The Beatles timeline

The Beatles were a rock group from Liverpool, England. This timeline chronicles their activities.

Contents Pre-1940 · 1940s · 1950s · 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969 · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s · 2000s · 2010s Album and single releases · Notes · References

Legend

Type codes

T	Event type
B	Changes to band line-up/name
L	Life events (including births, deaths, weddings, and divorces)
PA	Performance: audition
PC	Performance: concert
PR	Performance: radio broadcast
PT	Performance: TV broadcast
RA	Record release: album
RE	Record release: EP
RF	Film or video release
RG	Video game release
RS	Record release: single
S	Recording music for record release
SR	Recording music for radio broadcast
V	Recording video (film, TV, video)
O	Other events

Location codes

Event location	L
Canada	CAN
Germany	GER
United Kingdom	UK
United States	US
Other	O

Pre-1940

Date			T	Event	L
1926	Jan	03	L	George Martin is born in Highbury, London.	UK
1933	Feb	18	L	Yoko Ono is born in Tokyo, Japan.	O
1934	Sep	19	L	Brian Epstein is born in Liverpool.[1]	UK
1938	Apr	29	L	Klaus Voormann is born in Berlin.	GER
1938	May	20	L	Astrid Kirchherr is born in Hamburg.	GER
1939	Sep	10	L	Cynthia Powell (later Lennon) is born in Blackpool.[1]	UK

1940s

Date			T	Event	L
1940	Jun	23	L	Stuart Sutcliffe is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1]	UK
1940	Jul	07	L	Richard Starkey, later known as Ringo Starr, is born in the Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital.[1]	UK
1940	Oct	09	L	John Lennon is born in the Oxford Street Maternity Hospital, Liverpool.[1]	UK
1941	Sep	24	L	Linda Eastman (later McCartney) is born in New York City.	US
1941	Nov	24	L	Pete Best is born in Madras, India.[1]	O
1942	Jun	18	L	Paul McCartney is born in the Walton Hospital, Liverpool.[1]	UK
1943	Feb	25	L	George Harrison is born at 12 Arnold Grove, Wavertree, Liverpool.[1]	UK
1944	Mar	17	L	Pattie Boyd (later Harrison) is born in Taunton, Somerset.	UK
1946	Apr	05	L	Jane Asher is born in north-west London.	UK
1946	Aug	04	L	Maureen Cox (later Starkey) is born in Liverpool.	UK
1947	Apr	05	L	Barbara Bach (later Starkey) is born in New York City.[2]	US
1948	May	18	L	Olivia Trinidad Arias (later Harrison) is born in Mexico City, Mexico.	O

1950s

Date			T	Event	L
1957	Mar		B	Lennon forms a skiffle group called the Black Jacks with Pete Shotton. The band is later renamed the Quarrymen.[1]	UK
1957	Jun	09	PA	The Quarrymen audition for Carroll Levis's TV Star Search at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool, but do not qualify.[1]	UK
1957	Jul	06	PC	The Quarrymen play at the St Peter's Church garden fête in Liverpool. McCartney and Lennon meet for the first time.[3]	UK
1957	Jul	20	B	McCartney is invited to join the Quarrymen.[3]	UK
1957	Aug	07	PC	The Quarrymen perform at The Cavern Club for the first time.[3]	UK
1957	Oct	18	PC	McCartney's first performance with the Quarrymen at the New Clubmore Hall, Liverpool.[3]	UK
1958	Feb	06	B	Harrison meets the Quarrymen, and is invited to join despite being younger than the others.[3]	UK
1958	Jul	09	S	The Quarrymen pay 17 pounds and 6 pence to record two songs at a local recording studio in Liverpool. They recorded "That'll Be the Day" by Buddy Holly and "In Spite of All the Danger" by Harrison and McCartney.[3]	UK
1958	Jul	15	L	Lennon's mother, Julia Lennon, is run over and killed by a speeding car.[3]	UK
1959	Mar	25	B	Ritchie Starkey is hired as the drummer for "Al Caldwell and his Raving Texans" after being spotted on the "6.5 Special" talent show. Band members adopt western-sounding stage names, and Starkey becomes Ringo Starr. The band will shortly change its name to Rory Storm and the Hurricanes.[4]	UK
1959	Aug	29	PC	The Quarrymen play at the opening night of the Casbah Club, owned by Best's mother, Mona. The band consists of Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Ken Brown, with no drummer.[3]	UK
1959	Oct	10	B	Ken Brown leaves the Quarrymen.[3]	UK
1959	Nov	15	PA	As Johnny and the Moondogs, Lennon, McCartney and Harrison reach the final audition stage of Carroll Levis's TV Star Search at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool. Rory Storm and the Hurricanes with Starr finish 2nd out of 150 acts.[3][4]	UK

