Beatles-related dates for December
Compilation made by Victor Munoz
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Last update: 10 November 1997
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1 December
1961
-- 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.
1962
-- Gerry Marsden arrives at the London Airport from Hamburg. He
tries to evade customs duty on a guitar bought in Germany.
-- 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.
1963
-- Concert at the De Montfort Hall, Leicester (`The Beatles
Autumn Tour').
1965
-- Visit at Neil and Mal's flat (16 Montagu Mews West,
Marylebone, London).
1969
-- Royal Albert Hall, London. Concert of Delaney & Bonney &
Friends, with guest Eric Clapton. George, Ringo, Pattie and Maureen attend.
-- POB single `You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)'/`What's
The New Mary Jane' is on hold.
1971
-- US single release: `Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'/`Listen The
Snow Is Falling'.
1977
-- End of first season of `London Town' LP sessions at Abbey
Road Studios.
1995
-- Chile CD release: `Live At The BBC'.
-- Cine Alameda, Santiago, Chile. Chile premiere: `Backbeat'
(re-titled: `Backbeat. El inicio de los Beatles').
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2 December
1962
-- 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 promoted jointly by Brian and Arthur
Howes.
1963
-- The contract for the 1964 Australia tour is signed.
-- Studio C, ATV studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. Recording
for ATV's `The Morecambe and Wise Show'. Brian Epstein,
Brian Sommerville and Dezo Hoffmann attend. Live performance,
performance of `On Moonlight Bay' with Morecambe and Wise, and sketch.
Evening: Performance at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London,
for the Stars Organization for Spastics. Last cabaret
performance. Brian attends.
1964
-- `I Feel Fine' reaches 800 000 copies sold in the UK.
`I Feel Fine' number 1, first week in the ranking (UK New
Musical Express chart).
-- Beginning of Ringo's stay at the University College
Hospital, London, to have his tonsils removed.
1965
-- Appearance on BBC-TV's `Top Of The Pops'.
1966
-- Brian announces more Sunday shows for the Saville Theatre:
Billy Stewart, Chuck Berry, Edwin Starr and Garner Mimms,
Lee Dorsey and the Impressions.
-- Abbey Road, Room 53. 9.00-12.00noon. Mono mixing and Editing:
`Pantomime---Everywhere It's Christmas' (from unknown take
numbers). Producer: Tony Barrow; Engineer: Geoff Emerick;
2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.
1967
-- John is interviewed by Kenny Everett on BBC-radio's `Where
It's At'.
1968
-- US LP release: `Wonderwall Music'.
1969
-- Studio 2 (control room only). 2.30-5.30pm. Stereo mixing:
`Lady Madonna' (remix 1, from take 5); `Rain' (remix 1, from
take 7); `Octopus's Garden' (remixes 1, 2, from take 32).
Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick/Phil
McDonald; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
Remixes of `Lady Madonna' and `Rain' for LP `Hey Jude'. Remix of
`Octopus's Garden' without bass, piano, lead guitar, for use as
playback on Ringo's appearance on Martin's show `With A Little Help
From My Friends'.
-- Delaney & Bonnie & Friends concert in Bristol. George joins
them as guitarist, on tour. First tour of a Beatle since 1966.
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3 December
1929
-- The residence at 3 Abbey Road is bought by The Gramophone
Company Limited.
1938
-- Marriage of Alfred Lennon and Julia Stanley. After the
ceremony, they go to the movies and then to their respective
houses.
1961
-- The Beatles and Bob Wooler meet Brian at NEMS record stores.
Before 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
appearing for the meeting.
6.00pm. Half an hour later than the rest, and after going
home to take a bath, Paul appears at NEMS.
1963
-- Concert at the Guild Hall, Portsmouth (`The Beatles Autumn
Tour') (postponed 12 November).
1964
-- Brian flies from Los Angeles to London.
-- Appearance on BBC-TV's `Top Of the Pops'.
1965
-- Start of UK tour, with the Moody Blues and The Kobbas &
Beryl Mardsen.
Concert at the Odeon Cinema, Glasgow.
-- UK single release: `We Can Work It Out'/`Day Tripper'. First
single officially released as double A side.
UK LP release: `Rubber Soul'.
1966
-- ``Yesterday'... And Today', 24th week in the Top 200
(Billboard).
1971
-- UK LP release: `Fly'.
1977
-- Start of `London Town' LP sessions at AIR London Studios.
1980
-- John and Yoko's apartment, Dakota Building. Photographic
session of John and Yoko, with Annie Leibovitz.
1988
-- 10th episode of a BBC series, essentially based on `The
Beatles At The Beeb' collection.
1993
-- Paul's concert at the Pacaembu Stadium, Sao Paulo, Brazil
(`The New World Tour').
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4 December
1938
-- Alfred Lennon leaves to America.
1961
-- Representatives of Deutsche Grammophone London office visit
Liverpool to meet Brian and listen to his asking of `My
Bonnie' being released as single in the UK. [5 December?]
1962
-- 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'.
1963
-- `She Loves You', 14th week in the Top 10 (UK
New Musical Express chart).
`Please Please Me' LP, 37th week in the Top 10 (UK New
Musical Express chart).
`With The Beatles' number 1, 2nd week (UK New
Musical Express chart).
`I Want To Hold Your Hand' number 1, 1st week (UK New
Musical Express chart).
1964
-- UK LP release: `Beatles For Sale'.
-- Brian arrives in London from Los Angeles.
1965
-- Appearance on `Thank Your Lucky Stars'.
-- Concert at the City Hall, Newcastle.
1967
-- John sees a preview of an exhibition by Jonathan Hague at
the Royal Institute Galleries, London.
1968
-- George sends a memo to the Apple personnel announcing the
arrival of the Hell's Angels.
-- The `New York Times' quotes the sovietic critic A.
Martinosa, who affirms that the Beatles have become the rich
idols of the Philistines.
1994
-- `Live At The BBC' number 1 in the UK.
