John Lennon marries Cynthia Powell
On 23 August 1962 John Lennon married Cynthia Powell at the Mount Pleasant register office in Liverpool.
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The Beatles live: Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight – Ringo Starr’s first official show as a Beatle
Following the sacking of Pete Best, The Beatles were quick to recruit their new drummer.
Pete Best is fired from The Beatles
George Martin was impressed enough by The Beatles’ debut session for EMI on 6 June to offer them a recording contract. However, he was less pleased with the band’s …
The Beatles live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (evening) – Pete Best’s final show
This was The Beatles’ 91st evening show at the Cavern Club. It was also the 38th occasion on which they performed both lunchtime and evening shows at the venue.
Stuart Sutcliffe dies
Stuart Sutcliffe, the brilliant young painter who was a bass guitarist with The Beatles in their early period, died on this day of a brain haemorrhage.
George Martin meets Brian Epstein
The Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein had his first meeting with the band’s future producer George Martin on 13 February 1962.
The Beatles live: Cavern Club, Liverpool (lunchtime) – Brian Epstein meets The Beatles
Having seeing their name several times in Mersey Beat magazine, and on posters around Liverpool, Brian Epstein had become curious about The Beatles.
Raymond Jones orders My Bonnie from Brian Epstein
Brian Epstein, the owner of the NEMS music store in Liverpool’s Whitechapel, took a significant record order on this day: a customer, Raymond Jones, asked for The Beatles’ single …
John Lennon celebrates his 21st birthday with Paul McCartney in Paris
On 30 September 1961, John Lennon and Paul McCartney began hitchhiking from Liverpool to Paris where they celebrated Lennon’s 21st birthday.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney travel to Paris
John Lennon was given £100 ahead of his 21st birthday on 9 October 1961. He and Paul McCartney decided to travel to Spain for a holiday. In the end …
Stuart Sutcliffe is interviewed for a teaching diploma at Liverpool College of Art
Well aware that his talents for painting were greater than for music, Stuart Sutcliffe planned to take art teaching courses. He applied for an Art Teachers Diploma (ATD) course …
John Lennon leaves Hamburg
Ten days after Paul McCartney and Pete Best had been deported from Germany, John Lennon travelled back to England by train and boat.
Paul McCartney and Pete Best are deported from Germany
The day after they were arrested on suspicion of arson, Paul McCartney and Pete Best were deported from Germany.
Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested in Hamburg
Having been told on 1 November that their contract to perform at his Kaiserkeller club was being terminated by owner Bruno Koschmider, The Beatles began moving their belonging to …
George Harrison is deported from Germany
German police authorities deported George Harrison from Hamburg on this day, after discovering he was under 18 years of age.
Pete Best auditions for The Beatles
Since The Beatles had an impending trip to play in Hamburg but no drummer, they held an audition for the vacant position at the Blue Angel, manager Allan Williams’ …
Paul McCartney offers audition to mystery drummer
Paul McCartney wrote to a drummer on this day, offering an audition to join The Beatles on their first trip to Hamburg.
The Beatles ask Pete Best to join
With their Saturday night residency at the Grosvenor Ballroom cancelled due to local complaints, The Beatles had some time off. On this night they went to Mona Best’s Casbah …
Stuart Sutcliffe sells a painting to John Moores
The second Biennial John Moores Exhibition opened at Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery on 17 November 1959. Among the exhibits was Summer Painting by Stuart Sutcliffe, an art school student …
Julia Lennon dies
John Lennon’s mother Julia died on 15 July 1958.