| 3 |
January |
A clip of The Beatles is shown on The Jack Paar Show
in the US |
| 7 |
January |
Playhouse Theatre, London, recorded: Johnny B Goode |
| 15 |
January |
Perform in Versailles, France, before starting a two-week
season at the Olympia Theatre in Paris |
| 20 |
January |
LP Meet The
Beatles is released in the US |
| 21 |
January |
Paul McCartney's A World Without Love
Peter and Gordon. The recording was released as a single in the UK on
February 28 (US on April 27) |
| 25 |
January |
I Want To Hold Your Hand
jumps 43 places to top the singles chart in America's Cashbox magazine |
| 29 |
January |
Pathe' Marconi, Paris, record:
Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand, Sie Liebt Dich, Can't Buy Me Love |
| 30 |
January |
Single Please Please Me
is re-released in the US with From Me To You
as the B side |
| 7 |
February |
EP All My Loving is
released in the UK 9 (9 April in Australia)
The Beatles arrive at Kennedy Airport in New York |
| 9 |
February |
Make a landmark television appearance on the Ed
Sullivan Show, watched by 73 million viewers |
| 11 |
February |
US debut concert at Washington Coliseum |
| 12 |
February |
Two more concerts at Carnegie Hall back in New York
A hastily-made documentary about the Beatles US visit is shown on UK television |
| 13 |
February |
Fly from New York to Miami, to do their second Ed
Sullivan Show and have a few days off to relax |
| 16 |
February |
Second Ed Sullivan Show featuring The Beatles is
watched by 70 million viewers |
| 21 |
February |
While making the documentary
"What's Happening: The Beatles In The U.S.A.," the group was filmed performing
Guitar Blues |
| 22 |
February |
Return to England |
| 25 |
February |
EMI Studios, record:
You Can't Do That, And I Love Her, I Should Have Known Better |
| 27 |
February |
EMI Studios, record:
Tell Me Why |
| 28 |
February |
EMI Studios, record:
Till There Was You, I Wanna Be Your Man, From Us To You |
| 1 |
March |
EMI Studios, record:
If I Fell, I'm Happy Just To Dance With You, Long Tall Sally, I Call Your Name |
| 2 |
March |
Single Twist And Shout/
There's A Place
released in the US
Begin shooting their first film, A Hard Day's Night (AKA Beatlemania) |
| 10 |
March |
Ringo films Pub sequence for A Hard Days night in
Twickenham |
| 16 |
March |
Single Can't Buy Me Love/ You Can't Do That
released in the US (30 April in Australia/ 20 March in the US) |
| 19 |
March |
Collect their Variety Club of Great Britain 1963
Showbusiness Personalities of the year award |
| 23 |
March |
Duke of Edinburgh presents The Beatles with Carl-Alan
awards
John's first book IN His Own Write is published and the first print run
is quick to sell out
Single Do You Want To Know A Secret/ Thank You Girl
released in the US |
| 3 |
April |
Hold the top six positions in a singles chart in Sydney,
Australia |
| 4 |
April |
Beatles singles are also in the top five positions in
America's Billboard chart |
| 10 |
April |
LP The Beatles
Second Album released in the US |
| 16 |
April |
EMI Studios, record:
A Hard Days Night |
| 23 |
April |
John attends a Foyle's literary luncheon in his honour |
| 27 |
April |
Single Love Me Do/
P.S. I Love You
released in the US |
| 27-28 |
April |
EMI Studios or BBC-TV Studios:
Woman, One and One Is Two,
Hello Little Girl,
Home,
Moonglow
Raunchy, You Are My Sunshine,
It's For You,
Shout |
| 29 |
April |
Arrive in Scotland for two concerts |
| 1 |
May |
From Us To You recordings: I Forgot To Remember To Forget
EMI Studios, record:
Matchbox, I'll Cry Instead, Slow Down, I'll Be Back |
| - |
May |
Madame Tussad's unveil their models of The Beatles |
| 2 |
June |
EMI Studios, record:
Any Time At All, Things We Said Today, When I Get Home |
| 3 |
June |
EMI Studios, record:
You Know What To Do, No Reply (demo)
and possibly:
It's For You |
| 3 |
June |
Ringo collapses with Tonsillitis and pharyngitis just
before the Beatles first world tour. He is temporarily replaced by session
drummer Jimmy Nicol |
| 4 |
June |
The World tour begins with a concert in Copenhagen,
Denmark |
| 7 |
June |
Land in London to dropp off Cynthia Lennon and collected
John's Aunt Mimi, the 10:15 BOAC Boeing 707 flight to Hong Kong was delayed 1
hour to allow the group to make their connection.
