August 20 - Today in Beatles History

1963
5.00-5.29pm. BBC's 'Pop Go The Beatles' broadcast (recorded 16 July 1963, 8.45-10.50pm).

Concert at the Gaumont, Bournemouth, with Tommy Quickly, and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas.

1964
Concert at the Convention Hall, Las Vegas.

1965
Concert at the Comiskey Park, Chicago.

It is announced that George Martin will form his own company, AIR Productions.

1966
Concert at the Crosley Field, Cincinnati (cancelled because of heavy rain).

'Yellow Submarine', 2nd week in the Top 30 (Billboard).
''Yesterday'... And Today', 9th week in the Top 30 (Billboard).

1967
Date booked for Tim Buckley's performance at the Saville Theatre.

Cream flies to the USA, beginning a tour.

Cilla Black flies to Portugal, beginning her holiday.

1968
Studio 3. 5.00-5.30pm. Recording: 'Yer Blues' (edit piece take 1). Editing: 'Yer Blues' (of remix mono 3 and edit piece take 1). Mono tape copying: 'Revolution 9' (of mono copy 1, from edit of remix stereo 2). Producer: not assigned; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: John Smith. Studio 2. 8.00pm-4.00am. Recording: 'Mother Nature's Son' (overdub onto take 24; tape reduction take 24 into take 26, overdub onto take 26); 'Etcetera' (take 1); 'Wild Honey Pie' (take 1). Mono mixing: 'Mother Nature's Son' (remixes 1-8, from take 26); 'Wild Honey Pie' (remixes 1-6, from take 1). Producer: George Martin; Editing: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: John Smith.
Recording of count-in for 'Yer Blues', brasses for 'Mother Nature's Son' and demo of 'Etcetera'.

1969
Studio 3 (control room only). 2.30-6.00pm. Stereo mixing: 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)' (remixes 1-8, from take 1, remixes 9, 10, from unnumbered Trident master). Editing: 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)' (of stereo remixes 8, 10). Studio 2 (control room only). 6.00pm-1.15am. Master tape banding and tape copying: 'Abbey Road' LP. Producer: George Martin; Editing: Geoff Emerick/Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: Alan Parsons.
Last reunion of all 4 Beatles in the studio.

1971
Great Hall, Alexandra Palace, London. 'Art Spectrum', modern art exhibition. 5 films of John and Yoko are screened: 'Cold Turkey', 'The Ballad Of John And Yoko', 'Give Peace A Chance', 'Instant Karma!', 'Up Your Legs Forever'.

1983
Studio 2. Show 'The Beatles At Abbey Road' (3 times).

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August 19 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Ginger Baker!



Musicians Born On August 19

1939 Ginger Baker (Cream)
1940 Johnny Nash (I Can See Clearly Now)
1945 Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
1948 Billy J. Kramer (Trains and Boats and Planes)
1951 John Deacon (Queen)
1963 Joey Tempest (Europe)
1968 MC Eric (Technotronic)

Happy Birthday Ian Gillian!



Deaths On August 19

1979 Dorsey Burnette (There was a Tall Oak Tree)

Number 1 In The Charts On August 19

1967 Beatles: 'All You Need Is Love' US 45
1972 'Chicago V' US LP
1978 Commodores: 'Three Times a Lady' UK 45
1995 Black Grape : It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah! : UK LP

Happy Birthday John Deacon!



Various Music Events On August 19

1950 Hank Snow begins 21-week run at top of American country music chart with 'I'm Moving On'

1954` 2,400 fans jam Hollywood Savoy Ballroom to see B.B. King, Johnny Otis and the Platters

1955 New York radio station WINS announces that it will no longer play 'cover' records - this means originals of songs such as 'Ain't That A Shame' by Fats Domino rather than white copies by Pat Boone, etc.

1964 Beatles begin their first American concert tour, with 26 dates, including several giant outdoor stadiums - a taste of the big tours to come. (Tour begins at Cow Palace, San Francisco)

1967 Pink Floyd debut on UK LP chart with 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn'

1967 Radio station KNOW in Denver, US, bans all Beatles tracks because of drug references

1969 Miles Davis LP 'Bitches Brew' recorded in New York

1972 Roxy Music debut on UK chart with 'Virginia Plain'

1976 Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter visits fifth annual Capricorn picnic

1989 Del Amitri debut on UK chart with 'Kiss This Thing Goodbye'

1997 Fleetwood Mac's reunion album "The Dance" is released

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August 19 - Today in Beatles History

1960
The Beatles are hired to perform 2 additional months at the Indra Club.

1963
Concert at the Gaumont, Bournemouth, with Tommy Quickly, and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas.

