002 - January 2

January 2

1964

"I Want To Hold Your Hand" number 1, 4th week (UK Record Retailer).

"Beatles Christmas Show", at the Astoria Cinema, Finsbury Park, London.

1965

Beatles For Sale number 1, 3rd week (UK Record Retailer).


"I Feel Fine" number 1, 2nd week (US Billboard).
"I Feel Fine" number 1, 2nd week (US Cashbox).
"I Feel Fine" number 1 (Hitkrant Europarade).
"I Feel Fine" number 1 (Dutch Top 40).

"I Feel Fine"/"She's A Woman" number 1, 4th week (Australia Kent Music Report).

"If I Fell" number 26 (Dutch Top 40).

"I Should Have Known Better" number 40 (Dutch Top 40).

"Another Beatles Christmas Show" at the Hammersmith Odeon, London (two performances).

1967
Studio 2 (control room only). 2:30-4:00pm. Tape copying: "When I'm Sixty-Four" (of remix mono 8); "Strawberry Fields Forever" (of remix mono 12). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald. Copies of "When I'm Sixty-Four" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" for the US.

1968

Ringo and Maureen fly home to Liverpool to visit family with sons Zak and Jason, and her poodle Tiger.

The entire shipment of John and Yoko's album Two Virgins is seized by authorities in New Jersey due to the full frontal nude photograph of the couple on the cover.

1969
Meeting at Twickenham Film Studios to begin rehearsals of new songs for an (eventual) TV live show, for worldwide transmision. The rehearsals are filmed. Start of "Let It Be" shooting. 1st session of Glyn Johns as Beatles engineer.

Ray Coleman interviews John about problems in Apple.

1970
At the Kolnischer Kunstverein in Cologne, West Germany, the exhibition of Yoko's work "Happening And Fluxus" is shown.

1971

All Thing Must Pass number 1, 1st week (US Billboard).


"My Sweet Lord"/"Isn't It A Pity" number 1, 3rd week (US Cashbox).
"My Sweet Lord" number 1, 2nd week (US Billboard).
"My Sweet Lord" number 1 (Dutch Top 40).
"Isn't It A Pity" number 1, 3rd week (Canadian RPM Magazine).

"No Matter What" number 25 (Dutch Top 40).

1975
Judge Richard Owen, of the US District Court, allows John and his lawyer access to the process of deportation against him, under certain conditions.

1977
In Los Angeles, an exhibition of Linda's photographs is on display at the Jan Baum and Iris Silverman Gallery.

1978

"Mull Of Kintyre" number 1, 4th week (Australia Kent Music Report).

1983
UK premiere of Ringo's US TV special "Ringo".

In Los Angeles, the Linda exhibition "Photographs" is displayed at the Molly Barnes Gallery.

1985
Rolling Stones' Ron Wood marries his girlfriend Jo in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England. Guests included Keith Richard, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Ringo Starr, Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck.

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

1990
Paul's performs in concert at the NEC International Arena, Birmingham ("Get Back Tour").

1997
At the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford, Yoko's art exhibition "Have You Seen The Horizon Lately" is on display.

1998
In Washington, D.C., an exhibition of Beatles photographs taken by Harry Benson is on display at the Govinda Gallery.

1999
In Tampa, Florida, the exhibition of Linda's pictures entitled "Sixties" is on display at the Tampa Museum of Art.

2007
Cristin Keleher, who once broke into George Harrison's Hawaii home, was found dead after an apparent murder-suicide in California. She was 34.