Beatles history - 1974 year
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Date Event
Jan 08
Tuesday
US Gold certification: `The Early Beatles'.
Feb 09
Saturday
John's live performance.
Apr 08
Monday
Single `Band On The Run' reaches number 1 in USA.
Apr 28
Sunday
Mark Lapidos approaches John with an idea to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Beatles' arrival in the US, to become the Chicago Beatlefest. John answers him: `I'm all for it. I'm a Beatle fan too.'
Jun 15
Saturday
Wings' Denny Seiwell is replaced by Geoff Britton on drums.
Jun 28
Friday
Single `Band On The run' reaches number 3 in Britain.
Jul 17
Wednesday
The US Immigration and Naturalization Service Board denies John's appeal and orders him to leave the country within sixty days or face deportation.
Aug 23
Friday
New York newpapers publish that John has seen, while being at his building's terrace, a UFO, at 9.00.
Aug 31
Saturday
John declares before the Federal Court that Nixon's government tried to deport him for having been one of the organizers of the anti-war march during the republican convention in Miami, 1972.
Sep 08
Sunday
Final date for John to leave the US, as ordered by the US Immigration Service.
Sep 23
Monday
US single release: `Whatever Gets You Thru The Night'/`Beef Jerky'.
Sep 26
Thursday
US LP release: `Walls And Bridges'.
Oct 04
Friday
UK LP release: `Walls And Bridges'. UK single release: `Whatever Gets You Thru The Night'/`Beef Jerky'.
Oct 21
Monday
John returns to Record Plant Studios, to record tracks for the LP `Rock'n'Roll', this time produced by himself.
Oct 22
Tuesday
Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles. John records tracks for LP `Rock'n'Roll'. Producer: John Lennon.
Oct 23
Wednesday
Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles. John records tracks for LP `Rock'n'Roll'. Producer: John Lennon.
Oct 24
Thursday
Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles. John records tracks for LP `Rock'n'Roll'. Producer: John Lennon.
Oct 25
Friday
End of John sessions at Record Plant Studios, to record additional tracks for the LP `Rock'n'Roll', this time produced by himself.
Nov 15
Friday
UK single release: `Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds'/`One Day The Time', by Elton John. UK LP release: `Goodnight Vienna'.
Nov 24
Sunday
Rehearsal for Elton John's concert at the Madison Square Garden, with John.
Nov 28
Thursday
Performance of John with Elton John, at the Madison Square Garden. Yoko is in the audience and meets John backstage.
Dec 16
Monday
US single release: `No. 9 Dream'/`What You Got'.
Dec 31
Tuesday
The Beatles' association is dissolved, with a document signed by each Beatle.
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