Beatles history - 1962 January
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Date Event Pictures
1
Monday
Test session for Decca due to start at 11.00am. Decca Studios, at West Hampstead. Recording: `Like Dreamers Do', `Money (That's What I Want)', `Till There Was You', `The Sheik of Araby', `To Know Her Is To Love Her', `Take Good Care Of My Baby', `Memphis, Tennessee', `Sure To Fall', `Hello Little Girl', `Three Cool Cats', `Crying Waiting Hoping', `Love of the Loved', `September in The Rain', `Besame Mucho', `Searchin''. After the session, Brian returns to Liverpool.
1
Monday
Decca's test session, at West Hampstead, of Brian Poole and the Tremeloes.
4
Thursday
`Mersey Beat' front page: `Beatles Top Poll!'. Issue almost completely dedicated to the Beatles
5
Friday
UK single release: `My Bonnie'.
My Bonnie / The Saints (Single)
6
Saturday
Performance at the Cavern, with the Collegians.
10
Wednesday
Performance at the Cavern, with Gerry and the Pacemakers, and the Strangers.
12
Friday
Performance at the Cavern, with Mike Cotton's Jazzmen.
17
Wednesday
Performance at the Cavern, with the Remo Four, and Ian and the Zodiacs.
24
Wednesday
Signing of a management contract of Brian and the Beatles, at Brian's office at the NEMS record store in Whitechapel.
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