1960

Date			T	Event	L
1960	May	05	B	The Quarrymen change their name to the Silver Beetles[5]	UK
1960	May	10	PC	The Silver Beetles audition for Larry Parnes to support Billy Fury on his next tour. They are unsuccessful, but are offered the chance to support Johnny Gentle on a tour of Scotland[5]	UK
1960	May	14	PC	The Silver Beetles play the Lathom Hall, Liverpool[5]	UK
1960	May	20	B	Sutcliffe plays bass, and Tommy Moore plays drums. The Silver Beetles adopt aliases for the duration of the tour; Lennon becomes Long John, McCartney becomes Paul Ramon, Sutcliffe becomes Stuart de Staël, and Harrison becomes Carl Harrison[5]	UK
1960	May	20	PC	Johnny Gentle's tour, with the Silver Beetles as his backing band, begins at the Town Hall in Alloa, Scotland.[5]	UK
1960	May	21	PC	The tour continues at the Rescue Hall in Aberdeen[5]	UK
1960	May	21	PC	The tour continues to the Northern Meeting Ballroom in Inverness[5]	UK
1960	May	23	PC	The next date is the Dalrymple Hall in Fraserburgh, Aberdeen[5]	UK
1960	May	25	PC	The tour continues to St Thomas's Hall, Banffshire[5]	UK
1960	May	26	PC	The next tour date is the Town Hall in Forres[5]	UK
1960	May	27	PC	The tour continues at the Regal Ballroom, Nairn[5]	UK
1960	May	30	PC	The Silver Beetles play at the Jacaranda coffee bar[5]	UK
1960	Jun	02	PC	The Silver Beetles play the Institute, Neston, Wirral[5]	UK
1960	Jun	06	PC	The Silver Beetles play at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Liscard, Wirral with Gerry & the Pacemakers[5]	UK
1960	Jun	11	PC	The Silver Beetles play at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Liscard, Wirral with Gerry & the Pacemakers[5]	UK
1960	Jun	13	B	Tommy Moore leaves the Silver Beetles[6]	UK
1960	Jun	13	PC	The Silver Beetles play the Jacaranda again[6]	UK
1960	Jun	18	L	McCartney's 18th birthday[6]	UK
1960	Jun	18	PC	The Silver Beetles play at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Liscard, with Gerry & the Pacemakers[5]	UK
1960	Jun	25	PC	The Silver Beetles play at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Liscard, with Gerry & the Pacemakers[5]	UK
1960	Jul	02	PC	The Silver Beetles play at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Liscard, with Gerry & the Pacemakers[5]	UK
1960	Jul	09	PC	The Silver Beetles play at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Liscard, with Gerry & the Pacemakers[5]	UK
1960	Jul	16	PC	The Silver Beetles play at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Liscard, with Gerry & the Pacemakers[5]	UK
1960	Jul	23	PC	The Silver Beetles play at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Liscard, with Gerry & the Pacemakers[5]	UK
1960	Jul	30	PC	The Silver Beetles play at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Liscard with Gerry & the Pacemakers again. Further shows at the venue are cancelled due to complaints by locals about noise pollution[5]	UK
1960	Aug	12	B	Best is hired as drummer for the Silver Beetles[6]	UK
1960	Aug	17	B	The Silver Beetles change their name to the Beatles[6]	UK
1960	Aug	17	PC	The Beatles play at the Indra Club in Hamburg for the first time. They play here for the next 48 days[6]	GER
1960	Oct	04	PC	The Beatles are moved to the Kaiserkeller after complaints about the noise at the Indra Club. They play here, alongside Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, for the next 58 days[6]	GER
1960	Oct	15	S	At the Akustic Studio in Hamburg, McCartney, Lennon and Harrison perform on a demonstration tape for Lu Walters of Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. Hurricanes drummer Starr plays for this session, the first time the final line-up of the Beatles records together. "Summertime" is taped, and possibly "Fever" and "September Song." None of the recordings is known to have survived.[7]	GER
1960	Nov	21	O	Harrison is deported from Hamburg for being under 18 and lacking a work permit. The Beatles continue without him[6]	GER
1960	Dec	01	O	McCartney and Best are deported from Hamburg after being accused of arson[6]	GER
1960	Dec	10	O	Lennon returns from Hamburg[6]	GER
1960	Dec	27	PC	The Beatles play at Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool[6]	UK
1960	Dec	31	PC	The Beatles give a New Year's Eve performance at the Casbah Club[6]	UK

