
50 YEARS AGO: The Beatles Do Not Play Woodstock
August 15, 1969 While the Beatles were putting finishing touches on their Abbey Road album, an ambitious music festival was scheduled to take place on a dairy farm in Bethel,…
August 15, 1969 While the Beatles were putting finishing touches on their Abbey Road album, an ambitious music festival was scheduled to take place on a dairy farm in Bethel,…
July 20, 1969 While the Beatles were at Abbey Road Studios recording their Abbey Road LP, Apollo 11 headed towards the moon. On the day of the July 16 liftoff,…
Legend has it that the cover was the Beatles way of getting back at Capitol for dissecting and reconfiguring their carefully crafted albums. Read the real story.
Today is the 53rd anniversary of the release of the Beatles first album, PLEASE PLEASE ME. When the LP went on sale on March 22, 2963, youth-oriented albums typically contained…
The 1965 Christmas season was a very special time for Beatles fans. On December 3, 1965, Parlophone simultaneously released the double A-side single “We Can Work It Out” c/w “Day…
I will never forget the magic I felt when I removed my copy of Hey Jude from its black “The Beatles on Apple” sleeve for the first time.
Today’s trivia questions come from the “Capitol of the World” chapter in the revised and expanded digital edition of “The Beatles’ Story on Capitol Records, Part One: Beatlemania and the…
Happy Holidays and Gold Records!
The Beatles began well-deserved vacations on May 2, 1964.
Having completed the filming of their first movie, the Beatles were once again busy with concerts and television appearances.
Filming of the Beatles first movie was completed during the week of April 20 – 24, 1964.
Work on the Beatles first film resumed at Twickenham Film Studios on Monday, April 13.
Work on the Beatles first film at Twickenham continued on April 6 and 7, 1964, with the shooting of the make-up room scenes and the police station scenes.
Nowhere was the Beatles dominance of American radio and the American record industry more evident than in the April 4, 1964, issue of Billboard magazine.
In America, Vee-Jay Records continued with its release of “new” Beatles product
The Beatles sixth U.K. single and first U.K. single for 1964, Can’t Buy Me Love b/w You Can’t Do That, was released on March 20, 1964.
The Beatles spent the week of March 9, 1964, being filmed for their first movie.
Filming began for the Beatles first movie on Monday, March 2, 1964, and continued non-stop through the following Friday.
The Beatles returned to Abbey Road Studios on Tuesday, February 25, 1964, to begin recording songs for their upcoming film and next album.
The Beatles spent the week of February 17, 1963, relaxing in Miami Beach.
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