300 - October 26

October 26

1962
Concert at the Liverpool Empire, with Little Richard.

5:00-5:29pm. BBC's "Here We Go" broadcast (October 25, 1962 session, except "Sheila").


"Love Me Do" enters the UK ranking.

1963

Please Please Me LP number 1, 25th week (UK Record Retailer).

Two concerts at the Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm.

Broadcast of ABC-TV's "Thank Your Lucky Stars", with a performance recorded October 20, 1963, in Birmingham.

Brian's first appearance on "Juke Box Jury", with Jimmy Henney and Barbara Young.

After the show, Brian has dinner with Lionel Bart.

1964
Studio 2 (control room only). 10:00am-12:45pm. Mono mixing: "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party" (from take 19); "Rock And Roll Music" (from take 1); "Words Of Love" (from take 3); "Baby's In Black" (remix 2, from take 14); "I'm A Loser" (remix 2, from take 8); "Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!" (from take 1).

Studio 2 (control room only). 12:45-1:05pm. Stereo mixing: "Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!" (from take 1).

Studio 2. 4:30-6:30pm. Recording: "Honey Don't" (takes 1-5).

Studio 2. 7:30-10:00pm. Recording: "What You're Doing" [re-make] (takes 13-19); "Another Beatles Christmas Record" (takes 1-5). Editing: "Another Beatles Christmas Record" (of takes 1-5). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: A. B. Lincoln.

Last day of recordings for Beatles For Sale.

1965
Studio 2 (control room only). 10:00am-12:30pm. Stereo mixing: "Drive My Car" (from take 4); "Day Tripper" (from take 3); "In My Life" (from take 3); "If I Needed Someone" (from take 1); "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" (from take 4); "Nowhere Man" (from take 4). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Ron Pender.

11:15am. The Beatles enter Buckingham Palace.

Morning: the Beatles receive the MBE medals from Queen Elizabeth II, at Buckingham Palace.

Press conference at the Saville Theatre. Brian and Dezo Hoffmann attend.

1968

"Hey Jude" number 1, 5th week, 9th week in the Top 30 (US Billboard).
"Hey Jude" number 1, 6th week (US Cashbox).
"Hey Jude" number 1, 7th and last week (Dutch Top 40).


"Hey Jude"/"Revolution" number 1, 4th week (Australia Kent Music Report).

"Those Were The Days" number 1, 3rd week (Irish Singles Chart).
"Those Were The Days" number 2, 5th week (Dutch Top 40).

"With A Little Help From My Friends" covered by Joe Cocker number 12 (Dutch Top 40).

"Lovely Rita" covered by Fats Domino number 32 (Dutch Top 40).

1970
Just days after George announced that "My Sweet Lord" would be released, he decides not to do so, stating "I don't want the single to detract from the impact of the All Things Must Pass triple album."

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

At their Greenwich Village apartment, John and Yoko record a demo version of "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)".

1973

UK single release: "Helen Wheels"/"Country Dreamer" (Apple R 5993).

1974
"Whatever Gets You Thru' The Night" number 4 (Dutch Tipparade).

1977
Additional recording sessions for London Town LP, at Abbey Road Studios.

1981
In Los Angeles, Ringo appears onthe KLOS radio show "Rockline", promoting his album Stop And Smell The Roses and taking calls from listeners.

1984
In the US, Paul appears on the ABC TV morning program "Good Morning America" to promote his film "Give My Regards To Broad Street" and it's soundtrack album.

In the US, "Give My Regards To Broad Street" opens nationwide.

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

The ITV network airs the London Weekend Television program "An Audience With Billy Connolly", featuring a star-studded audience including Ringo and Barbara. (recorded October 21, 1985).

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

1988
In the US, the Beatles' 1967 film "Magical Mystery Tour" is released on home video.

Paul makes an appearance on the BBC1 documentary program "The Power Of Music".

1989
Paul performs in concert at Palatrussardi, Milan, Italy ("Get Back Tour").

Backstage at today's concert, Nancy Duff, of CBS News in the US, meets Paul to arrange a special edition of CBS' news magazine program "48 Hours".

In Tokyo, Ringo holds a press conference to announce his upcoming Japanese tour.

1990
In Los Angeles, Paul appears on the radio program "Rockline".

1993
Paul performs in concert at Palau San Jordi, Barcelona, Spain ("The New World Tour").

1998
UK album release: Wide Prairie (Parlophone 4 97910 1).

2004
Forbes.com listed the Top 5 dead music earners. John Lennon was second with $21m and George Harrison was third with $7m.

2010
Forbes Magazine released its annual list of the Top Earning Dead Celebrities. John Lennon was fifth at $17 million.