1961

Date			T	Event	L
1961	Jan	05	PC	The Beatles perform at the Town Hall in Litherland, Liverpool. They play various local venues over the next 3 months[8]	UK
1961	Feb	09	PC	The Beatles' first lunchtime performance at the Cavern Club[8]	UK
1961	Feb	25	L	Harrison's 18th birthday[8]	UK
1961	Mar	11	PC	The "Beatles Farewell Show" takes place at the Aintree Institute, Liverpool. The show goes on all night, concluding at 8am, and features performances from other Liverpool bands such as Gerry & the Pacemakers and Rory Storm and the Hurricanes[8]	UK
1961	Mar	15	B	Stuart Sutcliffe leaves the Beatles. He returns to Germany, and becomes engaged to Astrid Kirchherr[8]	GER
1961	Apr	01	PC	Another series of shows in Hamburg begins, with the Beatles playing at the Top Ten Club. The band plays every night until 1 July, making a total of 92 appearances at the club. For a portion of this stay in Hamburg, they share the bill with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes[8][9]	GER
1961	Jun	22	S	The Beatles, credited as "The Beat Brothers", provide backing vocals for Tony Sheridan's My Bonnie album, produced by Bert Kaempfert[8]	GER
1961	Jul	01	O	The Beatles sign a 1-year contract with Kaempfert[8]	GER
1961	Jul	01	PC	The Beatles' final performance at the Top Ten Club[8]	GER
1961	Jul	03	O	The Beatles return to Liverpool[8]	UK
1961	Jul	06	O	The first edition of Mersey Beat is published, and includes an essay by Lennon about the Beatles[8]	UK
1961	Jul	07	L	Starr's 21st birthday[8]	UK
1961	Jul	13	PC	The Beatles' first performance back in England, at St John's Hall, Tuebrook, Liverpool[8]	UK
1961	Jul	14	PC	The Beatles make another appearance at the Cavern Club, to play both the lunchtime and evening slots. The band plays many local gigs—predominately at the Cavern—in the following months[8]	UK
1961	Jul	20	O	The Beatles make the front page of Mersey Beat with a story about their contract with Kaempfert[8]	UK
1961	Jul	27	PC	The Beatles are supported at the Cavern Club by Priscilla White, who would later become Cilla Black[8]	UK
1961	Aug	31	O	Local DJ Bob Wooler writes an article on the Beatles for Mersey Beat[10]	UK
1961	Oct	09	L	Lennon's 21st birthday. He and McCartney celebrate by buying bowler hats and hitchhiking to Paris[10]	UK
1961	Oct	17	PC	The Beatles' first fan club performance, at the David Lewis Club in Liverpool[10]	UK
1961	Oct	28	O	A customer called Raymond Jones enquires about the Beatles' "My Bonnie" single at Epstein's NEMS store, despite the record only being released in Germany. Epstein promises to find it. Alistair Taylor (Epstein's assistant) later said that he used Jones' name to order copies of the record himself[10][11]	UK
1961	Oct	30	O	Two more girls enquire about the record[10]	UK
1961	Nov	08	O	Epstein books a ticket to see the Beatles at the Cavern Club, citing an "important visit"[10]	UK
1961	Nov	09	PC	Epstein and his assistant Alistair Taylor watch the Beatles perform a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club[10]	UK
1961	Dec	01	O	The Beatles and Epstein travel to London to meet Colin Borland and Beecher Stevens from Decca Records in the hope of negotiating a recording contract[10]	UK
1961	Dec	03	O	The Beatles and Bob Wooler meet Epstein at his NEMS store[10]	UK
1961	Dec	04	O	Deutsche Grammophone representatives meet Epstein in Liverpool to discuss the possibility of releasing "My Bonnie" in the UK[10]	UK
1961	Dec	06	O	The Beatles meet Epstein at his shop again[10]	UK
1961	Dec	08	O	Epstein contacts Ron White of EMI in the hope of getting the Beatles a record contract[10]	UK
1961	Dec	10	O	The Beatles and Epstein meet again, this time at the Casbah Coffee Club[10]	UK
1961	Dec	13	PC	Dick Rowe, head of A&R at Decca, sends Mike Smith to watch the Beatles at the Cavern Club. Smith recommends that Decca set up an audition for the group[10]	UK
1961	Dec	18	O	Ron White writes to Epstein to inform him that EMI have rejected the Beatles[10]	UK
1961	Dec	26	PC	The Beatles, wrongly billed as the "Beetles", play at the "Big Beat Ball" at the Tower Ballroom in New Brighton, Merseyside[10]	UK
1961	Dec	31	O	The Beatles travel to London for an audition with Decca the next day[10]	UK

