13 February 1969: Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix, Donovan, and the Rolling Stones' Brian Jones are among the celebrities attending the launch party for Mary Hopkin's debut album, Postcard, in central London. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/02/13/l...

13 February 1967: The Beatles begin recording George Harrison's Only A Northern Song, from the Yellow Submarine soundtrack LP. Only four of the takes are complete. Take three is considered the best, and becomes the album/film version. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1967/02/13/r...

13 February 1967: The Beatles' single Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever is released in the United States. John Lennon: "Strawberry Fields was psychoanalysis set to music." Strawberry Fields Forever: www.beatlesbible.com/songs/strawb... Penny Lane: www.beatlesbible.com/songs/penny-...

12 February 1964: The Beatles perform two shows at Carnegie Hall, New York, each seen by 2,900 fans. John Lennon: "It wasn't a rock show; it was just a sort of circus where we were in cages… We were just like animals." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1964/02/12/l...

11 February 1970: John Lennon becomes the first solo Beatle to appear on the BBC's Top Of The Pops, performing Instant Karma! with the Plastic Ono Band. He sings live to the pre-recorded backing track. Four complete takes are filmed. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1970/02/11/p...

11 February 1968: The Beatles record Hey Bulldog, while making a promo video for Lady Madonna. Paul McCartney: "I remember Hey Bulldog as being one of John's songs and I helped him finish it off in the studio, but it's mainly his vibe." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1968/02/11/r...

11 February 1965: Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox, 22 days after proposing to her at London's Ad Lib Club. Brian Epstein is Starr's best man, and the guests include John Lennon and George Harrison. Paul McCartney is on holiday in Portugal. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1965/02/11/r...

11 February 1964: The Beatles play their first US concert, at the Coliseum in Washington, DC. "They don't have soft jelly babies there; they have hard jelly beans. To make matters worse, we were on a circular stage, so they hit us from all sides." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1964/02/11/l...

11 February 1963: The Beatles record 10 songs for the Please Please Me album, in a mammoth 12-hour session climaxing with Twist And Shout. John Lennon: "The last song nearly killed me. My voice wasn't the same for a long time after." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1963/02/11/r...

10 February 1967: One of the most important Beatles recording sessions takes place – the orchestral overdubs for A Day In The Life. "I was speechless. the tempo changes – everything in that song – was just so dramatic and complete…" See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1967/02/10/r...

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9 February 1993: Off The Ground, Paul McCartney’s ninth solo studio album, is released in the USA. McCartney: "That was the idea: to do a simple little band album rather than anything very produced or complicated." Read all about Off The Ground: www.beatlesbible.com/people/paul-...

9 February 1972: Wings’ first tour begins at the University of Nottingham, England. Paul McCartney: “We kept going until we got to Nottingham University, and then it suddenly hit, ‘Ah, that’s it – let’s do universities.’” See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1972/02/09/w...

9 February 1967: The Beatles begin recording Fixing A Hole. Paul McCartney: "The funny thing about that was the night when we were going to record it, at Regent Sound Studios at Tottenham Court Road. I brought a guy who was Jesus." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1967/02/09/r...

9 February 1964: The Beatles' first Ed Sullivan Show appearance is watched by a record-breaking 73.7 million people. Paul McCartney: "We came out of nowhere with funny hair, looking like marionettes or something. That was very influential." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1964/02/09/t...

9 February 1961: The Beatles perform at Liverpool's Cavern Club for the first time. They are paid £5 to share between themselves. "The other groups were like Cliff Richard and the Shadows, but the Beatles' music was so vibrant." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1961/02/09/l...

6 February 2012: Kisses On The Bottom, Paul McCartney’s collection of American standards, is released in the UK (7 February in the USA). "It's my dad’s style of music. I’ve wanted to do that kind of thing forever, since the Beatle days." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/people/paul-...

6 February 1968: George Harrison adds vocals to The Inner Light, and saxophones are overdubbed onto Lady Madonna. "There was no written music but we played around with a few riffs until Paul liked what he heard. And then we recorded it – 101 times!" www.beatlesbible.com/1968/02/06/r...

5 February 1967: The Beatles begin filming the Penny Lane promo. They ride horses down Angel Lane and across a car park in Stratford, London. John Lennon is filmed walking alone, and meeting the rest of the group by the Theatre Royal. Watch it here: www.beatlesbible.com/1967/02/05/f...

4 February 1970: John Lennon and Yoko Ono swap a bag of their hair for Muhammad Ali's bloodstained boxing shorts! The hair is donated to raise money for The Black Centre in London, run by civil rights activist Michael X (Michael de Freitas). See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1970/02/04/j...

4 February 1968: The Beatles record Across The Universe in four takes, with acoustic guitar, tambura, drums, lead vocals, and backwards bass and drums. Two fans – Gayleen Pease and Lizzie Bravo – are then invited in to sing backing vocals! See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1968/02/04/r...

3 February 1969: The Beatles appoint Allen Klein as their business manager. Paul McCartney is outvoted 3-1 at the meeting, held at the Apple HQ at 3 Savile Row, London. Paul: "The three-to-one situation was very awkward…" See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/02/03/a...

3 February 1968: The Beatles record the backing for Lady Madonna – three takes of piano and drums. They then overdub guitars, bass, vocals, and more drums. Afterwards the Beatles record the first two takes of Across The Universe. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1968/02/03/r...

3 February 1967: Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr re-record their bass guitar and drum parts for the Beatles' A Day In The Life. Afterwards McCartney records a new lead vocal overdub, correcting an error from the previous session. Full session info: www.beatlesbible.com/1967/02/03/r...

3 February 1966: Paul McCartney watches Stevie Wonder perform in London, and meets him backstage afterwards. Stevie: "I met him in the Scotch Of St James club. He's a really swinging guy, the only Beatle I've met." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1966/02/03/p...

