First Album:
Please Please Me, March 22, 1963
First movie:
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
First U.S. TV appearance:
The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964
First U.S. concert:
Washington Coliseum, Washington, D.C., February 11, 1964
Last performance at Liverpool's Cavern Club:
Last radio performance:
Last live TV performance:
Last UK concert performance:
Last live appearance:
Last filmed performance:
Last recorded album:
Last released album during group years:
Last time all four member together in recording studio:
Last photographic session together:
August 2, 1963
BBC's The Beatles (Invite You To Take A Ticket To Ride), recorded May 26, 1965, broadcast June 7
Singing "All You Need Is Love" on Our World, June 25, 1967
Empire Pool, Wembley, May 1, 1966
On the rooftop of the band's Apple office building in Central London, January 30, 1969
Playing "The Long and Winding Road," "Let It Be," and "Two of Us," January 31, 1969
Abbey Road (1969)
Let It Be (1970)
EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London, January 3, 1970
The Tittenhurst Park grounds of John's home in Ascot, Berkshire, August 22, 1969