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In Weybridge, Surrey, Ringo buys "Sunny Heights", at St George's Hill Estate.

The UK releases the single "Help!/I'm Down" 50 years ago today.

Day of rest for the Beatles

Day of rest for the Beatles. 

Day of rest for the Beatles

The Beatles song "Help!/I'm Down" was released in the United States. This is a different version than the album version because it is mono and has a different Lennon vocal. 

Day of rest for the Beatles. 

Beatles album "VI" is on the Billboard list of number one albums for 1965. This is the second week in a row. 

Day of rest for the Beatles today. 

Day of rest for the Beatles

The term "plastic soul" can be heard by Paul using the phrase on the compuliation album The Beatles Anthology 2, after the the first take of "I'm Down" which they recorded on July 14, 1965, and was probably inspired by Little Richards. "Plastic soul, man, plastic soul," he says. The Beatles had been kicking around different ideas for the title, and then settles on it after their photographer, Robert Freeman, inadvertently created an elastic effect on one of their photos he projected it onto a 12' x 12' peice of cardboard. 

Source: Beatles Vs. Stones by John McMillian

Savoy Hotel, The Strand, London

Paul went this lunchtime to the Savoy Hotel in centtral London to collect from Sir Billy Butlin, five Ivor Novello Awards on behalf of the Beatles. He arrived late, however, having forgotten about the event, while John - also supposed to attend - failed to show at all. The entire luncheon, including Paul's acceptance of the awards and his thank-you speech, was filmed by Rediffusion TV cameras. 

Source: The Complete Beatles Chronicle by Mark Lewisohn

Savoy Hotel, The Strand, London

Paul went this lunchtime to the Savoy Hotel in centtral London to collect from Sir Billy Butlin, five Ivor Novello Awards on behalf of the Beatles. He arrived late, however, having forgotten about the event, while John - also supposed to attend - failed to show at all. The entire luncheon, including Paul's acceptance of the awards and his thank-you speech, was filmed by Rediffusion TV cameras. 

Source: The Complete Beatles Chronicle by Mark Lewisohn

Day of rest for the Beatles. 

Buckingham Palace announces that the Beatles are to be awarded the MBE (Members of the British Empire) award by Queen Elizabeth II, an award traditionally only presented to upper-crust members of the community. 

The Beatles' "VI" album (there 7th Capital Records release) goes #1 and stays at #1 for 6 weeks! 

Source: historyorb.com

No news to report for today in Beatles history. 

No news to report for the Beatles today. 

Day of rest for the Beatles. 

The Beatles rest today after the tour. 

With the tour ending, no news to report for the Beatles. 

With the European tour ending, these words were spoken in Anthology by Paul McCartney recalling the tour,

"I remember playing a big bullring in Barcelona, the Plaza de Toros, where the Lord Mayor had great seats and all the rich people had seats but the kids, our real audience, were outside. We used to get upset about that: 'Why are we playing to all these bloody officials? We should be playing to the people outside. Let them in...' But of course they wouldn't." 

Source: www.beatlesbible.com

Plaza de Toros Monumental, Avenue de led Corts - Catalanes, Barcelona, Spain

Another bullring concert, at 10:45 pm, and the last date on the European tour. The Beatles' two-hour Iberia flight from Barcelona to London Airport on July 4th touched down at 12:00 noon. 

Source: The Complete Beatles Chronicle by Mark Lewisohn

Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, Madrid Spain

One show in the bullring, at 8:30 pm. The Beatles flew on to Barcelona at 2:45 the following afternoon. 

Source: The Complete Beatles Chronicle by Mark Lewisohn

No news to report for the Beatles today. 

Palais des Expositions, Esplanade Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny, Nice, France 

One show, at 9:00 pm. The group flew to Madrid at 3:45 pm on July 1. 

Source: The Complete Beatles Chronicle by Mark Lewisohn

Palais des Expositions, Esplanade Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny, Nice, France 

One show, at 9:00 pm. The group flew to Madrid at 3:45 pm on July 1. 

Source: The Complete Beatles Chronicle by Mark Lewisohn

Nothing major to report for the Beatles today. 

John Lennon evades a young fan who wants his yachting-style cap as a souvenir during the Beatles' concert in Rome on June 28,1965.

The Beatles performed two shows on this day at the Teatro Adriano in Piazza Cavour in Rome, and two more on the following day.  It was the group's only visit to the Italian capital.

The concerts took place on each of the days at 4.30pm and 9.30pm. Originally just this day's performances had been booked, but the next day's were added later on. Despite this, none of The Beatles' four Rome shows was more than half full.

Parts of both this day's performances, recorded by members of the audience, have been circulated on bootlegs, although the quality is less than perfect.

After the second show Paul McCartney met playwright Noël Coward, who had attended the concert. The encounter took place at the Parco dei Principi hotel.