BEATLES NEW DEC 26 1963, Capitol Records, the EMI-affiliated company which rejected the US rights to every Beatles record that they were offered until then, finally released I Want to Hold Your Hand backed with I Saw Her Standing There. The song was currently topping the UK chart with This Boy on the flip side. Within five weeks, the record would rise to number one in the US, where it would stay for seven weeks. The song was recorded the previous October and the hit version was take number 17 1964, The Beatles started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with I Feel Fine. It was the groups 6th No.1 of the year in which they had 30 entries on the chart, giving them a total of 18 weeks at the top of the charts. 1965, While spending Christmas at his fathers home in Cheshire, Paul McCartney crashed from the moped he was riding and suffered a five-inch cut to his mouth. 1966, John Lennon appeared as a mens room attendant in Peter Cooks and Dudley Moores BBC TV show Not only... But also. 1967, BBC Television broadcast The Beatles movie ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ in black and white. The next day, the British press and the viewing public pronounce the film an utter disaster. The negative reaction was so strong that a US television deal for broadcasting the movie was cancelled. 1970, George Harrison started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with My Sweet Lord, making him the first Beatle to score a No.1 US hit. The song was originally intended for Billy Preston. 1979, The first night of a series of concerts were held at The Hammersmith Odeon in London for the People of Kampuchea, featuring Queen, The Clash, The Pretenders, The Who, Elvis Costello, Wings, and many more artists. The events which were organised by Paul McCartney and Kurt Waldheim were aimed to raise money for the victims of war-torn Cambodia.
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