1962

Date			T	Event	L
1962	Jan	01	PC	The Beatles audition for Decca at their studio in West Hampstead[12]	UK
1962	Jan	01	S	The Beatles record 15 tracks at the Decca audition[12]	UK
1962	Jan	04	O	The Beatles come out top of the first Mersey Beat poll to find the most popular group, in an issue devoted mainly to them[12]	UK
1962	Jan	05	RA	My Bonnie released.[12]	UK
1962	Jan	05	RS	"My Bonnie" / "The Saints" released.[13]	UK
1962	Jan	24	O	The Beatles sign a contract to make Epstein their manager[12]	UK
1962	Feb	01	O	The Beatles' management contract (signed on 24 January) officially begins[12]	UK
1962	Feb	01	PC	Epstein books the Beatles to play at the Thistle Café in West Kirby, Cheshire[12]	UK
1962	Feb	05	B	For two performances (noon at The Cavern; evening at the Kingsway Club in Southport) Starr fills in as the Beatles' drummer while Best is ill[14]	UK
1962	Feb	06	O	Epstein meets Dick Rowe and Beecher Stevens of Decca, who inform him that the Beatles were rejected in favour of Brian Poole & the Tremeloes[12]	UK
1962	Feb	20	O	Epstein writes to Bert Kaempfert, asking him to release the Beatles from the Polydor contract they entered when they recorded with Tony Sheridan[12]	UK
1962	Mar	07	SR	The Beatles record their appearance on the BBC Light Programme's Teenager's Turn (Here We Go)[12]	UK
1962	Mar	08	PR	The Teenager's Turn (Here We Go) episode the Beatles recorded the previous day is broadcast, the band's radio debut[12]	UK
1962	Apr	10	L	Stuart Sutcliffe dies of a brain haemorrhage at the age of 21[12]	GER
1962	Apr	13	PC	The Beatles return to Germany to play 48 dates at Hamburg's Star-Club[15]	GER
1962	Apr	23	RS	The "My Bonnie" single is released in the US[15]	US
1962	May	08	O	Epstein visits the HMV store in Oxford Street, where he meets Ted Huntley, who refers him to Ardmore & Beechwood, where he meets Sidney Coleman. Coleman arranges a meeting with EMI producer Martin[15]	UK
1962	May	09	O	Epstein meets Martin at Abbey Road Studios, and immediately sends a telegram to the Beatles in Hamburg confirming that they have been accepted[15]	UK
1962	Jun	02	O	The Beatles return to England at the conclusion of their Hamburg contract.[15]	UK
1962	Jun	04	O	The Beatles sign a recording contract with EMI's Parlophone record label, with Martin as their producer[15]	UK
1962	Jun	06	S	The Beatles go to Abbey Road Studios for the first time, to make a recording test for Parlophone. Martin informs Epstein that for future recordings he will use a session drummer in place of Best.[15]	UK
1962	Jun	09	PC	The Beatles play at the Cavern Club again—their first performance there since they last departed for Germany[15]	UK
1962	Jun	26	O	Epstein officially forms NEMS Enterprises[15]	UK
1962	Jul	26	PC	The Beatles support Joe Brown and the Bruvvers at Cambridge Hall, Southport. The concert is promoted by Epstein[15]	UK
1962	Aug	14	B	Epstein asks Starr to join the Beatles permanently[15]	UK
1962	Aug	15	PC	Best performs his last show with the Beatles, at the Cavern Club[15]	UK
1962	Aug	16	B	Epstein fires Best from the band. Johnny Hutchinson of The Big Three fills in for him[15]	UK
1962	Aug	16	PC	The Beatles play at the Riverpark Ballroom in Chester[15]	UK
1962	Aug	18	B	Starr officially joins the Beatles[15]	UK
1962	Aug	18	PC	The Beatles play a gig at the Port Sunlight Horticultural Society's annual show in Birkenhead[15]	UK
1962	Aug	19	O	After Starr's appearance at the Cavern Club, Best fans, upset by Best's firing, hold vigils outside his house and at the club shouting "Pete forever! Ringo never!"[16] Harrison receives a black eye from one of the upset fans and Epstein temporarily hires a bodyguard to ensure his safety[17][15]	UK
1962	Aug	22	V	Granada Television films the Beatles performing at the Cavern Club[18]	UK
1962	Aug	23	L	Lennon marries Cynthia Powell at the Mount Pleasant Register office in Liverpool.[19]	UK
1962	Sep	04	S	The Beatles' first recording session at Abbey Road Studios. They record "Love Me Do" and a demo of "How Do You Do It?." "Love Me Do" will also be recorded on 11 September with session drummer Andy White, but Martin will use one of the takes from today's session with Starr on drums for the original UK single release.[18][20]	UK
1962	Sep	10	O	Lennon and Harrison buy new guitars from Rushworth and Dreaper's in Liverpool[18]	UK
1962	Sep	11	B	Session drummer Andy White plays drums while Starr plays percussion. This is the only occasion on which a session drummer is used on Beatles recordings.[18]	UK
1962	Sep	11	S	The Beatles record "P.S. I Love You", "Please Please Me", and "Love Me Do". Today's taping of "Please Please Me" is an early, slow version of the song; Martin suggests it be reworked.[18][21]	UK
1962	Oct	01	O	The Beatles sign a new contract with Epstein[18]	UK
1962	Oct	05	RS	"Love Me Do" / "P.S. I Love You" released,[13] and played on Radio Luxembourg[18]	UK
1962	Oct	06	O	The Beatles sign copies of their new single at Dawson's Music Shop in Widnes, Cheshire—the first of many such public appearances[18][22]	UK
1962	Oct	08	SR	The Beatles make a recording for Radio Luxembourg's The Friday Spectacular at EMI House[18]	UK
1962	Oct	09	O	The Beatles visit the offices of the Record Mirror in Shaftesbury Avenue, London[18]	UK
1962	Oct	11	O	"Love Me Do" appears in the listings of favourite songs in Record Retailer[18]	UK
1962	Oct	12	PC	The Beatles are a support act for Little Richard at the Tower Ballroom in New Brighton[18]	UK
1962	Oct	17	PT	The Beatles make their television debut on Granada's People and Places[18]	UK
1962	Oct	25	PR	The Beatles are interviewed for the Cleaver and Clatterbridge Hospital radio station[18]	UK
1962	Oct	25	SR	The Beatles record their next appearance on the BBC's Here We Go radio programme at the Playhouse Theatre, Manchester[18]	UK
1962	Oct	26	O	"Love Me Do" enters the UK Singles Chart[23]	UK
1962	Oct	26	PR	Here We Go is broadcast at 5pm[23]	UK
1962	Oct	28	PC	The Beatles make their first appearance at the Liverpool Empire Theatre, again supporting Little Richard[23]	UK
1962	Nov	01	PC	The Beatles begin a 2-week run at Hamburg's Star Club[23]	GER
1962	Nov	07	PR	The Beatles appear in another episode of Granada's People and Places[23]	UK
1962	Nov	15	O	The Beatles return to England[23]	UK
1962	Nov	16	O	The Beatles visit the offices of Disc, a music paper[23]	UK
1962	Nov	16	SR	The Beatles record a piece for The Friday Spectacular on Radio Luxembourg[23]	UK
1962	Nov	17	V	The Beatles make another recording for People and Places[23]	UK
1962	Nov	26	S	The Beatles record their second single, "Please Please Me" / "Ask Me Why"[23]	UK
1962	Nov	30	S	The Beatles attend another recording session to finish the "Please Please Me" single[23]	UK
1962	Dec	02	SR	The Beatles record an appearance on BBC Light Programme's The Talent Spot[23]	UK
1962	Dec	04	PR	The Talent Spot is broadcast at 5pm[23]	UK
1962	Dec	04	PR	The Beatles appear live on Associated-Rediffusion's Tuesday Rendezvous from the Wembley television studios[23]	UK
1962	Dec	13	PR	The Beatles' appearance on People and Places is broadcast[23]	UK
1962	Dec	17	PC	Epstein takes producer Martin to watch one of the Beatles' regular shows at the Cavern Club[23]	UK
1962	Dec	18	PC	Due to an existing contract, the Beatles travel to Hamburg to play 12 more dates at the Star-Club[23]	GER
1962	Dec	31	L	Heather See is born in Tucson, Arizona to Linda and Joseph See. In 1969, she will be adopted by Paul McCartney following his marriage to her mother.	US

