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Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe is born in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. As Stu or Stuart Sutcliffe he will play bass for The Beatles for two years, and will sometimes be referred to as 'the fifth Beatle'.Gene Vincent, supported by Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, plays at The Granada, Aylesbury, UK.
Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, play the second of six nights at The Empire, Leeds, UK.
The Beatles play at The Casbah Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe, and also at at The Cassanova Club, Liverpool.
Having completed a lengthy residency in the Star Club, Hamburg, Germany, Europe, The Beatles return home to Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
While on holiday in Paris, France, Europe, John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles meet German photographer Jurgen Vollmer, who will become a good friend.Tony
Sheridan releases the EP Mr. Twist on Polydor Records in
France, Europe. The EP includes three tracks recorded in Germany in
1961 with The Beatles as his backing group, plus the guitar instrumental
Cry For A
Shadow which features The Beatles on their own.
Gerry And the Pacemakers play at The Cavern, Liverpool, UK, supported by Johnny Sandon and The Searchers.
The Searchers enter the UK singles chart with Sweet Nothin's, on Philips Records, which will peak at No48 during a two-week run.
The Beatles Christmas Show comes to the end of its run at The Astoria, Finsbury Park, London, UK.
The Group Scene 64 tour continues at the De Montfort Hall, Leicester, UK, with The Rolling Stones, The Ronettes, Swinging Blue Jeans, Johnny Kidd and the Pirates and Marty Wilde.
Johnny Sandon And The Remo Four plus The Escorts play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
In continuing recording sessions at EMI's Abbey
Road Studios, London, UK, The Beatles complete work on And I Love Her, If I Fell and Tell
Me Why.
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson presents The Beatles with their Show Business Personalities of the Year (1963) Award at The Dorchester Hotel, London, UK.
The first Longleat pop festival takes place at Longleat House, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, headlined by Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, supported by local band Tony And The Richelles.
The Rolling Stones, Inez And Charlie Foxx, Mike Berry and Liverpool band The Mojos, play at the Gaumont, Watford, UK.
The Beatles album Beatles '65 - a compilation from documentary sources - is released in Germany, Europe, on Odeon Records.
The Fourmost begin a week of cabaret appearances at The Flamingo, Darlington, UK.
The Beatles are interviewed at the central London, England, UK, office of their management company NEMS, for broadcast on the BBC's Italian language service prior to their Italian tour.
Herman's Hermits, Wayne Fontana, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, The Fortunes, Little Frankie and The Country Gents play at The ABC, Chester, England, UK, Europe. Johnny Kidd is playing as a replacement for Billy Fury.Donovan becomes the first high-profile pop musician to be busted for drugs when police officers led by the infamous Sgt. Norman Pilcher raid his flat in Alexander Court, Maida Vale, London, UK, and find him in possession of hash. Pilcher will pursue a high-profile campaign against drug-taking pop stars and will arrest members of both The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. He will inspire the Primus song Pilcher's Squad, and is also said to have been the inspiration for the line "Semolina Pilchard climbing up the Eiffel Tower" in The Beatles' song I Am The Walrus.
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Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers release their version of Got To Get You Into My Life (written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles] on Parlophone Records in the UK.
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A news item in UK newspaper Daily Mail reports that, "There are 4000 holes in the road in Blackburn Lancashire, one twenty-sixth of a hole per person, according to a council survey. If Blackburn is typical then there are over two million holes in Britain's roads and 300,000 in London." The feature inspires the line about "4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire" in The Beatles song, A Day In the Life.
Ringo Starr of The Beatles has a second day of rehearsals in West London, England, UK, Europe, for an upcoming appearance on Cilla Black's BBC tv show, Cilla.
The Beatles' album, The Beatles [aka The White Album], is released in France, Europe, on Apple Records.
A party for children of staff and friends is held at the Apple Building in London, UK. John Lennon of The Beatles and Yoko Ono both appear as Father Christmas.
John Lennon of The Beatles is in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, working on music for his album with Yoko Ono, which will be released as The Wedding Album.John Lennon of The Beatles and Yoko Ono start their 10-day bed-in in room 1742 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Canada.
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The Beatles continue work on Maxwell's Silver Hammer at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Paul McCartney is holding rehearsals and auditions in The Scotch Of St James Club, London, UK, to complete the line-up of his new band, Wings.
Echo And The A new tv series, Princess Daisy, premieres on NBC-tv in the USA, featuring Ringo Starr of The Beatles and his wife Barbara Bach as "chic, swinging couple Robin and Barbara Valerian."
Frankie Goes To Hollywood play at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, Europe.
Ronan Keating plays at The Big Top Arena, Liverpool, England, UK, supported by Beulah.
Lightning Seeds release a new album, Four Winds, on Universal Records in the UK.
American financial magazine Forbes announces that Lady Gaga has replaced Oprah Winfrey as the most influential celebrity in the world. Gaga is thus ahead of other influential music biz stars on the Forbes list, including Justin Bieber, U2, Sir Elton John, Taylor Swift, Bon Jovi, Simon Cowell, Katy Perry, Black Eyed Peas and Sir Paul McCartney.
Billy Fury Way, a footpath named in honour of the pop idol Billy Fury, is officially opened, running from West End Lane to Lithos Road in Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe. Fury frequently rehearsed in Decca Studios, Broadhurst Gardens, adjacent to the footpath. Some 40 or so Billy Fury fans attend the opening, including Holly Johnson of 80s band Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
David Rotheray releases the album Answer Ballads on Navigator Records in the UK. The album features answer-songs to memorable hits of the past, and has contributions by Lisa Knapp, Eliza Carthy, Kris Drever, Kathryn Williams, Gemma Hayes, John Smith, Josienne Clarke, Naomi Bedford, Mary Coughlan, Jackie Oates, Bella Hardy, Alasdair Roberts and Julie Murphy.
Robert Freeman, a hugely respected photographer who shot five consecutive album covers for The Beatles, dies aged 82.
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