Beatles and music events on Sept. 23:
Featured:
- Sept. 23, 1969: The "Paul Is Dead" rumor reportedly begins with a campus newspaper report. (Read more about the history of the "Paul Is Dead" hoax in a two-part article that begins here and concludes here.)
Also:
- Sept. 23, 1926: John Coltrane born.
- Sept. 23, 1932: Ray Charles born.
- Sept. 23, 1949: Bruce Springsteen born.
- Sept. 23, 1961: Aintree Institute, Liverpool.
- Sept. 23, 1962: Cavern Club.
- Sept. 22, 1965: Second day of filming of the Byrds for NBC's "Hullabaloo," singing "The Times They Are a-Changin'" in a mock landscape with girl hunters. The group also sings a verse of "Do You Believe in Magic" in the "Top Pop Medley."
- Sept. 23, 1967: Filming "Magical Mystery Tour."
- Sept. 23, 1967: "The Letter" by the Box Tops reaches No. 1 in the U.S.
- Sept. 23, 1968: Recording 45 takes of "Happiness Is a Warm Gun In Your Hand," later renamed "Happiness Is a Warm Gun."
- Sept. 23, 1988: Mark Lewisohn's "The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions" is published in the UK.
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