287 - October 13

October 13

1941
Neil Aspinall is born in Prestatyn, Wales.

1962
Cavern evening session: Zenith Six, the Beatles, Group One.

1963

Please Please Me number 1, 24th week (UK Record Retailer).

Evening: Performance on BBC-TV's "Sunday Night at the London Palladium".

1964
6:20pm and 8:30pm. Performances at the ABC Theatre, Wigan.

EMI Studios. Brian records a record with readings from "A Cellarful Of Noise". Producer: George Martin.

1965

Help! LP number 1, 10th week (UK Record Retailer).

Studio 2. 7:00pm-12:15am. Recording: "Drive My Car" (takes 1-4). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ken Scott.

First proper session extended past midnight.

Brian flies to the USA to see the edited film of the Shea Stadium concert.

1967
The song for the film "How I Won The War" is released, with Musketeer Gripweed and the Third Troop.

1968
Studio 2. 7:00pm-6:00am. Recording: "Julia" (takes 1-3). Stereo mixing: "Julia" (remix 1, from take 3); "Dear Prudence" (remix 1, from take 1); "Wild Honey Pie" (remixes 1, 2, from take 1); "Back In The USSR" (remix 1, from take 6); "Blackbird" (remix 1, from take 32). Mono mixing: "Julia" (remix 1, from take 3); "Dear Prudence" (remixes 1-5, from take 1); "Blackbird" (remix 10, from take 32). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Ken Scott; 2nd Engineer: John Smith. Recording of the last song for The Beatles: "Julia". The only John solo recording for the group.

1969
The press reports that Yoko has had a miscarriage.

Savoy Theatre, London. London debut concert of Mary Hopkin. Paul, Linda, Ringo and Maureen attend.

1970
In New York, Paul's Shetland wool jumper sells for $95 at an auction.

1971
Yoko's exhibition "This Is Not Here" shown at the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York.

1974
In New York, legendary TV personality Ed Sullivan dies from cancer. He was 72.

1977
At Paul's Scottish farmhouse, Paul, Linda and Denny begin filming the promo video for "Mull Of Kintyre".

1979

"Arrow Through Me" number 29 (US Billboard).

1980
John and Sean enjoy a belated birthday party with Yoko at their regular birthday venue, the Tavern On The Green in Central Park.

1981
In Los Angeles, the second part of a pre-recorded interview with Yoko is aired on Jim Ladd's radio show.

1982
At their Shea Stadium concert, The Who perform "I Saw Her Standing There" and "Twist And Shout" in their encore, as a tribute to the Beatles who played there back in 1965 and 1966.

In the Philippines, the Handmade Film production of "Time Bandits" premieres in Manila.

1983
The Liverpool City Council passes unanimously the idea to honor the Beatles with the title of Freemen of the City.

1985
At the Cuts Gallery in London, an exhibition of Dezo Hoffman's photographs from his book "John Lennon" is shown.

1986

UK album release: Double Fantasy (Geffen/WEA 299 131) on CD.

1987
The "Beatle City" exhibition runs at the West End marketplace in Dallas, Texas.

In the US, Capitol Records file a complaint in the US District Court in Los Angeles to block Geffen Records from releasing the album The John Lennon Collection on CD.

1988
In the US, Westwood One's "Star Trak Profile" series syndicates a special on George across various radio stations.

1991
In the US, the MPL documentary "Paul McCartney: Coming Home" is aired on the Disney Channel.

In New York, tickets go on sale for Paul's "Liverpool Oratorio" performance at Carnegie Hall.

1993
Paul performs in concert at Palais Omnisports de Bercy, Paris, France ("The New World Tour").

Paul arrives 90 minutes late for his press conference before tonight's concert.

In the US, Ringo promotes his Live In Montreaux CD on the NBC morning show "Today".

2008
In a video message on his website, Ringo announces that he no longer has time to sign autographs and asks fans not to send him any mail at all. "No more fan mail and no objects to be signed. Nothing." After finishing a tour of the US and Canada, he was dividing his time between Los Angeles, the South of France and his UK home in Surrey.

2013
In Los Angeles, the exhibition "The Early Beatles Collection," featuring images taken by Astrid Kirchherr, runs at the Leica Gallery. Images include pictures taken during the filming of "A Hard Day's Night" in 1964 for Stern Magazine, as well as some of the images she took of the musicians during their Hamburg, Germany, period in 1960.

2014
Paul performs in concert at the American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX (2014 Out There World Tour).