- 1902
| Jul 07 | James McCartney father of Beatle (Paul), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1922
| Feb 21 | Murray "the K" Kaufman NYC DJ (5th Beatle), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1926
| Jan 03 | George Martin Rock and Roll Hall of Fame record producer, arranger, keyboard: group: The Beatles; AIR Studios | Ref: 4 |
- 1933
| Feb 18 | Yoko Ono Lennon [Mrs John Lennon], Tokyo Japan, singer(?), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1934
| Sep 19 | Brian Epstein talent manager: The Beatles; is born. | Ref: 4 |
- 1940
| Jul 07 | Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) drummer: group: The Beatles; singer: It Don’t Come Easy, Photograph, You’re Sixteen; actor: Candy, The Magic Christian, Blindman, Caveman, Give My Regards to Broad Street; married to actress, Barbara Bach, is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 09 | Rock musician-songwriter John Lennon was born in Liverpool, England. | Ref: 70 |
| Oct 15 | Rock musician-songwriter John Lennon was born in Liverpool, England. | Ref: 5 |
- 1941
| Sep 24 | Linda Eastman McCartney NYC, Mrs Paul McCartney, rocker (Wings-Ram), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 24 | Pete (Randolph) Best musician: drums: original Beatle pre-Ringo Starr; autobiography: Beatle! | Ref: 4 |
- 1942
| Jun 18 | (James) Paul McCartney Grammy Award-winning [1990] musician, songwriter, singer: group: The Beatles: 49 hits: She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand, Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band; group: Wings: 35 hits: Another Day, Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey, My Love, Live and Let Die, Band on the Run, Listen to What the Man Said, Silly Love Songs, Let ’Em In, Ebony & Ivory [w/Stevie Wonder], The Girl is Mine [w/Michael Jackson]; actor: Yellow Submarine, A Hard Day’s Night, Help!, Let It Be, Magical Mystery Tour, Give My Regards to Broad Street; inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [3-15-1999], is born. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 08 | Paul McCartney, songwriter and singer, member of the Beatles, is born. | Ref: 2 |
- 1943
| Feb 25 | George Harrison, Liverpool England, rocker (My Sweet Lord, Beatles-Something, Traveling Wilburys-End of the Line), is born. | Ref: 68 |
- 1944
| Jan 07 | Mike McGear Liverpool, singer (Paul McCartney's brother), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 17 | Patti Boyd Somerset England, (Mrs George Harrison/Mrs Eric Clapton), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1946
| Apr 05 | Jane Asher, Paul McCartney's former girlfriend/actress (Deep End), is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 04 | Maureen Cox Starkey first wife of Beatle Ringo Starr, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 09 | Billy Preston singer/pianist, the 5th Beatle (David Brenner Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1947
| Aug 27 | Barbara Bach (Goldbach), Ringo Starr's second wife, actress: Caveman, Princess Daisy, Give My Regards to Broadstreet, The Spy Who Loved Me, is born in Queens NY. | Ref: 68 |
- 1956
| Jun 15 | John Lennon (15) & Paul McCartney (13) meet for the first time as Lennon's rock group The Quarrymen perform at a church dinner. | Ref: 5 |
- 1957
| Jan 16 | The Cavern Club opens for business in Liverpool, England. About 5 years later, the Beatles would become the house band. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 06 | John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time at a at a picnic at St. Peter's Church near Liverpool where Lennon was playing with his band "The Quarrymen". | |
- 1958
| Jul 15 | Julia Lennon mother of Beatle John, dies in an auto accident. | Ref: 5 |
- 1959
| Dec 25 | Richard Starkey [Ringo Starr] receives his first drum set. | Ref: 5 |
- 1961
| Mar 21 | The Beatles made their debut in an appearance at Liverpool’s Cavern Club, where they became regulars in a matter of months. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 22 | Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody's Child & My Bonnie, in Hamburg. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 24 | Beatles record "If You Love Me Baby". | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 02 | Beatles perform their first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 28 | Brian Epstein, a record store owner in London, is asked by a customer for a copy of the record, "My Bonnie", by a group known as The Silver Beatles. He didn’t have it in stock so he went to the Cavern Club to check out the group. He signed to manage them in a matter of days and renamed them The Beatles. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 03 | Beatles meet future manager Brian Epstein. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 13 | Beatles sign a formal agreement to be managed by Brian Epstein. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 18 | Britain's EMI Records originally rejects the Beatles. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 21 | Beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" & "Ready Teddy". | Ref: 5 |
- 1962
| Jan 01 | Beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 05 | Tony Sheridan & Beatles produce "My Bonnie" & "The Saints". | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 24 | Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 11 | First recording session in England for new band-The Beatles; "Please Please Me" recorded in 1 day. | Ref: 10 |
| Mar 08 | The Beatles performed for the first time on the BBC in Great Britain. John, Paul, George and ... Pete Best sang Dream Baby on the show, Teenager’s Turn on ‘Auntie Beeb’ (as the BBC was known). | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 10 | Stuart Sutcliffe original Beatles bassist, dies of brain hemorrhage at 21. | Ref: 5 |
| May 09 | The Beatles inked their first recording contract. George Martin was hired to be the group’s producer and the band would record for EMI Parlophone. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 06 | Beatles meet their producer George Martin for the first time and record "Besame Mucho" with Peter Best on drums. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 16 | Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles, handed drummer Pete Best his walking papers. Best had been with the group for 2½ years. Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) was picked to take his place. One month later, the group recorded, Love Me Do. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 17 | Beatles replace Pete Best with Ringo Starr. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 18 | Ringo Starr joins Beatles;debut at Cavern Club, Liverpool. (Some say Horticultural Society dance) | Ref: 10 |
| Aug 23 | John Lennon marries Cynthia Powell. | |
| Sep 04 | Beatles record "How Do You Do It". | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 11 | Ringo Starr joined John, Paul, George and Andy to record Love Me Do at Abbey Road, London, England. “Who’s Andy?” you ask. Andy White, that’s who, recruited as drummer for this session. “Then, what did Ringo do?” you ask. He handled the tambourine, that’s what. It took 17 takes to complete Love Me Do to everyone’s satisfaction. P.S. I Love You was recorded the same day, with Andy on drums again, and Ringo manning the maracas this time. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 01 | Brian Epstein signs a contract to manage the Beatles through 1977. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 05 | The Beatles' first hit, "Love Me Do," was first released in the United Kingdom. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 17 | Though the ‘Fab Four’ would appear on both radio and television, on what they would call ‘Auntie Beeb’ (the BBC), The Beatles made their first appearance this day on Great Britain’s Granada TV Network. The show from Manchester, England was "People and Places". | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 26 | Beatles tape "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why". | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 26 | First recording session under the name "Beatles". | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 17 | Beatles first British TV appearance (People & Places). | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 19 | Bettina Huebers Hamburg German Federal Republic, illegitimate daughter of Paul McCartney, is born. | Ref: 5 |
- 1963
| Jan 11 | Beatles release "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why". | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 02 | Helen Shapiro begins tour (Beatles are part of the undercard). | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 11 | Beatles tape 10 tracks for their 1st album, including "Please, Please Me" | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | Ken Lynch records "Misery", first Lennon-McCartney song by someone else. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 16 | The Beatles moves to the top of the British rock charts with "Please, Please Me" exactly one month after the record was released. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 22 | Beatles begin their own music publishing company (Northern Songs). | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | Please Please Me was the second record released in the U.S. by The Beatles. Some labels carried a famous misprint, making it an instant, and valuable, collector’s item. The label listed the group as The Beattles. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 05 | Beatles record "From Me to You" & "Thank You Girl". | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 09 | Beatles began first British tour, supporting Tommy Roe & Chris Montez. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 12 | Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 22 | Beatles release first album, "Please Please Me". | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 22 | The Beatles release their 1st album, "Please Please Me". | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 05 | Beatles recieve their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me). | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 08 | Julian Lennon John's son/singer (Too Late for Goodbyes), is born (of John Lennon and Cynthia). | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 12 | Beatles "From Me to You" is released in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 14 | George Harrison is impressed by the unsigned group "Rolling Stones". | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 21 | The Beatles and The Rolling Stones met for the first time together, at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, England. The Stones opened show. | Ref: 4 |
| May 10 | Decca signs the Rolling Stones on advice of Beatle George Harrison | Ref: 2 |
