The Beatles receive ten Grammy Awards nominations

The Grammy Awards Commitee in New York announced that The Beatles had been nominated for 10 awards. Six were for Yesterday, while the other four were for the Help! album.

• Album of the year: The Beatles, Help!
• Record of the year: The Beatles, Yesterday
• Song of the year: Yesterday
• Best vocal performance, male: Paul McCartney, Yesterday
• Best performance by a vocal group: The Beatles, Help!
• Best contemporary (rock and roll) single: Paul McCartney, Yesterday
• Best contemporary (rock and roll) vocal performance, male: Paul McCartney, Yesterday
• Best contemporary (rock and roll) performance by a group, vocal or instrumental: The Beatles, Help!
• Best arrangement accompanying a vocalist or instrumentalist: George Martin, Yesterday
• Best original score, motion picture or TV show: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ken Thorne, Help!

Patti Boyd and George Harrison in Barbados enjoying their honeymoon!

Feb. 11, 1966 - Newlyweds George Harrison and Pattie Boyd are shown at Sandy Lane beach in the Barbados on their honeymoon

WE CAN WORK IT OUT / DAY TRIPPER - The Beatles (Capitol)

Eighteen days after they married in Esher, Surrey, George and Pattie Harrison flew to Barbados for their honeymoon.

The couple were followed by television cameras through the London Airport terminal until they boarded their BOAC flight. George wore a suit and Pattie wore a black and white outfit and sunglasses.

We spent our honeymoon in Barbados in a fabulous rented villa called Benclare at Gibbs Beach, on what is now the Sandy Lane Estate. It was perched on a hill with a sweeping lawn to the main road, views of the sea and a full staff. One day we were out in the garden and the maid said, 'Oh, look, there's the Queen of England!' Sure enough, there she was, driving past in an open-topped car waving to everyone, with Prince Philip sitting beside her, head buried in a newspaper. We spent beautiful sunny days exploring the island, playing in the sea and having romantic dinners at home to the sound of the ever-present tree frogs. We lounged on the beach, went to the famous Sandy Lane Hotel, swam, talked and walked, and I was so happy I thought I might burst. It was bliss to have George to myself, no work pulling either of us and no fans making life a misery.

We didn't know anyone on the island and there were few tourists at that time, but gradually word got out that we were there so we posed a couple of times for the local press, and then the local dignitaries wanted to be photographed with us. We made a few friends including the eccentric George Drummond, of the banking family, who lived there. He showed us around the island and gave parties for us to meet other locals.

We Can Work It Out!

The Beatles were taking a long rest in between concerts.

In UK Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out by The Beatles was in the top 5 hits.

On this day people in US were listening to My Love by Petula Clark. In UK Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out by The Beatles was in the top 5 hits.

Paul McCartney meets Stevie Wonder

Paul McCartney saw young Motown star Stevie Wonder perform on this day at the Scotch Of St James club in London.

The Beatles were all fans of Motown's recordings, and after the performance McCartney and Wonder chatted backstage.

Wonder's tutor, Ted Bull, accompanied the 15-year-old singer on his tours.

When on tour I have to write essays about the places I visit. In the essay I'll be writing when I get back I'll certainly include my meeting with Paul McCartney. I met him in the Scotch Of St James club. He's a really swinging guy, the only Beatle I've met.

Many years later, in 1982, the pair released a single, Ebony And Ivory, which topped the charts in both the UK and US.

In UK Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out by The Beatles was in the top 5 hits.

On this day Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out by The Beatles was in the top 5 hits.

Wyndham's Theatre, London. Premiere of the play `How's The World Treating You?' Paul, Jane, George and Pattie attend.

In that special week of January people in US were listening to We Can Work It Out by The Beatles. In UK Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out by The Beatles was in the top 5 hits.

1966--We Can Work It Out is No. 1 for the third week in the US, recovering this position for one week only (Billboard).

January 28, 1966 - Maggie McGivern beside Paul McCartney getting a light from Barry Miles at the opening party for the Indica book shop at 6 Masons Yard in London. Peter Asher, Barry Miles and John Dunbar were partners in Indica, and Paul designed the wrapping paper for the new shop. Not sure if Jane Asher was there?

1966--We Can Work It Out regains the #1 single position in the US, for its third week at #1.

The #1 song in the US on January 26, 1966

We Can Work It Out - The Beatles

People in US were listening to We Can Work It Out by The Beatles. In UK Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out by The Beatles was in the top 5 hits.

In UK Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out by The Beatles was in the top 5 hits.

The day after they married in Esher, Surrey, George and Pattie Harrison gave a press conference in London.

After our wedding we had to endure a press conference that Brian had set up. It was so terrifying that I have almost blanked it from my memory. Lots of reporters asked questions about when George had asked me to marry him and our plans for the future. George said he had proposed on the day we met, on the train filming A Hard Day's Night, and I said I hadn't thought he was serious. He then said he'd asked me out and I'd turned him down. And I blurted that we'd like three children but not immediately.

 

The press conference was chaired by The Beatles' press officer Tony Barrow. Also in attendance were Brian Epstein and George's parents Harry and Louise.

 

After a romance lasting just shy of two years, George Harrison married Patricia Anne Boyd at Epsom register office, Surrey.

Pattie Boyd said "The ceremony took place early in the morning at Epsom register office, in Surrey, not the most glamorous place, and the room was very hot and stuffy. Brian Epstein was there and Paul McCartney, who was George's best man. Otherwise it was family - my mother, with her cousin Penny Evans, who had been around a lot while I was growing up. Colin, Jenny, Paula, David and Boo, George's parents and brothers. Uncle John, my mother's twin brother, gave me away.

"I bought a Mary Quant pinky-red shot-silk dress, which came to just above the knee, and I wore it with creamy stockings and pointy red shoes. On top, because it was January and cold, I wore a red fox-fur coat, also by Mary Quant, that George gave me. She made George a beautiful black Mongolian lamb coat. It was not the wedding I had dreamt of - I would have loved to be married in church, but Brian didn't want a big fuss. They all trusted him so implicitly that when he said it should be a quiet register office wedding George agreed. He also said it had to be secret - if the press found out, it would be chaotic...There was no shortage of pictures of us leaving the register office. We came out into the street to find dozens of press photographers lined up outside. So much for keeping the whole thing secret."

The happy couple left the register office in a Rolls-Royce Princess, for a reception at Kinfauns, their bungalow in Esher. The following they held a press conference, and flew to Barbados for their honeymoon on February 8, 1966.

John Lennon and Ringo Starr were on holiday and couldn't attend the wedding.

Robert and Jean-Claude Lambot say they would wish to change the Beatles haircut style.

`We Can Work It Out', 7th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart). `Rubber Soul' number 1, 7th week (UK New Musical Express chart).

Brian Epstein returns to England from the Virgin Islands.

  We Can Work It Out by The Beatles. In UK Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out by The Beatles was in the top 5 hits.

We Can Work It Out' number 1, 2nd and last continued week (Billboard).