16 January 1981: John Lennon’s single Woman is released in the UK. Woman spends two weeks at number one, and is in the UK charts for a total of 11 weeks. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/people/john-...

16 January 1980: Paul McCartney is arrested in Tokyo after customs officials find 219 grams of marijuana, with a street value of 600,000 yen, hidden in his luggage and clothes. McCartney is imprisoned for a total of 10 days until 25 January 1980. www.beatlesbible.com/1980/01/16/p...

16 January 1970: John Lennon's Bag One exhibition is raided by police, with eight artworks confiscated. The explicit lithographs chronicled his wedding ceremony and honeymoon with Yoko Ono, and one of their bed-ins for world peace. See more (NSFW): www.beatlesbible.com/1970/01/16/j...

​​16 January 1969: The tenth day of the Beatles' Get Back/Let It Be sessions, and the final one at Twickenham Film Studios. The Beatles are not scheduled to attend, but Paul McCartney turns up to record a piano demo of the Abbey Road song Oh! Darling. www.beatlesbible.com/1969/01/16/g...

16 January 1964: The Beatles celebrate after I Want To Hold Your Hand reaches number one in America. "We all tried to climb onto Big Mal's back to go round the hotel suite: 'Wey-hey!' And that was it, we didn't come down for a week." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1964/01/16/b...

16 January 1964: The Beatles begin an 18-night run of shows at the Olympia Theatre in Paris – with sound failure and fights! Paul McCartney: "They like the wilder stuff over there, so we stuck in a wilder number to finish off with." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1964/01/16/l...

16 January 1957: The Cavern Club – later made world-famous by the Beatles – opens in Mathew Street, Liverpool. "Everybody was thrilled to be in the Cavern on its opening night. We had good bands on and everybody had a great time." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1957/01/16/c...

15 January 1970: Bag One, John Lennon's exhibition of erotic lithographs, opens in London. The lithographs chronicled his wedding ceremony and honeymoon with Yoko Ono, and one of their bed-ins for world peace. See all the images here (NSFW): www.beatlesbible.com/1970/01/15/j...

15 January 1969: George Harrison rejoins the Beatles, after walking out of the group five days previously. During the five-hour meeting he says he would leave the group unless the idea of a live show before an audience is dropped. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/01/15/g...

15 January 1964: The Beatles perform a show in Versailles, their first live date in France – ahead of their 18-day season at the Paris Olympia. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1964/01/15/l...

14 January 2008: Liverpool 8, Ringo Starr’s fifteenth solo studio album, is released worldwide. The album is made available on CD, USB wristband, and digital download. It reaches numbers 91 and 94 in the UK and US charts respectively. www.beatlesbible.com/people/ringo...

14 January 1969: Day 9 of the Beatles' Get Back/Let It Be sessions. Paul McCartney: "What you need is a serious programme of work. Not an aimless rambling amongst the canyons of your mind. An aim in life… To wander aimlessly is very un-swinging. Unhip." www.beatlesbible.com/1969/01/14/g...

13 January 1969: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr continue the Get Back project at Twickenham, without George Harrison. McCartney: "I’m just assuming he’s coming back. If he isn’t, then he isn’t, then it’s a new problem…" See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/01/13/g...

13 January 1969: The Beatles' Yellow Submarine soundtrack LP is released in the US. George Martin: "Bespoke, indeed, not exactly a good fit. The dregs of their inventory. Pieces they would in any case jettison: junk, file-and-forget pieces…" See more: www.beatlesbible.com/albums/yello...

12 January 2010: Y Not, Ringo Starr’s sixteenth solo studio album, is released worldwide. The album sells over 30,000 copies worldwide in its first month. It features collaborators including Paul McCartney, Joe Walsh, Joss Stone, and Richard Marx. www.beatlesbible.com/people/ringo...