1963

Date			T	Event	L
1963	Jan	11	RS	"Please Please Me" / "Ask Me Why" released.[13]	UK
1963	Feb	07	RS	"Please Please Me" / "Ask Me Why" released.[13]	US
1963	Mar	22	RA	Please Please Me released.[13]	UK
1963	Apr	08	L	Julian Lennon is born in Liverpool to John and Cynthia Lennon.	UK
1963	Apr	11	RS	"From Me to You" / "Thank You Girl" released.[13]	UK
1963	May	27	RS	"From Me to You" / "Thank You Girl" released.[13]	US
1963	Jul	12	RE	My Bonnie released.[13]	UK
1963	Jul	12	RE	Twist and Shout released.[13]	UK
1963	Aug	03	L	Kyoko Chan Cox is born in Japan to Yoko Ono and Anthony Cox.	O
1963	Aug	23	RS	"She Loves You" / "I'll Get You" released.[13]	UK
1963	Sep	06	RE	The Beatles' Hits released.[13]	UK
1963	Sep	16	RS	"She Loves You" / "I'll Get You" released.[13]	US
1963	Oct	13	PT	The Beatles' performance on ITV's weekly televised musical variety show Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium launchs Beatlemania for Beatle publicist Tony Barrow.[24]	UK
1963	Nov	01	RE	The Beatles (No. 1) released.[13]	UK
1963	Nov	04	PC	The Beatles play a Royal Command Performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London, in the presence of The Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon.	UK
1963	Nov	22	RA	With the Beatles released.[13]	UK
1963	Nov	25	RA	Beatlemania! With the Beatles released.	CAN
1963	Nov	29	RS	"I Want to Hold Your Hand" / "This Boy" released.[13]	UK
1963	Dec	09	RS	"Roll Over Beethoven" / "Please Mister Postman" released.[13]	CAN
1963	Dec	26	RS	"I Want to Hold Your Hand" / "I Saw Her Standing There" released.[13]	US

1964

Date			T	Event	L
1964	Jan	03	RS	"Please Please Me" / "From Me to You" released.[13]	US
1964	Jan	31	RS	"Sweet Georgia Brown" / "Nobody's Child" released.[13]	UK
1964	Jan	10	RA	Introducing... The Beatles released.[13]	US
1964	Jan	20	RA	Meet the Beatles! released.[13]	US
1964	Feb	03	RA	Twist and Shout released.	CAN
1964	Feb	07	RE	All My Loving released.[13]	UK
1964	Feb	07	O	The Beatles arrive at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York	US
1964	Feb	09	PT	The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show	US
1964	Feb	03	RA	The Beatles with Tony Sheridan & Guests released.[13]	US
1964	Feb	17	RS	"All My Loving" / "This Boy" released.	O
1964	Feb	28	RS	"Why" / "Cry for a Shadow" released.[13]	UK
1964	Mar	02	RS	"Twist and Shout" / "There's a Place" released.[13]	US
1964	Mar	16	RS	"Can't Buy Me Love" / "You Can't Do That" released.[13]	UK
1964	Mar	23	RE	Souvenir of Their Visit to America released.[13]	US
1964	Mar	23	RS	"Do You Want to Know a Secret" / "Thank You Girl" released.[13]	US
1964	Apr	10	RA	The Beatles' Second Album released.[13]	US
1964	Apr	19	PT	Around the Beatles is aired.	UK
1964	Apr	27	RS	"Love Me Do" / "P.S. I Love You" released.[13]	US
1964	May	11	RA	The Beatles' Long Tall Sally released.	CAN
1964	May	11	RE	Four by the Beatles released.[13]	US
1964	May	21	RS	"Sie Liebt Dich" / "I'll Get You" released.[13]	GER
1964	May	29	RS	"Ain't She Sweet" / "If You Love Me, Baby" released.	UK
1964	Jun	01	RS	"Sweet Georgia Brown" / "Take Out Some Insurance on Me, Baby" released.	UK
1964	Jun	19	RE	Long Tall Sally released.[13]	UK
1964	Jun	26	RA	A Hard Day's Night released.[13]	O
1964	Jul	06	RF	A Hard Day's Night released.	UK
1964	Jul	06	RS	"Ain't She Sweet" / "Nobody's Child" released.[13]	UK
1964	Jul	10	RA	A Hard Day's Night released.[13]	UK
1964	Jul	10	RS	"A Hard Day's Night" / "Things We Said Today" released.[13]	UK
1964	Jul	13	RS	"A Hard Day's Night" / "I Should Have Known Better" released.[13]	US
1964	Jul	20	RA	Something New released.[13]	US
1964	Jul	20	RS	"And I Love Her" / "If I Fell" released.[13]	O
1964	Aug	20	RS	"I'll Cry Instead" / "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" released.[13]	UK
1964	Aug	24	RS	"Matchbox" / "Slow Down" released.[13]	UK
1964	Oct	05	RA	Ain't She Sweet released.	US
1964	Nov	04	RE	Extracts from the Film A Hard Day's Night released.[13]	UK
1964	Nov	06	RE	Extracts from the Album A Hard Day's Night released.[13]	UK
1964	Nov	23	RA	The Beatles' Story released.[13]	US
1964	Nov	23	RS	"I Feel Fine" / "She's a Woman" released.[13]	UK
1964	Dec	04	RA	Beatles for Sale released.[13]	UK
1964	Dec	04	RS	"If I Fell" / "Tell Me Why" released.[13]	UK
1964	Dec	15	RA	Beatles '65 released.[13]	US