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5 December
1961
-- Representatives of Deutsche Grammophone London office visit
Liverpool to meet Brian and listen to his asking of `My
Bonnie' being released as single in the UK. [4 December?]
1964
-- `A Hard Day's Night' LP number 1, 20th week (UK Record
Retailer chart).
1965
-- Concert at the Empire, Liverpool.
1967
-- Party celebrating the opening of Apple Boutique. The Beatles
attend.
1969
-- Date announced for the POB single release `You Know My Name
(Look Up The Number)'/`What's The New Mary Jane'.
-- Abbey Road, Room 4. 2.30-5.15pm. Stereo mixing: `Hey Jude'
(remixes 20, 21, from take 1); `Revolution' (remix 1, from
take 16). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff
Emerick/Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: Neil Richmond.
Remixes for LP `Hey Jude'. Last Emerick's session as Beatles'
balance engineer.
-- Ringo and family move from `Brookfields', Elstead, Surrey, to
`Roundhill', London.
1980
-- George Martin is interviewed by Jeannie Sakol at his office
at Chrysalis Records.
-- John interview with Jonathan Cott for `Rolling Stone'.
1989
-- Paul's concert in Chicago (`Get Back Tour').
1993
-- Paul's concert at the Curitiba stadium, Brazil (`The New World
Tour').
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6 December
1961
-- Meeting of the Beatles and Brian at NEMS.
1963
-- The members of the Beatles Fans Club receive the first
Christmas record.
1964
-- Premiere of the film `Ferry Cross The Mersey', at the New
Victoria Cinema, London.
1965
-- UK EP release: `The Beatles' Million Sellers'.
US single release: `We Can Work It Out'/ `Day Tripper'.
US LP release: `Rubber Soul'.
-- Epstein presents the D'Oyly Carte Opera on Gilbert and
Sullivan season, at the Saville Theatre.
1966
-- Studio 2. 6.45pm-1.50am. Recording: `Christmas Messages For
Radio London' (takes 1, 2); `Christmas Messages For Radio
Caroline' (takes 1, 2); `When I'm Sixty-Four' (takes 1, 2).
Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd
Engineer: Phil McDonald.
First session for `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' LP.
1967
-- `Hello, Goodbye' number 1 (UK Record Retailer chart).
`Hello, Goodbye' number 1, 1st week (UK New Musical Express
chart).
1968
-- US Gold certification: `The Beatles'.
-- UK LP release: `Under The Jasmine Tree', with the Modern
Jazz Quartet.
1969
-- Ringo's appearance on the `David Frost Show'.
-- `Cold Turkey', 6th and last week in the Top 28 (Billboard). [?]
1980
-- John is mixing `Walking On Thin Ice'.
-- John and Yoko interview with Andy Peebles for BBC Radio One's
`The Lennon Tapes'.
1986
-- Ringo becomes a spokeman for a wine cooler. The first Beatle
to push a product.
1994
-- US LP/CD release: `Live At The BBC'.
1995
-- 23.10-24.10. TVN broadcasts 3rd part of `The Beatles Anthology
in Chile.
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7 December (Universal Beatle Day)
1961
-- Ron White writes to Brian, returning him the Beatles' German
contract, promising to intercede before EMI.
1963
-- `With The Beatles' number 1, 1st week (UK Record
Retailer chart).
-- BBC's `It's The Beatles' filmed at the Fans Club Convention.
-- Concert at the Empire, Liverpool.
1965
-- Concert at the Ardwick Apollo, Manchester.
1967
-- Apple opens at 94 Baker Street.
1968
-- `Hey Jude', 15th week in the Top 30 (Billboard).
`The Beatles' number 1 (UK Record Retailer chart).
1969
-- Studio E. BBC Lime Grove Studios. John and Yoko appear on
BBC-TV's `The Question Why'. Broadcast live.
1973
-- LP release: `Band On The Run'.
1981
-- UK release: `The Beatles EP Collection'. 1st use of the stereo
mix of `The Inner Light' (mixed 27 January 1970).
1989
-- Paul's concert in Toronto (`Get Back Tour').
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8 December
1961
-- 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 Brighton.
1962
-- 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.
1963
-- Concert at the Odeon, Lewisham (`The Beatles
Autumn Tour'). 2 shows.
-- End of 1st tour promoted jointly by Brian and Arthur Howes,
with Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, and support acts, at
the Capitol Cinema, Cardiff.
1965
-- Concert at the City Hall, Sheffield.
-- `Day Tripper'/`We Can Work It Out' number 1, 1st week,
entering the ranking (UK New Musical Express chart).
1966
-- Studio 1. 2.30-5.30pm. Recording: `When I'm Sixty-Four'
(overdub onto take 2). Producer: George Martin; Engineer:
Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.
Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.40am. Recording: `Strawberry Fields
Forever' [re-make] (takes 9-24). Editing: `Strawberry
Fields Forever' (of takes 15, 24). Producer: Dave
Harries/George Martin; Engineer: Dave Harries/Geoff Emerick;
2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.
Recording of rythm track of `Strawberry Fields Forever' for
the version with cellos and trumpets.
1967
-- UK EP release: `Magical Mystery Tour'. First double EP in the UK.
-- Robert Stigwood and David Shaw resign their directorships in
NEMS.
1969
-- Studio 2. 10.00am-12.15pm. Tape copying with simultaneous
recording: `Octopus's Garden' (takes 1-10). Producer: George
Martin; Engineer: Martin Benge; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.
Re-recording of Ringo vocal for `Octopus's Garden', bass,
lead guitar and piano with outside musicians, for his
appearance on the show `With A Little Help From My Friends'.
1980
-- John and Yoko give an interview to Dave Sholin for New York
KFRC RKO Radio.
17.00. John and Yoko leave from the Dakota Hotel to Record
Plant.
22.50. John and Yoko return to the Dakota Hotel.
23.07. John Lennon is murdered.
1995
-- `Anthology 1' number 1, 1st week in the ranking (`Feria del
Disco' record stores English music chart, Chile).
