Beatles history - 1963 October
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Tuesday |
Brian writes to the `Glasgow Record and Mail', making clear that the first two hits of Gerry and the Pacemakers were not written by Lennon and McCartney, but by Mitch Murray. |
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Wednesday |
`She Loves You', 5th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). `Please Please Me' LP, 28th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). |
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Wednesday |
Harold McMillan renounces his position as Prime Minister. |
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Thursday |
Studio 2. 7.00-10.00pm. Recording: `I Wanna Be Your Man' (takes 14-15); `Little Child' (takes 19-21). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: unknown. |
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Friday |
Television House. Performance for Associated-Rediffusion's `Ready, Steady, Go!', transmitted live.
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5
Saturday |
`Please Please Me' LP number 1, 22nd week (UK Record Retailer chart). |
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5
Saturday |
10.00-12.00am. BBC's `Saturday Club' broadcast (recorded 7 September 1963). |
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5
Saturday |
Concert at the Concert Hall, Glasgow. |
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Sunday |
Concert at the Regal, Kircaldy. |
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7
Monday |
Date proposed by Brian to Alistair Taylor to have lunch together. |
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7
Monday |
Concert at the Caird Hall, Dundee. |
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7
Monday |
[Some day between 7-13 October.] Strand Theatre, London. The Beatles see the play `A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum'. |
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Tuesday |
[Some day between 7-13 October.] Strand Theatre, London. The Beatles see the play `A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum'. |
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Wednesday |
`She Loves You', 6th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). `Please Please Me' LP, 29th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). |
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Wednesday |
BBC Paris Studio, London. 10.00-11.00pm. Recording for BBC's `The Ken Dodd Show': `She Loves You'. |
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9
Wednesday |
Broadcast of `The Mersey Sound' [`The Mersey Beat'?], television BBC documentary. It includes images and an interview with Brian. |
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9
Wednesday |
[Some day between 7-13 October.] Strand Theatre, London. The Beatles see the play `A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum'. |
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9
Wednesday |
Recording for BBC's `The Public Ear'. |
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9
Wednesday |
(After 8 October's midnight.) The Beatles see a Ronald Kirk performance at the Ronnie Scott Club, London. |
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10
Thursday |
[Some day between 7-13 October.] Strand Theatre, London. The Beatles see the play `A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum'. |
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Friday |
[Some day between 7-13 October.] Strand Theatre, London. The Beatles see the play `A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum'. |
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11
Friday |
Concert at the Stoke Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent. |
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12
Saturday |
`Please Please Me' LP number 1, 23rd week (UK Record Retailer chart). |
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12
Saturday |
[Some day between 7-13 October.] Strand Theatre, London. The Beatles see the play `A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum'. |
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13
Sunday |
Evening: Performance on BBC-TV's `Sunday Night at the London Palladium'. Brian attends.
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13
Sunday |
[Some day between 7-13 October.] Strand Theatre, London. The Beatles see the play `A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum'. |
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14
Monday |
Photographs of the London Palladium performance are published on the front pages of every London newspaper. |
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15
Tuesday |
Concert at the Floral, Southport. |
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15
Tuesday |
57 Green Street, London. 4.30pm. Session with `The Beatles Book' photographer Leslie Bryce. 2 shots, in the staircase. |
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16
Wednesday |
`She Loves You', 7th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). `Please Please Me' LP, 30th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). |
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16
Wednesday |
Bernard Delfont announces the Beatles will perform at the Royal Command Performance. |
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16
Wednesday |
Evening: Concert at the Floral Hall, Southport. |
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16
Wednesday |
The Playhouse Theatre, London. 9.00-10.00pm. Recording for BBC's `Easy Beat': `I Saw Her Standing There'; `Love Me Do'; `Please Please Me'; `From Me To You'; `She Loves You'. Last BBC performance of `Love Me Do' and `Please Please Me'.