2 February 2025: The Beatles’ Now And Then wins a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance. John Lennon’s super deluxe box set reissue of Mind Games is also awarded Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/2025/02/02/t...

2 February 1993: Off The Ground, Paul McCartney’s ninth solo studio album, is released in the UK. The album reaches the top 10 in Australia, Austria, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the UK. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/people/paul-...

2 February 1967: Paul McCartney records lead vocals for the song Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, with harmonies from John Lennon and George Harrison. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1967/02/02/r...

2 February 1963: The Beatles begin their first tour of England, at the bottom of a bill headlined by Helen Shapiro. John Lennon: "We had to reduce an hour or two hours' play to twenty minutes, and repeat the same twenty minutes every night…" See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1963/02/02/l...

30 January 2012: Ringo 2012, Ringo Starr’s seventeenth solo studio album, is released. Featuring nine songs and lasting less than 30 minutes, it is his shortest album to date. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/people/ringo...

30 January 1969: The Beatles, with Billy Preston, give their final live performance on the Apple building rooftop. Ringo: "I remember it was cold and windy and damp, but all the people looking out from offices were really enjoying it." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/01/30/t...

30 January 1967: The Beatles begin shooting the promo film for Strawberry Fields Forever, at Knole Park in Sevenoaks, Kent. The promo is directed by Peter Goldmann, and produced by Tony Bramwell. Watch it here: www.beatlesbible.com/1967/01/30/f...

30 January 1964: The Beatles' single Please Please Me is released in the US by the Vee-Jay label. The single reaches number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and has From Me To You on the b-side. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1964/01/30/u...

29 January 1969: The Beatles finally agree to perform on the Apple rooftop the following day. Each of the five key rooftop songs – Get Back, Don't Let Me Down, I've Got A Feeling, One After 909, and Dig A Pony – is performed once on this day. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/01/29/g...

29 January 1965: Ringo Starr has his portrait taken by US photographer Richard Avedon. Avedon later takes photographs of all four Beatles on 11 August 1967, again at Thompson House in London. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1965/01/29/r...

29 January 1964: The Beatles record the backing track for Can't Buy Me Love at EMI Studios in Paris. It is their only EMI recording session outside the UK until the Indian sessions for The Inner Light in January 1968. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1964/01/29/r...

28 January 1974: Paul McCartney and Wings’ single Jet is released in the USA. "I was deliberately trying to make Wings sound different to the Beatles, but the tricks of the trade still applied, so when it came to Jet I had loads of tricks I could use." www.beatlesbible.com/people/paul-...

28 January 1969: Allen Klein meets the Beatles for the first time. Later in 1969 he becomes the band's manager, at the behest of John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Paul McCartney: "The three-to-one situation was very awkward…" See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/01/28/a...

28 January 1969: George Harrison brings the song Something to the Beatles' Let It Be sessions. John Lennon: "Just say what comes into your head each time 'Attracts me like a cauliflower'. Until you get the word." See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/01/28/g...

27 January 1970: John Lennon writes, records and mixes the song Instant Karma! The single goes on sale in the UK just 10 days later. "The idea of instant karma was like the idea of instant coffee: presenting something in a new form. I just liked it." www.beatlesbible.com/people/john-...

27 January 1969: The Beatles record 32 takes of Get Back, including the album version. One of John Lennon's ad-libs – "Sweet Loretta Fart, she thought she was a cleaner, but she was a frying pan" – is also included on the Let It Be album. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/01/27/g...

26 January 2014: Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reunite at the 56th Grammy Awards. The Beatles are given a lifetime achievement award, and Starr joins McCartney's band on drums for a performance of Queenie Eye from McCartney's 2013 album New. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/2014/01/26/p...

26 January 1969: On day 17 of the Get Back/Let It Be sessions, the Beatles record the songs Dig It and The Long And Winding Road. They are joined in Apple Studios by Linda McCartney and her daughter Heather, plus Ringo Starr's wife Maureen. www.beatlesbible.com/1969/01/26/g...

23 January 1984: Milk And Honey, by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, is released in the UK. John Lennon, 1980: "We already got half the next album, and we’ll probably go in just after Christmas and do that." Read all about Milk And Honey here: www.beatlesbible.com/people/john-...

23 January 1969 – day 14 of the Beatles' Let It Be project. Performances of Twenty Flight Rock, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, Oh! Darling, Get Back, I'll Get You, I've Got A Feeling, Help!, and Please Please Me appear in the 2021 documentary Get Back. More: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/01/23/g...

22 January 1971: John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band record Power To The People. It is recorded in 11 takes at Lennon’s Ascot studio, and completed later that evening at Abbey Road with the addition of a choir and the sound of marching feet. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1971/01/22/r...

22 January 1969: Billy Preston joins the Beatles in the studio, on day 13 of the Get Back/Let It Be sessions. Versions of I’ve Got A Feeling and Dig A Pony from this day are included on 1996’s Anthology 3. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/01/22/g...

21 January 1969: Day 12 of the Beatles' Get Back/Let It Be project, at Apple Studios. A version of She Came In Through The Bathroom Window from this day appears on 1996’s Anthology 3. See more: www.beatlesbible.com/1969/01/21/g...

21 January 1966: George Harrison marries Pattie Boyd at Epsom register office, Surrey. Pattie: "Brian Epstein was there and Paul McCartney, who was George's best man. Otherwise it was family." Read all about it: www.beatlesbible.com/1966/01/21/g...

20 January 1988: The Beatles are inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in New York City. Paul McCartney does not attend, and issues a statement citing "still-existing business differences among the Beatles." Watch the footage here: www.beatlesbible.com/1988/01/20/b...