Video: 'Please Please Me (Mono Version / Remastered 2009)'

(Monday, November 26, 1962, 7:00-9:45 p.m. GMT) — Fresh off the moderate success of their first single “Love Me Do“/”P.S. I Love You,” the British rock music band The Beatles recorded their second single, “Please Please Me” and “Ask Me Why” tonight at EMI Studio 2 in London for release on Jan. 11, 1963. Continue reading The Beatles record second single ‘Please Please Me’/’Ask Me Why’ in London 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 26 1962) →

Audio: 'The Beatles first radio interview (10/27/1962)'

(Saturday, October 27, 1962, 8:45 p.m. British Summer Time) — Members of the British rock music group The Beatles were interviewed tonight for Radio Clatterbridge at Hulme Hall in Birkenhead, England, for the radio program Sunday Spin, limited to closed-circuit broadcasting in Cleaver and Clatterbridge, two local hospitals, for broadcast the next day. Continue reading Earliest surviving recorded interview of The Beatles conducted 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 27 1962) →

Video: 'BEATLES EN HERE WE GO OCT 26, 1962'

(Thursday, October 25, 1962, 8:00-8:45 p.m. British Summer Time) — The still largely known British rock music band The Beatles performed three songs tonight at Playhouse Theater in Manchester, England, for tomorrow’s 5:00 p.m. BBC Light Programme Here We Go. Continue reading The Beatles perform three songs for BBC radio’s ‘Here We Go’ program 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 25 1962) →

Audio: 'The Beatles At Granada TV Centre Manchester (Different dates) (People And Places)' (Oct. 17, 1962, at 0:00-1:16)

(Wednesday, October 17, 1962, 6:35-7:00 p.m. British Summer Time) — 12 days after the release of their first single (“Love Me Do”/”P.S. I Love You”) in the UK, The Beatles made their debut on television tonight, appearing live from Manchester on Granada’s local program People And Places. Continue reading The Beatles make their television debut on ‘People And Places’ live from Manchester 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 17 1962) →

Video: 'Love Me Do'

(Friday, October 5, 1962) — “Love Me Do,” the official debut single by the English rock band The Beatles, backed by “P.S. I Love You,” was released today in the United Kingdom on Parlophone. Continue reading The Beatles release their first single ‘Love Me Do’/’P.S. I Love You’ 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 5 1962) →

Audio: 'P.S. I Love You (Remastered 2009)'

(Tuesday, September 11, 1962, 5:00 p.m.-6:45 p.m. BST) — The Beatles returned to EMI Studio 2 in London tonight to complete their first single, recording 10 takes of a second version of “P.S. I Love You,” 18 takes of a third version of “Love Me Do,” and a first version of “Please Please Me,” all original Lennon-McCartney compositions. Continue reading The Beatles complete recording first single ‘Love Me Do’/’P.S. I Love You’ in London 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 11 1962) →

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) →