Read the interview on this day |
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Thursday |
Lunch with the winners (Karen, Anne, Vicky, Susan) of competition in the teen magazine `Boyfriend' at the restaurant Old Vienna. |
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Thursday |
Studio 2. 2.30-5.30pm, 7.00-10.00pm. Recording: `The Beatles' Christmas Record' (unnumbered takes); `You Really Got A Hold On Me' (take 12); `I Want To Hold Your Hand' (takes 1-17); `This Boy' (takes 1-17). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Geoff Emerick. First Christmas record. First session for `I Want To Hold Your Hand'/`This Boy'. First 4-track Beatles recording. |
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18
Friday |
Concert at the Shrewsbury Music Hall. |
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19
Saturday |
`Please Please Me' LP number 1, 24th week (UK Record Retailer chart). |
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Sunday |
10.31-11.30pm. BBC's `Easy Beat' broadcast (recorded 16 October 1963). |
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Sunday |
Recording of performance for ABC-TV's `Thank Your Lucky Stars' in Birmingham.
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Monday |
Studio 1 (control room only). 10.00am-1.00pm. Mono mixing: `I Want To Hold Your Hand' (from take 17); `This Boy' (remixes 1, 2, from take 15). Editing: `This Boy' (of mono remixes 1, 2). Stereo mixing: `I Want To Hold Your Hand' (remix 1, from take 17). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: not assigned. End of sessions for `I Want To Hold Your Hand'/`This Boy'. |
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Wednesday |
`She Loves You', 8th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). `Please Please Me' LP, 31st week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). |
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Wednesday |
Studio 2. 10.00am-1.00pm. Recording: `I Wanna Be Your Man' (take 16). Mono mixing: `I Wanna Be Your Man' (from take 16); `Little Child' (from edit of takes 15, 18); `Hold Me Tight' (from edit of takes 26, 29). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: unknown. |
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Wednesday |
The Beatles on the way to Stockholm, Sweden. Brian is interviewed for the new Southern TV programme `For Art's Sake'. After the programme Brian flies to Sweden to join the group's tour.
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Thursday |
Start of Sweden Tour. Concert at the Karlaplansstudion, Karlaplan, Stockholm. Recorded for Swedish radio and for Swedish TV, through the programme `Drop In'. |
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25
Friday |
Two concerts at the Sundsta-aulan, Karlstad, Sweden. |
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26
Saturday |
`Please Please Me' LP number 1, 25th week (UK Record Retailer chart). |
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26
Saturday |
Two concerts at the Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm. |
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26
Saturday |
Broadcast of ABC-TV's `Thank Your Lucky Stars', with a performance recorded 20 October 1963, in Birmingham. |
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26
Saturday |
Brian's first appearance on `Juke Box Jury', with Jimmy Henney and Barbara Young. After the show, Brian has dinner with Lionel Bart. |
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27
Sunday |
Debut of Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas on `Sunday Night at the London Palladium'. Brian attends. |
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27
Sunday |
Two concerts in Goteborg. |
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28
Monday |
Brian returns from Sweden to the UK. |
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28
Monday |
Concert at Borashallen, Boras.
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29
Tuesday |
Concert in Eskilstuna. End of first European tour (Sweden). |
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29
Tuesday |
Epstein accepts the production of the first Beatle film. |
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29
Tuesday |
Studio 3. 10.00am-1.00pm. Stereo mixing: `It Won't Be Long' (from edit of takes 17, 21); `All I've Got To Do' (from take 15); `All My Loving' (from take 14); `Don't Bother Me' (from take 15); `Little Child' (from take 21); `Till There Was You' (from take 8); `Please Please Me' (from take 9); `Roll Over Beethoven' (from edit of takes 7, 8); `Hold Me Tight' (from edit of takes 26, 29); `You Really Got A Hold On Me' (from edit of takes 7, 10, 11); `I Wanna Be Your Man' (from take 16); `Devil In Her Heart' (from take 6); `Not A Second Time' (from take 9); `Money (That's What I Want)' (from edit of takes 6, 7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Geoff Emerick and B. T. [Full name unknown.] |
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Wednesday |
Studio 3 (control room only). 2.30-5.30pm. Stereo mixing: `Money (That's What I Want)' (from take 7). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: A. B. Lincoln. End of work on `With The Beatles'. |
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Wednesday |
`She Loves You', 9th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). `Please Please Me' LP, 32nd week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). |
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Wednesday |
Recording for the Swedish TV programme `Drop In'. |
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Thursday |
Heathrow Airport, London. The Beatles return to England from Sweden. When they arrive, they coincide at the airport with the Prime Minister, Miss Universe and Ed Sullivan.
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