June 8 - 1963. Valentine Magazine publishes photos of The Beatles at the London University swimming pool.
June 9 - 1964. Track A Hard Day’s Night is remixed with a longer ending for the film.
June 10 - 1966. Paperback Writer / Rain single released in UK.
June 11 - 1965. The Beatles are named to the Order […]
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Here’s another entry in our series on John Lennon’s Guitars. This time, Guild Guitars gets into the picture with a custom-made Starfire XII, hand-delivered to John. See previous entries in the series here:
Part One: Gallotone Champion Acoustic John Lennon Guitar.
Part Two: Hofner Club 40 Electric John Lennon Guitar.
Part Three: 1958 Rickenbacker 325 Capri John […]
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June 1 - 1967. Beatles album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is released in the UK.
June 2 - 1967. Beatles album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is released in the US.
June 3 - 1964. Ringo Starr collapses, suffering from tonsillitis and pharyngitis. Jimmy Nicol is brought in as a stand-in drummer for […]
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May 25 - 1969. John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Kyoko arrive in Canada to campaign for peace.
May 26 - 1970. Let It Be is certified gold in the US.
May 27 - 1963. “From Me To You” / “Thank You Girl” is released in the US.
May 28 - 1960. The Silver Beetles finish their Johnny […]
While in earlier years, John Lennon’s guitar of choice was usually a Rickenbacker, from 1966 onwards he was made more use of his Epiphone Casino - featured in this addition of the John Lennon’s guitars series - than any other guitar. See previous entries in the series here:
Part One: Gallotone Champion Acoustic John Lennon Guitar.
Part […]
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May 18 - 1970. The Beatles final album, Let It Be, is released in the US.
May 19 - 1966. Filming begins for a promotional music video for single Paperback Writer / Rain.
May 20 - 1970. As the film Let It Be premieres in London and Liverpool, George Harrison begins work on his first post-Beatles […]
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John Lennon, and The Beatles in general, are known for using a lot of hollow-bodied electric guitars, especially Rickenbackers. But they did make occasional use of solid-bodied guitars, like the Fender Stratocaster featured in the latest edition of our series on John Lennon’s guitars. See earlier entries here:
Part One: Gallotone Champion Acoustic John Lennon […]
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May 11 - 1970. The Beatles last US single, The Long and Winding Road / For You Blue, is released.
May 12 - 1965. Last day of filming for the Beatles movie, Help!
May 13 - 1970. World premiere of Beatles documentary film Let It Be, in New York.
May 14 - […]
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May 4 - 1963. “Please Please Me” becomes the #1 album in the UK, and “From Me To You” becomes the #1 single.
May 5 - 1969. Get Back / Don’t Let Me Down single released in the US.
May 6 - 1979. John Lennon and Yoko Ono announce they are recording an […]
It’s another turbulent week for Beatles history, with song ownership disputes and battles with the Rolling Stones for #1.
April 27 - 1964. John Lennon’s book In His Own Write is published in the US.
April 28 - 1966. Recording begins for Eleanor Rigby.
April 29 - 1964. The Beatles are photographed with their wax counterparts at Madame […]
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