The plane touched down in Beirut, Lebanon that evening, exhausted, the Beatles
ruled out a terminal building. The scene got ugly when Police had to use fire
fighting foam on hundreds of screaming teenagers who invaded the tarmac as fans
hurled themselves at a wall of Police who where guarding the plane's on-ramps |
| 8 |
June |
Second refuel stop, 2.00AM arrive in Karachi, Pakistan.
Paul decided to buy some souvenirs but was quickly turn back to the aircraft by
a mob of screaming girls - Paul claims that they materialized From Nowhere.
6AM Stop off in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.
Bangkok, Thailand (later that morning) The Beatles met similar scene's as in
Beirut - but this time they decided to go down the ramp and sign Autographs
after almost a thousand fans mostly in school uniform chanted "Beatles Come Out".
Arrive at Hong Kong's Tai Tak Airport - which compared to the other stops was
quiet and subdued. |
| 10 |
June |
After resting most of the day Wednesday, the group flew
out that afternoon, farewelled by some 500 fans - most of them British |
| 11 |
June |
2:20AM Arrive in Darwin, Australia, After completion of
customs and immigration formalities, the Beatles met the Northern Territory
media
7:43Am The Beatles arrive in Sydney Australia |
| 12 |
June |
11:57AM Arrive in Adelaide, South Australia |
| 14 |
June |
Ringo arrives in Sydney, 990 minutes later departs for
Melbourne, a few hours later the rest of the Beatles arrive in Melbourne from
Adelaide |
| 18 |
June |
Arrive in Sydney at 11:40AM
EP Long Tall Sally released in Australia (19 June in the UK) |
| 21 |
June |
Arrive in Wellington New Zealand for concert dates in
Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin and Christchurch |
| 26 |
June |
LP A Hard Day's Night released in the US (3 July in
Australia/ 10 July in the UK) |
| 28 |
June |
Arrive in Sydney from New Zealand at 9:35PM and departed
for Brisbane at 10:07PM |
| 29 |
June |
Arrive in Brisbane, 12:08AM |
| 6 |
July |
A Hard Day's Night has it's royal world charity premier at
the London Pavilion cinema |
| 10 |
July |
Single
A Hard Days Night/ Things We Said Today
released in the UK and |
| 12 |
July |
Concert at the Hippodrome, Brighton is the first of five
summer concerts at British seaside resorts |
| 20 |
July |
Two singles I'll Cry Instead/ I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
and And I Love Her/
If I Fell
are released in the US
LP Something New released in
the US |
| 23 |
July |
Beatles appear in a charity show, The Night Of A
Hundred Stars, at the London Palladium |
| 11 |
August |
EMI Studios, record:
Baby's In Black |
| 14 |
August |
EMI Studios, record:
I'm A Loser, Mr Moonlight, Leave My Kitten Alone |
| 18 |
August |
Leave London Airport for their first US concert tour |
| 24 |
August |
Single
Matchbox/ Slow Down
released in the US |
| 4 |
September |
While shooting promotional films for 'Hey Jude' and 'Revolution',
the Beatles performed a brief ad-lib of
It's Now Or Never |
| 17 |
September |
The Beatles are paid $150,000 to play Kansas City
Municipal Stadium on their day off, earning around £1, 785 per minute |
| 21 |
September |
Possible un-released recordings: You'll Know What To Do,
Always And Only |
| 29 |
September |
EMI Studios, record:
Every Little Thing, I Don't Want To Spoil The Party, What You're Doing |
| 30 |
September |
EMI Studios, record:
No Reply |
| 6 |
October |
EMI Studios, record:
Eight Days A Week |
| 8 |
October |
EMI Studios, record:
She's A Woman |
| 9 |
October |
Another UK tour begins at the Gaumont Cinema, Bradford
where the Beatles are joined by Motown star, Mary Wells |
| 18 |
October |
EMI Studios, record:
Kansas City/ Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!, Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby, Rock And Roll Music
Words Of Love, I Feel Fine, Mr Moonlight |
| 26 |
October |
EMI Studios, record:
Honey Don't |
| 6 |
November |
EP Extracts from the
Film A Hard Days Night is released in the UK |
| 8 |
November |
First concert in Liverpool for nearly a year is held at
the Liverpool Empire |
| 23 |
November |
LP The Beatles Story released in the US
Single I Feel Fine/
She's A Woman
released in the US (27 November in the UK) |
| 25 |
November |
BBC Saturday Night Club record:
Rock And Roll Music |
| 1 |
December |
Ringo holds a press conference about his tonsils |
| 4 |
December |
LP Beatles For Sale is
released in the UK |
| 15 |
December |
LP Beatles '65
released in the US |
| 24 |
December |
Another Beatles Christmas Show begins at the Odeon,
Hammersmith and runs until 16 January 1965 |
| - |
- |
From A Window
(not recorded by the Beatles) |
- Bootleg info in orange text