Beatles history - 1996 year
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Jan 05
Friday |
`Anthology 1' number 20, 5th week in the Top 30 (chart based on record stores sales in Santiago, Chile). `Anthology 1' number 3 in Portugal, 3rd and last week in the Top 5. |
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Jan 06
Saturday |
`Anthology 1' number 3, 4th week in the Top 200 (Billboard). `Abbey Road' number 9 in the Pop Catalog (Billboard). `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' number 10 in the Pop Catalog (Billboard). `The Beatles/1967-1970' number 13 in the Pop Catalog (Billboard). `The Beatles' number 15 in the Pop Catalog (Billboard). |
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Jan 12
Friday |
`Anthology 1' number 20, 6th week in the Top 30 (chart based on record stores sales in Santiago, Chile). |
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Jan 19
Friday |
`Anthology 1' number 21, 7th and last continued week in the Top 30 (chart based on record stores sales in Santiago, Chile). |
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Jan 20
Saturday |
`Anthology 1' number 11, 6th week in the Top 200 (Billboard). `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' number 3 in the Pop Catalog (Billboard). `Abbey Road' number 4 in the Pop Catalog (Billboard). `The Beatles/1967-1970' number 6 in the Pop Catalog (Billboard). `The Beatles' number 10 in the Pop Catalog (Billboard). `The Beatles/1962-1966' number 11 in the Pop Catalog (Billboard). |
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Feb 02
Friday |
`Anthology 1' number 29, reappearing in the Top 30, 8th week in the Top 10 (chart based on record stores sales in Santiago, Chile). |
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Feb 03
Saturday |
`Abbey Road' number 3 in the Pop Catalog (Billboard). `Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' number 5 in the Pop Catalog (Billboard). `The Beatles 1967-1970' number 10 in the Pop Catalog (Billboard). |
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Feb 09
Friday |
`Anthology 1' number 29, 9th week in the Top 30 (chart based on record stores sales in Santiago, Chile). |
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Feb 14
Wednesday |
Worldwide radio broadcast of `Real Love' begins. |
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Feb 14
Wednesday |
London newspaper `Sun' reports that two robbers arrested by the police knew of a $ 150000 plan to assassinate Paul, which was dismissed by a Paul's speaker. |
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Feb 16
Friday |
`Anthology 1' number 30, 10th week in the Top 30 (chart based on record stores sales in Santiago, Chile). |
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Feb 19
Monday |
Recording of `Souvenir' begins in Sussex, England. |
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Feb 27
Tuesday |
Recording of `Flaming Pie' in Sussex, England. |
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Mar 19
Tuesday |
CD release: `Anthology 2'. |
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Apr 05
Friday |
`Anthology 2' number 3, 1st week in the Top 5 (`Feria del Disco' record stores English music sales, Chile). |
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Apr 12
Friday |
`Anthology 2' number 17, 1st week in the Top 30 (chart based on record stores sales in Santiago, Chile). `Anthology 2' number 2, 2nd and last week in the Top 5 (`Feria del Disco' record stores English music sales, Chile). |
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Apr 19
Friday |
`Anthology 2' number 18, 2nd week in the Top 30 (chart based on record stores sales in Santiago, Chile). |
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May 15
Wednesday |
British television broadcasts for the first time footage of the Beatles playing at the Casanova club (filmed 14 February 1961). |
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Jun 15
Saturday |
Ella Fitzgerald dies in Beverly Hills, California, USA, of complications from diabetes. |
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Jul 01
Monday |
10.30pm Eastern Standard Time, USA. Premiere of restored version of `A Hard Day's Night' on AMC (American Movie Classics). |
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Jul 02
Tuesday |
10.45pm Eastern Standard Time, USA. Premiere of restored version of `Help!' on AMC (American Movie Classics). |
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Aug 28
Wednesday |
3Com Park, San Francisco, California, USA. Performance of the Mop Tops, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Beatles last tour concert. They played the same musical set the Beatles did. 6.30pm. Performance of the Mop Tops. 7.35pm. Baseball game: San Francisco Giants versus Philadelphia Phillies. |
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Sep 16
Monday |
Sussex, England. Recording of `Heaven On A Sunday' begins. |
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Sep 21
Saturday |
7.30pm. 100th performance of `Liverpool Oratorio', conducted by Carl Davis, with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir. |
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Oct 28
Monday |
UK CD/LP release: `Anthology 3'. |
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Oct 29
Tuesday |
US CD release: `Anthology 3'. |
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