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A further two houses in The Beatles' residency at the Olympia in Paris, France, which continued until 4 February 1964. Read more »

This was the 12th date of The Beatles' 18-night residency as Paris' Olympia Theatre. Read more »

To take advantage of The Beatles' second consecutive day off from their 18-night concert residency at the Olympia Theatre, Paris, John Lennon and George Harrison flew back to London for an overnight break.

In the evening Harrison had dinner with Phil Spector and The Ronettes.

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. Read more »

The usual two performances at the Olympia, topping a bill that also featured Trini Lopez and Sylvie Vartan. This was the ninth date of The Beatles' Parisian residency. Read more »

The usual two performances at the Olympia, topping a bill that also featured Trini Lopez and Sylvie Vartan. This was the eighth date of The Beatles' Parisian residency. Read more »

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 Theatre in Paris, France, for day seven of The Beatles' 18-date concert residency in the city. Read more »

The Beatles performed two more shows on this day during their Parisian residency. This was day six of the 18-date run at the Olympia Theatre. Read more »

The Beatles performed two sets at the Olympia Theatre on this day, continuing their residency which began on 16 January 1964 and ended on 4 February. Read more »

Unusually, The Beatles played three sets at Paris' Olympia Theatre on this day. They normally performed two shows each evening during their concert residency, which began on 16 January 1964 and ended on 4 February. Read more »

The Beatles' residency in Paris continued with two performances at the Olympia Theatre. This was the third date of their 18-night run at the venue, for which they shared top billing at various times with French singer Sylvie Vartan and America's Trini Lopez. Read more »

This was the second date of The Beatles' residency at the Olympia Theatre, on Paris's Boulevard des Capucines. Read more »

Following their first night of performances at the Olympia Theatre, Paris, The Beatles arrived back at the Hotel George V where they were told that I Want To Hold Your Hand had reached number one in America. Read more »

From this day until Thursday 4 February 1964, The Beatles performed 18 days of concerts at Paris' Olympia Theatre, on a nine-act bill, playing two and sometimes three sets each day. Read more »

Ahead of their 18-day season at the Paris Olympia, The Beatles played a warm-up show at the Cinéma Cyrano, 7 Rue Rameau, in Versailles. Read more »

The Beatles played their first show in France on 15 January 1964. The previous evening three of the group flew to Paris from London. Read more »

The Beatles began two-week holidays on this day, flying to a variety of destinations. John and Cynthia Lennon flew to Paris for a belated honeymoon, while their son Julian was looked after by John's aunt Harrie in Liverpool. Read more »

On 30 September 1961, John Lennon and Paul McCartney began hitchhiking from Liverpool to Paris where they celebrated Lennon's 21st birthday. Read more »