`Anthology 1' number 21, 1st week in the Top 30 (chart based on
Santiago record stores sales, Chile).
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9 December
1952
-- Brian is ordered into the Army, conscripted for National
Service.
1962
-- Brian takes Martin to the Cavern, to let him see the
Beatles live for the first time.
1963
-- Concert at the Odeon, Southend (`The Beatles Autumn Tour').
1964
-- `I Feel Fine' reaches 1 000 000 copies sold in the UK.
`I Feel Fine' number 1, 2nd week (UK New
Musical Express chart).
-- Appearance on BBC-TV's `Top Of The Pops'.
1965
-- Concert at the Odeon, Birmingham.
1966
-- Studio 2. 2.30-10.00pm. Recording: `Strawberry Fields
Forever' (tape reduction from edit of takes 15, 24 into take
25, overdub onto take 25). Mono mixing: `Strawberry Fields
Forever' (remix 4, from take 25). Recording: `Strawberry
Fields Forever' (overdub onto take 25). Producer: George
Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil
McDonald.
-- UK LP release: `A Collection Of Beatles Oldies'.
1976
-- The Lennons buy a Renoir valued at at least half a million
dollars.
1989
-- Paul's concert at the Montreal Forum, Montreal (`Get Back
Tour').
1995
-- `Anthology 1' number 1, 1st week in the Top 200 (Billboard).
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10 December
1961
-- Afternoon: Meeting of the Beatles and Brian, at the Casbah
Coffee Club.
1962
-- Concert at the Embassy Theatre, Peterborough, with Frank
Ifield, Julie Grant and Ted Taylor.
1963
-- Concert at the Gaumont, Doncaster (`The Beatles Autumn
Tour').
1964
-- `I Feel Fine' number 1 (UK Record Retailer chart).
-- UK gold certification for `I Feel Fine'.
1965
-- Evening: two performances at the Hammersmith Odeon.
1966
-- ``Yesterday'... And Today', 25th week in the Top 200
(Billboard).
1967
-- Date planned for the end of Saville Theatre autumn session.
1968
-- InterTel (VTR Services) Limited, Wembley, Middlesex. John and
Yoko rehearse for `Rock And Roll Circus'.
-- `Kenwood' is put up for sale. [11 December?]
1969
-- Ringo appears on the TV programme `Late Night Line Up'.
-- John and Yoko announce a plan of producing a film called
`A6' about a murder, revealing their intention to make
public the case of James Hanratty.
-- Delaney & Bonnie & Friends concert at the Falkoner Theatre,
Copenhagen, Denmark.
1980
-- A letter signed by Yoko and Sean is published in the
newspapers.
John's body is cremated.
1988
-- 11th episode of a BBC series, essentially based on `The
Beatles At The Beeb' collection.
1993
-- By 16.00. Paul arrives at the River Plate Stadium, Buenos
Aires, Argentina, for a soundcheck.
Evening: 1st Paul's concert at the River Plate Stadium, Buenos
Aires, Argentina (`The New World Tour').
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11 December
1963
-- `She Loves You', 15th week in the Top 10 (UK
New Musical Express chart).
`Please Please Me' LP, 38th week in the Top 10 (UK New
Musical Express chart).
`With The Beatles' number 1, 3rd week (UK New
Musical Express chart).
`I Want To Hold Your Hand' number 1, 2nd week (UK New
Musical Express chart).
-- The Beatles go by train to Liverpool.
Appearance on BBC TV's `Juke Box Jury', at the Moss Empire,
Liverpool. Photographer Dezo Hoffmann present.
-- Concert at the Futurist, Scarborough (`The Beatles Autumn
Tour').
1965
-- Concert at the Astoria, Finsbury Park, London. Two houses.
1966
-- Brian presents Little Richard at the Saville Theatre. 2
performances.
After the concert, he offers him a management contract,
which is rejected.
1968
-- InterTel (VTR Services) Limited, Wembley, Middlesex.
`Rock'n'Roll Circus', TV programme produced by the Rolling Stones, is
filmed. John sings `Yer Blues'.
-- John's house in St George's Hill, Weybridge, is put up for
sale. [10 December?]
1969
-- Odeon Theatre, Kensington, London. Royal charity world
premiere of `The Magic Christian', with attendance of the royal
family, Princess Margaret, John and Yoko, Ringo, Peter Sellers,
George and Pattie.
Before the screening, John and Yoko parade outside the cinema
carrying placards declaring `Britain Murdered Hanratty'.
-- American promoter Mike Belkin offers $ 2 400 000 at
least, for a Beatles 12-day US tour, plus 65 % of profits,
up to a limit of $ 8 800 000. The Beatles reject it.
1970
-- UK LP release: `John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band'.
US LP release: `John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band'.
UK LP release: `Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band'.
US LP release: `Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band'.
1971
-- John Sinclair benefit concert at the 5000-seat University of
Michigan Crysler Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Performers,
among others: John and Yoko, Commander Cody, Allen Ginsberg,
Phil Ochs, David Peel, Stevie Wonder, and political activist
Jerry Rubin on bongos.
1993
-- 2nd Paul's concert at the River Plate Stadium, Buenos
Aires, Argentina (`The New World Tour').
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12 December
1961
-- Concert at the Nottingham Odeon.
1963
-- Concert at the Odeon, Nottingham.
1964
-- `A Hard Day's Night' LP number 1, 21st and last week (UK
Record Retailer chart).
1965
-- Concert at the Capitol Cinema, Cardiff. End of British tour.
1969
-- UK LP release: `Live Peace In Toronto 1969'.
US LP release: `Live Peace In Toronto 1969'.
-- UK LP release: `No One's Gonna Change Our World'.
Debut of `Across The Universe'.
-- London premiere: `The Magic Christian'.
1970
-- `John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band' number 23, 1st week in the
ranking (Billboard).
1980
-- March on John's homage in New York, from 23rd Street,
walking down 5th Avenue, ending at the Dakota Building.
1993
-- 3rd Paul's concert at the River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires,
Argentina (`The New World Tour').
