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Early '62 |
The following songs are believed to have been composed by
Lennon/ McCartney, no actual recordings have surfaced:
Looking Glass,
Winston's Walk,
Keep Looking That Way,
Pinwheel Twist |
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January |
Audition for Mike Smith and Dick Rowe at Decca, recording
15 songs:
Love Of The Loved, Searchin', That'll Be The Day, In Spite Of All The Danger, Three Cool Cats, The Sheik Of Araby, Like Dreamers Do
and Hello Little Girl |
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January |
The Beatles top a popularity poll in local music paper,
Mersey Beat |
| 24 |
January |
Sign a management contract with Brian Epstein, although
Epstein himself does not sign |
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February |
Decca records turn down the Beatles, Dick Rowe was quoted
as saying "Guitar groups are on the way out, Mr. Epstein." |
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February |
Brian Epstein meets with George Martin, EMI Records head
A&R for the classical department. Epstein plays George the Decca session
recordings |
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March |
Make their radio debut at Manchester's Playhouse Theatre
for the BBC's Teenager's Turn (Here We Go) radio show which was transmitted the
following day. Dream Baby
was recorded for this show and has been bootlegged |
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April |
Stuart Sutcliffe dies of a brain hemorrhage aged 21 |
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April to
31 May |
Make their third trip to Hamburg to perform at the new
Star-Club on Grosse Freiheit |
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May |
Brian Epstein meets with George Martin again, and the
Beatles are offered a recording contract which is dependant on how they perform
for their Audition/ Recording session with EMI scheduled for 6 June |
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June |
Perform the Audition/ Recording session at EMI
studios in Abbey Road and are formally offered a recording deal. The following
recordings where made:
Besame Mucho, Love Me Do |
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June |
Appear on BBC Radio's "Here We Go" program. following
tracks has been bootlegged: A Picture Of You
also Ask Me Why
was played |
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July |
Following recordings where made at the Cavern Club with
Pete Best on drums:
Hey! Baby, I Forgot To Remember To Forget,
If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody, I Saw Her Standing There |
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August |
Ringo is invited to join the Beatles and accepts, the
decision to hire Ringo was made by George Martin who was not happy with Pete
Best, both performance wise unreliable. These reasons have been rejected by
Pete: "I can’t accept the drumming theory as when we came back from Germany,
other groups copied my style using the loud bass drum. Also, Bert Kaempfert was
quite happy with my drumming when we recorded in Germany. The hairstyle?
That’s all rubbish, it was never even discussed. Jealousy? I was aware of the
Pete Best fans but there were plenty of Paul fans too. As long as the group got
the attention I was happy. Personality? I took part in all the crazy stunts and
drinking. I was a Beatle. A rumour around the Cavern was that it was because I
turned down Brian Epstein’s advances but I don’t believe that. Unreliable? I
missed four shows in over two years so if that makes me unreliable…….".
Years later, John Lennon also responded to this with "We were cowards when we
sacked him" |
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August |
Pete Best is formally sacked as The Beatles drummer. |
| 18 |
August |
Ringo makes his debut as a Beatle, at Hulme Hall in Port
Sunlight, Birkenhead |
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August |
Are filmed at the Cavern by Granada Television, but the
footage is shelved until they become famous the following year |
| 23 |
August |
John Marries Cynthia Powell at Liverpool's Mount Pleasant
Register Office |
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September |
EMI Studios, record: First formal
recording session with Ringo and record the following:
How Do You Do It, Love Me Do |
| 11 |
September |
EMI Studios, record:
Love Me Do, Please Please Me, Please Please Me, P.S. I Love You |
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October |
Brian Epstein finally signs the management contract with
The Beatles |
| 5 |
October |
First single Love Me Do/ P.S. I Love You
released in the UK and reached No. 17 in the charts |
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October |
Make their first TV debut with a live appearance on
Granada Television's 'People And Places', which was broadcast to the north and
north-west |
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November |
Fourth season in Hamburg, a two week booking to play at
the Star-Club |
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November |
EMI Studios, record:
Please Please Me, Ask Me Why |
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December |
Fifth and final stint in Hamburg, again playing at the
Star-Club the following tracks where recorded at the club:
Be Bop A Lula, Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby, Falling In Love, I Remember You, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry Over You, I'm Talking About You,Your Feets Too Big |
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