| Jun 04 | First transmission of "Pop Go the Beatles" on BBC radio. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 20 | Beatles form "Beatles Ltd" to handle their income. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 27 | Bill J Kramer & Dakotas record Lennon & McCartney "I Call Your Name". | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 29 | Beatles' first song "From Me to You" hits the UK charts. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 01 | Beatles record "She Loves You" & "I'll Get You". | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 05 | First Beatle tune to hit US charts, Del Shannon "From Me to You" at #87. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 15 | Paul McCartney is fined œ17 for speeding. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 22 | The Beatles release "Introducing the Beatles". | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 01 | The Beatles Book is sold out on its first day of sale. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 03 | The Beatles make their final appearance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England. The group was about to leave its hometown behind for unprecedented world-wide fame and fortune. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 23 | Beatles release "She Loves You" in the UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 23 | Ringo admits he wrote a song "Don't Pass Me By". | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 25 | Paul McCartney is fined œ31 & 1 yr suspended license for speeding. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 07 | 1st US TV appearance of the Beatles (Big Night Out-ABC). | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 16 | She Loves You was recorded by The Beatles the Swan label. It was the first record recorded by The Beatles; but the second single by the ‘Fab Four’ to hit #1. I Want to Hold Your Hand, was the group’s first #1 song and million seller (on Capitol). It beat She Loves You to the top spot by just a few weeks. Other Beatles hits were also recorded on Capitol (Capitol had rejected She Loves You) and Swan labels; but the Beatles liked variety -- so add these record companies to the Beatles list of recording labels: Vee-Jay, MGM, Tollie, United Artists, Atco, E.M.I., Parlaphone and Apple. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 13 | Beatlemania hit the London Palladium. The Beatles made their first appearance on a major TV show -- for the BBC. Thousands of delirious fans jammed the streets outside the theatre to voice their support of the Fab Four. A few months later, Beatlemania would sweep the U.S. as well. Yeah, yeah, yeah! | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 19 | Beatles record "I Want to Hold Your Hand". | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 25 | Beatles begin their first full foreign tour in Sweden. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 29 | "Meet the Beatles" booklet is published. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 31 | Ed Sullivan witnesses the Beatles & their fans at London Airport. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 04 | The Beatles played a Royal Command Performance as part of an evening of entertainment for Queen Elizabeth at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London. David Frost was the emcee. John Lennon utters his infamous "Rattle your jewelry" line. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 22 | Beatles release their 2nd album "With the Beatles" in the UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 28 | Beatles "She Loves You" returns to #1 on UK record chart. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 29 | Beatles release "I Want to Hold Your Hand". | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 06 | Beatles begin a tradition of releasing a Christmas record for fans. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 13 | Capitol records signs right of first refusal agreement with the Beatles. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 13 | Beatles sign a formal agreement to be managed by Brian Epstein. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 26 | Capitol Records rushed to release its first single by the Fab Four, otherwise known as The Beatles. I Want to Hold Your Hand, backed with I Saw Her Standing There, reached #1 on February 1, 1964. The flood of music by John, Paul, George and Ringo had started the British Invasion; changing contemporary music forever. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 29 | Much to the chagrin of the disc jockeys at 50,000-watt WABC in NY, the 5,000-watt blowtorch known as WMCA and its famed ‘Good Guys’ became the first NY radio station to play the Beatles’ I Want to Hold Your Hand. It didn’t take long for WABC to get revenge. It started calling itself the ‘official’ Beatles station (W-A-Beatle-C). | Ref: 4 |
- 1964
| Jan 03 | Jack Paar Show, shows a clip of the Beatles singing "She Loves You". | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 11 | Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is #80 in US (Cashbox). | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 18 | Beatles 1st appearance in Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand-#35). | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 20 | This was a big day in U.S. record stores as the first album by The Beatles was released. The LP, "Meet the Beatles", became a huge success and was #1 on the charts by February 15, 1964. The British Invasion had begun. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 25 | The Beatles reached the #1 spot on the music charts, as their hit single, I Want to Hold Your Hand, grabbed the top position in Cash Box magazine, as well as on the list of hits on scores of radio stations. It was the first #1 hit for the Beatles. Billboard listed the song as #1 on February 1. The group’s second #1 hit song, She Loves You, was also released this day -- but not on Capitol Records. It was on Swan Records (#4152). Other songs by The Beatles were released on Vee Jay (Please, Please Me), M-G-M (My Bonnie with Tony Sheridan), Tollie (Twist and Shout), Atco (Ain’t She Sweet) and the group’s own label, Apple Records, as well as Capitol. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 27 | "Introducing the Beatles" album released in US. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 29 | Beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Diene Hand" & "Sie Leibt Dich". | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 01 | Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" first #1 hit & stays #1 for 7 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 03 | The British group, The Beatles, received its first gold record award for the single, I Want To Hold Your Hand. The group also won a gold LP award for "Meet The Beatles". The album had been released in the United States only 14 days earlier. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 07 | Rock 'n' roll's British invasion began when the Beatles were greeted by thousands of screaming fans on their arrival in New York for their first American tour. | Ref: 70 |
| Feb 09 | The Beatles make the first of three record-breaking appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show (live). As of 1995, this is the 5th highest rated television show with an average audience of 45.3%. | Ref: 34 |
| Feb 10 | The press reported on this day that “millions of teenage boys are spending extra time in front of the mirror trying to make their hair look like Paul McCartney’s...,” following an appearance of The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show the night before. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 11 | Beatles first live appearance in US; Washington DC Coliseum. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 12 | The Beatles play two concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York City, concluding a very successful American tour. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 15 | Beatles' "Meet the Beatles!," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 11 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 16 | Beatles' 2nd appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show". | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 19 | UK flies ½ ton of Beatle wigs to US. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | UK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 22 | Beatles arrive back in England after their first US visit. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 21 | Beatles' "She Loves You" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 01 | John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 03 | Beatles hold the top 6 spots on the Sydney Australia record charts. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 04 | Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 04 | The Beatles set an all-time record on the Top 100 chart of Billboard magazine this day. All five of the top songs were by the British rock group. In addition, The Beatles also had the number one album as Meet the Beatles continued to lead all others. The LP was the top album from February 15 through May 2, when it was replaced by The Beatles Second Album. It was estimated at the time that The Beatles accounted for 60 percent of the entire singles record business during the first three months of 1964. The top five singles by The Beatles this day were: 1) Can’t Buy Me Love, 2) Twist and Shout, 3) She Loves You, 4) I Want to Hold Your Hand, 5) Please Please Me. “What song was number six?” you ask. Suspicion by Terry Stafford. Hey, we don’t leave anything out. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 27 | John Lennon's "In His Own Write" is published in the US. | Ref: 5 |
| May 02 | Beatles' "Second Album" goes #1 & stays #1 for for 5 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| May 18 | David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on the BBC. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan. | Ref: 5 |
| May 30 | Beatles 1961 record of "Cry for a Shadow" is #1 in Australia. | Ref: 5 |
