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TIMELINE
THE BEATLES
(1926 - 1962)
1926 |
1929 |
1931 |
1932 |
1933 |
1934 |
1939 |
1940 |
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1946 |
1950 |
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1956 |
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1960 |
1961 |
1962
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1926
George Martin,
Beatles musical director, born January 3, in London.
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1929
The residence at 3 Abbey Road is bought by
The Gramophone Company Limited.
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1931
Allen Klein is born in Newark, New Jersey, December 18.
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1932
Richard Lester is born in Philadelphia, January 19.
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1933
Yoko Ono is born in Tokyo, February 18.
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1934
Brian Samuel Epstein, Beatles manager, born September 19
(in Rodney Street, in Liverpool).
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1939
Cynthia Powell is born in Blackpool, September 10,
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1940
Stuart Sutcliffe born July 7, in Edinburgh.
July
Richard Starkey
(
Ringo Starr), born July 7
in family home, 9 Madyrn Street, Dingle, in Liverpool.
October
John Winston Lennon born October 9
at Oxford Maternity Hospital in Liverpool.
December
Phil Harvey Spector is born in the Bronx, New York, USA, December 26.
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1941
Linda Eastman is born in Scarsdale, New York, September 24.
October
Neil Aspinall is born October 13.
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1942
James Paul McCartney born June 18
at Walton General Hospital in Liverpool.
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1943
George Harold Harrison born February 25
in family's terraced home, 12 Arnold Grove, in Liverpool.
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1946
Billy Preston born September 9 in Houston, Texas.
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1950
George Martin, after working three months for the BBC, leaves and takes job at
Parlophone Records as a result of being paid £7, four shillings and threepence, £1
more than the BBC was paying at the time.
Martin becomes an assistant
to chief producer/owner of the label, Oscar Preuss.
George is immediately given the task of handling the classical repertoire which included baroque, orchestral and choral music.
Brian starts working at his family furniture store, I. Epstein & Sons, Walton Road, Liverpool.
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1952
September
John Lennon enters Quarry Bank High School.
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1955
Brian Epstein is appointed a director of NEMS Enterprises.
March
Brian Epstein appointed a director of S. E. Gadd Limited,
one of two companies controlling the furniture dealing side of the family business.
August
Brian Epstein appointed a director of I. Epstein & Sons (Liverpool) Limited,
one of the two furniture-dealing sides of the family business.
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1956
September
Brian Epstein has a private test with John Fernald, the Director, and is admitted to
the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
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1957
January 16th
Cavern Club opens.
March
John Lennon with Pete Shotton forms the group
The Black Jacks .
The Black Jacks become
The Quarrymen a week after forming
and the band
performs what's known in England as skiffle.
July 6
The Quarry Men perform at St. Peter's Church Garden Fete.
John and
Paul
meet, introduced by Ivan Vaughan and the pair find out that they have similar pop
idol interests:
"Paul, what kind of music do you like?" asked John. "Well I used to like
Lonnie Donnegan but now that skiffle is fading out I love the music of Elvis Presley,
Eddie Cochrane, Gene Vincent, Little Richard..." "Hey," John interrupted, "they're
all the people I'm into."
July 12
John invites
Paul to join
The Quarrymen.
August 7
The debut at
Cavern Club, without
Paul, where the audience gives them a hard time for their
for performing rock numbers such as Hound Dog and Blue Suede Shoes.
The Cavern is located in Liverpool's market district.
September
John Lennon commences studies at the Liverpool College of Art.
October 18
Evening performance of the
Quarrymen in a ball held by the
Conservative Club, at the New Clubmoor Hall, Broadway, Liverpool.
Paul's debut.
Paul
plays for
John a couple of tunes he had composed, one of them being
I
Lost My Little Girl.
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1958
February 8th
Evening performance of the Quarry Men at the Wilson Hall,
Garston.
Paul introduces
George to John.
July 15
Julia Lennon,
John's mother, is fatally struck down by a car driven by an
off-duty drunken police
officer. When the trial ends, the officer was acquitted of the offence.
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1959
August
Ringo Starr begins drumming for Rory Storm and the
Hurricanes. Ringo would be Rory's drummer right up until August 18, 1962.
August 29th
Opening night of the Mona Best's Casbah Coffee Club in West
Derby. Show by the
Quarrymen (John, Paul, George, Ken Brown).
