Events in Music
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1969-10-22 Paul McCartney denies greatly exaggerated rumors of his death
Something
1969-10-31 George Harrison's "Something" is released by the Beatles as a single in UK, his first "A" side
- 1969-11-01 The Beatles' "Abbey Road" album goes #1 in US and stays #1 for 11 weeks
Get Back
1969-11-11 Apple Records releases single "Get Back" by 'The Beatles with Billy Preston' in UK
- 1969-11-29 The Beatles' single "Something / Come Together" reaches #1
Come and Get It
1969-12-05 Apple Records releases the single "Come and Get It" by the band Badfinger; track was written and produced by Paul McCartney for the dark comedy film "The Magic Christian" starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr
- 1969-12-19 Beatle's 7th Christmas fan-club single is released
- 1970-01-04 Beatles last recording session at Abbey Road studios, completing George Harrison's tune "I Me Mine"; John Lennon was on vacation and did not participate
Lennon, Yoko in Denmark
1970-01-05 John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono give a press conference in Aalborg, Denmark, revealing that they were only visiting
- 1970-02-26 The Beatles release "Hey Jude" compilation album in US (originally to be titled "Beatles Again")
- 1970-03-06 Beatles release single "Let it Be" in UK
- 1970-04-10 Paul McCartney officially announces the split of The Beatles
- 1970-04-11 Beatles' "Let It Be" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
- 1970-05-03 World premiere of The Beatles' "Let it Be" documentary film directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, in New York City
- 1970-05-08 Beatles release 12th, and final, studio album, "Let It Be", in conjunction with the film of the same name
- 1970-05-11 "The Long and Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American single release
- 1970-05-18 Beatles' last released LP, "Let It Be", released in US
- 1970-05-20 The Beatles' "Let it Be" documentary film directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, premieres at the Liverpool Gaumont Cinema and the London Pavilion; none of the group attend
- 1970-06-13 Beatles' "Let It Be" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks
- 1970-06-13 Beatles' "Long & Winding Road" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
- 1970-12-31 Paul McCartney files a lawsuit to dissolve The Beatles in a dispute over Allen Klein's management of the group
"Helter Skelter" at Manson Trial
1971-01-19 The Beatles' "Helter Skelter" is played at Charles Manson trial
Music History
1971-03-03 South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles, begun after John Lennon's infamous "Jesus" quote in 1966
- 1971-08-31 Beatle John Lennon leaves England for the final time, moving to New York City
- 1972-03-31 Official Beatles Fan Club closes down
- 1972-08-30 John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "One on One" benefit shows (matinee and evening) for children at Madison Square Garden, New York, his final full concert performance
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1973-03-08 Paul & Linda McCartney are fined £100 for growing cannabis
- 1973-05-26 Beatles' "Beatles 1967-1970" album (the blue one) goes #1
Pussy Cats
1974-08-19 RCA records releases "Pussy Cats", the tenth album by American singer Harry Nilsson in the US; album was produced by John Lennon and Nilsson worked through a serious vocal chord injury which diminished his vaunted range
- 1974-12-30 Beatles are legally disbanded (4 years after suit was brought)
- 1975-05-27 Paul McCartney & Wings release their "Venus and Mars" album
- 1976-04-20 George Harrison sings "The Lumberjack Song" with Monty Python in NYC
- 1976-06-11 Beatles "Rock & Roll Music" compilation LP is released in USA
- 1976-07-27 Former Beatle John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in US
- 1976-09-19 New York concert promoter Sid Bernstein offers $230 million to charity for a Beatles reunion; they politely decline
- 1977-04-06 Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released
- 1977-05-06 Parlophone releases live album "The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl" in UK; recorded during 1964 and 1965 tours, sound quality was of sub-par quality, but released to combat bootleg versions
- 1977-05-25 "Beatles Live! At Star-Club in Hamburg Germany" released
- 1977-05-31 "Beatlemania" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 920 performances
- 1977-06-16 "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978-07-21 "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" film starring The Bee Gees, based on the Beatles' album of the same name, premieres in NYC
- 1979-10-17 "Beatlemania" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 920 performances
- 1979-10-18 Stage musical "Beatlemania" opens in London
- 1979-10-24 Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc as all-time best selling singer-songwriter
- 1980-03-24 Capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks on the LP "Rarites"
- 1980-04-11 Paul McCartney releases single "Coming Up"
- 1980-05-17 Paul & Linda McCartney appear in remote segment from England, after being awakened by Father Guido Sarducci, on "Saturday Night Live"
- 1981-02-06 Beatles George Harrison & Paul McCartney record vocals to a Ringo Starr track written by George, and re-worked as a tribute to John Lennon - "All Those Years Ago" [1]
- 1981-05-15 George Harrison releases single "All Those Years Ago" in UK: the song was a tribute to John Lennon, and featured Ringo Starr on drums, and Paul and Linda McCartney on backing vocals [1]
- 1981-06-22 Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing former Beatle John Lennon
- 1982-06-21 Paul McCartney releases single "Take It Away"
- 1982-09-10 Decca releases Beatles audition on "Complete Silver Beatles" album, 20 years after label executives rejected them feeling that "guitar groups are on the way out" and "the Beatles have no future in show business"
- 1983-06-16 Ringo Starr releases album "Old Wave" album in West Germany; soon after releases follow in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the Netherlands, Mexico, and Brazil
- 1983-10-31 Paul McCartney releases "Pipes of Peace" album
- 1984-01-16 Paul & Linda McCartney arrested in Barbados for possession of cannabis
- 1984-03-21 Part of Central Park in New York City is named "Strawberry Fields" honoring John Lennon
Music History
1985-08-14 Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (including publishing rights to most of the Beatles song catalog) for $47.5M; 10 years later he sells 1/2 of his interest to Sony for $150M
- 1985-10-09 "Strawberry Fields" memorial to John Lennon in Central Park, NYC is dedicated by mayor Ed Koch
- 1986-03-29 Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia
- 1987-02-26 1st release of Beatles on compact disc: "Please Please Me"; "With The Beatles"; "A Hard Day's Night"; and "Beatles For Sale" [1]
- 1987-10-12 George Harrison releases single "Got My Mind Set On You", it becomes his third solo #1 hit, and the last chart-topper by any of the Beatles
3rd Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1988-01-20 3rd Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: The Beach Boys; The Beatles; The Drifters; Bob Dylan; The Supremes; Woody Guthrie; Leadbelly; Les Paul; and Berry Gordy, Jr.
