Beatles history - 1965 May
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Saturday |
`Beatles For Sale' number 1, 1st week, replacing `Rolling Stones II' (UK Record Retailer chart). |
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5
Wednesday |
`Ticket To Ride' number 1, 4th week (UK New Musical Express chart). | |
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5
Wednesday |
Lionel Bart flies from UK to Spain to join Brian on vacation. | |
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9
Sunday |
First of 2 performances of Bob Dylan at the Royal Albert Hall, ending his European tour. The Beatles and Donovan attend the show and spend the evening with him. | |
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9
Sunday |
The Beatles interviewed by Sandy Lesburgh, London.
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10
Monday |
Studio 2. 8.00-11.30pm. Recording: `Dizzy Miss Lizzy'; `Bad Boy'. Studio 2. 11.30pm-1.15am. Mono mixing, Stereo mixing: `Dizzy Miss Lizzy'; `Bad Boy'. 1st session extended past midnight, but it is an isolated event and only for mixing. Larry Williams is in Abbey Road while the session is in course. | |
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10
Monday |
Shooting for `Help!' in Cliveden House, Buckinghamshire. | |
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11
Tuesday |
`Dizzy Miss Lizzy' and `Bad Boy' are sent via air mail to Capitol Records, Los Angeles. | |
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11
Tuesday |
Shooting of `Help!' in Cliveden House, Buckinghamshire. | |
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12
Wednesday |
`Ticket To Ride' number 1, 5th and last week (UK New Musical Express chart). | |
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12
Wednesday |
Last day of `Help!' shootings, at Twickenham Studios, London. | |
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16
Sunday |
Party at Norman Newell's house, 40 Montagu Mansions, Marylebone, London, thrown for Johnny Mathis. John attends. | |
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19
Wednesday |
Brian returns to England from his vacations in Spain. | |
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19
Wednesday |
`Ticket To Ride', 6th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). | |
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22
Saturday |
`Ticket To Ride' number 1, 1st and last week (Billboard). | |
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23
Sunday |
Brian debuts on ABC-TV's live programme `The Eamonn Andrews Show', from Teddington Studios. During the programme he reveals that his greatest ambition is to act in a play. | |
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26
Wednesday |
Number 1 Studio, Piccadilly Theatre, London. 2.30-6.00pm. Recording for BBC's `The Beatles (Invite You To Take A Ticket To Ride)': `Ticket To Ride'; `Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby'; `I'm A Loser'; `The Night Before'; `Honey Don't'; `Dizzy Miss Lizzy'; `She's A Woman'; `Ticket To Ride'. Last BBC session. | |
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Wednesday |
`Ticket To Ride', 7th and last week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). |
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