March 17th – On This Day In Beatles History

1945 Patricia Anne Boyd is born.

1961 Performance at Mossway Hall in Croxteth, Liverpool and at the Liverpool Jazz Society in Liverpool.

1962 Party at the family house in Huyton, thrown by Dolly, mother of Vera and Joan Brown, who has become engaged to Sam Leach. Guests, among others: the Beatles, Brian, Rory Storm, Bob Wooler. Brian pursues Vera all night.

1963 Concert at the Embassy, Peterborough (Chris Montez and Tommy Roe tour).

1964 Shooting for `A Hard Day’s Night’: Beatles dancing to `I Wanna Be Your Man’ and `Don’t Bother Me’, at The Garrison, downstairs area of Les Ambassadeurs, London.

1967 Studio 2. 7.00pm-12.45am. Recording: `She’s Leaving Home’ (takes 1-6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush. Recording of strings for `She’s Leaving Home’. The first woman specially recruited for a Beatles session participates: Sheila Bromberg (harp).

1969 US single release: `Badge’.

1970 US gold certification: single `Let It Be’. US gold certification: `Live Peace In Toronto 1969′.

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