Monday, 8 July, 1963 The Beatles perform two shows at the Winter Gardens in Margate, Kent. This is the first night of a six-night engagement. The Beatles’ song list for the six nights is “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Thank You Girl,” “Chains,” “Please Please Me,” “A Taste of Honey,” “I Saw Her Standing There,” “Baby It’s [...]

Sunday, 7th July, 1963 The Beatles perform at the ABC Theatre in the Lancashire resort town of Blackpool.

Saturday, 6th July, 1963 The Beatles perform at the Memorial Hall in Northwich. Before their appearance, The Beatles attended the annual Northwich Carnival, causing a lot of commotion. Paul McCartney personally crowned the new carnival queen.

Friday, 5th July, 1963 The Beatles perform a long standing commitment at the Plaza Ballroom in Old Hill. Also on the bill were Denny and the Diplomats, featuring Denny Laine, who will eventually be part of Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles group Wings.

Thursday, 4 July, 1963 The Beatles go to the Scene Club in Soho, London, to see The Rolling Stones perform.

Wednesday, 3rd July, 1963 Another day taping a BBC radio show, In this case The Beatles are at Manchester’s Playhouse Theatre to record an episode of “The Beat Show.” They perform before a live audience during the taping, playing the songs “From Me to You,” “A Taste of Honey,” and “Twist and Shout.” The show [...]

Tuesday, 2nd July, 1963 At Studio 5 of Maida Vale Studios in London, The Beatles tape program No.5 of the BBC radio show “Pop Go the Beatles.” After the success of the first 4 shows, the contract was extended for an additional 11 shows. For this show they record a cover version of Elvis Presley’s [...]

Monday, 1st July, 1963 In Studio Two at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, The Beatles record the songs for their next single, “She Loves You” and “I’ll Get You” (under the working title “Get You In the End”). EMI will issue “She Loves You/I’ll Get You” (Parlophone 5055) on August 23. As a result of The [...]

Sunday, 30 June, 1963 The Beatles perform at the ABC Cinema in Great Yarmouth. The Beatles’ song list this night is “Some Other Guy,” “Thank You Girl,” “Do You Want to Know a Secret,” “Misery,” “A Taste of Honey,” “I Saw Her Standing There,” “Love Me Do,” “From Me to You,” “Baby It’s You,” “Please [...]

Friday, 28th June, 1963 The Beatles perform for two “houses” at Queen’s Hall, in Leeds, The first signs of Beatlemania are starting to show with a crowd of 3,200 crammed into Queen’s Hall to see them. Fans press against towards the stage which is guarded by stewards linking their arms (one is bitten by a [...]