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13 December
1961
-- Mike Smith, from Decca's A & R department, visits the
Cavern.
-- Performance at the Casbah.
1962
-- Martin arrives at Liverpool invited by Epstein. They go to
the Cavern, where they meet Priscilla White (Cilla Black),
who receives them at the wardrobe, where she works.
1963
-- Concert at the Gaumont, Southampton.
End of `The Beatles Autumn Tour'.
-- The Beatles have singles number 1 and 2; EPs number 1, 2 and
3; and LPs number 1 and 2 (UK Record Retailer chart).
-- The club `Ad Lib' opens at 7 Leicester Place, London.
1966
-- John appears on magazine `Look' front page.
1967
-- `Hello, Goodbye' number 1, 2nd week (UK New Musical Express
chart).
1969
-- `The Wedding Album' number 182, 1st week in the ranking
(Billboard).
1995
-- 23.10-24.10? TVN broadcasts 4th part of `The Beatles
Anthology' in Chile.
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14 December
1963
-- `With The Beatles' number 1, 2nd week (UK Record
Retailer chart).
`I Want To Hold Your Hand' number 1 (UK Record Retailer
chart [?]).
-- Southern Area Fan Club Convention, Wimbledon Palais,
Wimbledon, London.
Afternoon. Beatles greeting each fan attending, at the bar.
Evening. Concert.
Photographer Dezo Hoffmann present. 1st time crowd barriers are
used for a Beatles concert.
1968
-- `Hey Jude', 16th week in the Top 30 (Billboard).
1969
-- John and Yoko arrive in a white bag inside a white Rolls
Royce, at Hyde Park (at Cumberland Gate), to protest for
James Hanratty, while Hanratty's father addresses the crowd.
Later, Hanratty and the Lennons drive to 10 Downing Street,
to present a petition at the Prime Minister's residence.
1970
-- Gold certification: `Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)'
Gold certification: `My Sweet Lord'.
1971
-- John Sinclair is released, because Michigan's penalties for
possession of drugs had been reduced.
1977
-- End of `London Town' LP sessions at Air London Studios.
1980
-- 10 minutes of silence, asked by Yoko.
1995
-- The FBI makes public, under a judge's order, archives related
to its investigation about John Lennon to deport him.
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15 December
1961
-- Performance at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton.
1962
-- 7.30pm-1.00am. Performance at the Tower Ballroom, New
Brighton, with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Derry and the
Seniors, Dale Roberts and the Jaywalkers.
1964
-- US LP release: `Beatles '65'.
1965
-- `Day Tripper'/`We Can Work It Out' number 1, 2nd week
(UK New Musical Express chart).
`Rubber Soul' number 1, 2nd week (UK New Musical Express
chart).
-- TV appearance, on `Here Comes The Pops'.
1966
-- Studio 2. 2.30-12.00pm. Recording: `Strawberry Fields
Forever' (overdub onto take 25, tape reduction take 25 into
take 26, overdub onto take 26). Mono mixing: `Strawberry
Fields Forever' (remixes 5-9, from take 26). Producer:
George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil
McDonald.
Recording of trumpets and cellos for `Strawberry Fields
Forever'.
1967
-- US gold certification: `Magical Mystery Tour'.
-- The 5th `Christmas Record' is sent to the members of the
Fans Club.
1968
-- David Jacobs commits suicide.
1969
-- Launch of `War Is Over' campaign organized by John and Yoko.
Posters and billboards are displayed in 12 important cities around
the world.
-- The Lyceum, London. `Peace For Christmas' gig in aid of
UNICEF, by the Plastic Ono Supergroup (John, Yoko, George,
Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Keith Moon, Delaney & Bonnie,
and others). 25 minutes. Last John's performance in Britain.
Recorded, included in `Some Time In New York City'.
Other acts: the Rascals, Desmond Dekker and the Aces, Blue
Mink and Black Velvet.
-- BBC broadcasts a 1-hour documentary about John in the
programme `Twenty-Four Hours'.
1972
-- ABC-TV broadcasts the `One To One Concert' (filmed 30 August
1972).
1993
-- 12.00am approx. Press conference of Paul's band, at the
Hyatt Hotel, Santiago, Chile.
1995
-- `Anthology 1' number 1, 2nd week; 2nd week in the Top 5 (`Feria del
Disco' record stores English music sales chart, Chile).
`Anthology 1' number 25, 2nd week in the Top 30 (chart based on
Santiago record stores sales, Chile).
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16 December
1964
-- `I Feel Fine' number 1, 3rd week (UK New Musical Express
chart).
-- End of Ringo's stay at the University College Hospital,
London, to have his tonsils removed..
1965
-- Granada TV broadcasts in London `The Music of Lennon And
McCartney'.
1966
-- The 4th `Christmas Record' is sent to the members of the
Fan Club.
1968
-- Mavis Smith begins his work as executive of the Apple press
office.
1969
-- Lennon and Yoko go to Toronto to play in the Peace
Festival. For 5 days they stay at Ronnie Hawkins's farm near Toronto.
-- `War Is Over! If You Want It' billboards go up in eleven
cities around the world.
1974
-- US single release: `# 9 Dream'/`What You Got'.
1993
-- 14.40. Arturo Merino Benitez Airport, Santiago, Chile.
Private Paul's jet arrives. From the airport, Paul goes to
the Estadio Nacional.
17.55. Paul is awarded a medal of the Ministery of Education
of Chile: Orden al Merito Cultural y Docente `Gabriela
Mistral' (Gabriela Mistral Order of Cultural and Educational
Merit), which carries the rank of Commander.
18.00. Paul's press conference.
21.50. Start of opening clip for Paul's concert.
22.00. Paul's concert at the Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile.
End of `The New World Tour'.
1995
-- London. It is informed that Linda had surgery to extract her a
cancer bundle in her breast.
-- `Anthology 1' number 1, 2nd week; 2nd week in the Top 200
(Billboard).
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17 December
1962
-- Transmision of a performance for Granada TV's `People And
Places'.
