Video: '"Some Other Guy " The Beatles at the Cavern REMASTER Take one and two.' (video shot Aug. 22, 1962, audio recorded Sept. 5, 1962, at 0:00-2:12)

(Wednesday, September 5, 1962, evening BST) — Just back from their very first EMI recording session in London as John, Paul, George, and Ringo, the still largely unknown British rock band, The Beatles, were recorded performing tonight at the Cavern Club in Liverpool by a sound technician from Granada Television. Continue reading The Beatles are recorded performing at Cavern Club in Liverpool 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 5 1962) →

Audio: 'How Do You Do It? (Anthology 1 Version)'

(Tuesday, September 4, 1962, 7:00-11:15 p.m. British Summer Time) — 90 days after their initial audition recording, The Beatles returned to EMI Studios today in London with the band’s new permanent drummer, Ringo Starr (replacing Pete Best on Aug. 18, 1962), to record the group’s debut single in Studio 2. Continue reading The Beatles record at EMI for first time with Ringo Starr as band’s permanent drummer 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 4 1962) →

Video: 'Cynthia Lennon Tribute//Jealous Guy'

(Thursday, August 23, 1962, booked for late in the morning British Summer Time) — John Lennon, a 21-year-old English musician and member of the still largely unknown rock music band The Beatles, married his first wife, Cynthia Powell, 22, today at Mount Pleasant Register office in Liverpool, England. Continue reading John Lennon, 21, of British rock music band The Beatles marries first wife Cynthia Powell, 22, in Liverpool, England 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 23 1962) →

Video: 'The Beatles - Some Other Guy (Restored Live 1962)'

(Wednesday, August 22, 1962, approximately noon-2:00 p.m. British Summer Time) — The Beatles were filmed performing with sound for the first time this afternoon at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England, by Granada TV for a locally broadcast magazine series, Know the North. Continue reading The Beatles filmed performing with sound for first time 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 22 1962) →

Video: 'The Beatles - Ringo Joins The Beatles / Some Other Guy Live At The Cavern Club'

(Saturday, August 18, 1962, 10:00 p.m. British Summer Time) — The Beatles, the English rock music band as the world would know them, were born tonight as Richard Starkey, better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, debuted tonight as a permanent member of the group, the closing attraction at the local Horticultural Society’s 17th annual dance at Hulme Hall in Port Sunlight. Continue reading Ringo Starr debuts as permanent drummer of The Beatles 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 18 1962) →

Video: 'The Beatles Interviews: Meeting George Martin and Ringo Joining The Band'

(Thursday, August 16, 1962, 10:00 a.m. BST) — Pete Best, the drummer of the English rock music band The Beatles, was fired from the group today after he was summoned to the Liverpool office of the group’s manager, Brian Epstein. Continue reading English rock music band The Beatles fire their original drummer Pete Best 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 16 1962) →

Video: 'The Beatles - Ask Me Why (BBC, Teenagers' Turn - Here We Go - 15 June 1962)'

(Monday, June 11, 1962, 8:45-9:30 p.m. British Summer Time) — The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Pete Best) recorded their second BBC radio appearance tonight at Playhouse Theater in Manchester, performing “Ask Me Why” (the first Lennon-McCartney original composition played on BBC radio), “Besame Mucho,” and “A Picture Of You.” Continue reading The Beatles record second BBC radio performance in Manchester 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 11 1962) →

Video: 'Besame Mucho (Anthology 1 Version)'

(Wednesday, June 6, 1962, 7:00-10:00 p.m. British Summer Time) — The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Pete Best) visited EMI Studios at 3 Abbey Road, St John’s Wood, London, for the first time ever tonight to record, with George Martin producing, for Parlophone Records. Continue reading The Beatles audition for record producer George Martin at Abbey Road Studios in London 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 1962) →

Video: 'Sweet Georgia Brown (Remastered 2015)'

(Thursday, May 24, 1962, approximately 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 or 10:00 p.m. Central European Time) — British rock band The Beatles recorded the instrumental backing tracks for Tony Sheridan’s “Sweet Georgia Brown” and “Swanee River” today at Studio Rahlstedt in Hamburg, West Germany, with Bert Kaempfert producing. Continue reading The Beatles track ‘Sweet Georgia Brown’ and ‘Swanee River’ for Tony Sheridan 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 24 1962) →

Video: 'Stuart Sutcliffe, The Lost Beatle'

(Tuesday, April 10, 1962) — Stu Sutcliffe, a painter and musician best known as the original bass guitarist of the English rock band The Beatles, died today of a brain haemorrhage while riding in an ambulance on the way to a hospital in Hamburg, West Germany. He was 21 years old. Continue reading Former Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe, 21, dies after collapsing in Hamburg, West Germany 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 10 1962) →