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The Beatles on this Day 5.5.

1965

• 'Ticket To Ride' number 1, 4th week (UK New Musical Express chart).
• Lionel Bart flies from UK to Spain to join Brian on vacation.

1966

• Studio 3. 9.30pm-3.00am. Recording: 'I'm Only Sleeping' (overdub onto take 11). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.

1968

• Twiggy calls Paul, telling him about Mary Hopkin. [4 May?]

1969

• US single release: 'Get Back'/'Don't Let Me Down'.
• Olympic Sound Studios. Start of recordings of the 1st LP of Billy Preston.
• Studio 1, Olympic Sound Studios. 7.30pm-4.00am. Recording: 'Something' (overdub onto take 36). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Glyn Johns; 2nd Engineer: Steve Vaughan.

1973

• 'My Love', 2nd week in the Top 40 (Billboard).

1979

• 'Blow Away', 6th week in the Top 40 (Billboard).
  'Goodnight Tonight', 6th week in the Top 40 (Billboard).

1993

• Paul concert at the Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati ('The New World Tour').

1995

• Recording of 'Used To Be Bad' in Sussex, England.

1997

• Ringo concert in San Diego. On arrival, the airplane has problems to land, almost crashing into another airplaine that was taking off.
• UK CD release: 'Flaming Pie'.
  Chile CD/cassette release: 'Flaming Pie'.
  Germany CD release: 'Flaming Pie'.

2004

• John Lennon memorabilia is auctioned at Christie's in London, for a total of US $400,500. Main items were a leather collar he wore in 1967 and 1968, a Vox Kensington guitar used by Lennon and Harrison, and a copy of a management deal between the Beatles and Brian Epstein, dated 1 October 1962. Other items included a colored felt-pen drawing, a signed letter, and "Happy Fish," a pen-and-ink drawing.