Audio: 'The Rolling Stones - I Wanna Be Your Man'
(Friday, November 1, 1963) — The Rolling Stones released their second single, Lennon-McCartney’s “I Wanna Be Your Man” and the original group composition “Stoned,” today in Britain. Continue reading The Rolling Stones release second single ‘I Wanna Be Your Man/Stoned’ 50 years ago today (1963)
Video: 'Interview with The Beatles for Swedish radio [Part 2]'
(Thursday, October 31, 1963, morning) — Before The Beatles left Stockholm today, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr gave an interview to TV and radio producer/presenter Klas Burling, whom The Beatles had befriended on the group’s tour of Sweden
Video: 'The Beatles interview about The Royal Variety Show (1963)'
(Wednesday, October 16, 1963) — The Beatles were interviewed today about their invitation to the annual Royal Variety Performance at Playhouse Theatre in London by ITV.
Audio: 'The Beatles - Radio Newsreel (16th October 1963)'
(Wednesday, October 16, 1963, 7:00-7:31 p.m. BST) — The Beatles were interviewed tonight about their invitation to the annual Royal Variety Performance at Playhouse Theatre in London by Peter Woods for the BBC Light Programme Radio Newsreel.
Audio: 'I`m In Love - Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas'
(Monday, October 14, 1963) — Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas recorded Lennon-McCartney’s composition “I’m In Love” today at EMI Studios in London with Beatle John Lennon coaching Kramer. This song was never recorded by Lennon’s group The Beatles.
Video: 'BBC Documentary - "The Mersey Sound" - August 27 - 30, 1963'
(Wednesday, October 9, 1963, 10:10 p.m. BST) — The Mersey Sound, a documentary that featured the Liverpool sound by focusing on The Beatles, debuted tonight on BBC-TV in the London and northern England regions.
Audio: 'The Beatles - "With The Beatles" (2009 Stereo Remastered) [Full Album]'
(Thursday, August 22, 1963) — The cover for With the Beatles, The Beatles’ second album, was shot today by Robert Freeman in the Palace Court Hotel, Bournemouth, England. By coincidence, The Beatles would hold their final photo session as a group exactly six years from this date.
Video: 'The Beatles - It Won't Be Long'
(Monday, August 19, 1963) — The Beatles were filmed today at Askers Road House Hotel in Bridport, England, portions of which were later sprinkled through the “It Won’t Be Long” montage of home movies in The Beatles Anthology documentary TV series.
Video: 'Very rare: 1963 Beatles home movie - Jersey, Channel Islands' (Aug. 8, 1963, at :20-1:13; the rest was shot Aug. 6-10, 1963)
(Thursday, August 8, 1963) — The Beatles were filmed today at Jersey Airport, boarding their chartered flight for Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
(Saturday, August 3, 1963) — The Beatles debuted on the American pop charts today when “From Me To You” appeared at #125 on Billboard‘s Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart. The track would peak at #116 on Aug. 10, then fall out of the chart after only a total of three weeks.
The Beatles would not chart again in the U.S. until Jan. 18, 1964; “From Me To You” would be re-leased on Jan. 30, 1964 as the B-side to “Please Please Me” and returned to the chart on Feb. 22, 1964.
