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This Month in Beatles History1944January: The McCartney family moved to Roach Avenue in Knowsley Estate, Liverpool.1958Shows! JANUARY 10: New Clubmoor Hall, Liverpool JANUARY 24: The Cavern, Liverpool1959Shows! JANUARY 1: Wilson Hall, Liverpool JANUARY 24: Woolton Village Club, Liverpool1960January: Stuart Sutcliffe, John's friend from art school, bought a bass and joined the Quarrymen.1961Shows! JANUARY 5: Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool JANUARY 6: St. John's Hall, Bootle in Lancashire JANUARY 7: Aintree Institute, Liverpool; Lathom Hall, Liverpool JANUARY 13: Aintree Institute, Liverpool JANUARY 14: Aintree Institute, Liverpool JANUARY 15: Casbah Coffee Club, Liverpool JANUARY 18: Aintree Institute, Liverpool JANUARY 19: Alexandra Hall, Liverpool JANUARY 20: Lathom Hall, Liverpool JANUARY 21: Lathom Hall, Liverpool; Aintree Institute, Liverpool JANUARY 25: Hambleton Hall, Liverpool JANUARY 26: Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool JANUARY 27: Aintree Institute, Liverpool JANUARY 28: Lathom Hall, Liverpool; Aintree Institute, Liverpool JANUARY 29: Casbah Coffee Club, Liverpool JANUARY 30: Lathom Hall, Liverpool1962Shows! JANUARY 3: Cavern Club, Liverpool JANUARY 5: Cavern Club, Liverpool JANUARY 6: Cavern Club, Liverpool JANUARY 7: Casbah Coffee Club, Liverpool JANUARY 9: Cavern Club, Liverpool JANUARY 10: Cavern Club, Liverpool JANUARY 11: Cavern Club, Liverpool JANUARY 12: Cavern Club, Liverpool; Tower Ballroom, Wallasey JANUARY 13: Hambleton Hall, Liverpool JANUARY 14: Casbah Coffee Club, Liverpool JANUARY 15: Cavern Club, Liverpool JANUARY 17: Cavern Club, Liverpool JANUARY 19: Cavern Club, Liverpool; Tower Ballroom, Wallasey JANUARY 20: Cavern Club, Liverpool JANUARY 21: Casbah Coffee Club, Liverpool JANUARY 22: Cavern Club, Liverpool; Kingsway Club, Southport JANUARY 24: Cavern Club, Liverpool JANUARY 26: Cavern Club, Liverpool; Tower Ballroom, Wallasey JANUARY 27: Aintree Institute, Liverpool JANUARY 28: Casbah Coffee Club, Liverpool JANUARY 29: Kingsway Club, Southport JANUARY 30: Cavern Club, Liverpool JANUARY 31: Cavern Club, LiverpoolEvents! JANUARY 1 The Beatles's Decca audition. They recorded fifteen songs chosen by their manager, Brian Epstein: "Like Dreamers Do," "Money," "Till There Was You," "The Sheik of Araby," "To Know Her is to Love Her," "Take Good Care of My Baby," "Memphis, Tennessee," "Sure to Fall," "Hello Little Girl," "Three Cool Cats," "Crying, Waiting, Hoping," "Love of the Loved," "September in the Rain," "Besame Mucho," and "Searchin'." The group & Epstein were told they would be notified later and hurried out of the studio by Mike Smith, the manager. He later turned them down and told Brian, "Guitar groups are on their way out, Mr. Epstein. You really should stick to selling records in Liverpool." He became known as "the man who turned down the Beatles." JANUARY 4 A poll of five thousand readers of Mersey Beat voted The Beatles as Liverpool's most popular group. JANUARY 24 The Beatles signed a management contract with Brian Epstein, witnessed by Alistair Taylor, at Brian's NEMS office.1963Shows! JANUARY 3: Two Red Shoes Ballroom, Morayshire JANUARY 4: Town Hall, Ross and Cromarty JANUARY 5: Museum Hall, Stirlingshire JANUARY 6: Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen JANUARY 10: Grafton Rooms, Liverpool JANUARY 11: Cavern Club, Liverpool; Plaza Ballroom, Staffordshire JANUARY 12: Invicta Ballroom, Chatham in Kent JANUARY 14: Wolverham Welfare Association Dance, Civic Hall, Wirral JANUARY 17: Cavern Club, Liverpool; Majestic Ballroom, Birkenhead JANUARY 18: Floral Ballroom, Lancashire JANUARY 19: Town Hall Ballroom, Whitchurch in Shropshire JANUARY 20: Cavern Club, Liverpool JANUARY 23: Cavern