12 January 1981: John Lennon’s single Woman is released in the USA. It is the second single from the Double Fantasy LP, and the follow-up to (Just Like) Starting Over. Woman peaks at number two on the US single charts, remaining there for three weeks. www.beatlesbible.com/people/john-...

12 January 1968: George Harrison produces a recording session in Bombay, India, in which local musicians record the backing track for the Beatles' song The Inner Light. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1968/01/12/r...

12 January 1967: Two trumpets, two oboes, two cors anglais, and a double bass are added to Penny Lane, performed by session musicians. Full session info: www.beatlesbible.com/1967/01/12/r...

9 January 1984: Nobody Told Me, the first single from John Lennon’s posthumous album Milk And Honey, is released in the UK. The song was recorded in 10 takes during the Double Fantasy sessions. www.beatlesbible.com/people/john-...

9 January 1969: The sixth day of the Get Back/Let It Be project at Twickenham Film Studios. Paul McCartney is the first Beatle to arrive. Making their debuts on this day are Her Majesty and Another Day – the latter becomes his first solo single in 1971. www.beatlesbible.com/1969/01/09/g...

9 January 1968: George Harrison begins recording his first solo album, Wonderwall Music, in Bombay (Mumbai), India. The album is credited to George Harrison & Band/Indian Orchestra, and is written and produced by Harrison. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1968/01/09/r...

9 January 1967: Four flutes and two trumpets are overdubbed onto the Beatles' Penny Lane. The flautists are Ray Swinfield, P Goody, Manny Winters and Dennis Walton, while the trumpeters are Leon Calvert and Freddy Clayton. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1967/01/09/r...

8 January 1970: George Harrison adds vocals to For You Blue, in his last Beatles recording session until the Anthology reunion in the 1990s. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1970/01/08/g...

8 January 1969: The Beatles perform 41 takes of I Me Mine, inspired by two shows George Harrison had seen on TV the night before. The Let It Be album version is a re-recording made in January 1970, after John Lennon had left the Beatles. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/01/08/g...

7 January 1969: Paul McCartney begins writing Get Back, on day four of the Let It Be sessions. Performances of Get Back, Maxwell's Silver Hammer, and Across The Universe from this day appear in part one of the 2021 documentary Get Back. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/01/07/g...

6 January 1969: Day three of the Beatles' Get Back/Let It Be rehearsals. George Harrison: "Here comes my recording studio. Who's gonna look after all this equipment? ’Cause the only thing is, it is, like, ten thousand quid…" See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/01/06/g...

6 January 1967: The Beatles add several overdubs to Penny Lane. They include rhythm guitar, bass guitar, drums, congas (played by John Lennon), piano (by George Martin), backing vocals and handclaps. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1967/01/06/r...

6 January 1967: Paul McCartney's score for the 1966 film The Family Way is released in the UK. McCartney: "We got an Ivor Novello Award for the score – for the best film song that year, a piece called Love In The Open Air." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/people/paul-...

5 January 1984: Nobody Told Me, the first single from John Lennon’s posthumous album Milk And Honey, is released in the USA. Recorded during the Double Fantasy sessions, Nobody Told Me peaks at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. www.beatlesbible.com/people/john-...

5 January 1967: The Beatles record Carnival Of Light, an unreleased experimental track. Paul McCartney: "I instigated it. No there’s no lyrics… It’s very free-form. Yeah man, it’s the coolest piece of music since sliced bread!" Read all about it here: www.beatlesbible.com/songs/carniv...

5 January 1966: The Beatles record overdubs to the Shea Stadium footage. New parts are added to Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Can't Buy Me Love, Baby's In Black, I'm Down, and Ticket To Ride, and entirely new versions of I Feel Fine and Help! are recorded. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1966/01/05/r...

5 January 1961: Paul McCartney plays bass with the Beatles for the first time, at a show at Litherland Town Hall. Ringo Starr is in the audience for the show, for which the Beatles are paid £7 10s (£7.50). See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1961/01/05/l...