- 1992-09-19 Demolition begins of JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; built in 1926 as Sesquicentennial Stadium, also known as Municipal Stadium, it hosted the 1926 Tunney-Dempsey fight, 41 Army-Navy football games, The Beatles; The Rolling Stones; victory rallies for The NHL Flyers and MLB Phillies; and the US portion of Live-Aid
- 1994-10-31 American jam band Phish performs The Beatles "White Album" as a musical costume during a show at the Glens Falls Civic Center in Glens Falls, New York.
- 1994-11-30 Beatles' 1st album in 25 years, "Live at the BBC", is released in Britain
- 1995-03-20 Beatles release single, a cover of Shirelles song, "Baby It's You" (written by Burt Bacharach & Mack David), with late John Lennon as lead singer; 1st Fab Four single in nearly 10 years
- 1995-11-19 "The Beatles Anthology" documentary series premieres in US on ABC-TV; the 6-hour program airs over three nights that week
- 1995-11-20 Apple Records releases The Beatles "Anthology 1" (double CD/triple LP), the first of a 3-part series of rare recordings and outtakes by the Beatles; set covers the years 1955-64, as well as new collaboration "Free as a Bird" - a John Lennon demo augmented by additional lyrics and performances by the surviving three; album tops Billboard chart in US and peaks at no. 2 in UK
- 1996-03-18 Apple Records releases The Beatles "Anthology 2" (double CD/triple LP)", the second of 3-part series of rare recordings and outtakes by the Beatles; set covers the years 1965-68, as well as new collaboration "Real Love" - a John Lennon demo augmented by additional lyrics and performances by the surviving three; album tops record charts in US and UK
- 1996-10-28 Apple Records releases The Beatles "Anthology 3" (double CD/triple LP)", the last of 3-part series of rare recordings and outtakes by the Beatles; set covers the years 1968-70; album tops Billboard charts in US and peaks at no. 4 in UK
- 1997-03-11 Beatle Paul McCartney is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
- 2000-11-13 The Beatles release their compilation album “1” (2001 Billboard Album of the Year), and launch their official website - thebeatles.com
Music History
2002-06-03 "The Party at the Palace" concert commemorating Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee held at Buckingham Palace Garden in London; performers include: Queen, Annie Lennox, Tony Bennett, Tom Jones; The Corrs; Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, and Paul McCartney, among others
- 2006-06-30 Cirque du Soleil's musical-acrobatic extravaganza "The Beatles - LOVE" opens in a specially built theatre at The Mirage, Las Vegas, Nevada
- 2016-02-20 4-inch lock of John Lennon's hair sells for $35,000 to a memorabilia collector at an auction in Dallas, Texas
Music History
2018-07-10 Drake surpasses The Beatles record of most singles in Billboard Hot One 100 with seven against their five from his album "Scorpion"
- 2018-07-26 Sir Paul McCartney performs a "secret" gig at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, where the Beatles began
The Beatles: Get Back
2021-11-25 Peter Jackson's documentary series "The Beatles: Get Back" premieres on Disney+
- 2022-10-01 Ringo Starr postpones two dates of his All-Starr Band tour due to illness
- 2022-10-03 Ringo Starr postpones five dates of his All-Starr Band tour in Canada due to his testing positive for COVID-19
- 2022-10-11 Ringo Starr resumes his All-Starr Band tour with a show in Seattle, Washington after his testing positive for COVID-19
- 2022-10-13 Ringo Starr cancels five remaining scheduled All-Starr Band tour concert dates in California and Mexico, after getting rebound COVID-19 infection
- 2022-11-13 The Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, built in 1957 and host to JFK, The Beatles, and Frank Sinatra is imploded; closed in 2017 after an electrical fire
- 2023-05-09 George Harrison's "Here Comes The Sun" becomes 1st Beatles song to register a billion streams on Spotify, it is also the oldest song to do so
- 2023-07-07 NASA beams Ringo Starr’s voice wishing “peace and love" across the universe via the Deep Space Network in honor of his 83rd birthday
- 2023-11-02 Apple Records release the last Beatles song "Now and Then" as a double A-sided single, backed with their first "From Me To You"; the new song was built from an unfinished 1978 John Lennon demo and 1995 attempt to complete it that had been abandoned due to technical issues, resolved by new technology [1]
- 2023-11-10 The Beatles single "Now and Then" hits #1 in the British singles chart, a record 54 years after their last #1 single [1]