Video: 'Wonderwall Music (Remastered)' (22 videos)
(Saturday, January 11, 1969) — The first solo album by a member of The Beatles, George Harrison’s Wonderwall Music, the soundtrack LP of the film Wonderwall, debuted at #197 on today’s Billboard Top LP’s chart. Continue reading ‘Wonderwall Music’ by George Harrison debuts at #197 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 11 1969)
Video: 'The Beatles - Twickenham Sessions Vol. 6'
(Friday, January 10, 1969, 10:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. BST) — The Beatles gathered this morning at Twickenham Film Studios in London for the seventh 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 Harrison quits The Beatles on seventh day of ‘Get Back/Let It Be sessions’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 10 1969)
Video: 'The Beatles - Tennessee, House of the Rising Son, Commonwealth, Enoch Powell (Jan 9, 1969)'
(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)
Video: 'The Beatles - Twickenham Sessions Vol. 3' (Jan. 8, 1969, at 8:59)
(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)
Video: 'The Beatles - Twickenham Sessions Vol. 2' (Jan. 7, 1969, at 20:31)
(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)
Video: 'The Beatles - Best of the Twickenham Sessions Vol. 1' (Jan. 6, 1969, at 57:03)
(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)
Video: 'The Beatles - The Get Back Sessions Day 2 Part 1 (January 3, 1969)'
(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)
Video: 'The Beatles - Get Back Day 1 Part 1 (January 2, 1969)'
(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)
Video: 'Once Upon a Time in the West' trailer
(Friday, December 20, 1968) — Once Upon a Time in the West, an epic Spaghetti Western film about a mail-order bride who enlists an outlaw and a mystery man to help protect her land from a ruthless cattleman, premiered today in Rome. Continue reading ‘Once Upon a Time in the West’ premieres in Rome 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 20 1968)
Video: 'Candy' trailer
(Monday, December 16, 1968, scheduled for 8:30 p.m. EST) — Candy, a sex farce film about a college girl who seeks truth and meaning in life, premiered tonight at the Astor Theatre at 1537 Broadway, at West 45th Street in Times Square in New York City. Continue reading ‘Candy’ premieres in New York City 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 16 1968)
