John Lennon's Birthday

John Lennon’s birthday, the Beatles starting a British tour, and more work in Abbey Road are among the highlights of this episode of What A Fab Day, the podcast telling you the day by day story of the Beatles. Today, we focus on what happened to the Fab Four on the 9th of October.

0:00 - Introduction.
0:31 - In 1940, John Lennon was born in Liverpool.
1:04 - In 1960, the Beatles continue their first residency in Hamburg.
1:19 - In 1962, the Beatles visited some newspaper offices in London.
1:37 - Record Mirror and NME.
2:07 - In 1963, the Beatles appear on BBC's The Ken Dodd Show.
2:47 - In 1964, the Beatles started their yearly British Tour.
3:09 - Other acts on the tour and the Beatles repertoire.
3:49 - In 1965, the Beatles took part to two parties.
4:03 - In 1966, John celebrates his birthday in Spain with Ringo.
4:30 - In 1967, John receives a last arty postcard from Yoko Ono.
5:56 - In 1968, the Beatles keep on working on the White Album.
6:24 - Paul starts recording Why Don't We Do It The Road?
7:01 - In 1969, Yoko Ono is hospitalised in London.
7:34 - Conclusion.

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