Appearance on Granada TV's 'Scene at 6:30'.

1964
Beginning of tour of the USA and Canada. Concert at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, California.
The concert is filmed.

A Kansas City impresario offers $ 350.000 for the Beatles to perform at that city, the largest amount paid to an artist in the USA until then.

'A Hard Day's Night' single, 6th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).
'With The Beatles', 39th week in the Top 30 (UK New Musical Express chart).

1965
15.30 and 20.00. Concerts at the Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas.
Brian Epstein hurts his back when he is sprung from the emergency exit of an airplane into a service truck in a serious outbreak of Beatlemania at Houston (Texas) Airport.

1966
Concert at the Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee. The Ku Klux Klan mounts guard. A firecracker explodes on the stage.

1967
Jason Starkey is born, at the Queen's Charlotte Maternity Hospital, Hammersmith, London.

Brian announces that Traffic will make their first performance in Britain, at the Saville Theatre.
The Saville Theatre autumn season is extended to 16 weeks.

1968
Day booked for a Beatles recording session at Abbey Road (cancelled because of George's trip to Greece).

1969
Studio 2. 2.00pm-4.00am. Stereo mixing: 'Ending' (working title of 'The End') (remixes 1-3, from take 7); 'Golden Slumbers'/'Carry That Weight' and 'Ending' (working title of 'The End') (crossfade/edit for master); 'Something' (remixes 1-10, from take 39). Recording: 'Here Comes The Sun' (overdub onto take 15). Stereo mixing: 'Here Comes The Sun' (remix 1, from take 15). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick/Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: Alan Parsons.
The instrumental jam in the coda of 'Something' disappears at last in today's remixes. Recording of synthesizer for 'Here Comes The Sun'.

1971
Great Hall, Alexandra Palace, London. 'Art Spectrum', modern art exhibition. 5 films of John and Yoko are screened: 'Cold Turkey', 'The Ballad Of John And Yoko', 'Give Peace A Chance', 'Instant Karma!', 'Up Your Legs Forever'.

1983
Studio 2. Show 'The Beatles At Abbey Road' (3 times).

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August 18 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Nona Hendryx!



Musicians Born On August 18

1918 Cisco Houston (Woodie Guthrie's great friend and fellow folk singer)
1925 Sonny Til (Orioles)
1930 Johnny Preston (Running Bear)
1944 Carl Wayne (Move)
1945 Nona Hendryx (Labelle)
1945 Barbara Harris (Toys)
1950 Dennis Elliot (Foreigner)
1957 Ron Strykert (Men at Work)
1967 Tracy Tracy (Primitives)

Number 1 In The Charts On August 18

1956 Elvis Presley: 'Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel' US 45
1958 Domenico Modugno: 'Volare' US 45
1966 Beatles: 'Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby' UK 45
1973 Peters and Lee; 'We Can Make It' UK LP
1973 Diana Ross: 'Touch Me in the Morning' US 45
1973 Jethro Tull: 'A Passion Play' US LP
1979 Chic: 'Good Times' US 45
1984 George Michael: 'Careless Whisper' UK 45

Various Music Events On August 18

1962 Ringo Starr makes his first appearance as a Beatle, at the Cavern Club

1967 In answer to recent prison sentence for drug possession, Rolling Stones release 'We Love You' in UK

1969 Mick Jagger is accidentally shot on the set of 'Ned Kelly'

1977 Police give their first performance as a trio

1979 Nick Lowe marries Carlene Carter

1981 Moody Blues begin UK tour - their first for two years

1983 Police play to 70,000 fans at Shea Stadium, New York

1984 Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran) marries Julie Ann Friedman in London. They both wear pink

1997 The Rolling Stones announce the plans for their upcoming "Bridges To Babylon" tour. The band rolls up to the Brooklyn Bridge in New York in a red '55 Cadillac with Mick driving.


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August 18 - Today in Beatles History

1962
First performance of Ringo as Beatles' drummer. Performance at the Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight, Cheshire.
Performance at the Cavern.

