On This Day in Beatles History

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Jones Beach Theatre, Wantagh – 12 August 1989
Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Jones Beach Theatre, Wantagh – 12 August 1989
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Recording: I’m Losing You, I’m Moving On, Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) by John Lennon and Yoko Ono – 12 August 1980
Home › On This Day in Beatles History › August in Beatles History › Recording: I’m Losing You, I’m Moving On, Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) – 12 August 1980 Tuesday 12 August 1980 | John Lennon, Studio Studio Hit Factory, New York City Producers John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Jack Douglas Engineer Lee DeCarlo Session Fifth recording session for Double Fantasy The fifth recording session for John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy album took place on 12 August 1980 at the Hit Factory in New York City. Three tracks were... Read more...
Recording: You’ve Got A Nice Way, Red And Black Blues by Ringo Starr – 12 August 1980
Home › On This Day in Beatles History › August in Beatles History › Recording: You’ve Got A Nice Way, Red And Black Blues by Ringo Starr – 12 August 1980 Tuesday 12 August 1980 | Ringo Starr, Studio Studio Devonshire Sound Studios, Los Angeles Producer Stephen Stills Engineers Stanley Johnston, Steve Gursky Ringo Starr began recording two songs for his eighth studio album Stop And Smell The Roses on 12 August 1980 at Devonshire Sound Studios in Los Angeles. The session was produced by Stephen Stills, who had co-written... Read more...
Recording: Mind Games by John Lennon – 12 August 1973
Home › On This Day in Beatles History › August in Beatles History › Recording: Mind Games by John Lennon – 12 August 1973 Sunday 12 August 1973 | John Lennon, Studio Studio Record Plant, New York City Producer John Lennon Engineers Roy Cicala, Dan Barbiero Session Third overdub session for Mind Games The third day of overdubs for John Lennon’s fourth solo album Mind Games took place on 12 August 1973 at the Record Plant in New York City. The specific songs worked on during this session are not... Read more...
Wings live: Fyns Forum, Odense – 12 August 1972
Wings live: Fyns Forum, Odense – 12 August 1972
Home › On This Day in Beatles History › August in Beatles History › Wings live: Fyns Forum, Odense – 12 August 1972 Saturday 12 August 1972 | Live, Paul... Read more...
Travel: John Lennon – London to New York City – 12 August 1971
Home › On This Day in Beatles History › August in Beatles History › Travel: John Lennon – London to New York City – 12 August 1971 Thursday 12 August 1971 | John Lennon, Travel John Lennon and Yoko Ono flew from London to New York City on 12 August 1971, travelling on TWA flight 701. This was Lennon’s final departure from the United Kingdom. New York became his home until the end of his life, and he never again returned to England. The departure The flight came just one... Read more...
Recording: All Things Must Pass by George Harrison – 12 August 1970
Home › On This Day in Beatles History › August in Beatles History › Recording: All Things Must Pass by George Harrison – 12 August 1970 Wednesday 12 August 1970 | George Harrison, Studio Studio Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London Producers George Harrison, Phil Spector Engineers Phil McDonald, Richard Lush Session number 32nd recording session for All Things Must Pass Wednesday 12 August 1970 was the 32nd recording session for George Harrison’s third solo album All Things Must Pass, and the final day of the overdub sessions Harrison... Read more...
Mixing: Oh! Darling, Because, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – 12 August 1969
Home › On This Day in Beatles History › August in Beatles History › Mixing: Oh! Darling, Because, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – 12 August 1969 Tuesday 12 August 1969 | Abbey Road, Studio Studio Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London Producer George Martin Engineers Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald Session 7.00pm – 2.00am Three Abbey Road songs were mixed in stereo during this session: ‘Oh! Darling’, ‘Because’ and ‘Maxwell’s Silver Hammer’. The mixes ‘Oh! Darling’ ‘Oh! Darling’ was the first song tackled. Five stereo mixes were made, numbered... Read more...
Recording, mixing: Not Guilty – 12 August 1968
Home › On This Day in Beatles History › August in Beatles History › Recording, mixing: Not Guilty – 12 August 1968 Monday 12 August 1968 | Studio, White Album Studio Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London Producer George Martin Engineer Ken Scott Session ended 4.15am George Harrison finished work on ‘Not Guilty’ during this session at Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road. Despite spanning four separate recording sessions, the song was left off The White Album and remained unreleased until Anthology 3 in 1996. The session Harrison overdubbed... Read more...
John Lennon and Yoko Ono attend an Ossie Clark fashion show – 12 August 1968
Home › On This Day in Beatles History › August in Beatles History › John Lennon and Yoko Ono attend an Ossie Clark fashion show – 12 August 1968 Monday 12 August 1968 | Miscellaneous John Lennon and Yoko Ono attended a fashion show at the Revolution nightclub in London on 12 August 1968. The event was staged by Quorum, the fashion company owned by designer Ossie Clark and business partner Alice Pollock. Revolution was situated at 14–16 Bruton Place, Mayfair, London. Ossie Clark and Quorum Ossie Clark (1942–1996) was... Read more...
The Beatles live: International Amphitheatre, Chicago – 12 August 1966
The Beatles live: International Amphitheatre, Chicago – 12 August 1966
Home › On This Day in Beatles History › August in Beatles History › The Beatles live: International Amphitheatre, Chicago – 12 August 1966 Friday 12 August 1966 | Live... Read more...
Press conference: Astor Tower Hotel, Chicago – 12 August 1966
Home › On This Day in Beatles History › August in Beatles History › Press conference: Astor Tower Hotel, Chicago – 12 August 1966 Friday 12 August 1966 | Interview The day after their arrival in America for their final US tour, The Beatles held a press conference at the Astor Tower Hotel in Chicago on 12 August 1966. It was dominated by questions about John Lennon’s remarks that The Beatles were “more popular than Jesus” — comments made to journalist Maureen Cleave in an interview published in the London... Read more...