The group continues
to play there each Saturday well into October. Sometimes, with name The Rainbows.
The group know Mona' son,
Pete Best, a drummer with a group called The
Blackjacks. The new entry, Ken Brown, performs on bass with
John, Paul and
George
for very short time here.
October 10th
Ken Brown quits the
Quarrymen.
October 31
Quarry Men audition for Carrol Levis show in Liverpool.
During this audition period,
the band would change its name from
Quarry Men to
Johnny and
the Moondogs by November 15.
November 15th
Manchester. Regional finals of a competition to appear on
TV's Star Search.
The Beatles find the last bus back to Liverpool
leaves before
curtain call and return dejected.
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1960
January
Stuart Sutcliffe joins the
Quarrymen, having acquired a bass
guitar that he never really learns to play.
April 23rd
John and
Paul perform as a duet at Caversham, Berkshire,
calling themselves the
Nerk Twins.
May
John asks Allan Williams to manage
The Moondogs. The group
play at Williams' Jacaranda Coffee Bar.
May 10th
Audition for Larry Parnes. This time the drummer is
Tommy Moore, but he arrives late for the audition, and for this reason Johnny Hutchinson is used,
lent from Cassanovas.
May 20th
Contract with Paramount Enterprises, to play the Grosvenor
Ballroom, Wallasey. -- Start of tour of Scotland as backup band for
Johnny Gentle .
May 23rd
Johnny Gentle crashes the van carrying himself and
the Beatles.
Tommy Moore is hit in the mouth by a guitar.
May 25th
The Cavern changes style and opens its doors to rock'n'roll
groups.
June 6th
Performance at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey, with Gerry
and the Pacemakers.
June 13th
Tommy Moore's last performance on drums at Jacaranda.
June 16th
Performance at the Neston Institute, Hinderton Road, Neston,
Wirral, Cheshire.
June 16th - July 30th
Perform at Neston Istitute and Grosvenor Ballroom.
The Silver Beetles employ Norman Chapman, as their drummer.
June 18th - July 30th
Perform at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Road, Liscard,
Wallasey, Cheshire.
August 6th
The Beatles visit the Casbah Coffee Club, seeing
Pete Best
perform with the Blackjacks.
August 12th
The group audition
Pete Best
and invite him to travel
to Hamburg with them and become their permanent drummer.
August 16th
Leave Liverpool for Hamburg.
August 17th
Arrive in Hamburg. Evening: first performance at the Indra
Club.
August 19th
The Beatles are hired to perform 2 additional months at the
Indra
Club.
December 5th
The Beatles luck in Hamburg runs out:
Harrison is deported for being underage for working in a night club;
McCartney &
Pete Best are arrested for pinning a condom to a
brick wall and then igniting it. The two are told to leave Germany.
The band returns home, discouraged.
December 24th
Concert at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey.
December 27th
Perform at the Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool.
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1961
February 14th
Perform at the Casanova club, Liverpool. Filmed. Earliest
Beatles footage known.
Paul switched to bass sometime before.
February 24th
Perform at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey.
March 21st
Performance at The Cavern, as support act to the Bluegenes.
March 27th
The Beatles arrive in Hamburg, for performances in the Top Ten and, later,
the Star Club (2nd Hamburg season).
April 24th
Brian arrives in Hamburg to attend a course in record retailing management, run by
Deutsche Grammophon.
June 15th - 21st
Perform at the Top Ten Club, Hamburg.
June 22nd & 23rd
On this date, Tony Sheridan and The Beatles
do first session recordings for Bert Kaempfert
with the following songs:
My Bonnie (Lies
Over the Ocean), The Saints (When the Saints
Go Marching In), Why, Cry For a Shadow,
Ain't She Sweet, Take Out Some Insurance
On Me Baby, and
Nobody's Child". The German
Polydor single,
My Bonnie b/w
When the Saints
Go Marching In is released in August 1961
listed as
Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers [Polydor / 24 673] which became a
big top-ten hit for Sheridan in Germany. The UK
release of the single was issued January 5, 1962
and listed as
Tony Sheridan and The Beatles [Polydor NH 66-833].
Polydor then later
decided to release a Tony Sheridan album aptly
entitled
My Bonnie in June of 1962 as
Polydor LPHM 46-612 [mono] and
Polydor SLPHM 237-112 [stereo]. The band's line-up
for the album consisted for the most part of
Tony Sheridan,
Pete Best, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George
Harrison and featured pianist Roy Young on
Sweet Georgia Brown.