1965

Date			T	Event	L
1965	Feb	01	RE	4-by the Beatles released.[13]	US
1965	Feb	11	L	Starr and Cox marry.	UK
1965	Feb	15	RS	"Eight Days a Week" / "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" released.[13]	UK
1965	Mar	22	RA	The Early Beatles released.[13]	US
1965	Apr	06	RE	Beatles for Sale (EP) released.[13]	UK
1965	Apr	09	RS	"Ticket to Ride" / "Yes It Is" released.[13]	UK
1965	Jun	04	RE	Beatles for Sale (No. 2) released.[13]	UK
1965	Jun	14	RA	Beatles VI released.[13]	US
1965	Jul	19	RS	"Help!" / "I'm Down" released.[13]	UK
1965	Jul	29	RF	Help! released.	UK
1965	Aug	06	RA	Help! released.[13]	UK
1965	Aug	13	RA	Help! released.[13]	US
1965	Sep	13	RS	"Yesterday" / "Act Naturally" released.[13]	US
1965	Sep	13	L	Zak Starkey is born to Ringo Starr and Maureen Starkey.	UK
1965	Oct	11	RS	"Roll Over Beethoven" / "Misery" released.[13]	UK
1965	Oct	11	RS	"Boys" / Medley: "Kansas City"/"Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" released.[13]	UK
1965	Dec	03	RA	Rubber Soul released.[13]	UK
1965	Dec	03	RS	"We Can Work It Out" / "Day Tripper" released.[13]	UK
1965	Dec	06	RE	The Beatles' Million Sellers released.[13]	UK

1966

Date			T	Event	L
1966	Jan	21	L	Harrison marries Boyd at the Leatherhead and Esher Registry Office, with McCartney and Epstein as best men.[25]	UK
1966	Feb	15	RS	"Nowhere Man" / "What Goes On" released.[13]	US
1966	Mar	04	RE	Yesterday released.[13]	UK
1966	May	01	RF	The Beatles at Shea Stadium released.	UK
1966	May	30	RS	"Paperback Writer" / "Rain" released.[13]	UK
1966	Jun	15	RA	Yesterday and Today released.[13]	US
1966	Jul	08	RE	Nowhere Man released.[13]	UK
1966	Aug	05	RA	Revolver released.[13]	UK
1966	Aug	08	RA	Revolver released.[13]	US
1966	Aug	05	RS	"Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby" released.[13]	UK
1966	Nov	09	L	John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at the Indica Gallery [26]	UK
1966	Dec	09	RA	A Collection of Beatles Oldies released.[13]	UK

1967

Date			T	Event	L
1967	Feb	13	RS	"Penny Lane" / "Strawberry Fields Forever" released.[13]	UK
1967	Jun	01	RA	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band released.[13]	UK
1967	Jul	07	RS	"All You Need Is Love" / "Baby, You're a Rich Man" released.[13]	UK
1967	Aug	04	RA	The Beatles' First released.	UK
1967	Aug	19	L	Jason Starkey is born to Ringo Starr and Maureen Starkey.	UK
1967	Aug	25	L	The Beatles and their wives go to Bangor, Wales to attend a seminar by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.[27]	UK
1967	Aug	27	L	Epstein found dead in his London home.[27] After hearing the news, the Beatles leave the seminar.[28]	UK
1967	Nov	24	RS	"Hello, Goodbye" / "I Am the Walrus" released.[13]	UK
1967	Nov	27	RA	Magical Mystery Tour (album) released.[13]	US
1967	Dec	08	RE	Magical Mystery Tour (EP) released.[13]	UK
1967	Dec	26	RF	Magical Mystery Tour broadcast.	UK

1968

Date			T	Event	L
1968	Jan	12	L	Heather Mills is born in Aldershot, Hampshire.	UK
1968	Feb	15	O	The Harrisons and Lennons leave London on their way to Rishikesh, India, for a retreat with the Maharishi.[29]	O
1968	Feb	19	O	McCartney, Asher, and the Starrs fly from London to Rishikesh.[29]	O
1968	Mar	1	O	The Starrs leave the Rishikesh retreat much earlier than expected; they miss their children and Ringo is unhappy with the food.[29]	O
1968	Mar	15	RS	"Lady Madonna" / "The Inner Light" released.[13]	UK
1968	Mar	26	O	McCartney and Asher leave the Rishikesh retreat.[29]	O
1968	Apr	12	O	The Harrisons and Lennons leave the Rishikesh retreat amid a controversy about the behaviour of the Maharishi.[30]	O
1968	Jun	06	RF	Yellow Submarine released.	UK
1968	Aug	26	RS	"Hey Jude" / "Revolution" released.[13]	UK
1968	Nov	08	L	John and Cynthia Lennon's divorce is completed with the granting of their decree nisi.	UK
1968	Nov	22	RA	The Beatles released.[13]	UK

