Beatles and Beatles-related events on April 8:
Highlight:
April 8, 1963: John Charles Julian Lennon born at 6 a.m. on this date to John and Cynthia. The young Lennon figured in a few Beatles songs. "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" was named after a close friend of his. "Hey Jude" was Paul McCartney's ode to him after his father's divorce. He can be heard on his father's "Walls and Bridges" album. He struck out on his own musical career in 1984 with "Valotte," on which his voice strongly resembled his father. A new album is due this year. He recently recorded a version of "Let You Go," co-written by friend Dave Harris and Scott Grimes.
Also:
April 8, 1961: The Top Ten Club engagement continues.
April 8, 1962: The Casbah Club. George is still ill and didn't play this show.
April 8, 1964: Fans break into Twickenham Studios and filming for "A Hard Day's Night' is halted temporarily.
April 8, 1965: More "Help!" filming at Twickenham: the washroom sequence, then an unused scene with Ringo in the bathroom.
April 8, 1965: The Beatles attend the opening of a new nightclub, Downstairs at the Pickwick. Michael Crawford, who was also in "How I Won the War" with John Lennon, is in attendance.
April 8, 1966: Backing track for "Got To Get You Into My Life."
April 8, 1967: Stereo mix of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" made.
April 8: 1967: Disc and Music Echo report that each Beatle would be featured separately on "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and said the album would be released in May. "The boys have been working very long and very hard on it. I shall be glad to get it finished myself," George Martin said.
April 8: 1967: Disc and Music Echo report that each Beatle would be featured separately on "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and said the album would be released in May. "The boys have been working very long and very hard on it. I shall be glad to get it finished myself," George Martin said.
April 8, 1967: John decides to have his Rolls-Royce painted in psychedelic colors.
April 8, 1968: Derek Taylor begins work at Beatles' press officer. He hires Richard DiLello as his assistant.
April 8, 1967: Paul McCartney and Mal Evans spend a leisurely day getting stuck in snow, checking out a cafe called "Paul's Cafe," and a country singer at a local bar.
April 8, 1968: "Lady Madonna"/"The Inner Light" awarded a gold disc in the U.S.
April 8, 1974: Wings' "Band on the Run"/"Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five" released in the States.
April 8, 1979: The BBC shows the film "Wings Over the World."
April 8, 1981: Paul and Linda attend the premiere of "Rockshow" in London.
April 8, 1987: A judge rules against Yoko Ono, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Apple Corps Ltd. in a lawsuit against Capitol Records and EMI.
("Some Days in the Beatles Lives" is a daily feature on Beatles Examiner.)
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