1963
-- Being an hour early for today's BBC session, the Beatles buy
clothes at Simpson's, 203 Piccadilly, London. [18 December?]
-- The Playhouse Theatre, London. 3.00-6.30pm. Recording for
BBC's `Saturday Club': `All I Want For Christmas'; `All My
Loving'; `This Boy'; `I Want To Hold Your Hand'; `Till There
Was You'; `Roll Over Beethoven'; `She Loves You'; `Crimble
Medley'.
Christmas special edition.
1965
-- Granada TV transmits `The Music Of Lennon And McCartney' for
all England.
-- Brian and Derek Taylor fly to New York to arrange a
promotional visit for the Silkie. The Moody Blues fly too.
-- The 3rd `Christmas Record' is sent to the members of the
Fan Club.
1966
-- ``Yesterday'... And Today', 26th week in the Top 200
(Billboard).
-- Newspapers report that Brian has just been to Paris. One
speculates he was `signing up De Gaulle'.
-- Tara Browne and Suki Poitier spend the evening watching
television at a friend's house in Earl Court.
1967
-- Cream is announced for a concert at the Saville Theatre.
-- Hanover Banqueting Rooms, London. Party hosted by John and
George for the Area Secretaries of the Official Beatles Fan
Club and other friends. Screening of a preview of `Magical
Mystery Tour' and `The Beatles at Shea Stadium'.
1968
-- New York premiere: `Candy'.
1969
-- John announces a plan for a peace festival in Toronto, to
take place from 3 to 5 July 1970.
1988
-- 12th episode of a BBC series, essentially based on `The
Beatles At The Beeb' collection.
1993
-- 00.45am. Paul arrives at the Hyatt Hotel, after his concert.
4.00am. End of Paul's dinner in his suite at the Hyatt
Hotel.
10.40am. Members of Paul's party arrive at the Arturo Merino
Benitez Airport, to arrange Paul's leave.
11.30am. Paul's bodyguards arrive at the Arturo Merino
Benitez Airport, to check the Aconcagua hall.
12.00noon approx. Paul leaves the Hyatt Hotel.
13.30. Paul flies from the Arturo Merino Benitez Airport,
Santiago, Chile, to London.
1995
-- London newspaper `The Sunday Times' reports that Prime
Minister John Major has received appliances of various deputies for
the Beatles to be knighted.
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18 December
1931
-- Allen Klein is born in Newark, New Jersey.
1961
-- Ron White sends an apology to Epstein, rejecting the group.
1962
-- 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).
1963
-- `She Loves You', 16th week in the Top 10 (UK
New Musical Express chart).
`Please Please Me' LP, 39th week in the Top 10 (UK New
Musical Express chart).
`With The Beatles' number 1, 4th week (UK New
Musical Express chart).
`I Want To Hold Your Hand' number 1, 3rd week (UK New
Musical Express chart).
-- Being an hour early for today's BBC session, the Beatles buy
clothes at Simpson's, 203 Piccadilly, London. [17 December?]
-- BBC Paris Studio, London. 7.00-10.30pm. Recording for BBC's
`From Us To You' (1st edition): `From Us To You'; `She Loves
You'; `All My Loving'; `Roll Over Beethoven'; `Till There
Was You'; `Boys'; `Money (That's What I Want)'; `I Saw Her
Standing There'; `Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport'; `I Want To
Hold Your Hand'; `From Us To You'.
1964
-- The 2nd `Christmas Record' is sent to the members of the
Fan Club.
-- Bud Ornstein, British production head of United Artists,
quits his job and announces he and Brian will form Pickfair
Films Limited, film producing company.
1965
-- `We Can Work It Out'/`Day Tripper' number 1. [Chart?]
1966
-- Brian presents Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band in two
houses at the Saville Theatre.
-- Warner Theatre, London. World premiere: `The Family Way'.
Paul and Jane attend.
-- Shortly before 1am, Tara Browne and Suki Poitier leave the
friends' house they had spent the evening at in search of a late meal.
7 minutes later their car crushes into a stationary van in Redcliffe
Gardens (at Redcliffe Square).
1967
-- Paul and Jane stay at Paul's High Park Farm, near
Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland.
1968
-- Royal Albert Hall, London. `Celebration In December---A
Community Benefit', alternative Christmas event. John and Yoko appear
in a white bag, act called `Alchemical Wedding'.
1969
-- John signs 3000 lythographies from his collection `Bag One'
at Ronnie Hawkins's farm.
1970
-- An eighth `Christmas Record' is sent to the members of the
Fan Club. It is an LP containing all previous 7 Christmas
records.
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19 December
1962
-- Night. Performance at the Star Club.
1964
-- `Beatles For Sale' number 1, 1st week (UK Record
Retailer chart).
-- Shepperton Film Studios. First bunch of Brian
tele-recordings for `Hullaballoo', interviewing and
presenting Gerry and the Pacemakers, Marianne Faithfull,
Freddie and the Dreamers, Andrew Oldham, Herman's Hermits,
and Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers. In a chat about the
next Beatles' film, he speaks with Richard Lester.
1965
-- Shaftesbury Theatre, London. Special preview performance of
the musical `Twang!' Paul attends.
1966
-- British newspaper `Daily Sketch' publishes picture of the Tara
Browne crash.
1969
-- The 7th Christmas Record is sent to the members of the Fan
Club.
-- John and Yoko meet Marshall McLuhan at the University of
Toronto, speaking with him for 45 minutes.
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20 December
1962
-- Night. Performance at the Star Club.
1964
-- The first signing of an actor for NEMS Enterprises: John
Gillespie.
Brian agrees on British contracts for the New Christy
Minstrels, including an appearance on the `Sunday Night at
the London Palladium' TV show.
-- Brian buys a house at 24 Chapel Street, London.
1966
-- Studio 2. 7.00pm-1.00am. Recording: `When I'm Sixty-Four'
(overdub onto take 2, tape reduction take 2 into takes 3,
4). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd
Engineer: Phil McDonald.
