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Date	Event
1 Wednesday	`Please Please Me' LP, 54th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). `With The Beatles' number 1, 19th week (UK New Musical Express chart). `Can't Buy Me Love' number 1, 2nd week (UK New Musical Express chart).
2 Thursday	`Can't Buy Me Love' number 1 in Britain.
3 Friday	Cilla Black records `You're My World'. Brian attends. Later, performance of Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas on Associated-Rediffusion's `Ready Steady Go!'. Brian and Derek Taylor attend. Later, Brian and Derek are chauffeur-driven to the Imperial Hotel, Torquay, where they will work on the writing of Brian's autobiography.
4 Saturday	The Beatles occupy the 1st 5 positions of the US ranking, 15 songs in the Top 100, and positions 1 and 2 in the album chart (Billboard). Billboard affirms that almost everyone is tired of the Beatles: disc-jockeys, of playing their records; editors, of writing about them; and product manufacturers, of hearing about them.
4 Saturday	`With The Beatles' number 1, 18th week (UK Record Retailer chart). `I Want To Hold Your Hand' number 4, 12th week in the Top 100 (Billboard). `She Loves You' number 3, 11th week in the Top 100 (Billboard). `Please Please Me' number 5, 10th week in the Top 100 (Billboard). `I Saw Her Standing There' number 31, 9th week in the Top 100 (Billboard). `From Me To You' number 41, 5th week in the Top 100 (Billboard). `Twist And Shout' number 2, 4th week in the Top 100 (Billboard). `Roll Over Beethoven' number 68, 3rd week in the Top 100 (Billboard). `We Love You Beatles', by the Carefrees, number 42, 3rd week in the Top 100 (Billboard). `A Letter To The Beatles', by the Four Preps, number 85, 3rd week in the Top 100 (Billboard). `Can't Buy Me Love' number 1, 1st week; 2nd week in the Top 100 (Billboard). `Do You Want To Know A Secret' number 46, 2nd week in the Top 100 (Billboard). `All My Loving' number 58, 2nd week in the Top 100 (Billboard). `You Can't Do That' number 65, 1st week in the Top 100 (Billboard). `Thank You Girl' number 79, 1st week in the Top 100 (Billboard).
4 Saturday	10.00-12.00am. BBC's `Saturday Club' broadcast (recorded 31 March 1964).
4 Saturday	End of performances at the Empire, Liverpool.
5 Sunday	`El club de los Beatles' (`The Beatles Club'), 1st Chilean radio programme dedicated to the Beatles, is first broadcast.
5 Sunday	Shooting of opening scene of `A Hard Day's Night', at Boston Place, London, and other opening scenes at the Marylebone Station.
8 Wednesday	`Please Please Me' LP, 55th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). `With The Beatles' number 1, 20th week (UK New Musical Express chart). `Can't Buy Me Love' number 1, 3rd week (UK New Musical Express chart).
8 Wednesday	Brian and Derek Taylor conclude preparatory work on Brian's autobiography.
9 Thursday	Thames tow-path, Kew, Surrey. Shooting for `A Hard Day's Night': Ringo walking along the riverbank.
10 Friday	US LP release: `The Beatles' Second Album'.
10 Friday	Brian announces that Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas will make their debut on the Ed Sullivan Show on 7 June.
11 Saturday	`With The Beatles' number 1, 19th week (UK Record Retailer chart). `Can't Buy Me Love' number 1, 2nd week; 3rd week in the Top 100 (Billboard).
11 Saturday	The Beatles have 14 songs in the Top 100 (Billboard). Record.
12 Sunday	Shooting of opening scenes of `A Hard Day's Night', at the Marylebone Railway Station.
13 Monday	The title of the new film, `A Hard Day's Night', is announced to the press.
13 Monday	US gold certification: `The Beatles' Second Album'.
14 Tuesday	Arlington Road (at Rosslyn Road), St Margaret's, Twickenham, Middlesex. Shooting for `A Hard Day's Night': traffic jam scene (deleted from film).
15 Wednesday	`Please Please Me' LP, 56th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). `With The Beatles' number 1, 21st and last week (UK New Musical Express chart). `Can't Buy Me Love' number 1, 4th and last week (UK New Musical Express chart).
15 Wednesday	Photographic session at the walled garden of Les Ambassadeurs.
15 Wednesday	Interview with Ed Sullivan for his TV show at Les Ambassadeurs.
15 Wednesday	Studio 4. BBC Television Centre, London. Paul films appearance for BBC-TV's `A Degree Of Frost'.
16 Thursday	Interview with Ed Sullivan in London, during `A Hard Day's Night' shootings.
16 Thursday	Studio 2. 10.00am-1.00pm. Recording: `A Hard Day's Night' (takes 1-9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Geoff Emerick. Afternoon. St John's Secondary School (Church of England), London. Outside location filming for `A Hard Day's Night': scene at police station.
16 Thursday	Heathsfield Street, London. Shooting for `A Hard Day's Night'.
16 Thursday	`The Portland Arms' pub, London. Shooting for `A Hard Day's Night' (scene deleted from film).
17 Friday	Shooting for `A Hard Day's Night': Beatles find Paul's grandfather at `Le Circle Club', at the Garrison, downstairs area of Les Ambassadeurs, London.
18 Saturday	`With The Beatles' number 1, 20th week (UK Record Retailer chart). `Can't Buy Me Love' number 1, 3rd week; 3rd week in the Top 100 (Billboard).
