Category Archives: 1960s

The Beatles begin sixth day of ‘Get Back/Let It Be sessions’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 9 1969)


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(Thursday, January 9, 1969, 10:20 a.m.-5:30 p.m. BST) — The Beatles gathered this morning at Twickenham Film Studios in London for the sixth day of rehearsals for the Get Back/Let It Be sessions, intended to form the basis for both a television documentary and a new album.  Continue reading The Beatles begin sixth day of ‘Get Back/Let It Be sessions’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 9 1969)

The Beatles begin fifth day of ‘Get Back/Let It Be sessions’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 8 1969)


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(Wednesday, January 8, 1969, 10:30 a.m. BST) — The Beatles gathered this morning at Twickenham Film Studios in London for the fifth day of rehearsals for the Get Back/Let It Be sessions, intended to form the basis for both a television documentary and a new album.  Continue reading The Beatles begin fifth day of ‘Get Back/Let It Be sessions’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 8 1969)

The Beatles begin fourth day of ‘Get Back/Let It Be sessions’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 7 1969)


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(Tuesday, January 7, 1969, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. BST) — The Beatles gathered this morning at Twickenham Film Studios in London for the fourth day of rehearsals for the Get Back/Let It Be sessions, intended to form the basis for both a television documentary and a new album.  Continue reading The Beatles begin fourth day of ‘Get Back/Let It Be sessions’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 7 1969)

The Beatles begin third day of ‘Get Back/Let It Be sessions’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 6 1969)


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(Monday, January 6, 1969, 10:30 a.m. BST) — Following a weekend break, The Beatles gathered this morning at Twickenham Film Studios in London for the third day of rehearsals for the Get Back/Let It Be sessions, intended to form the basis for both a television documentary and a new album.  Continue reading The Beatles begin third day of ‘Get Back/Let It Be sessions’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 6 1969)

The Beatles begin second day of ‘Get Back/Let It Be sessions’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 3 1969)


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(Friday, January 3, 1969, 10:55 a.m.-7:00 p.m. BST) — The second day of rehearsals for the Get Back/Let It Be sessions, intended to form the basis for both a television documentary and a new album, saw the English rock group The Beatles play a number of songs today at Twickenham Film Studios in London, many of which were rough versions of rock ‘n’ roll oldies, improvisations and numbers from the Lennon-McCartney back catalogue. Continue reading The Beatles begin second day of ‘Get Back/Let It Be sessions’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 3 1969)

The Beatles begin filming ‘Let It Be’ documentary 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 2 1969)


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(Thursday, January 2, 1969, 10:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m. BST) — The Beatles got together with director Michael Lindsay-Hogg today at Twickenham Film Studios in London to film rehearsals for the group’s proposed first live concert, venue undetermined, since 1966. Continue reading The Beatles begin filming ‘Let It Be’ documentary 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 2 1969)

Sly and the Family Stone performs on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 29 1968)


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(Sunday, December 29, 1968, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST) — Sly and the Family Stone performed a medley of “Everyday People,” “Dance to the Music,” “Ya Ya Ya,” “M’Lady” and “Hey Music Lover” on tonight’s edition of the CBS-TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show live from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. Continue reading Sly and the Family Stone performs on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 29 1968)

The Beatles’ ‘White Album’ peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 28 1968)


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(Saturday, December 28, 1968)The Beatles, a double album by the English rock band The Beatles, better known as “The White Album” because it featured a plain white sleeve with no graphics or text other than the band’s name embossed, peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Top LP’s chart. Continue reading The Beatles’ ‘White Album’ peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 28 1968)

‘For Once in My Life’ by Stevie Wonder peaks at #2 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 28 1968)

(Saturday, December 28, 1968)“For Once in My Life” by Stevie Wonder peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘For Once in My Life’ by Stevie Wonder peaks at #2 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 28 1968)

‘Stormy’ by Classics IV peaks at #5 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 28 1968)

(Saturday, December 28, 1968)“Stormy” by Classics IV peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for  one week. Continue reading ‘Stormy’ by Classics IV peaks at #5 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 28 1968)