BEATLES NEWS DEC 7 1963, The Beatles second album With The Beatles started a 21-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart. It replaced their first album Please Please me which had been at the top of the charts since its release 30 weeks previously. Also today, all four Beatles appeared on BBC TVs Juke Box Dury. Some of the songs The Beatles judged were ‘Kiss Me Quick’ by Elvis Presley, ‘The Hippy Hippy Shake’ by the Swinging Blue Jeans. ‘Did You Have a Happy Birthday’ by Paul Anka and ‘Where Have You Been All My Life’ by Gene Vincent. 1967, The Beatles Apple boutique on 94 Baker Street, London, opened its doors. The store closed seven months later when it fell foul of council objections over the psychedelic mural painted on the outside. All the goods from the shop were given away free to passers by and to people who had queued throughout the night for a chance of getting a free item. 1968, The Beatles White Album started a seven-week run at No.1 on the UK chart. The double set was the first on the Apple label and featured Back In The USSR, Dear Prudence, and the Harrison song While My Guitar Gently Weeps. 2005, The MBE medal that John Lennon returned to the Queen was found in a royal vault at St James Palace. Lennon returned his medal in November, 1969 with a letter accompanying saying, Your Majesty, I am returning my MBE as a protest against Britains involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam and against Cold Turkey slipping down the charts. With Love, John Lennon. Historians were calling for the medal to be put on public display.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 00:15:23 +0000
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