17 July 1969: Paul McCartney adds piano to Octopus's Garden, he and George Harrison overdub backing vocals, and Ringo Starr blows bubbles! Full session info: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/07/17/r...

17 July 1968: The world première of the Beatles' film Yellow Submarine takes place in London. All four Beatles attend, as do members of the Rolling Stones, the Who, and Status Quo. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1968/07/17/w...

17 July 1967: The Beatles' single All You Need Is Love is released in the USA. It stays in the singles chart for nine weeks from 29 July, including a week at number one. The b-side is Baby You're A Rich Man. Read all about All You Need Is Love here: www.beatlesbible.com/songs/all-yo...

16 July 1969: The Beatles work on two George Harrison songs for Abbey Road. Harmonium and handclaps are added to Here Comes The Sun, and lead and harmony vocals and handclaps are recorded for Something. Full session info: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/07/16/r...

16 July 1968: The Beatles record the backing track for the White Album song Cry Baby Cry in 10 takes. They have John Lennon on guitar, Paul McCartney on bass and Ringo Starr on drums. Lennon and George Martin then overdub piano and harmonium. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1968/07/16/r...

16 July 1963: The Beatles record 18 songs, in under eight hours, for three episodes of the BBC radio show Pop Go The Beatles. Ten of the songs can be heard on Live At The BBC, and three are on On Air – Live At The BBC Volume 2. Read all about them: www.beatlesbible.com/1963/07/16/r...

15 July 1984: I’m Stepping Out, the third single from John Lennon’s posthumous album Milk And Honey, is released in the UK. It is not a commercial success, and peaks at number 88 on the UK singles chart. All about I'm Stepping Out: www.beatlesbible.com/people/john-...

15 July 1969: The Beatles add backing vocals, chimes, and tambourine to the Abbey Road song You Never Give Me Your Money. Paul McCartney then double tracks his lead vocals during the second verse. Full session info: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/07/15/r...

15 July 1968: Paul McCartney records the lead vocals for the White Album song Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da. The Beatles also begin work on Cry Baby Cry, filling four tape reels with unnumbered rehearsals. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1968/07/15/r...

15 July 1968: The Beatles move into the Apple Corps headquarters at 3 Savile Row, London. The Apple HQ becomes a place for Beatles fans to congregate outside – the legendary Apple Scruffs, as immortalised by George Harrison in song. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1968/07/15/b...

15 July 1958: John Lennon's mother Julia dies, after being hit by a car on Menlove Avenue, Liverpool. "I heard a car skidding. I turned round to see John’s mum going through the air. I rushed over but she had been killed instantly." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1958/07/15/j...

14 July 1964: The Beatles appear on the first edition of the BBC radio music show Top Gear. They perform seven songs: Long Tall Sally, Things We Said Today, A Hard Day’s Night, And I Love Her, I Should Have Known Better, If I Fell and You Can’t Do That. www.beatlesbible.com/1964/07/14/r...

13 July 1992: Live In Japan, George Harrison’s 12th solo album, is released in the UK (14 July in the USA). Credited to George Harrison with Eric Clapton and Band, it is the last album released in Harrison’s lifetime. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/people/georg...

13 July 1964: The Beatles' single A Hard Day's Night is released in the USA. George Martin: "We wanted a particularly strong and effective beginning. The strident guitar chord was the perfect launch." Read all about A Hard Day's Night: www.beatlesbible.com/songs/a-hard...

10 July 1969: The Beatles record overdubs for Maxwell's Silver Hammer. Studio engineer Geoff Emerick: "There was a proper blacksmith's anvil brought to the studio for Ringo to hit. They had it rented from a theatrical agency." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/07/10/r...

10 July 1968: The Beatles record Revolution, the b-side of the Hey Jude single. It is completed in 10 takes plus overdubs, including John Lennon's double-tracked lead vocals. Watch the Revolution video here: www.beatlesbible.com/1968/07/10/r...

