Beatles history - 1963 February
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Friday |
Preparation for 1st British tour. |
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Friday |
3 concert promoters, Arthur Howes, Paul Cave and Harold Fielding, contact Brian, vying for the chance to present Beatles shows at seaside resorts in the summer. |
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2
Saturday |
`Please Please Me' number 47 (UK Melody Market chart). |
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2
Saturday |
Start of Helen Shapiro Tour, with Danny Williams, Kenny Linch, Kestrels, and the Red Price Orchestra. 1st Beatles British tour. Concert at the Gaumont, Bradford. Performance filmed for complete transmision on ABC-TV and, later, partial transmision on `Thank Your Lucky Stars'. |
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3
Sunday |
Performance at the Cavern. |
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5
Tuesday |
Concert at the Gaumont, Doncaster (Helen Shapiro tour). |
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6
Wednesday |
Concert at the Granada, Bedford (Helen Shapiro tour). |
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7
Thursday |
Concert at the Odeon, Wakefield (Helen Shapiro tour). |
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8
Friday |
Concert at the ABC, Carlisle (Helen Shapiro tour). The Beatles are ejected from a ballroom for wearing leather jackets. |
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9
Saturday |
`Please Please Me' number 39 (UK Melody Market chart). |
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9
Saturday |
Concert at the Odeon, Sutherland (Helen Shapiro tour). |
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10
Sunday |
Concert at the Embassy, Peterborough (Helen Shapiro Tour). |
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10
Sunday |
Photographic session with photographer Cyrus Andrews at the Royal Court Hotel lobby and in and around Sloane Square, London. Locations: 1) Royal Court Hotel lobby; 2) telephone box; 3) Ford Popular; 4) letterbox; 5) Royal Court Theatre entrance; 6) King's Arms Public House. |
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Monday |
Studio 2. 10.00am-1.00pm. Recording: `There's A Place' (takes 1-10); `Seventeen' (working title of `I Saw Her Standing There') (takes 1-9). Studio 2. 2.30-6.00pm. Recording: `A Taste Of Honey' (takes 1-5); `Do You Want To Know A Secret' (takes 1-8); `A Taste Of Honey' (takes 6-7); `There's A Place' (takes 11-13); `Seventeen' (working title of `I Saw Her Standing There') (takes 10-12); `Misery' (takes 1-11). Studio 2. 7.30-10.45pm. Recording: `Hold Me Tight' (takes 1-13); `Anna (Go To Him)' (takes 1-3); `Boys' (take 1); `Chains' (takes 1-4); `Baby It's You' (takes 1-3); `Twist And Shout' (takes 1-2). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham. Recording of `Please Please Me' LP. Photographer Dezo Hoffmann present.
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12
Tuesday |
Concert at the Azena Ballroom, Sheffield (Helen Shapiro tour). |
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13
Wednesday |
Transmision of performance for ABC-TV's `Thank Your Lucky Stars'. |
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14
Thursday |
Concert at the Locarno Ballroom. |
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16
Saturday |
`Please Please Me' number 21 (UK Melody Market chart). `Please Please Me' number 1 [chart?]. |
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16
Saturday |
London. Recording for `Thank Your Lucky Stars'. |
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16
Saturday |
EMI House. Photographic session with Angus Mc Bean for `Please Please Me' LP cover. [20 February?] |
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17
Sunday |
Teddington TV Studios, Teddington Lock, Middlesex. Filming appearance for ABC's `Thank Your Lucky Stars'. 1st visit at Teddington TV Studios. |
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19
Tuesday |
Day. The Beatles shooted near River Mersey, Liverpool by Michael Ward;
Evening. Performance at the Cavern.
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20
Wednesday |
Studio 1. 10.30am-1.00pm. Recording: `Misery' (overdub takes 12-16); `Baby It's You' (overdub takes 4-6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Stuart Eltham; 2nd Engineer: Geoff Emerick. Martin adds piano to `Misery' and celeste to `Baby It's You'. 1st Emerick's session. |
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20
Wednesday |
The Playhouse Theatre, Manchester. 12.31-1.30pm. Recording and broadcasting of BBC's `Parade Of The Pops': `Love Me Do'; `Please Please Me'. 1st live show for the BBC. |
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20
Wednesday |
EMI House. Photographic session with Angus Mc Bean for the `Please Please Me' LP cover. [16 February?] |
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22
Friday |
This day's issue of the `New Musical Express' reports, erroneously, that `Keep Your Hands Off My Baby' was recorded during sessions for `Please Please Me' LP. |
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22
Friday |
`Please Please Me' single number 1, 1st week, sharing this position with Frank Ifield's `The Wayward Wind' (UK `New Musical Express' chart). Brian invites the Beatles to a restaurant in Soho to celebrate. |
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22
Friday |
Brian is made an opening director of Northern Songs Limited. |
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23
Saturday |
`Please Please Me' number 9 (UK Melody Market chart). |
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23
Saturday |
Concert at the Mansfield, Granada (Helen Shapiro Tour). |
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23
Saturday |
First appearance on ABC's `Thank Your Lucky Stars' (filmed 17 February 1963). |
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24
Sunday |
Concert at the Coventry Theatre, Coventry (Helen Shapiro tour). |
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25
Monday |
US single release: `Please Please Me'/`Ask Me Why'.
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25
Monday |
Studio 1 (control room only). 10.00am-1.00pm. Editing: `Seventeen' (working title of `I Saw Her Standing There') (of takes 9, 12). Mono mixing: `Anna (Go To Him)' (from take 3); `Boys' (from take 1); `Chains' (from take 1); `Misery' (from take 16); `Do You Want To Know A Secret' (from take 8); `There's A Place' (from take 13); `Seventeen' (working title of `I Saw Her Standing There') (from edit of takes 9, 12); `Twist And Shout' (from take 1); `A Taste Of Honey' (from take 7). Stereo mixing: `Anna (Go To Him)' (from take 3); `Boys' (from take 1); `Chains' (from take 1); `Misery' (from take 16); `Baby It's You' (from take 5); `Do You Want To Know A Secret' (from take 8); `There's A Place' (from take 13); `Seventeen' (working title of `I Saw Her Standing There') (from edit of takes 9, 12); `Twist And Shout' (from take 1); `A Taste Of Honey' (from take 7). Studio 1 (control room only). 2.30-5.45pm. Editing: `Please Please Me' (of takes 16, 17, 18). Mono mixing: `Ask Me Why' (from take 6); `Misery' (from take 16); `Baby It's You' (from take 5). Stereo mixing: `Ask Me Why' (from take 6); `Please Please Me' (from edit of takes 16-18); `Love Me Do' (from 11 September 1962 mono remix); `P.S. I Love You' (from 11 September 1962 mono remix); `Misery' (from take 16). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: A. B. Lincoln. Mixing of versions for `Please Please Me' LP masters. |
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Tuesday |
Concert at the Odeon, Taunton (Helen Shapiro Tour). |
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27
Wednesday |
Concert at the Rialto, York (Helen Shapiro tour). |
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28
Thursday |
Paul and John compose `From Me To You' on the artists car going from York to Shrewsbury, during the Helen Shapiro tour. Concert at the Granada, Shrewsbury (Helen Shapiro tour). |
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28
Thursday |
Brian and Dick James officially found Northern Songs Ltd. |
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