1969

Date			T	Event	L
1969	Jan	13	RA	Yellow Submarine released.[13]	UK
1969	Jan	30	PC	The Beatles give their final public performance on the rooftop of the Apple offices on Savile Row. They play nine songs in forty two minutes, including repeats of three songs.[31]	UK
1969	Mar	12	L	McCartney marries Eastman at the Marylebone Registry Office.[32]	UK
1969	Mar	20	L	Lennon marries Ono in Gibraltar.[33]	O
1969	Apr	11	RS	"Get Back" / "Don't Let Me Down" released.[13]	UK
1969	May	30	RS	"The Ballad of John and Yoko" / "Old Brown Shoe" released.[13]	UK
1969	Aug	28	L	Mary McCartney is born in London to Paul and Linda McCartney.	UK
1969	Sep	13	PC	After last minute arrangements, the Plastic Ono Band performs at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival. This version of the band includes Lennon, Ono, Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann, and Alan White.[34] The performance is recorded and later released as Live Peace in Toronto 1969.	CAN
1969	Sep	20	B	In a meeting to sign a new recording contract negotiated by Allen Klein, Lennon tells McCartney and Starr (Harrison was not present) that he is leaving the Beatles.[35]	UK
1969	Sep	26	RA	Abbey Road released.[13]	UK
1969	Oct	06	RS	"Something" / "Come Together" released.[13]	UK
1969	Nov	04	RA	Very Together released.	CAN

1970s

Date			T	Event	L
1970	Feb	26	RA	Hey Jude released.[13]	US
1970	Mar	06	RS	"Let It Be" / "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" released.[13]	UK
1970	Apr	10	B	In a press release, McCartney announces he is leaving the Beatles.[36]	UK
1970	May	04	RA	In the Beginning (Circa 1960) released.	US
1970	May	08	RA	Let It Be album released.[13]	UK
1970	May	11	RS	"The Long and Winding Road" / "For You Blue" released.[13]	UK
1970	May	13	RF	Let It Be film released.	UK
1970	Nov	17	L	Lee Starkey is born to Ringo Starr and Maureen Starkey.	UK
1970	Dec	18	RA	From Then to You released.	UK
1970	Dec	18	RA	The Beatles' Christmas Album released.	US
1970	Dec	31	B	McCartney files suit to dissolve the Beatles partnership.	UK
1971	Sep	13	L	Stella McCartney is born in London to Paul and Linda McCartney.	UK
1973	Apr	19	RA	1962–1966 released.[13]	UK
1973	Apr	19	RA	1967–1970 released.[13]	UK
1974	Jun		L	George and Pattie Harrison divorce.	UK
1975	Jul	17	L	Ringo Starr and Maureen Starkey's divorce is finalised on the grounds of Starr's affair with American model Nancy Lee Andrews.	UK
1975	Oct	9	L	Sean Lennon is born in New York City to John Lennon and Yoko Ono, on his father's 35th birthday.	US
1976	Mar	08	RS	"Yesterday" / "I Should Have Known Better" released.	UK
1976	May	31	RS	"Got to Get You into My Life" / "Helter Skelter" released.	US
1976	Jun		RS	"Back in the U.S.S.R." / "Twist and Shout" released.	UK
1976	Jun	07	RA	Rock 'n' Roll Music released.	UK
1976	Nov	08	RS	"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" / "Julia" released.	UK
1977	May	04	RA	The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl released.	UK
1977	Apr	08	RA	Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962 released.	UK
1977	Sep	12	L	James McCartney is born in London to Paul and Linda McCartney.	UK
1977	Oct	21	RA	Love Songs released.	UK
1978	Aug	01	L	Dhani Harrison is born in Windsor, Berkshire, to George and Olivia Trinidad Arias.	UK
1978	Aug	14	RS	"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "With a Little Help from My Friends" / "A Day in the Life" released.	UK
1978	Sep	02	L	Harrison marries Olivia Trinidad Arias at the Henley-on-Thames Register Office, England.	UK
1978	Nov	02	RA	The Beatles Collection released.	UK
1978	Dec	02	RA	Rarities (UK version) released.	UK

1980s

Date			T	Event	L
1980	Mar	24	RA	Rarities (US version) released.	US
1980	Oct	13	RA	The Beatles' Ballads released.	UK
1980	Nov	03	RA	The Beatles Box released.	UK
1980	Dec	08	L	Lennon is shot and killed outside his New York City apartment building by Mark David Chapman.[37]	US
1981	Apr	27	L	Starr marries Bach, whom he met on the set of Caveman.	US
1982	Mar	22	RA	Reel Music released.	UK
1982	Mar	22	RS	"The Beatles Movie Medley" / "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" released.	UK
1982	Oct	11	RA	20 Greatest Hits released.	UK
1984	Feb	01	RF	The Compleat Beatles released.	UK
1984	Dec	10	RA	The Early Tapes of The Beatles released.	UK
1988	Mar	07	RA	Past Masters released.	UK
1988	Nov	15	RA	The Beatles Box Set released.	UK