10 July 1964: The Beatles return to Liverpool for the Northern Première of their first film A Hard Day's Night. Paul McCartney: "There were crowds everywhere, like a royal do. It was incredible." Watch news footage from the day here: www.beatlesbible.com/1964/07/10/l...

10 July 1964: The Beatles' third album, A Hard Day's Night, is released in the UK. It has advance orders of over 250,000, and spends 21 consecutive weeks at number one in the UK from 25 July 1964. Read all about A Hard Day's Night here: www.beatlesbible.com/albums/a-har...

10 July 1963: The Beatles record two episodes of their BBC radio show Pop Go The Beatles. They tape a total of 12 songs. Nine are released on 1994's Live At The BBC album, and the remaining three on 2013's On Air – Live At The BBC Volume 2. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1963/07/10/r...

9 July 1969: The Beatles record the backing track for Maxwell's Silver Hammer. "An ambulance brought Yoko in and she was lowered down onto the bed, we set up a microphone over her in case she wanted to participate!" See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/07/09/r...

9 July 1968: The Beatles begin a remake of Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, before scrapping it and reverting to the previous night's version. They also rehearse Revolution, which they begin recording the following day. Full session info: www.beatlesbible.com/1968/07/09/r...

8 July 1969: Lead and backing vocals, electric guitar, and drum fills are added to George Harrison's song Here Comes The Sun. The song appears on the Beatles' Abbey Road album. "Sun, sun, sun, here it comes!" See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/07/08/r...

8 July 1968: The Beatles record the backing track of Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da. "[Lennon] went straight to the piano and smashed the keys with an almighty amount of volume, twice the speed of how they'd done it before, and said 'This is it! Come on!'" More: www.beatlesbible.com/1968/07/08/r...

8 July 1968: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr attend a press screening of Yellow Submarine in Knightsbridge, London. It is the first time any of the Beatles have seen the finished film, which has its world premiere on 17 July. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1968/07/08/b...

8 July 1966: The Beatles' Nowhere Man EP is released in the UK – more than six months after the Rubber Soul album. The Beatles’ 12th official EP is the last to be released prior to the special double set Magical Mystery Tour in 1967. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1966/07/08/u...

7 July 1969: The Beatles record the backing track for George Harrison's song Here Comes The Sun. It takes 13 attempts, and features Harrison on acoustic guitar and guide vocals, Paul McCartney on bass guitar, and Ringo Starr on drums. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/07/07/r...

7 July 1969: John Lennon's first non-Beatles single, the anthemic Give Peace A Chance, is released in the United States. Lennon, 1980: "Just give it a chance. We ain’t giving any gospel here – just saying how about this version for a change?" See more: www.beatlesbible.com/people/john-...

7 July 1967: The Beatles' single All You Need Is Love is released in the UK. Ringo Starr: "We were big enough to command an audience of that size, and it was for love. It was for love and bloody peace. It was a fabulous time." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/songs/all-yo...

7 July 1966: The Beatles go sightseeing in India. George Harrison: "We got in cars and had a ride out of Delhi to see what it looked like. That was quite an eye-opener… that was when it first sunk into me about the poverty." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1966/07/07/t...

7 July 1940: Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) is born at 9 Madryn Street in the Dingle area of Liverpool. Happy birthday Ringo! Peace and love, peace and love. www.beatlesbible.com/1940/07/07/r...

6 July 1966: The Beatles visit India for the first time. George Harrison: "I had an arrangement made that on the return journey from the Philippines to London I would stop off in India, because I wanted to go and check it out and buy a good sitar." www.beatlesbible.com/1966/07/06/t...

6 July 1964: The Beatles' first film, A Hard Day's Night, has its world première in London. Paul McCartney: "We never seemed to get worried by crowds. It always appeared to be a friendly crowd; there never seemed to be a violent face." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1964/07/06/w...

