September 1962
The Beatles |
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On September
4th, there is a second attempt to record
The Beatles' first single at Abbey Road studios (nothing recorded on
June 6th was considered worthy of release).
Two songs are taped,
How Do
You Do It (Murray), which is intended to be the A-side of the single
that very moment, and Love Me Do, as the possible future B-side.
Others
numbers are rehearsed on that day, like Please Please Me
(Lennon / McCartney).
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| A third attempt of recording The Beatles' first
single is scheduled for September 11th.
For this third recording session, George
Martin books in Andy
White, a session drummer who takes the
place of a dismayed Ringo Starr (Ringo
was considered as too much studio-inexperienced).
Please
Please Me, P.S.
I Love You and Love
Me Do are taped. George
Martin is happy with the recorded material
and finally, two Lennon
/ McCartney
compositions make up the first single which will be released as Love
Me Do / P.S. I
Love You on October
5th.
Right: The Beatles
posing at Abbey Road studios...
Below left: Love Me
Do recording session with Martin.
Below right: George
Martin listening to the recorded material.
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On September 28th,
The Beatles perform their last "Riverboat
Shuffle" show on the River
Mersey.
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October 1962
The Beatles |
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| On October
2nd, Brian
Epstein and The
Beatles sign a five-year management
contract.
On October 17th,
The Beatles have their first television debut appearing live on magazine
People and Places and singing two songs, Some
Other Guy and Love
Me Do.
On October 25th,
The Beatles' third BBC radio recording features Love
Me Do, A Taste
Of Honey (Scott
/ Marlow) and P.S.
I Love You.
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Above right
and below: The Beatles rehearsing at the Cavern for which they
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Left: Hulme Hall, Birkenhead, 27 october,
interview of The Beatles before they go on stage.
On October 28th,
The Beatles have another debut, this time at the prestigious Liverpool
Empire Theatre which is the top theatre in
Liverpool.
The following day, October
29th, The Beatles record their second TV
appearance performing Love Me Do
and A Taste Of Honey.
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November-December
1962
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In the first half of November,
The Beatles return to the Star-Club in Hamburg for a 14-night engagement. |
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On November 26th,
a fourth session is scheduled in Abbey Road studios for recording the
second Beatles' single. Please Please Me
(A-side) and Ask Me Why
(B-side) are taped. An other Lennon
/ McCartney
number is taped during the session, Tip Of
My Tongue, but George
Martin is unhappy with it and the song will
remain in the shelves.
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| Paul & John rehearsing at Paul's home, Forthlin Road, Allerton. |
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Next day, The Beatles have their first BBC
Radio session in London, performing Love Me
Do, P.S. I
Love You and Twist
And Shout (Medley
/ Russell).
On December 4th,
the band make their London-area television debut, miming Love
Me Do and P.S.
I Love You.
From December 18th
until December 31st,
The Beatles have their fifth and final Hamburg
engagement at the Star-Club
for 13 nights.
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| The
Beatles at the BBC. |
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The Beatles are now ready & steady
for becoming the greatest band of all time and for taping about
200 of the greatest pop records which will survive more than 30
years after the group's break-up.
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