Recording of vocal harmonies and bells for `When I'm
Sixty-Four'.
-- Brian writes to Wendy Hanson, accepting her departure as his
personal assistant.
1967
-- `Hello, Goodbye' number 1, 3rd week (UK New Musical Express
chart).
1968
-- Avant-garde festival, `Alchemical Wedding', at the Royal
Albert Hall. John and Yoko appear, coming out a white sac.
-- The 6th Christmas Record is sent to the Fan Club.
1969
-- `The Wedding Album', 2nd week in the ranking (Billboard).
-- End of John and Yoko's stay at Ronnie Hawkins's farm.
1995
-- 23.10-24.10. TVN broadcasts 5th part of `The Beatles
Anthology' in Chile.
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21 December
1962
-- Night. Performance at the Star Club.
1963
-- `With The Beatles' number 1, 3rd week (UK Record
Retailer chart).
-- First `Christmas Show', at the Gaumont, Bradford, with
various artists managed by Brian.
-- 10.00-12.00am. BBC's `Saturday Club' broadcast (recorded 17
December 1963).
1964
-- Brian moves to a new house, at 24 Chapel Street, Belgravia,
London.
1965
-- The Beatles wait a telegram from the US reporting the
success of `Rubber Soul'.
`We Can Work It Out' enters the US ranking at number 36.
1966
-- Studio 2. 7.00-9.00pm. Recording: `When I'm Sixty-Four'
(overdub onto take 4).
Studio 2 (control room only). 9.00-10.00pm. Mono mixing:
`When I'm Sixty-Four' (remixes 1-3, from take 4).
Studio 2. 10.00-11.45pm. Recording: `Strawberry Fields
Forever' (overdub onto take 26). Producer: George Martin;
Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.
Recording of clarinets for `When I'm Sixty-Four'.
1967
-- Westbourne Suite, Royal Lancaster Hotel. Fancy-dress party
to celebrate the BBC transmision of `Magical Mystery Tour'.
All Beatles attend.
1968
-- `Hey Jude', 17th week in the Top 30 (Billboard).
1969
-- John and Yoko take a train from Montreal to Ottawa. Press
conference in Chateau Champlain, Ottawa.
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22 December
1962
-- Night. Performance at the Star Club.
1963
-- Christmas concert at the Empire, Liverpool.
-- ABC-TV broadcasts the concert at the Ardwick Apollo,
Manchester (recorded 20 November 1963).
Recording of Christmas edition of `Thank Your Lucky
Stars'.
1964
-- Pickfair Films Limited is incorporated, with Brian one of
its opening directors.
1965
-- `Day Tripper'/`We Can Work It Out' number 1, 3rd week
(UK New Musical Express chart).
`Rubber Soul' number 1, 3rd week (UK New Musical Express
chart).
1966
-- Studio 2. 7.00-11.30pm. Mono mixing: `Strawberry Fields
Forever' (remix 10, from take 7 and remix 11, from take 26).
Editing: `Strawberry Fields Forever' (of mono remixes 10,
11, edit numbered remix 12). Producer: George Martin;
Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.
Martin and Emerick join the two `Strawberry Fields Forever'
versions.
1971
-- A judge awards custody of Kyoko to her father. Yoko is permited
to see her child frequently, but she must post a $ 20,000 bond, in
case she `kidnaps' the girl again.
1972
-- Tony Cox is arrested for violating Yoko's custody rights
over Kyoko.
1995
-- `Anthology 1' number 21, 3rd week in the Top 30 (chart based
on record stores sales in Santiago, Chile).
`Anthology 1' number 2, 3rd week in the Top 5 (`Feria del Disco'
record stores English music sales chart, Chile).
`Anthology 1' number 4 in Portugal, 1st week in the Top 5.
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23 December
1961
-- Performance at the Cavern.
1962
-- Night. Performance at the Star Club.
1963
-- Radio Luxembourg's `It's The Beatles' series begins.
1964
-- `I Feel Fine' number 1, 4th week (UK New
Musical Express chart).
1966
-- UK release: `Theme From The Family Way'.
UK release: `Love In The Open Air'.
-- Opening of the UFO club, at the basement of the Blarney
Club, London.
1967
-- John writes a letter to his sick father, Alfred, and sends a
car for him to visit him in Weybridge.
1968
-- John and Yoko, dressed like Santa Claus, give Christmas
presents to the Apple staff's children.
1969
-- 10.30am. The Ottawa press is surprised by the announcement
of an imminent meeting of Lennon and Canada Prime Minister, Pierre
Trudeau.
10.55am. A limousine takes John and Yoko into Canadian
Parliament's building, for a 55-minute meeting with Pierre Trudeau.
After the meeting, John and Yoko are interviewed by the
press.
From the ministerial office the Lennons are driven to the
Ministery of Public Health, to meet the Minister of Public
Health, John Munro, and members of his department.
-- John and Yoko return to London. [24 December?]
1972
-- Tony Cox is freed on bail ($ 5 000).
-- Film `Imagine' is broadcast on US TV..
1994
-- `Live At The BBC' number 30 in Chile, 1st week in the Top 30.
1995
-- `Anthology 1' number 1, 3rd week; 3rd week in the Top 200
(Billboard).
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24 December
1960
-- Concert at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey.
1962
-- Night. Performance at the Star Club.
1963
-- Start of the daily `Beatles Christmas Shows', at the
Astoria Cinema, Finsbury Park, London, with Billy J. Kramer
with the Dakotas, Tommy Quickly, Cilla Black, and the
Fourmost, plus the Barron Knights with the Duke D'Mond, and
Rolf Harris as compere. Photographer Dezo Hoffmann attends.
After the show, Brian hires a night flight to take most of
the bill to Liverpool for Christmas.
-- Start of Christmas pantomime `Babes In the Wood', with Gerry
and the Pacemakers, at the Gaumont, Hanley.
