In a ceremony held at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Mick Jagger inducted The Beatles into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame.
It was the third annual event for the Hall of Fame. George Harrison and Ringo Starr attended, as did Yoko Ono, Julian Lennon and Sean Lennon.
Paul McCartney decided not to attend. He issued a statement citing “still-existing business differences among The Beatles,” adding that “It would have been hypocritical to appear on stage with them, waving and smiling.”
Guests paid $300 each to attend. Among the performers at the event were The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, The Drifters and The Supremes. Non-performers inducted into the Hall were Berry Gordy Jr, Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie and Les Paul.
The Beach Boys’ Mike Love commented from the stage: “The Beach Boys are continuing to do 180 performances a year. I’d like to see the mop-tops match that!”
The show closed with Harrison and Starr joining Dylan, Jagger, Bruce Springsteen and a number of other performers for an informal jam session. Songs performed included ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, ‘All Along The Watchtower’, ‘Twist And Shout’, ‘Stand By Me’, ‘Stop! In The Name Of Love’, ‘Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On’, ‘Hound Dog’, ‘Honey Hush’, ‘Barbara Ann’, ‘Blue Bayou’, and ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’.
Also on this day...
- 2014: UK release: The US Albums
- 2013: McCartney demo of A World Without Love is unveiled
- 1990: Paul McCartney live: Wembley Arena, London
- 1982: Paul McCartney appears on the BBC’s Desert Island Discs
- 1970: John Lennon and Yoko Ono have their hair cropped in Denmark
- 1969: The Beatles meet at Apple’s basement studio
- 1967: Recording: A Day In The Life
- 1965: Ringo Starr proposes to Maureen Cox
- 1964: The Beatles live: Olympia Theatre, Paris
- 1964: US album release: Meet The Beatles!
- 1963: The Beatles live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (evening)
- 1962: The Beatles live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (evening)
- 1961: The Beatles live: Lathom Hall, Liverpool
- 1961: Stuart Sutcliffe leaves Hamburg
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thats why i do not like paul
At George’s behest, other three..John represented by yoko, launched a lawsuit against paul because his record label gave him more share in Beatles catalogue as part of the deal with Columbia. The extra shares were purchased by the label from available shares and didn’t come out of shares other Beatles owned. As Beatles were no longer United as a legal entity, Paul was not obligated to tell them and if they wanted more shares, they could have either purchased them or gotten their record labels to do so. Two weeks before the Grammys, the other three were advised to drop the unwinable lawsuit, yet they didn’t but instead let the lawsuit drag on two weeks after the Grammys.
This is an example of in the eighties and nineties but also in the seventies, I began to disagree with the actions and press comments of the other three not to mention their public anti paul barbs. By end of Beatles till the late nineties the other three and especially John and George many times regularly criticized and blamed Paul and ganged up on him, blaming him for their own poor business instincts or at times deflecting from their career failures all while he was simply going forward making all kinds of different music and doing tours.