February 1965

Filming: Help!, the Bahamas

The Beatles filmed scenes on Cabbage Beach, a two-mile stretch of sand on the northern side of Paradise Island in the Bahamas, on this day.

Filming: Help!, the Bahamas

On the fifth day of filming Help! in the Bahamas, The Beatles appeared in scenes on Balmoral Island, including the famous sequence for Another Girl.

Filming: Help!, the Bahamas

The Beatles filmed a number of scenes for Help! in the Bahamas on this day, in a shoot lasting from 8.30am-5.30pm on New Providence Island.

Filming: Help!, the Bahamas

The third day of filming for The Beatles' Help! involved a return to Interfield Road in Nassau, New Providence Island, where they had appeared before the cameras the previous day. They filmed a number of scenes in the area between 8.30am and 5.30pm.

Filming: Help!, the Bahamas

The Beatles had their full day of filming for their second feature film Help!, beginning the 8.30am-5.30pm schedule that was maintained throughout their two-week Bahamanian shoot.

The Beatles begin filming Help! in the Bahamas

Although today was intended as a rest day following their trip from London to New Providence Island in the Bahamas, The Beatles began filming their second feature film on this day.

Mixing: Yes It Is, You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, If You've Got Trouble, Tell Me What You See, I Need You, Another Girl, Ticket To Ride, You Like Me Too Much, The Night Before, You're Going To Lose That Girl, That Means A Lot

Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Engineer: Norman Smith On the day The Beatles began filming Help! in the Bahamas, stereo mixes were made of all 11 songs already recorded during the album's sessions.

The Beatles fly to the Bahamas to film Help!

The Beatles left London Airport on a chartered flight to the Bahamas to begin filming their second feature film Help!

Recording, mixing: If You've Got Trouble, Tell Me What You See, You're Going To Lose That Girl, That Means A Lot, You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith The Beatles flew to the Bahamas to begin filming Help! on 22 February 1965, making this day's recording - the sixth for the album - their last until 30 March.

Recording: You're Going To Lose That Girl

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith The fifth recording session for the Help! album saw the completion of John Lennon's song You're Going To Lose That Girl.

Recording, mixing: Ticket To Ride, Another Girl, I Need You, Yes It Is, You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, The Night Before, You Like Me Too Much, If You've Got Trouble, Tell Me What You See

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith The Beatles recorded three songs on this day, two of which ended up on the Help! album. The other was unreleased until 1996's Anthology 2. Mono mixes were also made of six recently-recorded songs.

Northern Songs is floated on the stock exchange

The Beatles' song publishing company, Northern Songs, was floated on the stock exchange on this day. Previously co-owned by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Brian Epstein and Dick James, it was restructured with 1,170,000 of the company's five million shares made available to the public.

Recording: The Night Before, You Like Me Too Much

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith The third studio session for the Help! album involved work on two songs: The Night Before and You Like Me Too Much.

Recording: I Need You, Another Girl, Yes It Is

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith The Beatles' second recording session of 1965 involved work on two songs for the Help! album, plus the completion of Yes It Is, the b-side for the Ticket To Ride single.

Recording: Ticket To Ride, Another Girl, I Need You

Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith Work began on The Beatles fifth UK album, Help!, on this day. Three songs were recorded over two sessions lasting from 2.30-5.45 and 7-10.30pm.

John Lennon passes his driving test

Prior to the first recording session for Help! that afternoon, John Lennon passed his driving test in Weybridge, the town where he lived.

US single release: Eight Days A Week

Having held both tracks off the Beatles '65 album, Capitol Records issued Eight Days A Week/I Don't Want To Spoil The Party as a single.

Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox

Twenty-two days after he proposed to her in the Ad Lib Club, London, Ringo Starr married Maureen Cox at the city's Caxton Hall Register Office.

John and Cynthia Lennon return to England from Switzerland

John and Cynthia return to England from Switzerland on this day, after a two-week holiday in St Moritz in the Swiss Alps.

Paul McCartney and Jane Asher holiday in Tunisia

Paul McCartney and Jane Asher arrived in the seaside town of Hammamet in Tunisia for a 10-day holiday on this day.