BEATLOLOGY'S THIS DAY IN BEATLES HISTORY - September 5
1959 - The Quarry Men perform at the Casbah Coffee Club, West Derby, Liverpool.
1960 - The Beatles perform at the Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, West Germany.
1961 - The Beatles perform a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool. Advertisements for the evening show listed the Beatles as performers, but they were withdrawn from the bill and rescheduled for the following night.
1962 - The Beatles perform a nighttime show at the Cavern Club, Liverpool, having rescheduled their lunchtime show to give them time to get back from their recording session in London the previous day.
1963 - The Beatles perform at the Gaumont Cinema, Taunton.
1964 - The Beatles perform at the International Amphitheater, Chicago, Illinois.
1966 - John Lennon flies to Celle, West Germany a NATO tank range near Hanover) to begin filming his first and only solo film role, in Richard Lester's "How I Won the War."
1967 - The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio One, EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London. Recording begins for John's song "I Am the Walrus." Sixteen takes are taped of the rhythm track. The glorious multitude of overdubs that distinguish the song will be recorded in later sessions. Take 16, the basic track of "I Am the Walrus" before the overdubs were added, is included on "The Beatles Anthology 2" (Disc two, Track 14).
1968 - The Beatles in the recording studio, Studio Two, EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, recording overdubs onto "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." After hearing playbacks, George Harrison decides to re-make the song, recording takes 17-44 of a basic track with himself on acoustic guitar and singing a guide vocal, Ringo on drums, John on lead guitar, and Paul on piano/organ.
1975 - Paul McCartney and Wings' single "Letting Go/You Gave Me the Answer" (Parlophone R 6008) is released in the U.K.
