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Mon, March 15th, 2010
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    Wed, March 15th, 1961: The Beatles perform at the Cavern Club at lunchtime. That afternoon they appear at the Liverpool Jazz Society. Other groups appearing at the Liverpool Jazz Society: Rory Storm & the Wild Ones, and Gerry & the Pacemakers.

    Thu, March 15th, 1962: The Beatles play a lunchtime show at the Cavern Club. That night they perform at the Storyville Jazz Club, Liverpool. The night show was billed as "The Beatles' Farewell Party" in anticipation of their upcoming trip to Hamburg.

    Fri, March 15th, 1963: The Beatles, on the Montez/Roe tour, perform for two "houses" at Colston Hall, Bristol. John Lennon, recovering from his bad cold, is back on stage with The Beatles.

    Mon, March 15th, 1965: The Beatles filming "HELP!" in Austria: this day and the next spent shooting various scenes cavorting in the snow and on a ski lift.

    Wed, March 15th, 1967: The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios, London). The first session recording George Harrison's song "Within You Without You". George Harrison is the only Beatle to perform on this song, which is not yet titled and is called simply "Untitled". Take one of the basic track is completed during the session, with George Harrison playing swordmandel and tamboura, Natver Soni playing tabla, Amrat Gajjar playing dilruba, PD Joshi playing swordmandel, and an undocumented musician playing a droning tamboura. Neil Aspinall also contributes a tamboura part.

    Fri, March 15th, 1968: UK release of Beatles single "Lady Madonna/The Inner Light" (Parlophone). 6 weeks on the charts; highest position #1.

    Fri, March 15th, 1968: A promotional film for "Lady Madonna" is broadcast in black and white on UK television, on the BBC1 program "All Systems Freeman". The video portion of the film clip was shot while The Beatles were performing the song "Hey Bulldog", but the "Lady Madonna" audio track was paired with the video for the promo release. It won't be until 1999 that the video is broadcast with its original "Hey Bulldog" soundtrack.