1963
Concert at the Princess Theatre, Torquay.

1964
The Beatles and Brian fly to San Francisco. Beginning of 34-day tour of USA and Canada.
On arriving, Brian receives a telegram from Colonel Tom Parker, sending felicitations to the Beatles party on behalf of Elvis Presley.
A ticket-tape welcome in San Francisco had been announced, not materialized.

1965
Concert at the Atlanta Stadium.

'Help!' single number 1, 4th and last week (UK New Musical Express chart).

1966
Concert at the Suffolk Downs Racetrack, Boston.

1967
Brian tells his mother and Peter Brown he will soon travel to the USA and Canada to appear in some TV programmes.

UK single release: 'We Love You', by the Rolling Stones (backing vocals by John and Paul).

1969
Studio 2. 2.30-10.30pm. Stereo mixing: 'Golden Slumbers'/'Carry That Weight' (remixes 1, 2, from take 17). Recording: 'Ending' (working title of 'The End') (overdub onto take 7). Stereo mixing: 'Ending' (working title of 'The End') (remixes 1-6, from take 7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick/Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: Alan Parsons.
Recording of 4 seconds of piano for 'The End'.

1971
Great Hall, Alexandra Palace, London. 'Art Spectrum', modern art exhibition. 5 films of John and Yoko are screened: 'Cold Turkey', 'The Ballad Of John And Yoko', 'Give Peace A Chance', 'Instant Karma!', 'Up Your Legs Forever'.

1983
Studio 2. Show 'The Beatles At Abbey Road' (3 times).

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August 17 - Today In Rock Music History

Happy Birthday Colin Moulding!



Musicians Born On August 17

1944 Sib Hashian (Boston)
1947 Gary Talley (Box Tops)
1953 Kevin Rowland (Dexy's Midnight Runners)
1955 Colin Moulding (XTC)
1958 Belinda Carlisle (Heaven Is a Place on Earth)
1965 Steve Gorman (Black Crowes)
1969 Kelvin Mercer (De La Soul)
1969 Donnie Wahlberg (New Kids On The Block)

Happy Birthday Belinda Carlisle!



Deaths On August 17

1978 Paul Williams (Temptations)

Number 1 In The Charts On August 17

1968 Simon and Garfunkel: 'Bookends' UK LP
1968 Rascals: 'People Got to Be Free' US 45
1974 Three Degrees: 'When Will I See You Again' UK 45

Various Music Events On August 17

1960 Beatles begin a three-month run at the Indra Club in Hamburg - their first appearance outside England

1968 Cream's Wheels of Fire hits UK LP chart

1971 Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Cissy Houston, Brook Benton, Duane Allman and Delanie and Bonnie attend funeral of King Curtis

1974 Patrick Moraz replaces Rick Wakeman as Keyboardist in Yes

1974 Bad Company's 'Can't Get Enough' gives supergroup its first American hit

1985 Kate Bush's 'Running Up that Hill' enters UK chart

1985 Madonna hits US Hot 100 at No. 36 with 'Dress You Up (on the way to No. 5)

1996 Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan attempts suicide by slashing his wrists at a Sunset Strip hotel.


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August 17 - Today in Beatles History

1960
Arrival in Hamburg. Evening: First performance at the Indra Club.

1962
Performance at the Cavern. Last with Pete Best.

1963
'Please Please Me' LP number 1, 15th week (UK Record Retailer chart).

Concert at the Odeon, Llandudno, with Tommy Quickly, and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas.

1964
US single release: 'It's For You', by Cilla Black.

The Beatles appear on the cover photograph of US weekly magazine 'Saturday Evening Post' (photograph taken 3 June 1964).

1965
Concert at the Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada.

1966
Afternoon. Concert at the Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada. 15,000 people attend.
Evening. Concert at the Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada. 18,000 people attend.

In Toronto, Lennon states his support to the American who go to Canada rather than being sent to Vietnam.

'Yellow Submarine', 2nd week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).
'Eleanor Rigby' number 1, 1st week, 2nd week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).

1967
Brian writes a letter to Derek Taylor, then in California, about his next (never materialized) trip to New York.

1968
George leaves England, starting a 5-day trip to Greece.

1971
Great Hall, Alexandra Palace, London. 'Art Spectrum', modern art exhibition. 5 films of John and Yoko are screened: 'Cold Turkey', 'The Ballad Of John And Yoko', 'Give Peace A Chance', 'Instant Karma!', 'Up Your Legs Forever'.

1972
Wings concert in Rotterdam.

1983
Studio 2. Show 'The Beatles At Abbey Road' (3 times).

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