A show called `Brian Epstein's Evening of Popular Music' is presented at the Commonwealth Arts Festival, Royal Festival Hall, London. The Moody Blues are in the bill, being their first major engagement since Brian is their manager. The concert is presented as `Pop From Britain'. The compere is Brian Matthew.

Meanwhile, "Help!" is still Number 1.

The Beatles enjoying their six-week break.

September 18, 1965 ...... that special week of September people in US were listening to Help! by The Beatles.

Still........The #1 song in the US on September 15, 1965

Help! - The Beatles

Following the completion of the Beatles' 1965 tour of North America, the weary group took the month of September off to relax and enjoy home life. This gave John and Paul opportunity to finish songwriting for the group's upcoming album, Rubber Soul. It also allowed time for Ringo Starr and his wife Maureen to welcome their first son, Zak.

Zak Starkey was born at Queen Charlotte Hospital in London, seven months after Ringo and Maureen's February wedding. The proud new Dad held a press conference and granted interviews on September 14th with the ever-present press at the hospital.

Following this, the Beatles would return to EMI studios in October to begin the recording sessions for the Rubber Soul album. On October 26th the Beatles would receive M.B.E. medals in a Royal ceremony with the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

Although The Beatles chose not to release Yesterday as a single in the UK, their US record label Capitol Records decided otherwise and released it with the b-side Act Naturally.

The single hit the charts by September 29, 1965, and from October 9th spent four weeks at number one. Altogether it spent 11 weeks on the charts, and sold over one million copies in the first five weeks.

Yesterday also became the most-played song on American radio for eight consecutive years, sealing its status as one of The Beatles' most popular songs.

The Ed Sullivan Show 50 years ago today.

Ed and Soupy Sales reminisce about their European vacation with Soupy narrating a series of silent film clips illustrate their pratfalls. English singer Cilla Black performs two songs and Fantasio delivers a set of slight-of-hand magic tricks. The Beatles return for their fourth appearance on the Ed Sullivan show and perform six musical numbers spread over two sets.

I Feel Fine,’ ‘I’m Down,’ ‘Act Naturally,’ ‘Ticket to Ride,’ ‘Yesterday,’ and ‘Help!’ — The performance was actually taped on Aug. 14, the day before their historic concert at Shea Stadium.

Steve Rossi sings "Try to Remember" and interviews Marty Allen who explains his numerous sporting skills. Rossi and Allen then sing their version of a Beatles song calling it "We Love You". Soupy Sales returns to sing his novelty song, "The Mouse".

Just over a year after the Beatles first soundtrack, A Hard Day’s Night, hit Number One on the Top LP’s chart, the Fab Four was back on top with its second soundtrack, Help!

Although longtime Beatles producer George Martin had proven quite adept at scoring with A Hard Day’s Night, he wasn’t used on Help! “I had nothing to do with the score,” Martin says. “Although the music for the first film was an enormous success, Dick Lester and I didn’t get on too well. When it came to the second film, I recorded all the tracks with the Beatles, but that was the end of it. Lester engaged Ken Thorne to do the score and he put the album together in a way I didn’t like without my supervision.”

The Beatles’ tracks on the album were recorded between February and April of 1965. “Ticket to Ride,” one of the first tracks recorded for the soundtrack, was released as a single well in advance of the film. Eight Arms to Hold You, the original title of the Beatles’ second film, was listed in fine print under the Lennon-McCartney writing credit on the single. On May 22, 1965, “Ticket to Ride” became the Beatles’ eighth Number One single.

Martin suggests that the song that would later become the title track to the film was written well in advance of the film. “I think ["Help!"] came before the film and they took the title from that,” he says. “It didn’t matter what they called the film. It could have been anything.”

Yet “Help!,” with its urgency, was a fitting title track. John Lennon claimed years later that the song was more than just another gem of a song?e was, in act, crying out for help. “To me it was just a pop song,” Martin says. “I didn’t see any great significance in it.”

Whether “Help!” was really Lennon’ personal plea, just another great pop song, or both, it struck a chord with the public. On September 4, 1965, it became the Beatles’ ninth Number One single. A week later, with the single still holding fast at the top of the Hot 100, Help! hit the summit of the Top LP’s chart, rocketing all the way from number 61. It was the group’s sixth Number One album in a mere two years.

THE TOP FIVE
Week of September 11, 1965

1. Help!, The Beatles
2. Look at Us, Sonny & Cher
3. Out of Our Heads, The Rolling Stones
4. The Sound of Music, Soundtrack
5. Summer Days (And Summer Nights), The Beach Boys


 

The Beatles enjoying their 6 week break.

The Beatles taking a 6 week break.

The Beatles still enjoying their break.

Beatles still enjoying their 6 week break.

The Beatles has the number one hit this week with Help!. Finding a spot at number two this week is I Got You Babe by Sonny & Cher.  At number three this week is The Beach Boys with California Girls.

The Beatles - enjoying their break from the long US Tour.

September 4, 1965 "Beatles' ""Help!,"" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks"

In this special week of September people in US were listening to Help! by The Beatles.

