đ ON THIS DAY: UK single release: Lady Madonna (1968)
Recorded before their trip to India, but released in their absence to sustain public interest in the group, âLady Madonnaâ â The Beatlesâ 17th Parlophone single â was released in the UK on this day.
Lady Madonna was coupled with George Harrisonâs âThe Inner Lightâ, the third and final of his Indian-style recordings with The Beatles.
The single was Parlophone R 5675. It entered the charts at number five on 20 March, and the following week reached the top spot. It spent two weeks at number one, and just eight weeks altogether in the charts.
Initial copies of Lady Madonna came with a fan club insert offering applicants a free colour poster.
A promotional film was made for the single. It was shot on 11 February 1968 inside EMI Studios at Abbey Road, while The Beatles recorded Hey Bulldog. The film was shown on BBC televisionâs Top Of The Pops the day before Lady Madonna was released.
đ ON THIS DAY: Paul McCartney marries Linda Eastman (1969)
Paul McCartney married Linda Eastman at Marylebone Register Office on 12 March 1969.
Although the event was supposed to be a secret, many onlookers and reporters heard about it and turned up for a glimpse of the couple. The register office had been booked the previous day, and McCartney had bought a ÂŁ12 ring âjust before the shop shutâ.
"We were crazy. We had a big argument the night before we got married and it was nearly called off. We were very up and down, quite funky compared to the eventual image of âTwenty-five years of married bliss! Arenât they lucky for people in showbiz?â But we are. You get this picture of us swanning along in a little rowboat managing to avoid the white water, but we were right in the middle of that white water, man, so itâs even more miraculous that we made it. But we did." â Paul McCartney, Many Years From Now
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineers: Malcolm Addey, Ken Townsend
This was the second recording session for the Sgt Pepper song âGetting Betterâ.
The work had been mixed down to one track at the end of the previous dayâs session. The tape was then filled with Ringo Starrâs snare and bass drums on track two, Paul McCartney bass guitar on track three, and George Harrisonâs tambura on track four.
The session ended at 4am on the morning of 11 March 1967. Work continued on âGetting Betterâ on the evenings of 21 and 23 March.
George Harrison was born on 25 February 1943 in a tiny âtwo up, two downâ house on Arnold Grove, a cul-de-sac in the Wavertree area of Liverpool.
He was the youngest of four siblings, with a sister Louise (born 1931) and two brothers, Harry (1934) and Peter (1940).
Georgeâs parents were Louise and Harold Harrison, Roman Catholics with Irish roots. His father was a bus conductor who had worked as a shipâs steward on the White Star Line, and his mother was a shop assistant in Liverpool.
"I remember tiptoeing up the stairs to see him after he was born. All I could think of was that he looked remarkably like me." â Harold Harrison
Some sources list Georgeâs birth date as 24 February, but his birth certificate specified the following day as the true date.
The Harrisons lived at 12 Arnold Grove until 1950, when the family moved to 25 Upton Green in Liverpoolâs Speke area. Georgeâs first school was Dovedale Road, near to Penny Lane. Like Paul McCartney, he passed his 11 Plus exam and attained a place at the Liverpool Institute for Boys. He remained there from 1954 to 1959.
A poor student, Harrison left school without any qualifications. He instead formed a skiffle group, The Rebels, with his brother Peter and a friend, Arthur Kelly.
đ ON THIS DAY: The Beatlesâ first Ed Sullivan Show (1964)
9 February 1964 was the date of The Beatlesâ record-breaking first live appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, at Studio 50 in New York City.
"Seventy-three million people were reported to have watched the first show. It is still supposed to be one of the largest viewing audiences ever in the States. It was very important. We came out of nowhere with funny hair, looking like marionettes or something. That was very influential. I think that was really one of the big things that broke us â the hairdo more than the music, originally. A lot of peopleâs fathers had wanted to turn us off. They told their kids, âDonât be fooled, theyâre wearing wigs.â A lot of fathers did turn it off, but a lot of mothers and children made them keep it on. All these kids are now grown-up, and telling us they remember it. Itâs like, âWhere were you when Kennedy was shot?â I get people like Dan Aykroyd saying, âOh man, I remember that Sunday night; we didnât know what had hit us â just sitting there watching Ed Sullivanâs show.â Up until then there were jugglers and comedians like Jerry Lewis, and then, suddenly, The Beatles!" â Paul McCartney, Anthology
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đ ON THIS DAY: UK single release: Lady Madonna (1968)
Recorded before their trip to India, but released in their absence to sustain public interest in the group, âLady Madonnaâ â The Beatlesâ 17th Parlophone single â was released in the UK on this day.
