This was the 24th performance given by The Beatles at Aintree Institute, which was situated at Longmoor Lane in Aintree, Liverpool.
It was put on by Brian Kelly, who ran Beekay Promotions in Liverpool, and was the third of seven consecutive Saturday night bookings for The Beatles at the venue.
The Beatles played at Aintree Institute on 31 occasions, between this date and January 1962. The other dates were 7, 13, 14, 18, 21, 27 and 28 January; 8, 10, 15, 18, 22 and 25 February; 1, 4, 8 and 11 March; 21 and 28 July; 4, 12, 18 and 19 August; 2, 9, 16 and 23 September; 28 October; 11 November 1961; and 27 January 1962.
Aintree Institute was a popular jive club in the early 1960s. It was situated behind the Black Bull club, near to the famous racecourse where the annual Grand National horse race takes place, but was demolished in 2007.
Also on this day...
- 2022: Brian Epstein statue unveiled in Liverpool
- 2021: Let It Be remix and expanded editions announced
- 2020: John Lennon remix compilation Gimme Some Truth announced
- 2019: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix
- 2003: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Cal Farley Coliseum, Amarillo
- 1998: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Oktyabrsky Concert Hall, Saint Petersburg
- 1992: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs
- 1969: George Harrison meets Bob Dylan in Portsmouth
- 1968: Tape copying: Revolution 9
- 1968: US single release: Hey Jude
- 1967: The Beatles renounce the use of drugs
- 1966: Day off in Los Angeles
- 1964: The Beatles live: Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver
- 1963: The Beatles live: Odeon Cinema, Southport
- 1963: Paul McCartney receives one-year driving ban
- 1962: The Beatles live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (evening)
- 1960: The Beatles live: Indra Club, Hamburg
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