The Beatles & Tony Sheridan by The Beatles
- Buy: Cd
July 1st
Start of a 1-year contract with Bert Kaempfert Produktions.
July 3rd
Arrive back in Liverpool.
July 6th
First issue of Mersey Beat is published.
Mersey Beat
by Harry
- buy: Book
July 14th
Welcome to the Beatles at
The Cavern Club. First performance at
The Cavern after the return
from Hamburg.
July 20st
Mersey Beat front page: Beatles Sign Recording Contract (with Bert Kaempfert).
July 21st
1st midday session. Perform at the
Cavern.
July 25th
Perform at
the Cavern, with Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Bluegenes, and others.
July 26th
Perform at
the Cavern, with The Four Jays and Remo Four.
August
My Bonnie / When The Saints (Go Marching In)
(single) is released in Germany (Decca Records).
August 2nd
Perform at the
Cavern.
August 3rd
Brian's first record review column published in the 3rd issue of Mersey Beat.
August 5th
First afternoon show: Perform at the Cavern, with Remo Four.
August 31st
Mersey Beat publishes an article by Bob Wooler about the Beatles.
September 1st
Lunch time and afternoon: performance at the Cavern.
September 5th
Perform at the Cavern, with Remo Four, the Bluegenes, and Gerry and the Pacemakers.
September 6th
Perform at the Cavern, with Sandon and the Searchers, and Ian and the Zodiacs.
September 7th
Perform at the Cavern. No other acts.
September 13th
Perform at the Cavern, with The Remo Four, and the Pressman.
September 14th
Perform at the Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool.
September 15th & 19th
Lunch time performance at the
Cavern.
September 20th
Afternoon performance at the
Cavern, with Karl Terry and the Cruisers, and The Zombies.
The Zombies - Greatest Hits [SACD]
by The Zombies
- Buy: Cd
September 21st
Lunch time performance at the
Cavern . Perform at the Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool.
September 28th
Perform at the Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool.
October 18th
Perform at the Cavern , with Ian and the Zodiacs and the Four Jays.
October 19th
Performance of part of the
Beatles and part of Gerry and the Pacemakers, under
the name of
Beatmakers, at the Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool.
October 28th
'Raymond Jones' asks for a copy of
My Bonnie, by the
Beatles, at
Brian Epstein's
record store. Soon after, another youngster asks for a
Beatles' record.
October 30th
Two girls ask for more copies of
My Bonnie at the NEMS record store.
November 8th
Brian Epstein
phones the
Cavern, asking for a ticket.
November 9th
Cavern lunch session:
The Beatles. By 12.30pm, Brian and Alistair Taylor visit the
Cavern, during the
Beatles performance.
November 10th
Perform at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton. Part of the Big-Beat operation, a
festival with Gerry and the Pacemakers, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Remo Four, and
Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes.
December 1st
Meeting of Brian with Colin Borland and Beecher Stevens, both from Decca, to
negotiate a
recording contract, at their London office. -- Concert at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton.
December 3rd
The
Beatles and Bob Wooler meet
Brian at NEMS record store. Before the
meeting
they go with Wooler to drink to the Bridge pub. 4.30pm. Time agreed for the
1st formal meeting with
Brian: 5.30pm.
John, George, Pete and Bob Wooler are the first to appear at the meeting.
6.00pm. Half an hour later than the rest, and after going home to take a bath,
Paul appears at NEMS.
December 4th
Representatives of Deutsche Grammophone London office visit
Liverpool to meet Brian and listen to him requesting that
My Bonnie be released as a single in
the UK.
December 6th
Meeting between the Beatles and Brian at NEMS.
December 7th
Ron White writes to
Brian, returning
the
Beatles' German contract.
December 8th
Brian writes to Ron White, from the
EMI sales department, to get them an
EMI record contract.
Brian has already sent him a copy of
My Bonnie.
-- Concert at the Tower Ballroom, New BBrighton.
December 11th
Afternoon meeting of the
Beatles and
Brian, at the Casbah Coffee Club.
December 12th
Concert at the Nottingham Odeon.
December 13th
Mike Smith, from Decca's A & R department, visits the
Cavern
-- Perform at the Casbah.
December 15th
Perform at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton.
