Friday, 13 September, 1963
The Beatles perform a gig at the Public Hall in Preston. After the gig, Paul McCartney drives 25 miles to the Imperial Ballroom in Nelson to participate in judging for the “Imperial Miss 1963″ beauty pageant.
Thursday, 12 September, 1963
Still at EMI Studio Two at Abbey Road, The Beatles started the day by recording four speech messages to be used on Australian radio to promote their upcoming tour there.
Work then resumed on recording “With The Beatles,” with more takes of “Hold Me Tiger,” “Don’t Bother Me,” “Little Child,” and “I […]
Wednesday, 11 September, 1963
The Beatles are at Studio Two in EMI’s Abbey Road studios, in London, working on songs for their second album “With the Beatles.” They record “I Wanna Be Your Man” with Ringo on lead vocal (1 take), “Little Child” (2 takes), “All I’ve Got to Do,” (15 takes), “Not a Second […]
Tuesday, 10 September, 1963
John and Paul give the song “I Wanna Be Your Man” to the Rolling Stones, who go on to make it a Top 20 single.
Sunday, 8 September, 1963
The Beatles head back north for another performance at the ABC Theatre in the seaside town of Blackpool.
Saturday, 7 September, 1963
On the way to Croydon for an evening gig, The Beatles stop at the Playhouse Theatre in London to record an appearance on the BBC radio program “Saturday Club,” a special edition marking the show’s fifth anniversary. The Beatles record the songs “I Saw Her Standing There,” “Memphis,” “Happy Birthday Saturday Club” […]
Friday, 6 September, 1963
The Beatles played at the Odeon Cinema in Luton.
On this day the Beatles Hits EP (Parlophone 8808) was released in the UK containing 4 tracks, “From Me to You,” “Thank You Girl,” “Please Please Me,” and “Love Me Do.”
Thursday, 5 September, 1963
The Beatles continue their ad-hoc tour of seaside town cinema venues with a performance at the Gaumont Cinema in Taunton.
Wednesday, 4 September, 1963
The Beatles perform a gig at the Gaumont Cinema in Worcester.
Tuesday, 3 September, 1963
The Beatles record the final three editions of the “Pop Go the Beatles” (shows 13-15) in a single day at the BBC radio studios at Aeolian Hall, London.
For show No.13 The Beatles perform “Too Much Monkey Business,” “Till There Was You,” “Love Me Do,” “She Loves You,” “I’ll Get You,” […]
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Alan J. Porter has been a Beatles fan since he first saw them perform on a regional British TV show back in 1963 when he was just a wee lad. He is the author of the critically acclaimed BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES and occasional contributor to Beatlology Magazine. He now lives in Central Texas and occasionally writes about things other than The Fab Four. You can find out more here.
