13 April 1966:
The Beatles finish recording the Revolver song Love You To, with vocals from Harrison and McCartney.
They then record the backing track for Paperback Writer in two takes – featuring guitars, tambourine, drums.
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13 April 1965:
The Beatles record the song Help! in eight takes.
The backing track has 12-string guitar, electric guitar, bass, and drums. The Beatles complete the song with backing vocals, tambourine, and John Lennon's lead vocals.
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13 April 1965:
Paul McCartney buys 7 Cavendish Avenue – a three-storey Regency townhouse in St John's Wood, London – for £40,000.
In March 1966 he moves in, after carrying out renovations including a large gate and intercom system.
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13 April 1964:
George Harrison films his solo scene in A Hard Day's Night.
"There was one piece of dialogue where I say, 'Oh, I'm not wearing that – that's grotty!' … It was a new expression: grotty – grotesque."
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13 April 1962:
The Beatles' first performance at the Star-Club, Hamburg.
"The people in the club were laughing – they didn't know Stuart had died. It gave me shivers to watch it, but this is what clowns do, bring humour to tragedy."
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10 April 1970:
"PAUL QUITS THE BEATLES"
News breaks that the Fab Four are no more.
Paul McCartney: "A few people thought it was some weird move of me to get publicity, but it was really to avoid having to do the press."
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10 April 1967:
Paul McCartney is recorded chewing celery on the Beach Boys' song Vegetables/Vega-Tables!
Al Jardine: "I was out in the studio recording the vocal when, to my surprise, Paul McCartney walked in and joined Brian at the console."
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10 April 1964:
The Beatles' Second Album – "Electrifying Big Beat Performances!" – is released in the USA.
Only five of the eleven songs are Lennon-McCartney originals; the remaining six are cover versions, and there are no ballads.
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10 April 1962:
Stuart Sutcliffe, the brilliant young painter who was the Beatles' bass guitarist in Liverpool and Hamburg, dies of a brain haemorrhage.
Rest in peace, Stu.
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8 April 1974:
Paul McCartney and Wings' single Band On The Run is released in the USA.
"It started off with 'If I ever get out of here.' That came from a remark George made at one of the Apple meetings."
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8 April 1966:
The Beatles record the backing track for the Revolver song Got To Get You Into My Life.
After some failed attempts the previous day, they record takes 6-8 – the last of which becomes the basis of the final version.
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8 April 1963:
John Charles Julian Lennon, son to John and Cynthia, is born at Liverpool's Sefton General Hospital.
Cynthia Lennon: "He was tiny, his small face scrunched up and bright red. I thought he was absolutely perfect."
Happy birthday, Julian!
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7 April 1967:
Paul McCartney has the idea for the Magical Mystery Tour film while on holiday in Denver.
"We'd always just heighten the reality to make a little bit of surreality. That we were interested in."
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7 April 1966:
The tape loop sound effects are added to the Beatles' song Tomorrow Never Knows.
George Martin: "We did a live mix of all the loops. All over the studios we had people spooling them onto machines with pencils…"
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7 April 1965:
Ringo Starr comes face-to-face with a tiger – "Raja, the famous Bengal man-eater" – in a scene from Help!
The Beatles' management also announce on this day that Ringo and his wife Maureen are expecting their first child.
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7 April 1964:
The Beatles film the A Hard Day's Night scenes inside the police station.
The shoot takes place at Twickenham Film Studios. The exterior shots are filmed in London's Notting Hill Gate on 16 April 1964.
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2 April 1973:
The Beatles compilations 1962-1966 and 1967-1970, also known as the Red and Blue Albums, are released in the USA.
The Red Album tops the Cashbox chart, and the Blue Album does the same on the Billboard chart.
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2 April 1973:
John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold a press conference to announce their conceptual country Nutopia.
"As two ambassadors of NUTOPIA, we ask for diplomatic immunity and recognition in the United Nations of our country and its people."
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2 April 1970:
Phil Spector finishes work on the Beatles' Let It Be album.
Ringo Starr: "I spoke to Paul on the phone and said, 'Did you like it?', and he said, 'Yeah, it's OK.' He didn't put it down. And then suddenly he didn't want it to go out."
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2 April 1964:
The Beatles film the interview scenes in A Hard Day's Night.
"Tell me, how did you find America?"
"Turn left at Greenland."
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Cynthia Lennon, the first wife of John Lennon, died aged 75 on 1 April 2015.
Cyn and John met at art college in Liverpool in 1958. They married in 1962, after discovering she was pregnant with their son Julian, and divorced in 1968.
Rest in peace Cynthia.
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono wrote the Declaration of Nutopia, announcing their conceptual country, on 1 April 1973.
"NUTOPIA has no land, no boundries [sic], no passports, only people.
"NUTOPIA has no laws other than cosmic."
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One of the most contentious Beatles recording sessions took place on 1 April 1970: Phil Spector's orchestral and choral overdubs to Across The Universe, The Long And Winding Road, and I Me Mine.
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The Beatles recorded the reprise of the Sgt Pepper title track on 1 April 1967.
After completing the backing track (guitars, bass, and drums, plus George Martin on organ) they overdubbed vocals, maracas, and tambourine.
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John Lennon bought a copy of The Psychedelic Experience by Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert, and Ralph Metzner on 1 April 1966.
The book, a manual for using psychedelic drugs, became a key influence on the Revolver song Tomorrow Never Knows.
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The Beatles' first night performing at Hamburg's Top Ten Club took place on 1 April 1961.
It was the Beatles' longest residency in the city, lasting 92 nights. They left Germany following their final show at the club on 1 July 1961.
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31 March 2015:
Postcards From Paradise, Ringo Starr’s 18th studio album, is released worldwide.
"It’s a mixed bag, as my records always are. We have the reggae track and we have the rock track, and that’s how it is. It’s pop, rock, reggae."
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31 March 1978:
Wings’ seventh and penultimate album, London Town, is released in the UK.
It spends 23 weeks on the albums chart, peaking at number four. London Town is Wings' penultimate album.
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31 March 1970:
Paul McCartney reacts angrily to a letter from John and George, delivered by Ringo, informing him of a delay to the McCartney album.
Paul: "I had to do something like that in order to assert myself because I was just sinking…"
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