Club, Liverpool JANUARY 24: Assembly Hall, Wales JANUARY 25: Co-operative Hall, Darwen JANUARY 26: El Rio Club, Macclesfield in Cheshire; King's Hall, Staffordshire JANUARY 27: Three Coins Club, Manchester JANUARY 28: Majestic Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne JANUARY 30: Cavern Club, Liverpool JANUARY 31: Cavern Club, Liverpool; Majestic Ballroom, BirkenheadEvents! JANUARY 1 The Beatles' engagement at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany, ended, and they flew back to London.JANUARY 11 The single "Please Please Me"/"Ask Me Why" was released in the UK.1964Shows! JANUARY 1-11: The Beatles' Christmas Show, Astoria Cinema, London JANUARY 12:London Palladium JANUARY 17-29: Olympia Theatre, ParisEvents! JANUARY 13 The single "I Want to Hold Your Hand"/"I Saw Her Standing There" was released in the US. JANUARY 14 The Beatles left for Paris to begin a three-week engagement at the Olympia Theatre. JANUARY 17 In the evening a telephone call brought The Beatles news that "I Want to Hold Your Hand" had reached number one in America. Mal Evans, their roadie, reported that the four of them went mad: "They always act this way when anything big happens - just a bunch of kids, jumping up and down with sheer delight. Paul clumbed on my back, demanding a piggyback..." JANUARY 20 The album Meet the Beatles was released in the US. JANUARY 30 The single "Please Please Me"/"From Me to You" was released in the US.1965Shows! JANUARY 1-16: Another Beatles Christmas Show, Hammersmith Odeon, LondonEvents! JANUARY 25 John and wife Cynthia flew to the Alps to join George Martin on a skiing holiday. JANUARY 29 The single "If I Fell"/"Tell Me Why" was released in the UK.1966JANUARY 1 The album Rubber Soul entered the Billboard Hot 100 charts. JANUARY 7 John and Ringo met to discuss The Beatles' next film. JANUARY 8 Paul went to Liverpool to visit his family, while John, George, and Ringo went to a party at Mick Jagger's house. This was also the day that Rubber Soul reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. JANUARY 21 George married Patti Boyd in Surrey. Paul and Brian Epstein were the best men.1967JANUARY 4-6 Work continued on "Penny Lane" at Abbey Road Studios. JANUARY 6The album The Family Way, written by Paul, was released in the UK. JANUARY 9-10 Work continued on "Penny Lane." JANUARY 12 More work on "Penny Lane". JANUARY 13 Paul and Ringo went to the Bag O'Nails club to see The Jimi Hendrix Experience. JANUARY 17 Sgt. Pepper sessions at Abbey Road. David Mason added the piccolo trumpet solo to "Penny Lane". JANUARY 19 The basic track for "A Day in the Life" was recorded. JANUARY 20 Vocal tracks added to "A Day in the Life". JANUARY 25 Paul improvised a new mix of "Penny Lane" because he wasn't happy with the old one. JANUARY 27 The Beatles and Brian Epstein signed a new nine-year worldwide recording contract with EMI. JANUARY 30 EMI needed a new Beatles single to release, so Brian Epstein asked George Martin for two tracks from the Sgt. Pepper sessions. Martin reluctantly gave him "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields." The Beatles began filming promotional films for "Strawberry Fields" and "Penny Lane" at Knole Park. JANUARY 31 The pirate station Radio London became the first station to play "Penny Lane" on the air.1968JANUARY 5 John ended the feud with his father, Alfred, and told the Daily Mirror: "From now on I hope we'll be in close contact all the time." George worked on the soundtrack to the film Wonderwall at Abbey Road. JANUARY 30 George completed work on Wonderwall.1969January: Get Back was filmed at Twickenham Studios. JANUARY 13 The album Yellow Submarine was released in the US. JANUARY 17 UK release of Yellow Submarine.
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