The Beatles Chronology - 1969

• January 1969
o 02: Get Back/Let It Be sessions: day one Abbey Road Studios London
o 03: Get Back/Let It Be sessions: day two Abbey Road Studios London
o 06: Get Back/Let It Be sessions: day three Abbey Road Studios London
o 07: Get Back/Let It Be sessions: day four Abbey Road Studios London
o 08: Get Back/Let It Be sessions: day five Abbey Road Studios London
o 09: Get Back/Let It Be sessions: day six Abbey Road Studios London
o 10: Get Back/Let It Be sessions: day seven - George Harrison quits The Beatles
o 12: The Beatles meet at Ringo Starr's house
o 13: US LP release: Yellow Submarine
o 13: Get Back/Let It Be sessions: day eight Abbey Road Studios London
o 14: Get Back/Let It Be sessions: day nine Abbey Road Studios London
o 15: George Harrison rejoins The Beatles
o 17: UK LP release: Yellow Submarine
o 20: The Beatles meet at Apple's basement studio
o 21: Ringo Starr is interviewed for the BBC's Scene And Heard in Elstead
o 21: Get Back/Let It Be sessions: day 10 Abbey Road Studios London
o 22: Get Back/Let It Be sessions: day 11 Abbey Road Studios London
o 23: Get Back/Let It Be sessions: day 12 Abbey Road Studios London
o 24: Get Back/Let It Be sessions: day 13 Abbey Road Studios London
o 25: Get Back/Let It Be sessions: day 14 Abbey Road Studios London
o 26: Get Back/Let It Be sessions: day 15 Abbey Road Studios London
o 27: Get Back/Let It Be sessions: day 16 Abbey Road Studios London
o 28: Get Back/Let It Be sessions: day 17 Abbey Road Studios London
o 28: Allen Klein meets The Beatles
o 29: Get Back/Let It Be sessions: day 18 Abbey Road Studios London
o 30: Performance: The Beatles' rooftop concert (Apple building) Abbey Road Studios London
o 31: Get Back/Let It Be sessions: day 20 Abbey Road Studios London
• February 1969
o 01: Allen Klein discusses The Beatles' purchase of NEMS
o 03: Allen Klein is appointed The Beatles' manager
o 05: Mixing: “I've Got A Feeling”, “Don't Let Me Down”, "Get Back”, “One After 909”, “Dig A Pony” Abbey Road Studios London
o 22: Recording: “I Want You (She's So Heavy)” Trident Studios London
o 23: Editing: “I Want You (She's So Heavy)” Trident Studios London
o 24: Tape copying: “I Want You (She's So Heavy)”
o 25: Recording: “Old Brown Shoe”, “All Things Must Pass”, “Something” EMI Studios London
• March 1969
o 01: Paul McCartney produces Mary Hopkin's “Goodbye”, Morgan Studios London
o 02: Paul McCartney produces Mary Hopkin's “Goodbye”, Morgan Studios London
o 02: John Lennon and Yoko Ono perform in Lady Mitchell Hall Cambridge
o 04: George Harrison is interviewed for the BBC's Scene And Heard Apple Corps London
o 10: Mixing: “Get Back”, “Teddy Boy”, “Two Of Us”, “Dig A Pony”, “I've Got A Feeling”, “The Long And Winding Road”, “Let It Be”, “Rocker”, “Save The Last Dance For Me”, “Don't Let Me Down”, “For You Blue”, “The Walk”
o 11: Mixing: “Two Of Us”, “The Long And Winding Road”, “Lady Madonna”
o 11: Paul McCartney and George Harrison produce a Jackie Lomax session
o 12: Mixing: “The Long And Winding Road”, “”Let It Be Studio Three EMI Studios London
o 12: Paul McCartney marries Linda Eastman
o 12: George and Pattie Harrison's home is raided by the Drugs Squad
o 13: Mixing: “I've Got A Feeling”, “Dig It”, “Maggie Mae”, “Shake Rattle And Roll”, “Kansas City”, “Miss Ann”, “Lawdy Miss Clawdy”, “Blue Suede Shoes”, “You Really Got A Hold On Me”
o 16: Paul and Linda McCartney begin their honeymoon