| May 30 | Beatles' "Love Me Do" single goes #1. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 03 | Ringo Starr collapses from tonsilitis & pharyngitis. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 04 | Beatles "World Tour" begins in Copenhagen Denmark. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 26 | A Hard Day’s Night was released by United Artists Records. The album featured all original material by The Beatles and became the top album in the country by July 25, 1964. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 02 | Celia Black records Beatle's "Its For You," McCartney plays piano. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 06 | Beatles' film "Hard Day's Night" premiers in London. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 25 | Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 14 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 01 | Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 05 | Beatles record "Leave My Kitten Alone". | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 11 | Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" opens in NYC. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 19 | The Beatles began their first North American concert tour. They would visit 26 cities. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 25 | The Beatles received a gold record for their hit single "A Hard Day’s Night". This was their 3rd of 18. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 28 | The Beatles appeared on the cover of LIFE magazine. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 11 | George Harrison forms Mornyork Ltd music publishing company. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 17 | Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (KS). | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 20 | Paramount theater (NYC) presented the Beatles & Steve & Eydie. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 24 | Ringo forms Brikley Building Company Ltd. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 08 | Ringo Starr takes & passes his driving test | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 23 | Beatles release "I Feel Fine" & "She's a Woman". | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 27 | "Introducing the Beatles" album released in US. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 02 | Ringo Starr's tonsils are removed. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 04 | Beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 07 | George Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | George Harrison's girlfriend Patti Boyd attacked by female Beatle fans. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 26 | Beatles' "I Feel Fine" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
- 1965
| Jan 09 | The Beatles’ Beatles ’65 was the number-one album in the U.S. for the first of nine straight weeks (thru Mar 6). The tracks were: No Reply, I’m a Loser, Baby’s in Black, Rock and Roll Music, I’ll Follow the Sun, Mr. Moonlight, Honey Don’t, I’ll Be Back, She’s a Woman, I Feel Fine, and Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 20 | The Beatles appear on Shindig (ABC-TV). | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 07 | George Harrison of the Beatles, has his tonsils removed. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 09 | "Beatles' '65" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 11 | Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | John Lennon passes his driving test. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 20 | Beatles record "That Means a Lot". | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 22 | Filming begins for the Beatles’ second movie, HELP!, in the Bahamas. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 24 | Beatles begin filming "Help" in the Bahamas. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 13 | Beatles' "Eight Days a Week" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 17 | Beatles announce their film is named "8 Arms to Hold on to You" (Help). | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | Beatles "Ticket to Ride" is released in UK. | Ref: 5 |
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| May 01 | Beatles give their last live performance in England at Wembley Stadium. | Ref: 10 |
| May 09 | Beatles attend a Bob Dylan concert. | Ref: 5 |
| May 22 | The Beatles got their eighth consecutive number one hit as Ticket to Ride rode to the top of the singles list. The song topped the charts for one week. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 12 | The Queen of England announced that The Beatles would receive the coveted MBE Award. The Order of the British Empire recognition had previously been bestowed only upon British military heroes, many of whom were so infuriated by the news, they returned their medals to the Queen. In fact, John Lennon wasn’t terribly impressed with receiving the honor. He returned it (for other reasons) four years later. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 14 | Beatles release the album "Beatles VI". | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 14 | John Lennon's 2nd book "A Spaniard in the Works" is published. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 10 | Beatles' "Beatles' "VI," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 23 | Beatles "Help" is released in the UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 29 | The Queen of England attended the premiere of the motion picture, Help!, starring The Beatles. The command performance was held at the London Pavilion. The film later earned first prize at the Rio De Janeiro Film Festival in Brazil. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 06 | Beatles release "Help" album in UK | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 11 | Beatles movie "Help" opens in NYC. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 14 | Beatles tape an appearance for the Ed Sullivan Show. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 23 | The U.S. premiere of the motion picture Help!, starring The Beatles, was held for thousands of moviegoers wanting to see the group’s first color motion picture. Their first film, A Hard Day’s Night, had been produced in black and white. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 02 | The Beatles received a gold record for their single Help!, from the movie of the same name. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 04 | Beatles' "Help!," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 11 | Beatles' "Help!," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 13 | Beatles release "Yesterday". | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 13 | Zak Starr is born (of Ringo Starr and Maureen). (XDG, p 4A, 9/13/2000) | Ref: 83 |
| Sep 25 | Beatle cartoon show begins in the US. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 09 | Beatles' "Yesterday," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 20 | The Beatles received a gold record for the single, "Yesterday". This song marked the first time a cello was used in a pop hit. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 26 | The Beatles received MBE medals from the Queen of England, as they became Members of the British Empire. Ceremonies were held at Buckingham Palace. John Lennon returned his medal four years later in protest of Britain’s involvement in the Nigerian Civil War. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 03 | Beatles begin final UK concert tour in Glasgow. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 12 | Beatles last Great Britain concert (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff Wales). | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 26 | Paul McCartney is interviewed on pirate radio station Radio Caroline. | Ref: 5 |
- 1966
| Jan 08 | Beatles' "We Can Work It Out" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 08 | The Beatles LP, Rubber Soul, began a 6-week reign at the top of the album chart. This was the seventh Beatles LP to reach the #1 position since February 1964. Rubber Soul stayed on the charts for 56 weeks. The other #1 albums for the Fab Four to that date were: Meet the Beatles, The Beatles Second Album, A Hard Day’s Night, Beatles ’65, Beatles VI and Help!. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 21 | George Harrison of the Beatles married Patricia (Patty) Anne Boyd in Surrey, England. The two met on the set of the movie, A Hard Day’s Night. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 28 | The famous Cavern Club in Liverpool, England closed because of financial difficulties. During its peak of success, the club was best known as the home of The Beatles. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 04 | London's "Evening Standard" newspaper published an interview with Beatle John Lennon in which he remarked: 'Christianity will... vanish and shrink... We're more popular than Jesus Christ right now.' The quote touched off a storm of international protest, resulting in burnings and boycotts of the Beatles' records. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 25 | Beatles pose with mutilated dolls & butchered meat for the cover of the "Yesterday & Today" album, It is later pulled. | Ref: 5 |
| May 01 | Last British concert by the Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley). | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | The Beatles release "Paperback Writer". | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 01 | George Harrison is impressed by Ravi Shankar's concert in London. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 10 | The first use of reversed tape was heard in the song Rain (or niaR) by The Beatles. The tune was the ‘B’ side of Paperback Writer. The technique was discovered and refined by John Lennon -- by accident. It was used in several other songs by the group. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 25 | Beatles' "Paperback Writer," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 30 | Beatles land in Tokyo for a concert tour. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 23 | Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 30 | Beatles' "Yesterday... & Today," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 30 | Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 31 | Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 04 | John Lennon states "the Beatles are more popular than Jesus" | Ref: 62 |
| Aug 05 | Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" & "Eleanor Rigby" in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 05 | Beatles release "Revolver" album in US. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 08 | Beatles' release "Revolver". | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 08 | South Arican Broadcasting bans Beatles (Lennon's anti-Jesus remark). | Ref: 2 |
