1961 – The Beatles perform at the Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn, Hamburg, West Germany.

1962 – The Beatles perform at the Star-Club, Hamburg, West Germany.

1963 – The Beatles perform for two “houses” at the Adelphi Cinema, Slough, Buckinghamshire. This is the first night of The Beatles’ third tour of the year. The top billing [...]

1961 – The Beatles perform at the Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn, Hamburg, West Germany.

1962 – The Beatles perform at the Star-Club, Hamburg, West Germany.

1963 – The Beatles, at Television Theatre, Shepherd’s Bush Green, London, appear live on the national BBC TV program “Pops and Lenny,” broadcast in front of an enthusiastic live audience. [...]

1961 – The Beatles perform at the Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn, Hamburg, West Germany.

1962 – The Beatles perform at the Star-Club, Hamburg, West Germany.

1963 – The Beatles perform at the Royalty Theatre, Chester, Cheshire. They perform the following songs: “Some Other Guy,” “Thank You Girl,” “Do You Want to Know a Secret,” “Please [...]

1960 – The Silver Beats (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stu Sutcliffe, and Tommy Moore) perform at Lathom Hall, Seaforth, Liverpool. They play a few songs during the interval to audition for promoter Brian Kelly. Other groups appearing are Cliff Roberts & the Rockers, The Deltones, and Kingsize Taylor & the Dominoes. This is [...]

1961 – The Beatles perform at the Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn, Hamburg, West Germany.

1962 – The Beatles perform at the Star-Club, Hamburg, West Germany.

1968 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney, in the U.S. to promote their new company, Apple Corps Ltd., give interviews throughout the day at the St. Regis Hotel in New [...]

1961 – The Beatles perform at the Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn, Hamburg, West Germany. The Beatles sign a recording contract with producer Bert Kaempfert.

1962 – The Beatles perform at the Star-Club, Hamburg, West Germany.

1963 – The Beatles, at Alpha Television Studios in Birmingham, tape an appearance for the ABC Television program “Thank Your [...]

1961 – The Beatles perform at the Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn, Hamburg, West Germany.

1962 – The Beatles perform at the Star-Club, Hamburg, West Germany.

1963 – The Beatles perform at the Imperial Ballroom in Nelson, Lancashire. Beatlemania erupts as 2,000 frantic fans crowd into the Imperial Ballroom to see The Beatles.

1964 – The [...]

1960 – The Silver Beetles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe, and Tommy Moore) and other groups audition for promoter Larry Parnes and singer Billy Fury in hopes of being selected as Fury’s backing group. Parnes is also looking for backing groups for his lesser-known singers, and The Silver Beetles are selected as [...]

1961 – Performance at the Top Ten Club, 136 Reeperbahn, Hamburg, Germany.

1962 – Mid-morning: Meeting of Brian and George Martin at Abbey Road. Brian sends the Beatles a telegram to Hamburg with the news, from Wellington Road.

1964 – `Can’t Buy Me Love’, 6th week in the Top 30 (Billboard).

1965 – First of [...]

1961 – Performance at the Top Ten Club, 136 Reeperbahn, Hamburg, Germany.

1962 – Brian meets at HMV Shop, Oxford Street with Syd Coleman the General Manager. Syd connects him with George Martin.

1963 – `Please Please Me’ LP, 7th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).

1967 – NEMS Enterprises announces [...]