The Beatles and their manager, Brian Epstein, return to England after touring the United States.

 Today the Beatles had a break

Cow Palace, San Francisco, USA

The tenth and final concert of the 1965 North American tour, at the venue which had opened the 1964 itinerary. There were two shows - a matinee seen by 11,700 and an evening performance seen by 17,000. The Beatles flew home during the evening of September 1st, landing at London Airport the morning of the 2nd, and then enjoyed almost six week's break without work.

This was The Beatles' third and final concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California, following performances on August 23, 1964 and August 29, 1965.

As with the previous night's show, tickets retailed for $3, $4, $5, $6 and $7. For the two concerts The Beatles earned $90,000 from the total gate receipts of $156,000.

The other acts on the bill were, in order of appearance, King Curtis Band, Sounds Incorporated and the Discotheque Dancers, Brenda Holloway, and Cannibal & The Headhunters.

As with the 1964 concert, the two August 1965 performances were recorded by Capitol Records. Five songs from this date - Twist And Shout, She's A Woman, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Can't Buy Me Love and A Hard Day's Night - were included on the 1977 album The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl.  Dizzy Miss Lizzy was a composite edit of the 29 and 30 August performances.

The performance of Baby's In Black was also included on the 1996 single Real Love, preceded by John Lennon's spoken introduction from the 29 August performance. The Hollywood Bowl recordings were also used to bulk up the sound of the film The Beatles At Shea Stadium, and were incorporated into the soundtrack on January 5, 1966.

After the concert The Beatles held a pool-side party for around a dozen reporters who had accompanied them on the North America tour. The final stop took place the following night at San Francisco's Cow Palace.

Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, USA

The Beatles had performed a triumphant show at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl on August 23, 1964.  A little over a year later, they returned for two further sell-out shows.

In the afternoon of 29 August 1965 they gave a press conference at the Capitol Tower at Hollywood and Vine. Alan Livingston, president of Capitol Records, presented them with gold discs for sales of Help!

Following the press conference The Beatles were driven by armoured truck to the Hollywood Bowl. The show was attended by 18,000 fans; one gave birth to a baby boy in the car park outside the venue.

Tickets retailed for $3, $4, $5, $6 and $7. The Beatles earned $90,000 from the total take of $156,000 for the two concerts.

Balboa Statium, Russ Blvd. San Diego, California, USA. Here is the setlist.

1.  Twist And Shout
2. I Feel Fine
3. Dizzy Miss Lizzy
4. Ticket to Ride
5. Everybody's Tryin' to be my baby
6. Can't buy me Love
7. Baby's in Black
8. I wanna be your man
9. A Hard Day's Night
10. Help!
11. I'm Down

Late in the evening of August 27th, the group drove across to Perugia Way, Beverly Hills, to meet their one-time idol Elvis Presley, a summit conference arranged by Presley's manager, "Colonel" Tom Parker, and greatly anticipated by the Beatles and Brian Epstein. But the meeting was not a great success, although Elvis and the Beatles did have a brief jam session, a poor-quality tape of which has long been rumoured to exist, although this has never been confirmed and must be considered unlikely.

Paul had already spoken to Presley - and perceived his now decidedly unmagnetic personality - during a telephone conversation from the group's Atlantic City hotel to Memphis on August 31, 1964.

The Beatles still taking a (much needed) rest before the concert in San Diego.

This was The Beatles' third rest day in Los Angeles. They were halfway through a five-day break in their 1965 tour of North America, staying in a mansion owned by actress Zsa Zsa Gabor at 2850 Benedict Canyon, Beverly Hills.

After the events of the previous day, in which the group took LSD with The Byrds and Peter Fonda, this was a day of rest. The Beatles had breakfast in the early afternoon, and spent much of the rest of the day sunbathing and swimming in the pool.

One brief moment of drama took place when two girls, who had hired a helicopter to fly over The Beatles' rented home, jumped from it into the swimming pool. Brian Epstein complained to Los Angeles police, and a no-fly zone was ordered around the area.

Source: Beatles Bible

This was The Beatles' second day off during their five-day break in the 1965 North America tour. They rented a house owned by Zsa Zsa Gabor at 2850 Benedict Canyon, Beverly Hills, where they were visited by a number of people.

This was the day on which John Lennon and George Harrison had their second LSD experience. Ringo Starr tried the drug for the first time, although Paul McCartney did not partake on this occasion.

Among the visitors on this day were Eleanor Bron, whom had appeared with The Beatles in Help!, Roger McGuinn and David Crosby of The Byrds, and Daily Mirror newspaper journalist Don Short.

Indian music and LSD were key influences in the changes in The Beatles' music between 1965 and 1968. The drug, in particular, played a pivotal role in the group's studio experimentation for Revolver and Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

According to George Harrison, he and Lennon had decided that the other Beatles should experience LSD, which they had previously taken in London sometime between March and July 1965.

Although McCartney was wary of the experience, Starr embraced it enthusiastically. Despite the general party atmosphere, police and security were stationed around the house to keep fans away. In addition, not all The Beatles' visitors were aware that the group was on LSD.