| Aug 11 | Last Beatle concert tour of the US begins. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 12 | The last tour for the Beatles began at the International Amphitheater in Chicago; and John Lennon apologized for boasting that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ. London’s Catholic Herald said Lennon’s comment was “arrogant ... but probably true.” | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 29 | The Beatles performed at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, CA. It was the group’s last live appearance before they disbanded in 1970. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 09 | John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at an avante-garde art exposition. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 10 | Beatles' "Revolver," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 12 | The Beatles received a gold record this day for Yellow Submarine. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 04 | London's "Evening Standard" newspaper published John Lennon's controversial remark stating that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus." The quote touched off a storm of controversy and international protest, resulting in a worldwide boycott of Beatles music. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 16 | Beatles release "Everywhere it's Christmas" in the UK | Ref: 5 |
- 1967
| Jan 27 | Beatles sign a 9 year worldwide contract with EMI records. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 17 | Beatles release "Penny Lane" & "Strawberry Fields". | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 18 | Beatles' "Penny Lane" single goes #1. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | Cover picture of Beatles' "Sergeant Pepper" is photographed. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't). | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | BBC bans Beatle's "A Day in the Life" (drug references). | Ref: 5 |
| May 25 | John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelic painted Rolls Royce. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 01 | The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was released. One of the first critically-acclaimed rock albums, Sgt. Pepper’s became the number one album in the world and was at the top of the U.S. album list for 15 weeks. (See June 2 TWtD for more on Sgt. Pepper’s.) | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 02 | The Beatles’ album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, was released in the US (on Capitol) this day -- one day after its release in the U.K. (on Parlophone). The world is still humming and singing along and tapping fingers and toes to the likes of A Day in the Life, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, With a Little Help From My Friends, When I'm Sixty-Four, She’s Leaving Home, the title song and several others. It had taken the Fab Four only 12 hours to record their first album, Please, Please Me. It took the supergroup 700 hours to complete Sgt. Pepper’s. And, who are all of those characters on the cover of the album? See http://www.triskelion-ltd.com/beatfaq.html#Q27 for the answers. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 19 | Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 25 | 400 million watch Beatles "Our World" TV special. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 28 | George Harrison is fined œ6 for speeding. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 01 | Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," goes #1 for 15 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 07 | Beatles' "All You Need is Love" is released. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 24 | Beatles sign a petition in The Times to legalize marijuana. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 19 | Beatles' "All You Need is Love," single goes #1. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 19 | Jason Starr is born (of Ringo Starr and Maureen). | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 27 | Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles, was found dead in his London flat from an overdose of sleeping pills. | Ref: 68 |
| Oct 07 | Beatles turn down $1 million NY concert offer by Sid Berstein. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 11 | Yoko Plus Me art exhibit opens in London (the me is John Lennon). | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 17 | Memorial service for Brian Epstein at New London Synagogue. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 08 | The first solo movie by a Beatle opens in the U.S. It was John Lennon’s "How I Won the War". | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 17 | Beatles Ltd & Apple Music Ltd swap names. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 22 | BBC unofficially bans "I am the Walrus" by the Beatles. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 27 | The Beatles released their Magical Mystery Tour album -- and the world began singing along to: Magical Mystery Tour, The Fool on the Hill, Flying, Blue Jay Way, Your Mother Should Know, I Am the Walrus, Hello Goodbye, Strawberry Fields Forever, Penny Lane, Baby You’re a Rich Man and All You Need is Love. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 27 | Beatles sign a 9 year worldwide contract with EMI records. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 05 | Beatles clothing store "Apple" on 94 Baker Street, London, opens. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 08 | Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour" album is released in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 11 | Beatles' Apple Music signs its first group-Grapefruit. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 15 | Beatles release "Christmas Time is Here Again". | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 25 | Paul McCartney & Jane Asher get engaged. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 30 | Beatles' "Hello Goodbye" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
- 1968
| Jan 06 | Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 12 | Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 16 | Beatles George Harrison & John Lennon & wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 29 | The Beatles win a Grammy Award for their album "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band." | Ref: 2 |
| Mar 13 | Beatles release "Lady Madonna" in the UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 02 | Beatles form Python Music Ltd | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 08 | The Beatles went gold again, receiving a gold record for the single, Lady Madonna. | Ref: 4 |
| May 14 | Beatles announce formation of Apple Corp. | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | Paul McCartney & John Lennon appear on Johnny Carson Show to promote Apple records, Joe Garagiola is the substitute host. | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | "Wonderwall" with George Harrison premieres at Cannes Film Festival. | Ref: 5 |
| May 21 | Paul McCartney & Jane Asher attend an Andy Williams concert. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | Beatles open 2nd Apple Boutique at 161 New Kings Road, London. | Ref: 5 |
| May 30 | Beatles begin work on their only double album "The Beatles". | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 15 | John Lennon & Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 01 | John Lennon's first full art exhibition (You are Here). | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 05 | John Lennon sells his psychedelic painted Rolls-Royce. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 17 | The Beatles’ feature-length cartoon, Yellow Submarine, premiered at the London Pavilion. The song, Yellow Submarine, had been a #2 hit for the supergroup (9/17/66) and was the inspiration for the movie. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 20 | Jane Asher breaks her engagement with Paul McCartney on live TV. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 31 | Beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 11 | The Beatles launched their new record label, Apple. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 22 | Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 23 | Ringo quits the Beatles over a disagreement, temporarily. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 30 | The Beatles record their first songs for their own Apple label. The initial session included the big hits Revolution and Hey Jude. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 30 | John and Yoko Lennon hosted the One on One concert in New York’s Madison Square Garden. Over $250,000 was raised to aid mentally retarded children. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 31 | Private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon & Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude on the cover | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 28 | The Beatles rode the nearly seven-minute-long Hey Jude to the top of the charts for a nine week-run starting this day. Talk about your microgroove recording! Copies of this Apple release were shipped by the dozen to radio stations because the platters wore out after just a few plays. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 10 | George Harrison forms Singsong Ltd. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 11 | John Lennon & Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 18 | John Lennon & Yoko One are fined œ150 for marijuana possession when police find 219 grains of cannabis resin in their apt. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 25 | Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon's baby. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 31 | Linda Eastman moves to UK permanently. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 01 | George Harrison’s soundtrack LP, Wonderwall, was released. It was the first solo album by one of The Beatles. The album was also the first on the new Apple label. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 11 | John Lennon & Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 13 | This was a good day for The Beatles. Their movie, Yellow Submarine, premiered in the U.S. and the single, Hey Jude, topped the pop music charts. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 21 | Yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 22 | Beatles release "The Beatles," (White Album) in the UK, their only double album. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 28 | John Lennon is fined œ150 for unauthorized drug possession. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 29 | John & Yoko release their first album "Two Virgins" in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 28 | The (double) album named The Beatles (called by most, The White Album) was #1 in the U.S. It was the Beatles’ first album on their own Apple label and was #1 for nine weeks. The tracks: Back in the U.S.S.R., Dear Prudence, Glass Onion, Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, Wild Honey Pie, The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Martha My Dear, I’m So Tired, Blackbird, Piggies, Rocky Raccoon, Don’t Pass Me By, Why Don’t We Do It in the Road, I Will, Julia, Birthday, Yer Blues, Mother Nature’s Son, Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey, Sexy Sadie, Helter Skelter, Long, Long, Long, Revolution I, Honey Pie, Savoy Truffle, Cry Baby Cry, Revolution 9, and Good Night. | Ref: 4 |
