Studio Two, EMI Studios, London
The day began with a 10:30-11:30 morning session - probably without the Beatles in attendance - during which George Martin filled the hole in the middle of the otherwise complete "In My Life" with a beautiful baroque-style piano solo. To achieve the desired texture h...
Studio Two, EMI Studios, London
"This Bird Has Flown", now "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), was re-made from start to finish during the afternoon, 2:30-7:00 pm, in just three more takes. Without breaking for dinner, the Beatles then began to tackle John's "Nowhere Man". Two takes were attempt...
Studio Two, EMI Studios, London
The song which shared with "Day Tripper" the A-Side of the first single, "We Can Work It Out", was begun and virtually completed (but for a little overdubbing on October 29th) during two Abbey Road sessions this day, 2:30-6:30 and 7:00-11:45 pm. Once again, it displa...
The Beatles had recorded messages for their fan club in 1963 and 1964, however, it took them two attempts to complete the 1965 recording, the first of which was made on this day.
The recording took place at Marquee Studio in London. Situated at 10 Richmond Mews, the studio was affiliated to the Ma...
Studio Two, EMI Studios, London
"If I Needed Someone" was the first priorty of this afternoon session, from 2:30 to 5:45, George's lead vocal, John and Paul's backing vocal and Ringo's tambourine being overdubbed onto the previous night's take one rhythm track.
The remainder of the afternoon was s...
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Studio Two, EMI Studios, London
Interveiwed in 1966, John and Paul admitted that "Day Tripper" was a "Forced" composition, written under the pressure of having to come up with a single. Well, other composers would have been proud to have come up with a song like this. It formed one of the two A-sid...
Studio Two, EMI Studios, London
This session was to prove a landmark in the Beatle's recording career, extending past midnight for the first time. The May 10 1965 session had also run into the following morning, but that was only for the mixing. There would soon come a time when a session not runni...
The Beatles had released two albums in 1963 and 1964, and now in 1965 they did the same again. The problem was, they had little material to work with and time was passing by. John and Paul had to force themselves to come with more than a dozen new songs and then, with George and Ringo, zip through a...
The #1 song in the US on October 11, 1965
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The Beatles all attended a party to celebrate the imminent opening of Lionel Bart's musical Twang!, which ran briefly at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London in December 1965.
The party was held at Bart's home, The Priory, at 3a Seymour Walk, London. 9 October 1965 was also John Lennon's 25th birthda...
Found this photo of George....50 years ago today
Nothing much happening today....
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The Beatles enjoying a break.....
...The Beatles taking a day off.......
...Peter Best, former drummer with the band, files an $8 million lawsuit against Playboy magazine, the Beatles en masse and Beatle drummer Ringo Starr in particular. Best charges that in an interview with the Beatles, published in Playboy last February, a statement attributed to Starr served to hinder ...
The Beatles had a day of rest this first day of October.
...The month of September ends in 1965 with the Beatles enjoying their break.
...The Beatles - Enjoying their long break after the US Tour.
...The Beatles - Still enjoying their six week break........
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UK 1965 UK Beatles Get MBE's 26th Sept. 1965 : Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II appoints the four members of The Beatles Pop Group John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison " Members of the Order of the British Empire".
...A cartoon series featuring The Beatles began on this day in the United States. Simply titled The Beatles, it ran until 1969 on the ABC network, with 39 episodes produced over three seasons.
The series was shown on Saturday mornings at 10.30am until 1968, when it was moved to Sunday mornings. Each ...
Help! was Number One on Billboard today, September 24, 1965.
...The Beatles "Help!" is still the number ONE song!
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