Beatles dates (13-19 February)
Victor Munoz (Fac. de Ciencias Depto Fisica)
Beatles chronology (and related facts) for this week (13-19 February).
13 February
1963 Transmision of performance for ABC-TV's `Thank Your Lucky
Stars'.
1964 Start of stay at Miami. Dezo Hoffmann is with them.
1965 Brighton. Ringo and Maureen's wedding trip.
1965 Brian, Marianne Faithfull, Adrienne Posta and Ted Ray appear
on `Juke Box Jury'.
1966 Brian throws a party at 24 Chapel Street. Guests, among
others: Cilla Black, Gerry and the Pacemakers and wives,
John and Cynthia, Ringo and Maureen, Paul and Peter Asher.
1967 US single release: `Strawberry Fields Forever'/`Penny Lane'.
1967 Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.30am. Mono mixing: `A Day In The Life'.
Recording: `Not Known' (working title of `Only A Northern
Song'). Rythm track.
1968 Ringo sings with Cilla `Do You Like Me Just A little Bit',
on BBC-TV,
14 February
1963 Concert at the Locarno Ballroom.
1965 Ringo retruns from Briggton to London.
1967 Studio 2. 7.00pm-12.30am. Recording, Mono mixing: `Only A
Northern Song'.
1969 Clive Epstein receives a letter from John Eastman about
Klein's intervention in NEMS.
15 February
1964 `With The Beatles' number 1, 11th week (UK Record
Retailer chart).
`I Want To Hold Your Hand' number 1, 3rd week, 5th week in
the Top 100 (Billboard).
`She Loves You', 4th week in the Top 100 (Billboard).
`Please Please Me', 3rd week in the Top 100 (Billboard).
`I Saw Her Standing There', 2nd week in the Top 100
(Billboard).
1964 10.00-12.00am. BBC's `Saturday Club' broadcast (recorded 7
January 1964).
1965 US single release: `Eight Days A Week'/`I Don't Want To
Spoil The Party'.
1965 Studio 2. 2.30-5.45pm. Recording: `Ticket To Ride'.
Studio 2. 7.00-10.30pm. Recording: `Another Girl'; `I Need
You'.
Start of `Help!' sessions.
A new recording technique is used: i) Rehearsals with tapa
running, spooling back it to record properly; ii) Making
themes in one or two takes, with numerous overdubs on a
rythm track.
1965 Brian escorts Cilla Black to the Royal Film Performance.
1967 Vic Lewis, on behalf of NEMS Enterprises, flies to the US
for talks with the Monkees' manager, Bert Schneider, with a
view to NEMS Presentation bringing the group over to Britain
for concerts.
1968 Studio 3. 4.30-6.00pm. Mono mixing: `Lady Madonna'
1969 `Yellow Submarine' LP, 5th week in the Top 30 (Billboard).
1969 End of George's stay at the London College University
Hospital.
1977 UK gold certification for `The Best Of George Harrison'.
16 February
1963 `Please Please Me' number 21 (UK Melody Market chart).
`Please Please Me' number 1 [chart?]
1963 Recording for `Thank Your Lucky Stars', in London.
1964 Brief rest in Miami.
1964 2nd performance on the Ed Sullivan Show, at the Deauville's
Hotel Mau Mau Club, Miami Beach.
1st artists performing twice on this programme.
Dezo Hoffmann attends.
1964 Brian watches the Ed Sullivan Show performance at his hotel
room in Miami.
1965 Studio 2. 2.30-5.00pm. Recording: `I Need You'; `Another
Girl'.
Studio 2. 5.00-7.00pm. Recording: `Yes It Is'.
Studio 2. 7.00-10.00pm. Recording: `Yes It Is'.
1st use (in `I Need You') of foot controlled tone pedal.
1965 Morning: The Beatles receive prizes from Sir Joseph
Lockwood, including Japanese dolls, at EMI, Manchester Square.
1966 `Rubber Soul' number 1, 11th week (UK New Musical Express
chart).
1967 Studio 3. 7.00pm-1.45am. Recording, Mono mixing: `Good
Morning Good Morning'.
1967 Re-transmision of `Penny Lane'/`Strawberry Fields Forever'
clips on BBC-TV's `Top Of The Pops'.
1968 John, George, Cynthia and Pattie go to Rishikesh.
1970 The `Beatles Book' ends being published.
17 February
1964 Colonel Parker phones Brian from Hollywood to Miami to
congratulate him and the group.
1964 Cilla Black reaches UK number 1 with `Anyone Who Had A
Heart'. From the USA Brian sends her a congratulatory
telegram.
1965 Studio 2. 2.00-7.00pm. Recording: `The Night Before'.
Studio 2. 7.00-11.00pm. Recording: `You Like Me Too Much'.
1967 UK single release: `Strawberry Fields Forever'/`Penny Lane'.
3rd double A side.
1967 Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.00am. Recording, Mono mixing: `Being For
The Benefit Of Mr Kite!'.
The mix is taken home by Paul.
1969 Clive Epstein sells Nemperor Holdings to Leonard
Richenberg's Triumph Trust.
1969 UK LP release: `Under The Jasmine Tree'.
18 February
1934 Yoko Ono is born in Tokyo. [1933?]
1965 Studio 2. 10.00am-1.00pm. Mono mixing: `Ticket To Ride';
`Another Girl'; `I Need You'; `Yes It Is'.
Studio 1. 3.30-5.15pm. Recording: `You've Got To Hide Your
Love Away'.
Studio 2. 5.15-6.00pm. Mono mixing: `The Night Before'; `You
Like Me Too Much'.
Studio 2. 6.00-10.30pm. Recording: `If You've Got Trouble';
`Tell Me What You See'.
1st use (on `You've Got To Hide Your Love Away') of an
outside musician---excepting Andy White---: Johnnie Scott
(tenor and alto flutes).
1965 Northern Songs Limited becomes a public company on the
London Stock Exchange.
1st song publishing company in this condition.
1968 Ringo, Paul, Maureen and Jane go to India. [19 February?]
1993 Paul's concert in Milano. Start of `The New World Tour'.
19 February
1963 Performance at the Cavern.
1964 Brian flies from New York to England.
1964 `Please Please Me' LP, 48th week in the Top 10 (UK New
Musical Express chart).
`With The Beatles' number 1, 13th week (UK New
Musical Express chart).
1965 Studio 2. 3.30-6.20pm. Recording: `You're Going To Lose That
Girl'.
1965 UK LP release: `A Hard Day's Night', orchestral LP by George
Martin.
1967 Chuck Berry performance at the Saville Theatre. Support
acts: Del Shannon, the Canadians, and Hamilton and the
Movement. Brian, John and Ringo attend. There's a big
trouble at the concert, following Brian's dismissal of the
house manager, Michael Bullock.
1968 Ringo, Paul, Maureen and Jane go to India. [18 February?]
1969 `Yellow Submarine' LP, 5th week in the ranking (UK New
Musical Express chart).
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