6 July 1957: John Lennon meets Paul McCartney for the first time. John: "I turned round to him right then on first meeting and said, 'Do you want to join the group?' And he said 'yes' the next day as I recall it." Read the full story: www.beatlesbible.com/1957/07/06/j...

3 July 1969: Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr record the vocals for the Beatles' song Carry That Weight. McCartney also adds rhythm guitar and two lead vocal tracks, and Harrison tapes some lead guitar. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/07/03/r...

3 July 1968: The Beatles begin recording Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da for the White Album. It is later subject to two remakes, and isn't completed for another six sessions. Read all about the 3 July session: www.beatlesbible.com/1968/07/03/r...

3 July 1966: The Beatles arrive in Manila – the start of their troubled visit to the Philippines. Ringo Starr: "I hated the Philippines… Everyone had guns and it was really like that hot/Catholic/gun/Spanish Inquisition attitude." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1966/07/03/b...

3 July 1965: The Beatles' 1965 European Tour ends with a concert in the Spanish city of Barcelona. Paul McCartney: "The Lord Mayor had great seats and all the rich people had seats but the kids, our real audience, were outside." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1965/07/03/l...

2 July 1969: Paul McCartney records Her Majesty in three takes. McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr then record the backing track of Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight, for the Beatles' Abbey Road finale. Full session info: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/07/02/r...

2 July 1966: The Beatles' last two shows at the Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan, each seen by 10,000 fans. George Martin: "They had such heavy guards that they couldn't move anywhere. The Japanese took those death threats very seriously." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1966/07/02/l...

2 July 1965: The Beatles play their only concert in Madrid, Spain. Ringo Starr: "The police were so violent. It was the first time I'd really seen police beating kids up. I went to a bullfight there, and it was the saddest thing I ever saw." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1965/07/02/l...

2 July 1963: The Beatles record nine songs for the BBC radio show Pop Go The Beatles. They include That's All Right (Mama), Carol, Soldier Of Love, Clarabella (Live At The BBC), and Lend Me Your Comb (Anthology 1). See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1963/07/02/r...

1 July 1969: Paul McCartney adds his vocals to You Never Give Me Your Money, for the Abbey Road album. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/07/01/r...

1 July 1969: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Julian and Kyoko are hospitalised after Lennon crashes their car in Scotland. Lennon, Ono and Kyoko sustain cuts to the face, and Ono's back is injured. Julian Lennon is treated for shock. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/07/01/j...

1 July 1968: John Lennon and Yoko Ono launch their first joint art exhibition. You Are Here (To Yoko from John Lennon, With Love) takes place at the Robert Fraser Gallery at 69 Duke Street, London. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1968/07/01/j...

1 July 1966: The Beatles perform two shows at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan. George Harrison: "It was a warm reception – but a bit clinical, as Japan is." Watch one of the concerts here: www.beatlesbible.com/1966/07/01/l...

1 July 1963: The Beatles record She Loves You in a five-hour session at EMI Studios, Abbey Road. They also tape the single's b-side, I'll Get You, under its working title Get You In The End. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1963/07/01/r...

1 July 1961: The 92nd and final night of the Beatles' lengthiest Hamburg residency, at the Top Ten Club. They first played at the Top Ten on 1 April 1961, and performed for more than 500 hours during their three months working at the club. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1961/07/01/l...

30 June 1968: Paul McCartney produces the single Thingumybob/Yellow Submarine by the Black Dyke Mills Band, in Yorkshire, England. The single is released by Apple in the US on 26 August 1968, and in the UK as Apple 4 on 6 September. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1968/06/30/p...

30 June 1966: The Beatles play the first of five shows at the Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. George Harrison: "People were demonstrating because the Budokan, where we were playing, was supposed to be a special spiritual hall reserved for martial arts." www.beatlesbible.com/1966/06/30/l...

30 June 1965: The Beatles play a single show at the Palais des Expositions in Nice, France – their only visit to the city. They spend two nights in Nice before leaving for Madrid in Spain on 1 July. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1965/06/30/l...