December 18th
Ron White sends an apology to
Epstein, rejecting the group.
December 23rd
Perform at the Cavern.
December 27th
Perform at the Cavern, with Gerry and the Pacemakers, and Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes.
December 31st
The Beatles
leave from Liverpool for
London in Neil's car.
Brian goes by train. They sleep at the Royal Hotel, Woburn Place, London.
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1962
January 1st
Test session for Decca due to start at 11.00am. Decca Studios,
at West Hampstead. Record:
Like
Dreamers Do; Money (That's
What I Want)'; Till There Was
You; The Sheik of Araby;
To Know Her is to Love
Her; Take Good Care of My Baby; `Memphis, Tennessee;
Sure to Fall; Hello
Little Girl; Three Cool Cats;
Crying Waiting Hoping;
Love of the Loved; September
in the Rain; Besame Mucho;
Searchin. After the session,
Brian
returns to Liverpool. -- Decca's test session, at West
Hampstead,
with Brian Poole and the Tremeloes.
January 4th
Mersey Beat front page: Beatles Top Poll!. Issue almost completely
dedicated to the Beatles.
January 5th
UK single release: My Bonnie.
January 6th
Perform at the Cavern with the Collegians
The Collegians II
by The Collegians
- Buy: Cd
January 10th
Perform at the Cavern with Gerry and the Pacemakers, and
the Strangers.
January 12th
Perform at the Cavern with Mike Cotton's Jazzmen.
January 17th
Perform at the Cavern Remo Four, and Ian and the
Zodiacs.
January 24th
Signing of a management contract between
Brian and the Beatles, at
Brian's office at the NEMS record store in Whitechapel.
February 1st
Perform at the Thistle Cafe, West Kirkby, Wirral. 1st gig under
Brian's management.
February 2nd
Perform in Manchester. 2nd performance under
Brian's management.
February 3rd
Perform at the Cavern with The Saints Jazz Band, and Gerry
and the
Pacemakers.
February 6th
Lunch at the Decca's session executive club on Albert Enbankment,
with
Brian, Dick Rowe and Beecher Stevens; Rowe and Stevens tell
Brian of
Decca's rejection.
February 8th
Brian goes to HMV's store, 363 Oxford Street,
London, to have acetates cut from tapes of some songs from the Decca audition,
and chat with Bob Boast, disc-cutter Jim Foy, and Sid Colman, who
introduces him to George Martin.
February 10th
Brian writes to Dick Rowe, about Rowe's decision not to sign
the<
Beatles to a recording contract with Decca.
February 20th
Brian writes to Bert Kaempfert, asking him to release the
Beatles from their contract.
February 24th
Perform at the Cavern.
February 28th
Perform at the Cavern with Gerry and the Pacemakers, and the Searchers.
The Very Best of The Searchers
by Searchers
- Buy: CD
March 2nd
Perform at the Cavern.
March 3rd
Perform at the Cavern with Jim McHarg's Jazzmen.
March 7th
The Playhouse Theatre, Hulme, Manchester. 8.00-8.45pm. Recording
for BBC's `Teenager's Turn (Here We Go):
Hello Little Girl
; Memphis Tennessee;
Dream Baby; Please Mister Postman. 1st BBC
session. In front of a live audience. 1st public performance in the Beno Dorn
worsted stage suits.
Pete Best on drums.
1st live show preserved on tape, only recording of
Dream Baby, and only
live performances of Memphis Tennessee and
Please Mister Postman.
March 8th
5.00-5.29pm. BBC's Teenager's Turn (Here We Go) broadcast
(all 7 March 1962 session except Hello Little Girl).
March 23rd
Perform at the Cavern, with Gerry and the Pacemakers.
Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying/Second Album
by Gerry and the Pacemakers
- Buy: CD
March 24th
Evening performance at a dance booked by the Heswall Jazz Club,
at the Barnston Women's Institute, Wirral.
March 28th
Perform at the Cavern, with Gerry and the Pacemakers and
the Remo Four.
Very Best of Gerry & The Pacemakers
by Gerry and the Pacemakers
- Buy: CD
March 29th
Concert at The Odd Spot, with the Mersey Beats.
March 30th
Perform at the Cavern, with The Dallas Jazz Band.
March 31st
1st professional performance in the South of England (Stroud),
organized by
Jack Fallon.
April 2nd
Concert at the Pavilion Theatre, Liverpool.