18 Saturday	Appearance on ATV's `Morecambe And Wise Show'.
18 Saturday	Chelsea Manor Buildings (Hall Of Remembrance). Rehearsal for `Around The Beatles'.
19 Sunday	Session at IBC Studios, 35 Portland Place, London. Pre-recording of soundtrack for `Around the Beatles'. First Beatles session of Glyn Johns, 2nd engineer this time.
20 Monday	Studio 2 (control room only). 2.00-3.15pm. Mono mixing: `A Hard Day's Night' (from take 9). Stereo mixing: `A Hard Day's Night' (from take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: A. B. Lincoln. Remixes of `A Hard Day's Night' for United Artists.
20 Monday	Derek Taylor becomes Brian's personal assistant.
20 Monday	1st night of a week of shows at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, including: Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, Cilla Black, the Fourmost, Sounds Incorporated, Tommy Quickly, and the Remo Four.
20 Monday	Jack Billing's TV School Of Dancing, Shepherds Bush, London. Shooting for `A Hard Day's Night': conversation between Paul and Isla Blair. (Deleted from film.)
21 Tuesday	Palace Theatre, Manchester. Brian with Tommy Quickly, Cilla Black, Billy J. Kramer, the Fourmost, the Dakotas, and the Remo Four.
21 Tuesday	Jack Billing's TV School Of Dancing, Shepherds Bush, London. Shooting for `A Hard Day's Night': conversation between Paul and Isla Blair. (Deleted from film.)
22 Wednesday	`Please Please Me' LP, 57th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). `With The Beatles', 22nd week in the Top 30 (UK New Musical Express chart). `Can't Buy Me Love', 5th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).
22 Wednesday	St Lukes Road, London. Shooting for `A Hard Day's Night'. Car stealing scene.
22 Wednesday	Notting Hill, London. Shooting for `A Hard Day's Night': start of Ringo solo walkabout (St Lukes Road, Lancaster Road, All Saints Road).
22 Wednesday	Early morning. Hammersmith Odeon, London. Shooting for `A Hard Day's Night': running down the iron staircase. Evening. Australia House, London. Cocktail party thrown in the Beatles' honour by the Right Honourable Sir Eric Harrison, Australian High Commissioner.
23 Thursday	Studio 2 (control room only). 4.30-5.45pm. Mono mixing: `A Hard Day's Night' (remix `10', from take 9). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: David Lloyd. Remix for the record.
23 Thursday	John, with Brian and Cynthia, attends a literary lunch in his honour, organized by Christina Foyle, at the Dorchester Hotel, London. Brian makes a speech.
23 Thursday	Thornbury Playing Fields, Isleworth, Hounslow, Middlesex. Shooting for `A Hard Day's Night': `Can't Buy Me Love' sequence. Morning: the Beatles arrive. John leaves before filming is complete to attend the Foyle's literary luncheon. After John leaves, shooting of sequence with man admonishing the Beatles after `Can't Buy Me Love' scene. 1.00pm approx. End of shooting. The Beatles leave.
24 Friday	Morning. 1 Lakeside, Edgehill Road, West Ealing, London. Shooting for `A Hard Day's Night'. Ringo and woman by a manhole. Last sequence shot for film. Winchester Hall, Turks Head, St Margaret's, Twickenham, Middlesex. The Beatles celebrate completion of `A Hard Day's Night' shooting.
25 Saturday	`With The Beatles' number 1, 21st and last week (UK Record Retailer chart). `Can't Buy Me Love' number 1, 4th week; 4th week in the Top 100 (Billboard).
25 Saturday	Hall Of Remembrance, Chelsea Manor Buildings, London. Rehearsal for `Around The Beatles'.
26 Sunday	Performance for the New Musical Express Poll Winner's Concert at the Empire Pool, Wembley. Filmed by ABC-TV. Read the interview on this day
27 Monday	Wembley TV Studios, Wembley, Middlesex. Rehearsal for `Around The Beatles'.
27 Monday	US single release: `Love Me Do'/`P.S. I Love You'. US single release: `A World Without Love', 1st of Peter and Gordon.
27 Monday	`In His Own Write' is published in the USA.
27 Monday	The Searchers, Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, Cilla Black, Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, Dusty Springfield and Gerry and the Pacemakers promise to give their services in a series of concerts to raise money for the building of the Pilgrim Theatre.
27 Monday	The share capital of NEMS Enterprises Limited is increased from the original 100 pounds to 10,000 pounds, with the creation of 9,900 ordinary shares. Each Beatle receives 250, Brian 4950 and Clive 3950 of them.
27 Monday	Broadcast of performance for `Ready Steady Go' (filmed 20 March 1964).
28 Tuesday	Wembley TV Studios, Wembley, Middlesex. Filiming for Associated-Rediffusion's `Around The Beatles'. Read the interview on this day
28 Tuesday	The Pilgrim Theatre Limited is incorporated, with Brian one of the opening directors.
29 Wednesday	`Please Please Me' LP, 58th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). `With The Beatles', 23rd week in the Top 30 (UK New Musical Express chart). `Can't Buy Me Love', 6th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).
29 Wednesday	Morning. Photographic session with Beatles' wax figures at Madame Tussaud's. Evening. Concert in Edinburgh.
30 Thursday	Concert at the Odeon, Glasgow.

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