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The Beatles on this Day 29.12.

1961

• Performance at the Cavern, with the Yorkshire Jazz Band.

1962

• Night. Performance at the Star Club.
• 'Love Me Do', number 17 in Britain. [27 December?]

1963

• 12.50am. New York WMCA broadcasts 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' for the first time in the USA.
• The 'Sunday Times' critic Richard Buckle praises the Beatles as the greatest composers since Beethoven.

1964

• 'Another Beatles Christmas Show' at the Hammersmith Odeon, London (two performances).

1965

• 'Day Tripper'/'We Can Work It Out' number 1, 4th week (UK New Musical Express chart).
  'Rubber Soul' number 1, 4th week (UK New Musical Express chart).

1966

• Studio 3 (control room only). 2.30-4.45pm. Mono mixing: 'When I'm Sixty-Four' (remixes 4-7, from take 4). Tape copying: 'Strawberry Fields Forever' (of remix mono 12, numbered remix mono 13). Studio 3 (control room only). 4.45-5.40pm. Stereo mixing: 'Strawberry Fields Forever' (remix 1, from take 7, remixes 2, 4, from take 26). Editing: 'Strawberry Fields Forever' (of stereo remixes 1, 2, edited together as remix 3, of stereo remixes 1, 4 edited together as remix 5). Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.15am. Recording: 'Untitled' (working title of 'Penny Lane') (takes 1-6). Mono mixing: 'Untitled' (working title of 'Penny Lane') (remixes 1, 2, from take 6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.
  Copy of 'Strawberry Fields Forever' for the US. Recording of the keyboard sound for 'Penny Lane'.

1967

• John goes to Marocco on vacations.

1969

• John and Yoko are visited by Hammrick and Leonard, Canadian hypnotizers who intend to help them to stop smoking.
  John and Yoko fly to Aalborg, Denmark, to visit Kyoko.
  Paul prepares Heather's birthday party.

1979

• Wings' performance for the 'Concert for the People of Kampuchea'.

1995

• 'Anthology 1' number 15, 4th week in the Top 30 (chart based on record stores sales in Santiago, Chile).
  'Anthology 1' number 2, 4th and last week in the Top 5 ('Feria del Disco' record stores English music sales, Santiago, Chile).
  'Anthology 1' number 2 in Portugal, 2nd week in the Top 5.