April 4th
Perform at the Cavern, with the Four Jays and The Dominoes.
April 5th
Perform at the Cavern.
April 6th
While shopping in Penny Lane,
Cynthia begins feeling labour pains.
April 7th
Perform at the Cavern, with the Saints Jazz Band.
April 8th
Beatles leave once again for Hamburg, Germany.
April 10th
Stuart Sutcliffe dies of a brain hemorrhage.
April 11th
John, Paul and Pete arrive in Hamburg (3rd trip). They will play
the Star Club.
April 12th
Brian and George travel to Hamburg, for Star Club performances.
April 13th
Start of Star Club performances.
April 23rd
US single release: My Bonnie.
May 8th
Brian meets at HMV Shop, Oxford St., London, with Bob Boast,
Jim Foy, disc cutter, and Syd Coleman, general manager.
May 9th
Mid-morning: meeting between
Brian and
George Martin at Abbey Road
Learn of a pending record deal with
Parlophone via telegram. Reported in Mersey Beat
the telegram from Brian Epstein went thus: "HAVE SECURED CONTRACT
TO RECORDED (sic) FOR EMI ON PARLOPHONE LABEL 1ST RECORDING DATE FOR
JUNE 6TH - BRIAN EPSTEIN."
After
receiving the good news from
Brian Epstein, the band wrote back:
Paul: "Please wire £10,000 advance royalties."
George: "Please order four new guitars."
John: "When are we going to be millionaires?"
May 31st
Date of end of Hamburg contract. -- Mersey Beat announces
Beatles recording contract with EMI.
June 2nd
Beatles return from Hamburg to Liverpool.
June 4th
Signing of 1st recording contract with EMI.
June 6th
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.
June 9th
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.
June 11th
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 documented time of George taking the lead vocal.
June 15th
5.00-5.29pm. BBC's Here We Go broadcast (recorded 11 June 1962).
-- Lunch and evening: perform at the
Cavern, with the Soiderman.
June 16th
Evening: performance at the Cavern, with Tony Smith's Jazzmen.
June 19th
Lunch time, evening. Perform at the
Cavern, with the Bluegenes,
and Ken Dallas and the Silhouettes.
June 20th
Lunch time, evening. Perform at the
Cavern, with
The
Strangers and The Sorrals.
June 21st
Perform 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.
Hey! Baby
by Bruce Channel
- Buy: CD
Stand Up
by Bruce Channel
- Buy: CD
June 22nd
Perform at the Cavern, with The
Cyclones.
June 26th
Brian and Clive form NEMS Enterprises Limited, in
which they
are directors and shareholders. -- Ron White writes
Brian, on
hearing of the Beatles' contract with George Martin --
Joe Flannery
forms his booking agency Carleton Brook Management.
June 27th
Perform at the Cavern, with the Big Three.
June 28th
Perform at the Majestic, Birkenhead.
June 29th
Brian politely responds to Ron White's letter (written 26
June
1962) with another letter. -- Concert at the Tower Ballroom, New
Brighton.
July 1st
Perform at the Cavern, with Gene Vincent.
Race With the Devil: Gene Vincent's Life in the Fast Lane
by Susan
Vanhecke
- Buy: Book
July 26th
Brian presents Joe Brown and his Bruvvers, heading a bill including
the
Beatles, at the Cambridge Hall, Southport.
July 27th
Brian presents Joe Brown and his Bruvvers, heading a bill including
the
Beatles, at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton. A big fight occurs during
the concert.
July 28th
Concert at the Majestic Ballroom, Birkenhead. Perform
at the
Cavern, with The Red River Jazzmen, and Dee Fenton and The
Silhouettes.
August 1st
Perform at the Cavern, with Gerry and the Pacemakers, and
the Mersey Beats.
Best Of-Ferry Cross the Mersey
by Gerry and the Pacemakers
- Buy: CD
August 2nd
Concert at the River Park Ballroom, Chester.
August 5th
Perform at the Cavern, with The Saints Jazz Band.
August 6th
Concert at the Grafton Ballroom, with Gerry and the Pacemakers,
and The Big Three.
How Do You Like It
by Gerry and the Pacemakers
- Buy: CD
August 8th
Concert at the Cavern, with The Big Three, and Shane Fenton and
the Fentones.