1964
-- Start of Christmas show at the Hammersmith Odeon, London,
`Another Beatles Christmas Show', with the Yardbirds,
Freddie and the Dreamers, Jimmy Saville, Elkie Brooks, Mike
Haslam, and Mike Cotton Sound. Two concerts.
1965
-- US gold certification: `Rubber Soul'.
-- Various music and entertainment newspapers publish NEMS
Enterprises Christmas greetings, citing the Beatles, Gerry
and the Pacemakers, Cilla Black, Billy J. Kramer with the
Dakotas, the Fourmost, Sounds Incorporated, the Moody Blues,
Tommy Quickly, the Remo Four, Cliff Bennett and the Rebel
Rousers, the Silkie, the Rustiks, Paddy, Klaus & Gibson,
Michael Haslam, the Paramounts and Brian Epstein.
1966
-- ``Yesterday'... And Today', 27th week in the Top 200
(Billboard).
1969
-- 6.00-7.00pm. Broadcast of Martin's `With A Little Help From
My Friends' show, produced by Yorkshire Television,
transmitted by IBA, with Ringo, Lulu, the Hollies, Spike
Milligan, Dudley Moore, Blue Mink, Pan's People. Ringo sings `With A
Little Help From My Friends'.
-- John and Yoko return to England. [23 December?]
1970
-- `Rolling Stone' publishes the 1st part of an interview to
John. [?]
1972
-- Tony Cox, Melinda and Kyoko disappear.
1988
-- 13th episode of a BBC series, essentially based on `The
Beatles At The Beeb' collection.
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25 December
1959
-- Ringo receives his first drum kit, as a Christmas present.
1962
-- Night off from performances at the Star Club.
1963
-- The flight hired by Brian takes the Christmas Show bill back
from Liverpool, in time for this day's performance.
`Beatles Christmas Show' at the Astoria, Finsbury Park, London.
-- `She Loves You', 17th week in the Top 10 (UK
New Musical Express chart).
`Please Please Me' LP, 40th week in the Top 10 (UK New
Musical Express chart).
`With The Beatles' number 1, 5th week (UK New
Musical Express chart).
`I Want To Hold Your Hand' number 1, 4th week (UK New
Musical Express chart).
1965
-- George asks Pattie to marry him, when they go by car to a
celebration dinner in London.
-- `Rubber Soul' number 1 (UK Record Retailer chart).
-- Appearance on BBC-radio's `Saturday Club'.
1967
-- Official announcement of Paul and Jane's engagement.
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26 December
1940
-- Phil Harvey Spector is born in the Bronx, New York, USA.
1962
-- Night. Performance at the Star Club.
1963
-- US single release: `I Want To Hold Your Hand'/`I Saw Her
Standing There'.
-- `Beatles Christmas Show', at the Astoria Cinema, Finsbury
Park, London.
-- 10.00-12.00am. 1st BBC's `From Us To You' broadcast
(recorded 18 December 1963).
1964
-- `Beatles For Sale' number 1, 2nd week (UK Record
Retailer chart).
`I Feel Fine' number 1, 1st week (Billboard).
-- 10.00-12.00am. BBC's `Saturday Club' broadcast (recorded 25
November 1964).
-- `Another Beatles Christmas Show' at the Hammersmith Odeon,
London (two performances).
1966
-- John appears on a Christmas sketch for the TV programme `Not
Only... But Also'.
-- Start of `Fame In '67', starred by Georgie Fame, at the
Saville Theatre, presented by Brian and Radio London. Brian
attends.
1967
-- BBC-TV broadcasts the `Magical Mystery Tour' film.
1975
-- Recording of George appearance on BBC-TV's `Rutland Weekend
Television' show.
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27 December
1960
-- Performance at the Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool.
1961
-- Performance at the Cavern, with Gerry and the Pacemakers,
and Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes.
1962
-- Night. Performance at the Star Club.
-- `Love Me Do', number 17 in Britain. [29 December?]
1963
-- London `Times' critics award Lennon and McCartney as the
best composers of the year.
-- `Beatles Christmas Show', at the Astoria Cinema, Finsbury
Park, London.
-- UK single release: `Love Of The Loved', with Cilla Black.
1965
-- Cilla Black's pantomime debut in `Little Red Riding Hood',
at the Wimbledon Theatre, London, for 6 weeks.
Start of Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas in `Mother
Goose', at the Globe Cinema, Stockton, for 3 weeks.
Start of Gerry and the Pacemakers in `Cinderella', at the
Gaumont Cinema, Southampton, for 3 weeks.
1967
-- Bad critics for `Magical Mystery Tour'.
-- `Hello, Goodbye' number 1, 4th week (UK New Musical Express
chart).
-- Wembley TV Studios, Wembley, Middlesex. Paul is interviewed
live for TV's `The Frost Programme' by David Frost.
1969
-- `The Wedding Album' number 178, 3rd and last week in the
ranking (Billboard). Its highest position.
1982
-- BBC broadcasts a 3-hour radio programme, with the stuff of the
Beatles first BBC session's 20th anniversary programme, themes
included in the US edition of it and new tracks.
1995
-- 23.10-24.10. TVN broadcasts 6th and last part of `The Beatles
Anthology' in Chile.
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28 December
1962
-- Night. Performance at the Star Club.
1963
-- `With The Beatles' number 1, 4th week (UK Record
Retailer chart).
-- `Beatles Christmas Show', at the Astoria Cinema, Finsbury
Park, London.
-- `New Yorker' publishes a Brian Epstein interview. 1st
serious article about the Beatles or Brian in the US.
1964
-- `Another Beatles Christmas Show' at the Hammersmith Odeon,
London (two performances).
1968
-- `Hey Jude', 18th and last week in the Top 30 (Billboard).
1970
-- US single release: `Mother'/`Why'.
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29 December
1961
-- Performance at the Cavern, with the Yorkshire Jazz Band.
1962
-- Night. Performance at the Star Club.
-- `Love Me Do', number 17 in Britain. [27 December?]
1963
-- 12.50am. New York WMCA broadcasts `I Want To Hold Your Hand'
for the first time in the USA.