- 1969
| Jan 03 | 30,000 copies of the John Lennon, Yoko Ono album, Two Virgins, were confiscated by police in Newark, NJ. You remember the nude photo of John and Yoko on the cover, don’t you? That photo violated pornography laws in Jersey. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 13 | Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 17 | The Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 22 | Billy Preston becomes the 5th Beatle. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 30 | The Beatles made their last public appearance -- at a free concert at their Apple corporate headquarters in London. The group recorded Get Back; and were also filmed for the movie Let It Be. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 04 | Beatles appoint Eastman & Eastman, as general counsel to Apple. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 13 | Mary Hopkin's Postcard album on Apple is released. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | Beatles begin recording for the Abbey Road album . | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 01 | After 88 weeks Sergeant Pepper drops off the charts. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 12 | 120 joints found at George & Patti Harrison's home. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 12 | Paul McCartney marries Linda Louise Eastman in London. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 20 | Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono at the Rock of Gibraltar on this day. Lennon called the location, “quiet, friendly and British.” He was the second Beatle to marry in eight days. Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman were wed a week earlier. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 21 | John & Yoko stage their first bed-in for peace (Amsterdam Hilton). | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 25 | John Lennon and Yoko Ono stage a bed-in for peace in Amsterdam. | Ref: 2 |
| Mar 31 | George Harrison & Patti Boyd are fined £250 each for illegal drugs. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 24 | Paul McCartney says their is no truth to the rumours he is dead. | Ref: 5 |
| May 24 | Beatles' "Get Back" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| May 26 | John & Yoko begin their 2nd bed-in (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montréal). | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | John Lennon and Yoko Ono record "Give Peace a Chance." | Ref: 2 |
| Jun 14 | John & Yoko appear on David Frost's British TV Show. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 01 | John & Yoko are hospitilized after a car crash. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 04 | "Give Peace a Chance" by Plastic Ono Band is released in the UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 28 | Mary McCartney daughter of Beatle Paul McCartney, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 13 | John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, presented the Plastic Ono Band in concert for the first time. The appearance at the Toronto Peace Festival was Lennon’s first in four years. The first hit by the new group, Give Peace a Chance, made it to number 14 on the charts. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 23 | The London Daily Mirror became a rumormonger. It printed a story saying that Beatle Paul McCartney was dead. It was the first, but not the last, time that rumor would make the rounds. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 23 | Northern Star starts rumor that Paul McCartney is dead. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 26 | The Beatles walked the road toward a hit LP for the last time, as Abbey Road was released in London. The 13th and last album for the ‘fab four’ zoomed quickly to the #1 spot on the charts and stayed there for 11 weeks. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 11 | Beatles with Billy Preston release "Get Back" in the UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 12 | Yoko Ono suffers another miscarriage. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 17 | Plastic Ono Band's "Cold Turkey" is released in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 31 | George Harrison's "Something" is released in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 01 | Abbey Road, by The Beatles, was #1 on U.S. album charts. Although Let It Be was the last Beatles album of new material to be released, Abbey Road was, in fact, the last album The Beatles recorded. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 07 | John & Yoko release their 2nd album "Wedding Album" in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 11 | Beatles with Billy Preston release "Get Back" in the UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 25 | John Lennon returns his MBE. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 29 | Beatles' "Come Together," single goes #1. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 03 | John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 15 | Plastic Ono Band, play their only concert at London's Lyceum Ballroom. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 16 | "War is Over! If You Want It, Happy Christmas from John & Yoko" posters begin appearing | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 19 | Beatle's 7th Christmas album is released. | Ref: 5 |
- 1970
| Jan 03 | The Beatles record "I Me Mine". It was the last song they record together. (XDG, p 4A, 1/3/2001) | Ref: 83 |
| Jan 04 | The Beatles conduct their last recording session at EMI studios. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 11 | John Lennon pays £1,344 fines for 96 protesting the South African rugby team playing in Scotland. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 26 | Beatles release "Beatles Again" aka "Hey Jude" album. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 06 | Beatles release "Let it Be" in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 21 | The Beatles established a new record. Let It Be entered the Billboard chart at number six. This was` the highest debuting position ever for a record. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 27 | Ringo releases his 1st solo album "Sentimental Journey". | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 01 | John Lennon & Yoko Ono release hoax they are having dual sex change operations. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | Paul McCartney announces the official break-up of the Beatles. | Ref: 2 |
| Apr 10 | Officially resigning from The Beatles, Paul McCartney disbanded the most influential rock group in history at a public news conference. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 11 | Beatles' "Let It Be," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | The breakup of the most influential rock group in music history was official when Paul McCartney’s solo LP, McCartney, was released. Paul played all the instruments himself on this Apple album. | Ref: 4 |
| May 07 | "Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release. | Ref: 5 |
| May 08 | The Beatles release "Let it Be" album | Ref: 2 |
| May 13 | Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres. | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | Beatles' last LP, "Let It Be" is released in US. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | The Beatles' "Let it Be" movie premieres in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 13 | Beatles' "Let It Be," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 13 | Beatles' "Long & Winding Road," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 20 | The Long and Winding Road, by The Beatles, started a second week in the number one spot on the pop music charts. The tune was the last one to be released by The Beatles. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 07 | Louise Harrison mother of Beatle George, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 04 | George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 25 | Ringo releases his "Beaucoups of Blues" album. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 11 | Lee Parkin Starsky daughter of Ringo, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 11 | Lee Parkin Starsky daughter of Ringo, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 17 | Lee Starr is born (of Ringo Starr and Maureen). | |
| Nov 27 | George Harrison releases 3 album set "All Things Must Pass". | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 30 | George Harrison releases his triple album set "All Things Must Pass". | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 14 | George Harrison received a gold record for his single, My Sweet Lord. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 30 | Paul McCartney sues the other three Beatles to dissolve the partnership and gain control of his interest. The suit touched off a bitter feud between McCartney and the others, especially his cowriter on many of the Beatles compositions, John Lennon. The partnership officially came to end in 1974. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 31 | Paul McCartney files a lawsuit to dissolve the Beatles. | Ref: 5 |
- 1971
