Video: 'Please Mister Postman (Remastered 2009)'

(Tuesday, July 30, 1963, 10:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. British Summer Time; during recording sessions for With The Beatles) — The Beatles resumed recording sessions for their second album With The Beatles this morning at EMI Studio Two in London, recording a cover of the Marvelettes’ “Please Mr. Postman” and beginning work on the new original Lennon–McCartney song, “It Won’t Be Long.” Continue reading The Beatles record ‘Please Mister Postman’ in London for second studio album 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 30 1963) →

Video: 'The Beatles at Weston Super Mare home movie July 22nd - 27th 1963'

(Saturday, July 27, 1963, headlining a bill that started at 8:30 p.m. British Summer Time) — The Beatles completed the last of six consecutive nights of concerts tonight at the Odeon Cinema in Weston-super-Mare, a seaside town in the North Somerset unitary area in the county of Somerset, England. Continue reading The Beatles complete six-night residency in Weston-super-Mare, England 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 27 1963) →

(Saturday, July 20, 1963) — “From Me to You” by Del Shannon peaked at #77 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘From Me to You’ by Del Shannon peaks at #77, first Lennon-McCartney composition to chart in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 20 1963) →

Video: 'You Really Got A Hold On Me (Remastered 2009)'

(Thursday, July 18, 1963, 7:00 p.m.-10:45 p.m. British Summer Time; during recording sessions for With The Beatles) — Just seventeen days after recording what was to be their next single “She Loves You,” manager Brian Epstein had The Beatles back at EMI Studio Two in London tonight to begin recording their second studio album With The Beatles. Continue reading The Beatles begin recording second studio album ‘With The Beatles’ 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 18 1963) →

Video: 'The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There (BBC, Easy Beat - 21 July 1963)'

(Wednesday, July 17, 1963, 8:45 p.m.-9:45 p.m. BST) — The Beatles taped a third appearance on the BBC Light Programme Easy Beat tonight in front of a studio audience at Playhouse Theatre in London. Continue reading The Beatles record four songs for BBC ‘Easy Beat’ radio program 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1963) →

Video: 'The Beatles - She Loves You (BBC, Pop Go The Beatles #10 - 20 August 1963)'

(Tuesday, July 16, 1963, 8:45 p.m.-10:30 p.m. British Summer Time) — The Beatles recorded the first of three episodes of the BBC Light Programme Pop Go The Beatles today at BBC Paris Studio in London. Continue reading The Beatles record episode 10 of BBC’s ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ radio series 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 16 1963) →

Video: 'Long Tall Sally (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 13th August, 1963)'

(Tuesday, July 16, 1963, 6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. British Summer Time) — The Beatles recorded the second of three episodes today of the BBC Light Programme Pop Go The Beatles at BBC Paris Studio in London. Continue reading The Beatles record episode nine of BBC’s ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ radio series 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 16 1963) →

Video: 'I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)'

(Tuesday, July 16, 1963, 3:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. British Summer Time) — The Beatles recorded the first of three episodes today of the BBC Light Programme Pop Go The Beatles at BBC Paris Studio in London. Continue reading The Beatles record episode eight of BBC’s ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ radio series 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 16 1963) →

Video: 'Memphis, Tennessee (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 30th July, 1963)'

(Wednesday, July 10, 1963, 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. British Summer Time) — For the second time on this day, The Beatles recorded an episode for the BBC Light Programme Pop Go The Beatles at Studio 5, Maida Vale Studios in London. Continue reading The Beatles record episode seven of BBC radio’s ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ series 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay (Jul 10 1963) →

Video: 'And Here We Are Again (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 23rd July, 1963)'

(Wednesday, July 10, 1963, rehearsing and recording at 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. British Summer Time) — The Beatles recorded the sixth episode of the BBC Light Programme Pop Go The Beatles today at London’s Aeolian Hall. Continue reading The Beatles record episode six of BBC radio’s ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ series 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay (Jul 10 1963) →