The Beatles Bible

Sir Paul McCartney performed the fifth concert of his 2009 European tour before 17,000 people at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France. Read more »

The Beatles' French releases were mainly notable for the various EPs issued between 1963 and 1967. Odeon - the group's label in France - considered that the record-buying public preferred not to buy singles, although a number of two-song discs were pressed for jukeboxes only. These were not commercially available and are not listed here. Read more »

While on their honeymoon in Paris, John Lennon and Yoko Ono had lunch with the artist Salvador Dali. Read more »

Hoping to get married in Paris, John Lennon and Yoko Ono flew to Paris on this day. Read more »

Following their two performances the previous day at the Palais des Sports in Paris, The Beatles had a rest day before travelling to Lyon for their next engagement. Read more »

The Beatles' final European tour opened with a concert at the Palais des Sports in Paris. Read more »

At 1pm The Beatles and their entourage returned to London Airport from Le Bourget, Paris, following their often three-week residency at the Olympia Theatre, Paris.

Upon their arrival The Beatles were greeted by around 100 screaming fans, after which they gave their customary press conference. Read more »

It began on 16 January 1964, and continued with just two days off until this day, when The Beatles' residency at the Olympia Theatre in Paris ended with two final shows.

The penultimate day at the Olympia in France's capital.

Prior to their two performances The Beatles visited the American Embassy in Paris to obtain the necessary visas and work permits for their imminent tour of the US.

Another two shows at the Olympia Theatre, where The Beatles had been in residence since 16 January.

February 1964 was the month that The Beatles conquered America and began the British Invasion. It began, however, just as January ended, with two more shows in Paris for the group's 18-day residency at the Olympia Theatre.

Two final shows for January 1964 at the Olympia, where The Beatles' residency continued until 4 February.

A further two houses in The Beatles' residency at the Olympia, which continued until 4 February.

A busy day for The Beatles, and their first - and only - EMI recording session outside the United Kingdom. John Lennon and George Harrison flew back to Paris on an early flight from London, following their brief return to England the previous day. Read more »

EMI's German counterpart, Electrola Gesellschaft, wanted The Beatles to re-record the vocals on their biggest hits, She Loves You and I Want To Hold Your Hand, in German. Although The Beatles and George Martin thought this unnecessary, the recording session was originally scheduled to take place on this day. Read more »

Two more shows at the Olympia Theatre, on Paris's Boulevard des Capucines.

The usual two performances at the Olympia, topping a bill that also featured Trini Lopez and Sylvie Vartan.

The radio interview The Beatles gave to American Forces Network on the previous day was broadcast on the show Weekend World.

In addition to their two shows at the Olympia that evening, The Beatles recorded an interview at the Paris studio of the American Forces Network (AFN) radio service, which was broadcast the following day. The interviewer was Harold Kelley. Read more »

Another two shows at the Olympia.

Also on this day, John Lennon and Paul McCartney recorded a basic demo of the song One And One Is Two, written for Billy J Kramer. Read more »

The Beatles performed two more shows on this day during their Parisian residency.