I'm a Moody Guy
by Shane Fenton and
the Fentones
- Buy: CD
August 14th
Brian approaches
Ringo as substitute for
Pete Best.
August 15th
Perform at the Cavern.
August 16th
b>Brian sacks Pete Best
Ringo Starr is to become the band's new drummer. Neil Aspinall would later
recall how it came about: "...so I drove him (Pete Best) into town to see him.
I was in the record store looking at records, and he came down and said he had been
fired. He was in a state of shock, really. We went over to the Grapes pub in
Matthew Street, had a pint."
Concert at the Riverpark Ballroom,
Chester.
August 17th
Perform at the Cavern. Last with Pete Best.
August 18th
First performance of Ringo as Beatles' drummer. Perform at
the Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight, Cheshire. Perform at the Cavern .
August 22nd
Filmed
performance at the Cavern, for a Granada Television programme. First
filmed record of the Beatles.
August 23rd
John marries Cynthia, at the Mount Pleasant Register Office.
Wedding lunch, funded by
Brian, for
John and
Cynthia, at
Reece's cafeteria,
Liverpool. -- Evening: perform at the Riverpark Ballroom,
Chester.
August 28th
Perform at the Cavern with the Bluegenes, and Gerry Levine and the Avengers.
August 30th
Perform at the Riverpark Ballroom, Chester.
September 3rd
Perform at the Queen's Hall, Widnes, with Rory Storm and
the Hurricanes, and Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas.
At Abbey Road: 1963-1966
by Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas
- Buy: CD
September 4th
2.30-5.00pm. Ron Richards leads a rehearsal of six songs, including:
-
How Do You Do It?
-
Love Me Do
-
Please Please Me
Dezo Hoffmann
takes pictures during the pre-session rehearsal. First Hoffmann's
Beatles
publicity shots
5.30-7.00pm. Restaurant Alpino. ;- Beatles
dine with
Neil Aspinall and
George Martin.
Studio 2. 7.00-10.00pm. Recording:
-
How Do
You Do It? (takes unknown)
-
Love Me Do (takes 1-15+).
Mono mixing:
-
How
Do You Do It? (from take 2)
-
Love Me Do (from unknown take number)
Producer:
George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith
First session
for the first single. Remixes for cutting acetates.
With the Beatles: The Historic Photographs of Dezo Hoffmann
by
Dezo Hoffmann
- Buy: Book
September 5th
Brian listens to the first acetates of
Love Me Do, at
George
Martin's office at EMI House, Manchester Square, London.
September 6th
Perform at the Riverpark Ballroom, Chester. -- The
Mersey Beat publishes the article On Safari With Whide Hunter, written
by
John, under the pseudonym Beatcomber.
September 8th
Perform at the Majestic Ballroom, Birkenhead.
September 9th
Perform at the Cavern, with Billy Kramer and the Coasters, and Clinton Ford.
September 10th
Perform at the Queen's Hall, Widnes, along with Rory Storm
and the Hurricanes, Geoff Stacey and the Wanderers.
September 11th
Studio 2. 10.00am-1.00pm. Recording:
-
P.S. I Love You (takes
1-10)
-
Love Me Do [re-make] (takes 1-18)
-
Please Please Me (takes unknown)
Mono mixing:
-
P.S. I Love You (from take 10)
-
Love Me Do (from take 18)
Producer: Ron Richards
Engineer: Norman Smith
End of sessions for the first single. Andy White on drums.
September 17th
Single release:
Anna (Go To Him), with Arthur Alexandre.
-- Perform at the Queen's Hall, Widnes, with Billy Kramer with the Coasters, and the Vikings.
September 22nd
Perform at the Majestic Ballroom, Birkenhead.
September 23rd
Perform at the Cavern, with the Dominoes and The Saints Jazz
Band.
September 26th
Noon: perform at the
Cavern. Evening: perform at
the Cavern, with the Spiderman and the Dominoes.
September 28th
Lunch time: perform at the Cavern.
September 30th
Perform at the Cavern, with Clay Ellis and the Raiders, and
the Red River Jazz Men.
October 1st
A new and revised contract is signed by the
Beatles and
Brian.
October 2nd
US release: Chains, with the Cookies.
October 3rd
Perform at the Cavern, with Billy Kramer and the Coasters,
and the Echoes.
October 5th
UK single release:
Love Me Do / P.S. I Love You.