23 December 1999: George Harrison’s home in Maui, Hawaii is broken into by a 27-year-old woman. When asked why she had broken in, she tells police: “I thought I had a psychic connection with George”. www.beatlesbible.com/1999/12/23/c...

23 December 1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1969 peace campaign draws to a close, following a meeting with Canada's prime minister Pierre Trudeau. More about their meeting: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/12/23/j...

23 December 1968: The Beatles hold a Christmas party at the Apple Corps HQ in London. "The crowning glory of the elaborate, stand-up buffet dinner was a 43-pound turkey billed by the supplying butchers as the Largest Turkey in Great Britain…" www.beatlesbible.com/1968/12/23/a...

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18 December 2020: McCartney III, Paul McCartney’s 18th solo studio album, is released worldwide. "I ended up finishing off some songs, looking at bits and bobs, making up stuff, and generally enjoying myself in the studio.…" Read all about it: www.beatlesbible.com/people/paul-...

18 December 1966: Tara Browne, a friend of the Beatles, dies. A press report detailing the coroner's verdict later inspires John Lennon when writing A Day In The Life. "He blew his mind out in a car. He didn't notice that the lights had changed..." www.beatlesbible.com/1966/12/18/t...

18 December 1962: The Beatles begin their third and final residency at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany. They perform for three hours each night until 31 December 1962, with a night off on Christmas Day. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1962/12/18/l...

On 17 December 2010 Paul McCartney performed a special lunchtime concert at London's legendary 100 Club. The concert was announced on Tuesday 14 December, and the 300 tickets – priced at £60 – sold out almost immediately. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/2010/12/17/p...

The Beatles appeared on the Christmas edition of BBC radio's Saturday Club on 17 December 1963. They played All My Loving, This Boy, I Want To Hold Your Hand, Till There Was You, Roll Over Beethoven, and She Loves You. View 39 photos from the day here: www.beatlesbible.com/1963/12/17/r...

The Beatles' first professional photography session took place in Liverpool on 17 December 1961. "I discarded all but sixteen negatives because many showed Lennon and McCartney acting up and spoiling the pose…" See all the surviving pictures here: www.beatlesbible.com/1961/12/17/b...

16 December 1974: John Lennon’s single #​9 Dream is released in the USA. "I just sat down and wrote it, you know, with no real inspiration, based on a dream I’d had…" Read all about #​9 Dream: www.beatlesbible.com/people/john-...

16 December 1966: The Beatles' Pantomime: Everywhere It’s Christmas is sent to their UK fan club members. Paul McCartney: "There's a sort of funny pantomime horse in the design if you look closely. Well I can see one there if you can't." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1966/12/16/u...

15 December 1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono launch their 'War Is Over' poster campaign. Huge posters and billboards are erected in 12 countries proclaiming "War is over! If you want it. Happy Christmas from John & Yoko". See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/12/15/j...

15 December 1966: Trumpets and cellos are added to the Beatles' Strawberry Fields Forever, after which John Lennon double tracks his lead vocals, and George Harrison adds two descending svarmandal arpeggios. Full session info: www.beatlesbible.com/1966/12/15/r...

15 December 1964: The album Beatles ’65 is released in the USA. It charts at number 98 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, but jumps to number one the following week – the highest move to the top in the chart’s history. Read all about Beatles ’65: www.beatlesbible.com/albums/beatl...

12 December 1995: The Beatles’ single Free As A Bird is released in the USA. Paul McCartney: "That was really like working on a record with John, as Lennon/McCartney/Harrison, because we all chipped in a bit. George and I were vying for best lyric." www.beatlesbible.com/songs/free-a...

12 December 1969: Plastic Ono Band's album Live Peace In Toronto 1969 is released. John Lennon: "I said, 'Just give me time to get a band together,' and we went the next morning." Read all about Live Peace In Toronto 1969: www.beatlesbible.com/people/john-...