Year: 1965
26 October 1965 was an important day for The Beatles: an appointment at Buckingham Palace to collect their MBEs from the Queen.
Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith Stereo mixes for five Rubber Soul songs were created by George Martin on this day, …
Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith Mono mixes for five Rubber Soul songs were created by George Martin on this day, …
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith It took The Beatles three different attempts to record Paul McCartney’s song ‘I’m Looking Through You’: on …
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineers: Stuart Eltham, Norman Smith There were three separate recording sessions booked at Abbey Road’s Studio Two on this day. …
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith The Beatles had attempted to record ‘Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)’ on 12 October 1965, but …
Wednesday 20 October 1965 Studio Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith The Beatles had recorded ‘Day Tripper’ at Abbey Road on 16 October 1965. Four days later they …
Tuesday 19 October 1965 Studio The Beatles had recorded messages for their fan club in 1963 and 1964, and this year was no different. Unusually, however, it took them two attempts to complete the …
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith Having recorded the backing track two days previously, The Beatles completed ‘If I Needed Someone’, the first …
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith The Beatles worked on two songs on this day. The first, ‘Day Tripper’, appeared on their final …
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith The Beatles recorded ‘Drive My Car’, the opening song for Rubber Soul, on this day at EMI …
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith The Beatles began recording their sixth UK album, Rubber Soul, on this day at EMI Studios in …
Saturday 9 October 1965 People The Beatles all attended a party to celebrate the imminent opening of Lionel Bart’s musical Twang!, which ran briefly at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London in December 1965.
A cartoon series featuring The Beatles began on this day in the United States. Simply titled The Beatles, it ran until 1969 on the ABC network, with 39 episodes …
Monday 13 September 1965 People On 13 September 1965 Ringo Starr’s wife Maureen Starkey gave birth to their first son Zak.
Although The Beatles chose not to release ‘Yesterday’ as a single in the UK, their US record label Capitol Records decided otherwise and released it with the b-side ‘Act …
Wednesday 1 September 1965 Travel With their 1965 tour of North America complete, The Beatles flew back to London on the evening of 1 September. They landed at London Airport (later renamed Heathrow) the …
The day after the Beatles’ 1965 North American tour ended, and prior to their evening flight back to England, Paul McCartney and George Harrison visited The Byrds in the …
Tuesday 31 August 1965 Live The Beatles gave two performances at the Cow Palace in San Francisco on this day. It was the 10th and final stop on their 1965 tour of North America.
Monday 30 August 1965 Live This was The Beatles’ third and final concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California, following performances on 23 August 1964 and 29 August 1965.