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“Norwegian Wood” began to be written by John Lennon while on a skiing vacation in St. Moritz in the Swiss Alps with his wife Cynthia and producer George Martin and his wife between January 25th and February 7th, 1965. “It was during this time that John was writing songs for ‘Rubber Soul,’” 
George Martin recalls, “and one of the songs he composed in the hotel bedroom, while we were gathered round, nursing my broken foot, was a little ditty he would play to me on his acoustic guitar. He’d say, ‘What do you think of this one?’ It had a slightly sick lyric, which was very apt to me nursing my injured toe. The song was ‘Norwegian Wood.’”
Top #4 songs in the UK
- Georgie Fame - Yeh Yeh
- The Beatles - I Feel Fine
- The Moody Blues - Go Now
- Twinkle - Terry
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The cartoon "The Flinstones" had an episode 50 years ago today called "The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes" which featured a band with the Beatles trademark mop-top hair that plays "bug music", a parody of the "Yeah, yeah, yeah" refrain from "She Loves You".
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The Beatles still appearing at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.
The Beatles still appearing at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.
The Beatles still appearing at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.
The Beatles still appearing at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.
The Beatles still appearing at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.
The Beatles still appearing at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.
The Beatles still appearing at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.
The Beatles still appearing at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.
The Beatles still at their gig at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.
Top #5 songs in the USA
- The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
- Petula Clark - Downtown
- The Searchers - Love Potion Number Nine
- The Larks - The Jerk
- The Impressions - Amen
Top #5 songs in the UK
- Georgie Fame - Yeh Yeh
- The Beatles - I Feel Fine
- The Moody Blues - Go Now
- Petula Clark - Downtown
- Twinkle - Terry
The Beatles performing at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.
The Beatles still performing at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.
The Beatles performing at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.
The Beatles performing at the Hammersmith Odeon in London
The Beatles still performing at the Hammersmith Odeon in London.
What was the #1 song on January 3, 1965?
"I Feel Fine"
Top 20 Song Chart for January 2, 1965
The Supremes holds onto the number one song spot with Come See About Me. The Beatles remains in the second music chart spot again with I Feel Fine. Bobby Vinton remains at number 3 on the countdown this week with Mr. Lonely.
The Beatles' first performances of 1965 were a continuation of The Beatles' Christmas Show, the variety night which ran from 24 December 1964 until 16 January 1965.
The shows took place at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. The Beatles normally did two performances on each night, to cope with popular demand for tickets.
The guest performers included Freddie And The Dreamers, Sounds Incorporated, Elkie Brooks, The Yardbirds, Michael Haslam, The Mike Cotton Sound and Ray Fell. The compère was Jimmy Savile.
The Beatles appeared in two sketches, one with Freddie Garrity of Freddie And The Dreamers, and another with Jimmy Savile. They closed the shows with an 11-song set: Twist And Shout, I'm A Loser, Baby's In Black, Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby, Can't Buy Me Love, Honey Don't, I Feel Fine, She's A Woman, A Hard Day's Night, Rock And Roll Music and Long Tall Sally.
Also on this date, Radio Luxembourg began a weekly series dedicated entirely to The Beatles, with music and interviews. The series, called simply The Beatles, ran from this date until 17 October 1965, every Sunday from 8.45-9pm, and was presented by Chris Denning.
The episodes contained snippets of interviews, recorded during Another Beatles Christmas Show, and on 20 March, 29 April and 20 June 1965, along with news items, request dedications and studio recordings of The Beatles' songs.
Hammersmith Odeon Theatre on New Year's Eve
The Christmas tour continues.........
Still the #1 song in the US on December 30, 1964
I Feel Fine - The Beatles
GOOD BYE 1964!
Hammersmith Odeon Theatre
The Christmas tour continues.........
The #1 song in the US on December 30, 1964
I Feel Fine - The Beatles
Hammersmith Odeon Theatre
The Christmas tour continues.........
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