Daily Archives: September 12, 2025

The Beatles’ final exclusive performance for ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ airs 60 years ago this hour (Sep 12 1965)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s, Television 1960s, The Beatles 1960s


Video: 'THE BEATLES | LIVE: The Ed Sullivan Show (Complete Performance) Aired 9.12.1965'

(Sunday, September 12, 1965, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) — The Beatles headlined the 18th season premiere of The Ed Sullivan Show tonight with a six-song set taped Aug. 14, 1965, inside CBS Studio 50 at 1697–1699 Broadway, between 53rd and 54th streets, in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York. Continue reading The Beatles’ final exclusive performance for ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ airs 60 years ago this hour (Sep 12 1965) →

Paul McCartney and Wings perform at Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England 50 years ago this hour (Sep 12 1975)

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


Video: 'Paul McCartney & Wings Interview In Manchester - Granada Reports - 15 September 1975'

(Friday, September 12, 1975, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. British Summer Time) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his band Wings (consisting of his wife Linda, Denny Laine, Jimmy McCulloch and Joe English, together with a brass section led by Howie Casey) performed the fourth of 65 shows tonight for the Wings Over the World tour at Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England. Continue reading Paul McCartney and Wings perform at Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England 50 years ago this hour (Sep 12 1975) →

George Harrison releases ‘You’/’World of Stone’ single 50 years ago today (Sep 12 1975)

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


Video: 'You'

(Friday, September 12, 1975) — The single “You“/”World of Stone” by ex-Beatle George Harrison was released today in the UK (Sep. 15, 1975 in the U.S.), the first single from his forthcoming album Extra Texture (Read All About It). Continue reading George Harrison releases ‘You’/’World of Stone’ single 50 years ago today (Sep 12 1975) →

FEMA director ‘Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job’ resigns 20 years ago today (Sep 12 2005)

2000s


Video: 'CNN: Michael Brown looks back on Katrina'

(Monday, September 12, 2005) — Three days after being stripped of his duties overseeing the post-Katrina hurricane relief effort and ten days after U.S. President George W. Bush infamously declared, “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job,” Michael Brown resigned today as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, saying that he wanted to avoid distracting the agency at a time when it faces a major challenge.