| Jan 02 | George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass was number one on U.S. album charts. Harrison was the first ex-Beatle to hit #1 with a solo album. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 15 | George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord". | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 20 | John Lennon meets Yoko Ono's parents in Japan. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 22 | John & Yoko record "Power to the People". | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 31 | "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison hit #1 on UK pop chart. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 19 | Paul McCartney releases "Another Day" in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 23 | George Harrison is fined & his driving license is suspended for 1 year as a result of several speeding tickets and a dispute with the police. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 03 | South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | Ringo releases "It Don't Come Easy" in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album "Ram". | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 09 | Paul McCartney's album "Ram" goes gold. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 30 | George Harrison releases "Bangladesh". | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 01 | The Concert for Bangladesh was held at Madison Square Garden in NY City. George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Ravi Shankar and Billy Preston performed. A multirecord set commemorating the event was a super sales success. Together, the concert and the album raised over $11 million to help the starving minions of Bangladesh. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 03 | Paul McCartney formed a new band called Wings. Joining McCartney in the group were Denny Laine, formerly of The Moody Blues, Denny Seilwell and McCartney’s wife, Linda. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 13 | Paul & Linda McCartney release "The Back Seat of My Car". | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 03 | John Lennon leaves the UK for NYC, never to return. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 09 | John Lennon & Yoko Ono appear on the Dick Cavett Show (ABC-TV). | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 09 | John Lennon releases the "Imagine" album. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 13 | Stella Nina McCartney daughter of Paul & Linda McCartney, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 21 | John Lennon & Yoko Ono are Dick Cavett's only guest. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 08 | John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine". | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 14 | It was John and Yoko Day on The Dick Cavett Show on ABC. The couple promoted Lennon’s new LP (Imagine) and film (Imagine) and Yoko’s book, two films and a fine arts show. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 28 | John & Yoko record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in NYC. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 07 | Wings release their first album "Wild Life". | Ref: 5 |
- 1972
| Feb 01 | Wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 04 | Senator Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 14 | John & Yoko co-host "Mike Douglas Show" for entire week. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 18 | John & Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 19 | Paul McCartney's "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" banned in Britain | Ref: 62 |
| Feb 25 | Paul McCartney releases "Give Ireland back to the Irish" single. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 28 | George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 16 | John & Yoko are served with deportation papers. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 17 | Ringo releases "Back of Bugaloo" in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 31 | Official Beatles Fan Club closes down. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 27 | NYC Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported. | Ref: 5 |
| May 11 | John Lennon says his phone is tapped by the FBI on Dick Cavett Show. | Ref: 5 |
| May 12 | Paul McCartney & Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb". | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 12 | John Lennon's political "Sometime in NYC" released including "Woman is the Nigger of the World" "Attica State" & "Luck of the Irish" | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 09 | Paul McCartney appeared on stage for the first time since 1966 as his group, Wings, opened at Chateauvillon in the south of France. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 11 | Former Beatle Paul McCartney debuts new band Wings at Toulon in the South of France. | Ref: 10 |
| Aug 18 | Police fine Paul & Linda McCartney $800 in Sweden cannabis possession. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 06 | John & Yoko appear on Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 20 | Police find cannabis growing on Paul & Linda McCartney's farm. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 30 | BBC bans Wings "Hi, Hi, Hi". | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 01 | Wings release "Hi, Hi, Hi" in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 16 | Paul McCartney’s single, Hi, Hi, Hi, was released. It peaked at #10 on the top tune tabulation (February 3, 1973). | Ref: 4 |
- 1973
| Mar 08 | Paul & Linda McCartney are fined £100 for growing cannabis. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 23 | Yoko Ono is granted permanent residence in US. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 01 | John & Yoko form a new country with no laws or boundaries, called Nutopia, its national anthem is silence. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | Former Beatle, Paul McCartney, leading the group, Wings, starred in his first TV special titled, James Paul McCartney. The show featured the new group, including Paul’s wife, Linda (on keyboards and backing vocals). | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 30 | Paul McCartney releases "Red Rose Speedway" including "My Love". | Ref: 5 |
| May 04 | Wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| May 25 | George Harrison releases "Give Me Love" in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| May 26 | Beatles' "The Beatles 1967-1970" album goes #1. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 01 | Paul McCartney & Wings release "Live & Let Die". | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 22 | George Harrison releases "Living in the Material World". | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 25 | George Harrison pays £1,000,000 tax on his Bangladesh concert & album. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 09 | Henry McCullough & Denny Seiwell quit Wings | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 19 | Ringo releases "Photograph". | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 24 | John Lennon sues US govt to admit the FBI is tapping his phone. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 26 | Wings release "Helen Wheels". | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 09 | Ringo releases "Ringo" album. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 16 | John Lennon releases "Mind Games" album. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 05 | Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" album. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 07 | Wings release "Band on the Run". | Ref: 5 |
- 1974
| Feb 08 | Ringo Starr releases "You're 16". | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 01 | George Harrison announces his concert tour of US in November. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 20 | Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run". | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 28 | Wings release "Band on the Run" & "Zoo Gang" in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 17 | John Lennon is ordered to leave the US in 60 days. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 28 | John Lennon appears as guest DJ on WNEW-FM (NYC). | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 04 | John Lennon releases "Walls & Bridges" album | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 18 | Wings (Country Hams) release "Walking in the Park with Eloise". | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 25 | Wings release "Junior's Farm". | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 02 | The first of the former Beatles to try a nationwide concert tour was in Los Angeles, appearing at the Forum. Unfortunately, only half the house was filled to see George Harrison. He stopped touring soon thereafter. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 15 | Ringo releases "Goodnight Vienna" & "Only You" in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 16 | John Lennon's #1 solo "Whatever Gets You Through the Night". | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 28 | John Lennon appeared in concert for the last time -- at NYC’s Madison Square Garden. Lennon joined Elton John to sing Whatever Gets You Through the Night as well as I Saw Her Standing There. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 06 | George Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong". | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 13 | Former Beatle George Harrison was greeted at the White House. President Gerald R. Ford invited Harrison to lunch. The two exchanged buttons -- Ford giving George a WIN (Whip Inflation Now) pin and Harrison gave the President an OM (Hindu mantra word expressing creation) button. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 20 | George Harrison releases his "Dark Horse" album in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 30 | Beatles are legally disbanded (4 years after suit was brought). | Ref: 5 |
- 1975
| Jan 31 | John Lennon releases "#9 Dream". | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | John Lennon's "Rock 'n' Roll" album is released. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 03 | Linda McCartney is charged in US with possession of marijuana. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 18 | John Lennon releases "Stand by Me". | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 28 | John Lennon appears on "Tonight" & Ringo on "Smother Brothers". | Ref: 5 |
| May 02 | Apple records closes down. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | Wings release "Listen to What the Man Said" in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| May 27 | Paul McCartney releases "Venus & Mars". | Ref: 5 |
| May 30 | Wings release "Venus & Mars" album. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 17 | Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox divorce. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 05 | Wings release "Letting Go". | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 03 | George Harrison releases "Extra Texture" album in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 09 | John Lennon turned 35. To celebrate, Yoko Ono presented John with a newborn son, Sean Ono Lennon. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 24 | Looking to name your own greatest hits album something other than Greatest Hits? Do what former Beatle John Lennon did, with his package of the best. Lennon called it, Shaved Fish. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 21 | Linda McCartney drug charges in US are dropped. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 28 | Wings release "Venus & Mars/Rock Show" medley. | Ref: 5 |
- 1976
