012 - January 12

January 12

1918
Mararishi Mahesh Yogi was born in Jabalpur, British Raj.

1962
Performance at the Cavern, with Mike Cotton's Jazzmen.

1963

Performance at the Invicta Ballroom in Chatham, Kent.

1964

2nd appearance on BBC-TV's "Sunday Night at the London Palladium".

1965
"Another Beatles Christmas Show" at the Hammersmith Odeon, London (two performances).

1966

"Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out", 6th week in the Top 10 (UK Record Retailer).

1967
Studio 3. 2:30-11:00pm. Recording: "Penny Lane" (overdub onto take 9). Mono mixing: "Penny Lane" (remixes 7, 8, from take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.

Recording of trumpets, oboes, cor anglais and double-bass for "Penny Lane".

1968
EMI Recording Studio, Bombay, India. 10:00am-7:00pm approx. Recording: "Untitled" (working title of "The Inner Light") (takes 1-5). Producer: George Harrison; Engineer: J. P. Sen/S. N. Gupta; 2nd Engineer: unknown.

The Beatles Film Productions changed its name to Apple Film Limited and changed the name of their partnership from Apple Music Limited to Apple Corps Limited.

1969
London premiere of "Wonderwall" at the Cinecenta.

1970

Abbey Road number 1, 12th week (Australia Kent Music Report).

1972
US premiere of "Blindman" in Chicago.

1973

"Helen Wheels" number 10 (US Billboard).

1974
"Mind Games" number 37 (Dutch Top 40).

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"/"Girl's School" number 1, 3rd week (Hitkrant Europarade).

1981

US single release: "Woman"/"Beautiful Boys".


Double Fantasy number 1, 4th week (Australia Kent Music Report).

1982
Pete Best records an interview to be included on the unauthorized Beatles American triple album Like Dreamers Do.

1983
In Los Angeles, the Linda exhibition "Photographs" is displayed at the Molly Barnes Gallery.

1985
"Do They Know It's Christmas?", by Band Aid, number 1, 5th and last week (UK British Market Research Bureau).

1989
Ringo takes a break from recording to appear on NBC's "Today" to promote "Shining Time Station".

1993
US single release: "Hope Of Deliverance"/"Long Leather Coat" (Capitol S7-56946).

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
George wins in his libel case that claimed he accepted sexual favors in exchange for a donation to charity.

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

2001

1 number 1, 9th and last week (Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana Albums Charts).

2005
It is announced that the Strawberry Field children's home, immortalised by the Beatles, is to close.

2012
Iconic artist and philanthropist Paul McCartney is honored as the 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year at a special event celebrating his exceptional artistic achievements as well as his philanthropic work.