1990s

Date			T	Event	L
1991	Nov	13	RF	The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit released.	UK
1994	Nov	30	RA	Live at the BBC released.	UK
1994	Dec	30	L	Maureen Starkey dies of complications related to leukaemia treatment in Seattle, Washington.	US
1995	Mar	20	RS	"Baby It's You" / "I'll Follow the Sun" / "Devil in Her Heart" / "Boys" (CD maxi-single) released.	UK
1995	Dec	04	RS	"Free as a Bird" / "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)"	UK
1995	Nov	21	RA	Anthology 1 released.	UK
1996	Mar	04	RS	"Real Love" / "Baby's in Black" (live) released.	UK
1996	Mar	18	RA	Anthology 2 released.	UK
1996	Oct	28	RA	Anthology 3 released.	UK
1998	Apr	17	L	Linda McCartney dies of breast cancer in Tucson, Arizona.[38]	US
1999	Sep	13	RA	Yellow Submarine Songtrack released.	UK

2000s

Date			T	Event	L
2000	Nov	13	RA	1 released.	UK
2001	Nov	29	L	Harrison dies of cancer on 29 November 2001 in Los Angeles.[39]	US
2002	Jun	11	L	McCartney marries Heather Mills at Castle Leslie in County Monaghan, Ireland.	O
2003	Mar	31	RF	The Beatles Anthology released.	UK
2003	Oct	28	L	Beatrice McCartney is born to Paul and Heather Mills McCartney.	UK
2003	Nov	17	RA	Let It Be... Naked released.	UK
2004	Nov	16	RA	The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 released.	UK
2006	Apr	11	RA	The Capitol Albums, Volume 2 released.	UK
2006	Nov	20	RA	Love released.	UK
2008	Feb	18	L	The divorce proceedings between Paul and Heather Mills McCartney conclude in court 34 of the Royal Courts of Justice, on The Strand, in the City of Westminster, London.	UK
2008	Oct	20	RF	All Together Now released.	UK
2009	Sep	09	RA	The Beatles in Mono released.	UK
2009	Sep	09	RA	The Beatles Stereo Box Set released.	UK
2009	Sep	09	RG	The Beatles: Rock Band released.	UK
2009	Dec	07	RA	The Beatles Stereo Box Set USB flash drive released.	UK

2010s

Date			T	Event	L
2010	Nov	16	O	Music catalogue released on iTunes.[40]	O
2011	May	04	L	Paul McCartney proposes to fiancée, Nancy Shevell.	UK
2011	Oct	09	L	Paul McCartney marries Nancy Shevell.	UK
2013	Nov	11	RA	On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 released.	UK
2014	Jan	21	RA	The U.S. Albums released.	US
2015	Apr	01	L	Cynthia Lennon dies of cancer in Majorca, Spain.	O
2015	Nov	06	RF	1+ released.	UK
2016	Mar	08	L	George Martin dies at the age of 90.	UK

Album and single releases

Timeline of the Beatles' album and single releases in the UK and US

Notes

1. Hill 2007, p. 10
2. "Stella McCartney receives a GLAMOUR Women of the Year award from Yoko, Olivia & Barbara". Retrieved 11 November 2009.
3. Hill 2007, p. 11
4. Harry, pp. 2–3
5. Hill 2007, p. 12
6. Hill 2007, p. 13
7. Gottfridsson
8. Hill 2007, p. 14
9. Miles 1998, p. 37
10. Hill 2007, p. 15
11. Spitz 2005, p. 252
12. Hill 2007, p. 16
13. Lewisohn 1988, pp. 200–201
14. Miles 1998, p. 57
15. Hill 2007, p. 17
16. Harry 2004, p. 110.
17. Clayson 2005, pp. 88–89: Harrison received a black eye; Davies 2009, p. 138: Epstein hired a bodyguard; Harry 2004, p. 110 (tertiary source).
18. Hill 2007, p. 20
19. Lennon 2005, pp. 128–129
20. Miles 1998, p. 72
21. "Please Please Me". The Beatles Bible. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
22. "Widnes-owned Beatles single sells for thousands!". The Beatles Story.
23. Hill 2007, p. 21
24. Pawlowski 1990, p. 132.
25. Miles 2007, p. 210
26. Buskin, Richard. "John Lennon: John Lennon Meets Yoko Ono". HowStuffWorks.com. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
27. Miles 2007, p. 247
28. The Beatles 2000, p. 264
29. Miles 2007, p. 262
30. Miles 2007, p. 263
31. Miles 2007, p. 286
32. "1969: Paul McCartney weds Linda Eastman". BBC. 12 March 1969. Retrieved 28 January 2008.
33. Miles 2007, p. 290
34. Miles 2007, p. 300
35. Miles 2007, p. 301
36. Shuster, Alvin. "McCartney Breaks Off With Beatles" New York Times 11 April 1970: 20
37. "Lennon shot on way to see son". Toronto Star (Toronto). 10 June 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
38. Skanse, Richard (20 April 1998). "Linda McCartney Dies at 56". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 26 January 2008.
39. "Harrison death mystery solved". BBC News. 13 February 2002.
40. The Beatles on iTunes. iTunes. 16 November 2010.

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