| Jan 03 | Mal Evans Beatles' roadie, dies. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 09 | Ringo releases "Oh My My" in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 19 | The Beatles turn down an offer of $30 million to play together again on the same stage. Rock promoter Bill Sargent still doesn’t understand why the group turned down his generous offer. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 06 | George Harrison releases "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)". | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 09 | Ringo releases "Oh My My" in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 18 | James McCartney father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | Wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 01 | Freddie Lennon father of John Lennon (Beatles), dies at 63. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 20 | George Harrison sings the lumberjack song with Monty Python. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 30 | Wings release "Silly Love Songs". | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 10 | Paul McCartney and Wings set a record for an indoor concert crowd as 67,100 fans gathered in Seattle, WA to hear the former Beatle and his new group. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 14 | The Beatles were awarded a gold record for the compilation album of past hits titled, Rock ’n’ Roll Music. | Ref: 4 |
| Jul 23 | Wings release "Let 'em In". | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 27 | John Lennon finally had his request for permanent residency in the United States approved. Lennon’s immigration card number was A-17-597-321. The decision to allow Lennon to stay in the country ended a long struggle between the former Beatle and the US Government. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 30 | A judge ruled that George Harrison is guilty of copying from the song He’s So Fine (a 1963 Chiffons hit). The judge said that the chorus to Harrison’s My Sweet Lord was identical to He’s So Fine and it eventually (appeals went on for about five years) cost the former Beatle over half a million dollars. | |
| Aug 31 | A judge ruled that George Harrison was guilty of copying from the song He’s So Fine (a 1963 Chiffons hit). The judge said that the chorus to Harrison’s My Sweet Lord was identical to He’s So Fine and it eventually (appeals went on for about five years) cost the former Beatle over half a million dollars. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 07 | US courts find George Harrison guilty of plagarism (He's So Fine). | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 17 | Ringo releases "Ringo's Rotogravure" album | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 20 | Sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 21 | Wings performs in Zagreb Yugoslavia | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 15 | Ringo releases "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll". | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 19 | George Harrison releases "This Song". | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 20 | George Harrison appears on Saturday Night Live. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 26 | Ringo releases "Hey Baby" single. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 10 | Wings release triple album "Wings Over America". | Ref: 5 |
- 1977
| Feb 04 | Wings release "Maybe I'm Amazed". | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 18 | George Harrison releases "True Love". | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 06 | Judge rules the Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released. | Ref: 5 |
| May 06 | "Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl" released in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway. | Ref: 5 |
| May 25 | "Beatles Live! At the Star-Club in Hamburg Germany" released. | Ref: 5 |
| May 26 | "Beatlemania" opens in Winter Garden Theater on Broadway. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | "Beatlemania" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 920 performances. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 09 | George & Patti Harrison divorce. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 16 | "Beatlemania" opens on Broadway. | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 27 | John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in US. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 08 | Jimmy McCullough quits Wings. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 12 | James Louis McCartney son of Paul & Linda McCartney, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 16 | Ringo releases "Drowning in the Sea of Love". | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 30 | Ringo releases "Ringo the 4th" album. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 11 | Wings release "Mull of Kintyre" & "Girl's School". | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 11 | Wings release "Mull of Kintyre" & "Girl's School". | Ref: 5 |
- 1978
| Jan 26 | Reesa Starr Jr, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 24 | Wings release "With a Little Luck". | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 31 | Wings release "London Town" album. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 26 | An updated version of Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper appeared on television. In the lead role (his first TV special), was former Beatle, Ringo Starr. He sang new versions of Act Naturally, Yellow Submarine and With a Little Help from My Friends. | Ref: 4 |
| Jun 16 | Ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough". | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 24 | "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" premeirs in NYC. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 01 | Dhani Harrison, George Harrison's first child, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 02 | Beatle George Harrison marries Olivia. | Ref: 5 |
- 1979
| Jan 04 | With a new interest in Beatles music on this day, the Star Club reopened in Hamburg, Germany. None of the Beatles returned to their beginnings to attend the gala opening. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 16 | George Harrison releases "Blow Away". | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 23 | George Harrison releases "George Harrison" album. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 16 | CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 23 | Wings release "Goodnight Tonight". | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 27 | George Harrison releases "Love Comes to Everyone". | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 01 | Wings release "Old Siam, Sir". | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 08 | Wings release "Back to the Egg" album | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 13 | George Harrison releases "Faster". | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 10 | Wings release "Getting Closer" & "Baby's Request". | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 09 | Sid Bernstein offers $1 billion for a Beatle reunion. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 27 | Jimmy McCullough musician (Wings), dies of a drug overdose | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 28 | Jimmy McCulloch, guitarist of Wings, dies at 26. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 18 | "Beatlemania" opens in London. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 24 | Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 16 | Paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmas". | Ref: 5 |
- 1980
| Jan 16 | Paul McCartney jailed in Tokyo for 10 days on marijuana possession. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 25 | Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo jail & deported. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 24 | Capitol Records released some rare Beatles tracks. Included in the album were stereo versions of Penny Lane and She Loves You, sung by the group in German, under the title, Sie Liebt Dich. Also included was a German version of I Want to Hold Your Hand or, in the Teutonic tongue, Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 11 | Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up". | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | Paul McCartney releases "McCartney II" album. | Ref: 5 |
| May 19 | Ringo & Barbara Bach are involved in a car crash. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 13 | Paul McCartney releases "Waterfall". | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 15 | "I Me Mine", an autobiography by former Beatle George Harrison, went on sale. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 15 | Paul McCartney releases "Temporary Secretary". | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 22 | John Lennon signed with Geffen Records. The Lennon LP, Double Fantasy, was released on Geffen. (Lennon was assassinated on December 8, 1980.) | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 24 | John Lennon releases "(Just Like) Starting Over" in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 12 | John Lennon’s Starting Over was released. John and Yoko were seen kissing on the record cover. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 17 | John Lennon releases "Double Fantasy" album in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 21 | John & Yoko pose nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 26 | Wings Over America premiered in NY City. The movie is about the first American tour of Paul McCartney and Wings. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 08 | John Lennon is assassinated at 40 in New York by Mark David Chapman. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 14 | At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory as fans around the world paid tribute to John Lennon, six days after he was shot to death in NY City. | Ref: 6 |
| Dec 27 | The John Lennon hit, (Just Like) Starting Over, began a five-week stay at #1 on the pop charts. The hit was from the album, Double Fantasy. Lennon was murdered on December 8th of that year, as the single and LP had started their climb up the charts. | Ref: 4 |
- 1981
| Jan 03 | John Lennon’s (Just Like) Starting Over and the album Double Fantasy topped the pop music charts just weeks after the death of the former Beatle. | Ref: 4 |
| Jan 16 | John Lennon's "Woman" is released in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 06 | Former Beatles, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison team up once again to record a musical tribute to John Lennon. The result of that session became All Those Years Ago. The song went to #2 on the pop music charts for three weeks. It was recorded on Harrison’s own Dark Horse label. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 19 | George Harrison was ordered to pay ABKCO Music the sum of $587,000 for “subconscious plagiarism” between his song, "My Sweet Lord" and the Chiffons early 1960s hit, "He’s So Fine". | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 27 | Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder record "Ebony & Ivory". | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 27 | John Lennon's "Watching the Wheels" is released in UK | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 10 | "Caveman" with Ringo premiers. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 27 | Former Beatle Ringo Starr marries Barbara Bach at the Marylebone Registry Office in London. Paul McCartney and wife Linda, George Harrison and Harry Nilsson were in attendance. | Ref: 4 |
