Year: 1965
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.
The Beatles’ final European tour opened with a concert at the Palais des Sports in Paris.
Friday 18 June 1965 Radio On this day John Lennon made an appearance on the final edition of the BBC television show Tonight, presented by Kenneth Allsop.
Friday 18 June 1965 Radio The Beatles were due to perform their first Italian concert in Milan on 24 June 1965. Ahead of the date, they gave an interview for the BBC’s Italian language …
Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith Work on Help! concluded on this day, with mono and stereo mixes prepared for the …
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith The Beatles’ ‘Yesterday’ was completed on this day with the recording of a string quartet, and a …
Wednesday 16 June 1965 Radio John Lennon recorded an interview for the BBC Home Service programme The World Of Books on this day at the offices of NEMS Enterprises at Argyll Street, London.
The Beatles’ work on their second feature film Help! ended on this day, with some extra audio recording at Twickenham Film Studios.
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith The Beatles recorded John Lennon’s song ‘It’s Only Love’ in six takes on this day, for the …
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith Three songs were recorded on this day, the most notable of which was Paul McCartney’s timeless classic …
The Beatles’ US label, Capitol Records, released the album Beatles VI on 14 June 1965.
As news outlets went into overdrive following the announcement that The Beatles were to be awarded MBEs, a press conference was hastily convened at Twickenham Film Studios where the …
Brian Epstein requested that Paul McCartney and Jane Asher return from their Portuguese holiday a day early, so all The Beatles could be in Britain on the day it …
Studio One (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road Engineer: Norman Smith Balance engineer Norman Smith created a new stereo mix of ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ in a …
Although the Beatles For Sale album had been available for six months, and The Beatles had already begun performing and releasing songs from their forthcoming Help!, Parlophone issued this …
The Beatles had been invited to beat poet Allen Ginsberg’s 39th birthday party by mutual friend and Indica Gallery co-founder Barry Miles. Although few of the partygoers expected them …
On this day John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were among the celebrities attended the première of director Richard Lester’s film The Knack (And How To Get It) …
Wednesday 26 May 1965 Radio Just over three years since their first appearance on BBC radio, The Beatles recorded their final musical appearance on 26 May 1965.
In May 1965 John Lennon and his wife Cynthia made a brief trip to Cannes in France to attend the film festival. He was interviewed on this day by …
Although The Beatles had finished filming Help! on 11 May 1965, they returned to Twickenham Film Studios on this day to record post-sync work for the audio track.