Lady Madonna was coupled with George Harrisonâs âThe Inner Lightâ, the third and final of his Indian-style recordings with The Beatles.
The single was Parlophone R 5675. It entered the charts at number five on 20 March, and the following week reached the top spot. It spent two weeks at number one, and just eight weeks altogether in the charts.
Initial copies of Lady Madonna came with a fan club insert offering applicants a free colour poster.
A promotional film was made for the single. It was shot on 11 February 1968 inside EMI Studios at Abbey Road, while The Beatles recorded Hey Bulldog. The film was shown on BBC televisionâs Top Of The Pops the day before Lady Madonna was released.
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đ ON THIS DAY: Paul McCartney marries Linda Eastman (1969)
Paul McCartney married Linda Eastman at Marylebone Register Office on 12 March 1969.
Although the event was supposed to be a secret, many onlookers and reporters heard about it and turned up for a glimpse of the couple. The register office had been booked the previous day, and McCartney had bought a ÂŁ12 ring âjust before the shop shutâ.
"We were crazy. We had a big argument the night before we got married and it was nearly called off. We were very up and down, quite funky compared to the eventual image of âTwenty-five years of married bliss! Arenât they lucky for people in showbiz?â But we are. You get this picture of us swanning along in a little rowboat managing to avoid the white water, but we were right in the middle of that white water, man, so itâs even more miraculous that we made it. But we did." â Paul McCartney, Many Years From Now
Read full article here: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/03/12/paul-mccartney-marâŚ
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đ ON THIS DAY: Recording: Getting Better (1967)
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineers: Malcolm Addey, Ken Townsend
This was the second recording session for the Sgt Pepper song âGetting Betterâ.
The work had been mixed down to one track at the end of the previous dayâs session. The tape was then filled with Ringo Starrâs snare and bass drums on track two, Paul McCartney bass guitar on track three, and George Harrisonâs tambura on track four.
The session ended at 4am on the morning of 11 March 1967. Work continued on âGetting Betterâ on the evenings of 21 and 23 March.
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đ ON THIS DAY: George Harrison is born (1943)
George Harrison was born on 25 February 1943 in a tiny âtwo up, two downâ house on Arnold Grove, a cul-de-sac in the Wavertree area of Liverpool.
He was the youngest of four siblings, with a sister Louise (born 1931) and two brothers, Harry (1934) and Peter (1940).
Georgeâs parents were Louise and Harold Harrison, Roman Catholics with Irish roots. His father was a bus conductor who had worked as a shipâs steward on the White Star Line, and his mother was a shop assistant in Liverpool.
"I remember tiptoeing up the stairs to see him after he was born. All I could think of was that he looked remarkably like me." â Harold Harrison
Some sources list Georgeâs birth date as 24 February, but his birth certificate specified the following day as the true date.
The Harrisons lived at 12 Arnold Grove until 1950, when the family moved to 25 Upton Green in Liverpoolâs Speke area. Georgeâs first school was Dovedale Road, near to Penny Lane. Like Paul McCartney, he passed his 11 Plus exam and attained a place at the Liverpool Institute for Boys. He remained there from 1954 to 1959.
A poor student, Harrison left school without any qualifications. He instead formed a skiffle group, The Rebels, with his brother Peter and a friend, Arthur Kelly.
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đ ON THIS DAY: The Beatlesâ first Ed Sullivan Show (1964)
9 February 1964 was the date of The Beatlesâ record-breaking first live appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, at Studio 50 in New York City.
"Seventy-three million people were reported to have watched the first show. It is still supposed to be one of the largest viewing audiences ever in the States. It was very important. We came out of nowhere with funny hair, looking like marionettes or something. That was very influential. I think that was really one of the big things that broke us â the hairdo more than the music, originally. A lot of peopleâs fathers had wanted to turn us off. They told their kids, âDonât be fooled, theyâre wearing wigs.â A lot of fathers did turn it off, but a lot of mothers and children made them keep it on. All these kids are now grown-up, and telling us they remember it. Itâs like, âWhere were you when Kennedy was shot?â I get people like Dan Aykroyd saying, âOh man, I remember that Sunday night; we didnât know what had hit us â just sitting there watching Ed Sullivanâs show.â Up until then there were jugglers and comedians like Jerry Lewis, and then, suddenly, The Beatles!" â Paul McCartney, Anthology
Read the full article here: www.beatlesbible.com/1964/02/09/the-beatles-first-âŚ
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