-- The `Sunday Times' critic Richard Buckle praises the Beatles
as the greatest composers since Beethoven.
1964
-- `Another Beatles Christmas Show' at the Hammersmith Odeon,
London (two performances).
1965
-- `Day Tripper'/`We Can Work It Out' number 1, 4th week
(UK New Musical Express chart).
`Rubber Soul' number 1, 4th week (UK New Musical Express
chart).
1966
-- Studio 3 (control room only). 2.30-4.45pm. Mono mixing:
`When I'm Sixty-Four' (remixes 4-7, from take 4). Tape
copying: `Strawberry Fields Forever' (of remix mono 12,
numbered remix mono 13).
Studio 3 (control room only). 4.45-5.40pm. Stereo mixing:
`Strawberry Fields Forever' (remix 1, from take 7, remixes
2, 4, from take 26). Editing: `Strawberry Fields Forever' (of
stereo remixes 1, 2, edited together as remix 3, of stereo
remixes 1, 4 edited together as remix 5).
Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.15am. Recording: `Untitled' (working
title of `Penny Lane') (takes 1-6). Mono mixing: `Untitled'
(working title of `Penny Lane') (remixes 1, 2, from take 6).
Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd
Engineer: Phil McDonald.
Copy of `Strawberry Fields Forever' for the US. Recording
of the keyboard sound for `Penny Lane'.
1967
-- John goes to Marocco on vacations.
1969
-- John and Yoko are visited by Hammrick and Leonard, Canadian
hypnotizers who intend to help them to stop smoking.
John and Yoko fly to Aalborg, Denmark, to visit Kyoko.
Paul prepares Heather's birthday party.
1979
-- Wings' performance for the `Concert for the People of
Kampuchea'.
1995
-- `Anthology 1' number 15, 4th week in the Top 30 (chart based
on record stores sales in Santiago, Chile).
`Anthology 1' number 2, 4th and last week in the Top 5 (`Feria
del Disco' record stores English music sales, Santiago, Chile).
`Anthology 1' number 2 in Portugal, 2nd week in the Top 5.
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30 December
1962
-- Night. Performance at the Star Club.
-- Heather See is born.
1963
-- `Beatles Christmas Show', at the Astoria Cinema, Finsbury
Park, London.
1964
-- `I Feel Fine' number 1, 5th week (UK New
Musical Express chart).
-- `Another Beatles Christmas Show' at the Hammersmith Odeon,
London (two performances).
1965
-- Planned start of the Silkie's promotional visit to the USA.
They are forced to cancel it owing to their failure to
obtain their visas and work permits.
1966
-- Studio 2. 7.00pm-3.00am. Mono mixing: `When I'm Sixty-Four'
(remix 8, from take 4). Tape copying: `Strawberry Fields
Forever' (of remix mono 12). Recording: `Penny Lane' (tape
reduction take 6 into take 7, overdub onto take 7). Mono
mixing: `Penny Lane' (remixes 1, 2, from take 7). Producer:
George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil
McDonald.
Remix of `When I'm Sixty-Four' speeding up the tape. Copy
of `Strawberry Fields Forever' for the US.
1967
-- `Hello, Goodbye' number 1, 1st week (Billboard).
1969
-- John interview with Desmond Morris for ATV's `Man Of The
Decade'.
1970
-- `Rolling Stone' publishes its director's interview to
John. [?]
-- Paul begins High Court proceedings to end the Beatles
partnership. [31 December?]
1994
-- `Live At The BBC', number 19 in Chile, 2nd and last week in
the Top 30.
-- Evening: Maureen Cox dies in Seattle. Ringo, Isaac Tigrett,
Zak, Jason and Lee are with her.
1995
-- `Anthology 1' number 2, 4th week in the Top 200 (Billboard).
`Free As A Bird' number 10, 1st week in the Top 200 (Billboard).
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31 December
1961
-- The Beatles leave from Liverpool to London on Neil's car.
Brian goes by train.
They sleep at the Royal Hotel, Woburn Place, London.
1962
-- 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.
1963
-- `Beatles Christmas Show', at the Astoria Cinema, Finsbury
Park, London.
1964
-- `Another Beatles Christmas Show' at the Hammersmith Odeon,
London (two performances).
-- Party at Norman Newell's house, 40 Montagu Mansions,
Marylebone, London. The Beatles attend.
1965
-- UK single release: `That's My Life (My Love And My
Home)'/`The Next Time You Feel Important', for the Pye
label, recorded by Alfred Lennon.
-- US gold certification: `Beatles '65'.
-- The Beatles appear on the front page of `Big', Italian
magazine. Headline: `Beatles: Buon Natale da Londra'
(`Beatles: Merry Christmas from London').
1966
-- ``Yesterday'... And Today', 28th week in the Top 200
(Billboard).
-- Brian books Fats Domino for his 1st UK contract, at the
Saville Theatre.
-- George is refused admission into the night club Annabel's,
because he is not wearing a tie. Later, he and friends,
including Brian, see at the Lyons Corner House
restaurant/cafe, Coventry Street, London.
1967
-- New Year's party at Cilla Black's flat, 9b Portland Place,
London. Following a Northern tradition, Ringo is sent out,
left alone in the street.
-- Brian's NEMS shares are transfered to Queenie.
1968
-- Arts Laboratory, London. Party attended by John and Yoko.
1969
-- BBC's TV programme `The Man Of The Decade', dedicated to
John, is broadcast.
`Rolling Stone' nominates John the Man Of The Year 1969.
John declares to New Musical Express he is considering to leave
the group.
1970
-- Paul begins High Court proceedings to end the Beatles
partnership. [30 December?]
Peter Brown renounces.
-- John reveals that he took drugs since he was 17, and blames
Paul for the dissolution of the Beatles since he wanted to
dominate them all.
1974
-- The Beatles' association is dissolved, with a document
signed by each Beatle.
1988
-- 14th and last episode of a BBC series, essentially based on `The
Beatles At The Beeb' collection.