Daily Archives: April 9, 2020

‘PAUL QUITS THE BEATLES’ headline hits British newsstands 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 10 1970)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, The Beatles 1970s


Video: 'The Beatles break up (various news reports 1970)' (Beatle Ringo Starr departs Apple Corps headquarters building on Apr. 10, 1970, at 18:34)

(Friday, April 10, 1970, shortly after midnight British Summer Time; during the Break-up of The Beatles) — Britain’s national daily tabloid newspaper, the Daily Mirror, began reaching newsstands early this morning with a page one headline “PAUL QUITS THE BEATLES,” reporting that Paul McCartney was leaving the British rock band The Beatles. Continue reading ‘PAUL QUITS THE BEATLES’ headline hits British newsstands 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 10 1970) →

John Lennon videotaped with son Sean at New York vacation home 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 9 1980)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s, The Beatles 1980s


Video: 'John Lennon home video footage in FULL. NYC Cold springs harbour 1980.' (Apr. 9, 1980, at 7:06-7:56)

(Wednesday, April 9, 1980, afternoon EST) — Former Beatle John Lennon, using his newly acquired video camera to record his day-to-day activities, posed with his son Sean, 4, today at Cannon Hill, his family’s secluded, sprawling mansion overlooking Cold Spring Harbor on New York’s Long Island. Continue reading John Lennon videotaped with son Sean at New York vacation home 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 9 1980) →