1958 |
| 9 July | Beatles: The Quarrymen pay 17 pounds and 6 pence to record two songs at a local recording studio, namely 'That'll Be the Day' by Buddy Holly and 'In Spite of All the Danger' by Harrison and McCartney.
 United Kingdom, Liverpool (on the map) |
1960 |
| 15 October | Beatles: At the Akustic Studio in Hamburg, McCartney, Lennon and Harrison perform on a demonstration tape for Lu Walters of Rory Storm and the Hurricanes.
Hurricanes' drummer Ringo Starr plays for this session, the first time
Germany, Hamburg (on the map) |
1961 |
| 8 December | Brian Epstein: Epstein contacts Ron White of EMI in the hope of getting the Beatles a record contract.
United Kingdom (on the map) |
1962 |
| 1 January | Beatles: The Beatles record 15 songs for an audition at Decca's studio in West Hampstead.
United Kingdom, London (on the map) |
| 8 October | Beatles: The Beatles make a recording for Radio Luxembourg's The Friday Spectacular at EMI House.
United Kingdom (on the map) |
| 17 November | Beatles: The Beatles make another recording for People and Places.
United Kingdom (on the map) |
| 9 May | Beatles: The band signs their first recording contract.
They hire George Martin to be their producer.
Martin remains the only producer the Beatles work with as a band. |
| 6 June | Beatles: The Beatles go to Abbey Road Studios for the first time, to make a recording test for Parlophone.
They record 'Bésame mucho', 'Love Me Do', 'P.S.
I Love You' and 'Ask Me Why'.
Martin informs Epstein that for future recordings he will use a session drummer.
United Kingdom (on the map) |
| 11 September | Beatles: The Beatles record first single, Love Me Do.
Session drummer Andy White plays drums while Starr plays percussion accompaniments.
This is the only occasion on which a session drummer is used on Beatles recordings.
United Kingdom, London (on the map) |
| 4 September | Beatles: The Beatles' first recording session at Abbey Road Studios, this time Ringo Starr is auditioned by Martin.
They record 'Love Me Do' and a demo of 'How Do You Do It?'.
United Kingdom (on the map) |
1963 |
| 11 February | Beatles: The Beatles record their first album, also called Please Please Me, in one day.
Ten songs are recorded to add to 'Love Me Do,' 'Please Please Me,' 'P.S.
I Love You,' and 'Ask Me Why,' which were previously recorded. |
1964 |
| 29 January | Beatles: The Beatles record in Paris the German single 'Komm, gib mir deine Hand / Sie liebt dich' and 'Can't Buy Me Love', their first and only recording session outside of England for EMI.
France, Paris (on the map) |
1965 |
| 15 November | Beatles: mixing the songs 'I'm Looking Through You', 'You Won't See Me', 'Girl' and 'Wait'. |
1967 |
| 15 November | Beatles: Mixing of 'Hello, Goodbye'. |
| 18 May | Beatles: John Lennon and Paul McCartney recorded their backing vocals on 'The Rolling Stones' 'We Love You' at Olympic Studios in London. |
1968 |
| 3 February | Beatles: Lady Madonna starts recording at Abbey Road Studios.
United Kingdom, London (on the map) |
| 30 May | Beatles: The Beatles are in the studio for the White Album. |
1969 |
| 8 October | John Lennon: Yoko Ono took part in the recording of the Beatles' song for the first time. |
1970 |
| 4 January | Beatles: Beatles without John Lennon's participation re-recorded vocals and guitar parts in McCartnev's 'Let It Be' at Studio Two.
This session was the last one in a truncated lineup when the Beatles came together.
United Kingdom, London (on the map) |
| 5 January | Beatles: Glyn Jones is compiling the album 'Get Back', but the Beatles refuse to release it. |
