Month: January 1964
Thursday 16 January 1964 Live From this day until Thursday 4 February 1964, The Beatles performed 18 days of concerts at Paris’ Olympia Theatre, on a nine-act bill, playing two and sometimes three sets …
Wednesday 15 January 1964 Live Ahead of their 18-day season at the Paris Olympia, The Beatles played a warm-up show at the Cinéma Cyrano, 7 Rue Rameau, in Versailles.
Tuesday 14 January 1964 Travel The Beatles played their first show in France on 15 January 1964. The previous evening three of the group flew to Paris from London.
The Beatles made their debut on the television show Val Parnell’s Sunday Night At The London Palladium on 13 October 1963. Three months later they made their return.
Saturday 11 January 1964 Live The Beatles’ Christmas Show, their variety show which began on 24 December 1963, ended on this night, with the group playing to two houses.
Friday 10 January 1964 Live The Beatles performed two shows at the Astoria Cinema, Finsbury Park, London, on the penultimate evening of the group’s 16-night Christmas show residency.
Although it had originally been scheduled for 22 July 1963, the US label Vee-Jay finally released the Introducing The Beatles LP on this day.
Thursday 9 January 1964 Live The Beatles’ Christmas Show, which had been taking place at the Astoria Cinema in London’s Finsbury Park since December 1963, continued on this evening with a further two performances. …
Wednesday 8 January 1964 Live Two more performances in The Beatles’ series of Christmas shows at the Astoria Cinema in London’s Finsbury Park. This was day 13 of the show’s 16-day run.
Tuesday 7 January 1964 Live This was day 12 of The Beatles’ series of Christmas Shows, with performances to two houses at the Astoria Cinema in London’s Finsbury Park.
Tuesday 7 January 1964 Radio Prior to their evening performances for The Beatles’ Christmas Show, The Beatles recorded a music session for the BBC radio show Saturday Club.
Monday 6 January 1964 Live Two more performances of The Beatles’ Christmas Show at the Astoria Cinema in Finsbury Park, London, for day 11 of their 16-date residency.
Sunday 5 January 1964 Radio Although The Beatles had a well-earned day off from their Christmas Show season, George Harrison and Ringo Starr granted an interview to the BBC.
Saturday 4 January 1964 Live The Beatles’ Christmas Show, which had been taking place at the Astoria Cinema in London’s Finsbury Park since 24 December 1963, continued on this evening with a further two …
The Beatles recorded a series of ‘open-ended’ answers for use by US disc jockeys on this day at EMI’s Manchester Square headquarters.
Friday 3 January 1964 Live The Beatles’ residency at the Astoria Cinema in London’s Finsbury Park continued on this night, with another two performances of The Beatles’ Christmas Show. It was day nine of …
‘Please Please Me’ had first been released as a single in America on 25 February 1963 but failed to make an impact. To cash in on the success of …
Thursday 2 January 1964 Live Another two houses at the Astoria Cinema in Finsbury Park, London, for The Beatles’ Christmas Show. This was the eighth date of the group’s 16-night residency.
Wednesday 1 January 1964 Live The Beatles’ first performances of 1964 were a continuation of The Beatles’ Christmas Show, the variety night which ran from 24 December 1963 until 11 January 1964.