Featured on this song is
John Lennon's harmonica playing which became an
integral part of the
Beatles early recordings. According to
Beatles'
author Ray Coleman,
Lennon's harmonica playing was influenced
by the American hit Hey Baby, by Bruce Channel.
Love Me Do
by the Beatles
- Buy: CD-Single
First radio broadcast of a
Beatles record (Radio Luxemburg).
October 6th
First autograph signing session of records by the
Beatles
(Love Me Do/`P.S. I
Love You), at the Dawson's Music Shop, Widnes.
October 7th
Night Cavern session: the
Beatles, Red River Jazzmen, the Bluegenes, and
the Zodiacs.
October 8th
Lunch time
Cavern session: The
Beatles. -- EMI House, ground
floor studio. Recording for Radio Luxembourg's The Friday Spectacular.
October 9th
Cavern lunchtime session: the Big Three. Cavern evening session:
Buddy Brittain and the Regents, the Big Three, the Undertakers, and
the Strangers. -- Visit to the editorial office of Record Mirror,
116 Shaftesbury Avenue, London.
October 10th
Cavern lunch session: the
Beatles. Cavern evening session: the
Beatles, the Four Jays, Ken Dallas and the Silhouettes.
October 11th
Love Me Do enters the favorite songs ranking published by Record
Retailer. --
Cavern lunch session: Freddie and the Dreamers.
The Very Best of Freddie & the Dreamers
by Freddie and the Dreamers
- Buy: CD
October 12th
Perform at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, as main support
act for Little Richard, along with 10 other Liverpool groups. Among them:
the Undertakers, Rory Storm, Billy J. Kramer, Lee Curtis, and the All Stars
(with
Pete Best). It is rumored that during the evening Little Richard
tries to seduce Paul. Later, performance at the Cavern, with
Little Richard.
The Essential
by Little Richard
- Buy: CD
October 13th
Cavern evening session: Zenith Six, the
Beatles, Group One.
October 17th
First TV performance, on TV Granada's People and Places.
-- Cavern
Beatles.
Cavern evening session: the
Beatles,
the Big Three, Group One.
October 22nd
Concert at the Queen's Hall, Widnes, with Lee Curtis and
the All Stars, and the Mersey Beats.
October 24th
Brian writes to Tito Burns, giving him news of
Beatles' availability for live shows.
October 25th
The Playhouse Theatre, Manchester. 8.00-8.45pm. Recording for
BBC's Here We Go:
Sheila; Love Me Do; A Taste Of Honey; P.S.
I Love You. 1st Ringo session for the BBC. The only live take of
P.S.
I Love You. The only BBC take of
Sheila. -- 1st ever interview, for
the Cleaver and Clatterbridge hospital radio , Wirral.
Paul comments:
`John Lennon is the leader of the group'.
October 26th
Concert at the Liverpool Empire, with Little Richard.
-- 5.00-5.29pm. BBC's Here We Go broadcast (25 October 1962 session, except
Sheila). --
Love Me Do enters the UK charts.
October 28th
1st ever concert at the Liverpool Empire Theatre, as principal
support act for Little Richard, along with Craig Douglas, Jet Harris, Kenny
Lynch, Sounds Incorporated. Hours before, via phone,
Brian arranges a show with promoter Arthur Howes for 2 December, birth of the future Epstein-Howes
concert promotions team.
October 30th
Morning. The Beatles fly to Hamburg.
November 1st
Night. Start
of 4th season of performances at the Star Club.
November 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Night. Perform at the Star Club.
November 7th
Granada TV broadcasts, on the programme People And Places,
a
Beatles performance of Love Me Do. -- Night. Perform at
the Star Club.
November 8th, 9th
Night. Perform at the Star Club.
November 10th
Brian writes to Larry Parnes, asking him for £230.00 per
week in reply to his offer of a tour. -- Night. Perform at the Star Club.
November 11th, 12th
Night. Perform at the Star Club.
November 13th
Brian signs a contract for the band to perform at the Lewis' 527 club,
Liverpool, for £25.00. -- Night. Perform at the Star Club.
November 14th
Night. End of performances at the Star Club (4th season).
November 15th
The Beatles
and
Brian return from Hamburg to England. --
Brian replies to Larry Parnes by letter. Parnes has offered him
a tour, £140.00 per week;
Brian wants
£200.00.