| May 15 | George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 05 | George Harrison releases "Somewhere in England". | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 22 | Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 24 | Mark David Chapman was sentenced in NY to 20 years to life in prison for slaying rock star John Lennon. | Ref: 70 |
| Aug 25 | Mark Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, is sentenced to 20 years. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 13 | Ringo releases "Wrack My Brains". | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 20 | Ringo releases "Stop & Smell the Roses" album. | Ref: 5 |
- 1982
| Feb 21 | Legendary disc jockey Murray The K died in Los Angeles. Often referred to as ‘The Fifth Beatle’, Murray succumbed to cancer. He had been one of rock radio’s leading jocks and a big New York City radio personality for many years. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 22 | Murray "the K" Kaufman NYC DJ (The 5th Beatle), dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder release "Ebony & Ivory" in the UK | Ref: 2 |
| May 10 | WABC-NYC plays its last record (John Lennon's Imagine) and joins ABC's All Talk radio network | Ref: 2 |
| Jun 21 | Paul McCartney releases "Take it Away". | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 06 | Paul McCartney releases "Tug of War". | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 10 | Decca releases Beatle audition "The Complete Silver Beatles" album. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 29 | Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson release "The Girl is Mine". | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 05 | George Harrison releases "Gone Troppo" album. | Ref: 5 |
- 1983
| Jun 16 | Ringo releases "Old Wave" album in West Germany. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 03 | Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson release "Say, Say, Say" in UK | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 31 | Paul McCartney releases "Pipes of Peace" album. | Ref: 5 |
- 1984
| Jan 09 | John Lennon's "Nobody Told Me" is released. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 16 | Paul & Linda McCartney arrested in Barbados-possession of cannabis. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 27 | John & Yoko release "Milk & Honey" album. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 09 | John Lennon's "Nobody Told Me" is released. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 09 | John Lennon's "Borrowed Time" is released. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 15 | John Lennon's single "I'm Stepping Out" is released ( 4 years after his death ). | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 21 | Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 25 | Rock group Wings disbands. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 26 | Liverpool's Cavern Club reopens. | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 30 | Beatles fans paid $271,180 dollars for memorabilia at an auction in London, England. An unpublished manuscript by John Lennon brought the largest amount -- $23,056. A snare drum belonging to Ringo Starr brought $1,440. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 24 | Paul McCartney releases "No More Lonely Nights". | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 22 | Paul McCartney releases "Give My Regards to Broad Street" soundtrack. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 12 | Paul McCartney releases "We All Stand Together". | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 16 | John Lennon releases "Every Man has a Woman Who Loves Him". | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 27 | John & Yoko release "Milk & Honey" album. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 06 | Two former Beatles debuted in two film releases this day. Paul McCartney’s Give My Regards to Broad Street and George Harrison’s A Private Function were finalized for theatre audiences. | Ref: 4 |
- 1985
| Jan 22 | Zak Starkey (Ringo's son) marries Sarah Menikides. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 01 | A Beatles song was used for the first time in a U.S. TV commercial. The rights for Lincoln-Mercury to use the song, HELP!, cost $100,000, helping boost the fortunes of the automaker known as Ford Motor Company. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 16 | People magazine listed the top 57 money-making show-biz stars. At the pinnacle was Paul McCartney, former Beatle and leader of the group, Wings, whose music empire was said to be worth $500 million. Bob Hope made the list with a worth of about $200 million. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 23 | Julian Lennon's 1st concert (San Antonio Texas). | Ref: 5 |
| Aug 10 | Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (every Beatle songs) for $47 million | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 07 | Tatia Jayne Starkey, Ringo's first grandchild, is born. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 09 | A 2½-acre garden memorial was dedicated to John Lennon by his widow, Yoko Ono, this day. The memorial in NY City’s Central Park is named Strawberry Fields. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 18 | Paul McCartney releases "Spies Like Us". | Ref: 5 |
- 1986
| Feb 01 | Dick James, Beatles' music publisher (1962-70), dies in London at 58. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | "John Lennon Live in NYC" album is released. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 14 | Paul McCartney releases "Press". | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 01 | Paul McCartney releases "Press to Play" album. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 27 | Paul McCartney release "Pretty Little Head". | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 03 | John Lennon album, "Menlove Avenue" released. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 01 | Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains". | Ref: 5 |
- 1987
| Feb 26 | Compact discs of the Beatles music goes on sale for the first time. (XDG, p 4A, 2/26/2001) | Ref: 83 |
| Apr 30 | Three more compact discs of music by The Beatles went on sale for the first time. The discs were Help!, Rubber Soul and Revolver. All became hits again for the Fab Four. | Ref: 4 |
| Aug 11 | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was called "the best album made during the last 20 years" by the respected music publication, Rolling Stone magazine. | Ref: 4 |
| Oct 12 | George Harrison releases "Got My Mind Set On You". | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 02 | Harrison releases "Cloud 9" & McCartney releases "All the Best". | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 16 | Paul McCartney releases "Once Upon a Long Ago". | Ref: 5 |
- 1988
| Jan 25 | George Harrison releases "When We Was Fab". | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 02 | Clive Epstein brother of Brian Epstein, dies at 51. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 13 | George Harrison releases "This is Love" | Ref: 5 |
- 1989
| May 08 | Paul McCartney releases "My Brave Face" & "Ferry Cross the Mersey" | Ref: 2 |
| Jun 05 | Paul McCartney releases "Flowers in the Dirt" | Ref: 5 |
| Jul 17 | Paul McCartney releases "This One" | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 23 | George Harrison releases "Best of Dark Horse 1976-89" album. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 13 | Paul McCartney releases "Figure of 8" & Ou Est Le Soleil". | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 27 | George Harrison releases "Cheer Down" & "Poor Little Girl". | Ref: 5 |
- 1990
| Oct 09 | Radio stations around the world play "Imagine" honoring John Lennon. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 20 | Radio stations begain airing a new Beatles recording "Free As A Bird", which had debuted on ABC. (XDG, p 4A, 11/20/2000) | Ref: 83 |
- 1991
| Oct 11 | Apple Computer and Apple Corp., the record company founded by the Beatles, settle their lawsuit. | |
- 1994
| Dec 09 | Maureen Cox Starkey, ex-wife of Ringo, dies of leukemia at 48. | Ref: 5 |
- 1995
| Mar 20 | Beatles song, "Free As A Bird", with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single since their 1970 breakup. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 14 | The London auction house, Sotheby’s, auctioned Paul McCartney’s hand-written lyrics for the Beatles’ Getting Better (from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band) for £161,000 ($257,600). It was a record (pardon the expression) for a Beatles song. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 21 | The Beatles’ Anthology I sold 450,000 copies in its first day of release. Acording to Capitol Records, it was the most single-day sales ever for an album. | Ref: 4 |
| Dec 09 | The Beatles’ Anthology 1 was #1 in the U.S. The double CD contained 60 Beatles songs and was the their sixteenth number-one album. It also set a record for the longest time span for a run of number-one albums: 31 years and 10 months between Meet the Beatles and Anthology 1. | Ref: 4 |
- 1997
| Mar 11 | Beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen Elizabeth II. | Ref: 5 |
- 1998
| Apr 17 | Linda McCartney (Eastman) photographer: Rolling Stone magazine; singer: group: Wings: Silly Love Songs [w/husband Paul McCartney]; dies at age 56. | Ref: 4 |
- 1999
| Dec 30 | Former Beatle George Harrison is hospitalized after being stabbed in the chest by an intruder, Michael Abram, 33, who broke into his Oxfordshire mansion. Authorities said his condition was not life-threatening. | Ref: 9 |
- 2001
| Nov 10 | (or 11th) Beatle George Harrison is released from Staten Island University Hospital in NY where he has been undergoing radiation treatment. His condition is uncertain. It is believed he is staying at the home of his physician, Gil Lederman, who lives in the ritzy Todt Hill section of Staten Island. There have also been published, but unconfirmed reports that Ringo Starr has also visited the same hospital. Ref | |
| Nov 29 | Rock musician George Harrison of the Beatles died in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer; he was 58. (also TWA, 2003) | Ref: 70 |
- 2002
| Jun 11 | Rock star Paul McCartney married Heather Mills in a remote Irish castle. | Ref: 70 |
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The Beatles Chronology