November 16th
EMI House. Ground floor studio. Record a contribution for the Radio Luxembourg programme
The Friday Spectacular. -- The Beatles visit the editorial headquarters
of Disc.
November 17th
Recording of performances for Granada TV's People And Places,
to be broadcast later.
November 18th
Perform at the Cavern, with the Mersey Beats.
November 19th
Cavern lunch session: the
Beatles.
November 21st
Perform at the Cavern, with Johnny Templer and The Hi-Cats,
and the Zodiacs.
November 22nd
Concert at the Majestic Ballroom, Birkenhead
and the Zodiacs.
November 23rd
Cavern lunch session: the
Beatles. Evening: concert at the Tower
Ballroom, New Brighton.
-- 12.20pm. Saint James's Church Hall. Audition
before BBC producers for evaluation of television potential. Failed.
November 24th
Brian sends a birthday greetings telegram to
Pete Best: `Congratulations,
many happy returns, all the best, John, Paul, George, Ringo and Brian.'
November 25th
Perform at the Cavern, with the Fourmost, the Dennisons,
and the Zenith Six.
British 60's: Fourmost/Poole/Fontana
by Various Artists
- Buy: CD
November 26th
6.00pm. The
Beatles go to the studio for a 1-hour rehearsal.
Studio 2. 7.00-10.00pm. Record:
-
Please
Please Me [re-make] (takes 1-18)
-
Ask
Me Why (takes 1-6)
-
Tip of My
Tongue (takes unknown).
Producer:
George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith
First session for
Please Please Me / Ask Me
Why
November 27th
Dick James Music office. Brian discusses a music publishing proposition with Dick James.
November 28th
Perform at the Cavern, with Remo Four, and Dee Young and
the Pontiacs.
November 29th
Concert at the Majestic Ballroom, Birkenhead.
November 30th
Studio 2 (control room only). Time unknown. Mono mixing:
-
Please
Please Me (from unknown take number)
-
Ask Me Why (from take 6)
Producer:
George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith
End of
sessions for
Please Please Me / Ask Me Why.
December 1st
7.30pm-1.00am. Concert at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, with Rory
Storm and the Hurricanes, Dale Roberts and the Jaywalkers, Kingsize Taylor
and the Dominoes, Derry and the Seniors, Steve Day and the Drifters.
December 2nd
BBC Paris Studio, London. 7.00-8.00pm. Recording for BBC's The
Talent Spot:
Love Me Do; P.S. I Love You;
Twist And Shout.
--
First
Beatles show to be promoted jointly by Brian and Arthur Howes.
December 4th
5.00-5.29pm. BBC's The Talent Spot broadcast (recorded 2 December
1962). -- Trip to London. Wembley TV Studios, Wembley, Middlesex.
Live
appearance on Associated-Rediffusion's Tuesday's Rendezvous.
December 8th
7.30pm-2.00am. Concert at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton,
as part of The Davy Jones Show. Davy Jones, supported by the
Beatles,
Rory
Storm and the Hurricanes, Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Remo Four,
Earl Preston and the T.T.s.
Ferry Cross the Mersey
by Gerry and the Pacemakers
- Buy: CD
December 9th
Brian takes
George Martin to the Cavern, to let him see the
Beatles live for the first time.
December 10th
Concert at the Embassy Theatre, Peterborough, with Frank Ifield,
Julie Grant and Ted Taylor.
December 13th
Martin & Epstein go to the
Cavern, where they meet Priscilla White (Cilla Black), who
receives them in wardrobe, where she works.
December 15th
7.30pm-1.00am. Perform at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton,
with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Derry and the Seniors, Dale Roberts and
the Jaywalkers.
December 17th
Transmision of a performance for Granada TV's People And Places.
December 18th
Ted Kingsize Taylor starts recordings of groups at the Star Club.
-- The
Beatles go to Germany. Night. Start of performances at the Star Club (5th season).
December 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th
Night. Perform at the Star Club.
December 25th
Night off from performing at the Star Club.
December 26th
Night. Perform at the Star Club.
December 27th
Night. Perform at the Star Club
. --
Love Me
Do, number 17 in Britain.
December 28th, 29th, 30th
Night. Perform at the Star Club.
December 31st
Night. End of performances at the Star Club (5th season). Performance
recorded by Ted Kingsize Taylor. -- Ted Kingsize Taylor ends
recordings
of groups at the Star Club, Hamburg.
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