o 16: John Lennon and Yoko Ono fly to Paris
o 18: George and Pattie Harrison appear in court on drugs charges
o 20: John Lennon marries Yoko Ono
o 24: John Lennon and Yoko Ono meet Salvador Dali
o 25: John and Yoko's first bed-in for peace: Hilton Hotel Amsterdam
o 26: John and Yoko's first bed-in for peace: Hilton Hotel Amsterdam
o 26: Mixing: “Get Back” Room Four EMI Studios London
o 27: John and Yoko's first bed-in for peace: Hilton Hotel Amsterdam
o 28: John and Yoko's first bed-in for peace: Hilton Hotel Amsterdam
o 29: John and Yoko's first bed-in for peace: Hilton Hotel Amsterdam
o 30: John and Yoko's first bed-in for peace: Hilton Hotel Amsterdam
o 31: John and Yoko's first bed-in for peace: Hilton Hotel Amsterdam
o 31: John Lennon and Yoko Ono's lightning trip to Vienna
o 31: George and Pattie Harrison are fined for drugs possession
• April 1969
o 01: Television: John Lennon and Yoko Ono interviewed on Today
o 03: Radio Appearance: George Harrison interviewed for The World At One Studio 3B Broadcasting House London
o 03: John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on The Eamonn Andrews Show Cafe Royal Regent Street London
o 07: Mixing: “Get Back”, “Don't Let Me Down” Olympic Sound Studios London
o 11: UK single release: “Get Back”
o 14: Recording, mixing: “The Ballad Of John And Yoko “Studio Three EMI Studios London
o 16: Recording, mixing: “Old Brown Shoe”, “Something” Studio Three EMI Studios London
o 18: Recording, mixing: “Old Brown Shoe”, “I Want You (She's So Heavy)” Studio Two/Three EMI Studios London
o 20: Recording, mixing: “I Want You (She's So Heavy)”,” Oh! Darling” Studio Three EMI Studios London
o 22: John Lennon changes his middle name to Ono
o 22: Recording, mixing: “John And Yoko”
o 25: Mixing: “Two Of Us”
o 26: Mixing: “John And Yoko” EMI London
o 26: Recording: “Oh! Darling”, “Octopus's Garden “Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 27: Recording: “John And Yoko” Studio Three EMI Studios London
o 29: Recording, mixing: “Octopus's Garden” Studio Three EMI Studios London
o 30: Recording, mixing: “Let It Be”, “You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)” Studio Three EMI Studios London
• May 1969
o 01: Mixing: “Oh! Darling” Studio Three EMI Studios London
o 01: Mixing: “John And Yoko” Studio Three EMI Studios London
o 02: Television: John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed for How Late It Is Studio G Lime Grove Studios London
o 02: Recording: “Something” Studio Three EMI Studios London
o 04: John Lennon and Yoko Ono buy Tittenhurst Park
o 04: Ringo Starr, John Lennon and Paul McCartney attend a wrap party for The Magic Christian, Les Ambassadeurs, London
o 05: US single release: “Get Back”
o 05: Recording: “Something” Olympic Sound Studios London
o 06: Recording, mixing: “You Never Give Me Your Money” Olympic Sound Studios London
o 07: Mixing: Get Back album inserts Olympic Sound Studios London
o 08: Radio Appearance: John Lennon and Yoko Ono interviewed on Scene And Heard
o 09: Zapple Records is launched: Electronic Music by George Harrison, and Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With The Lions by John and Yoko are the only two albums released before it is closed by Allen Klein
o 09: Mixing: Get Back album inserts
o 09: Paul McCartney performs under the pseudonym Paul Ramon on Steve Miller's “My Dark Hour”
o 11: George Harrison performs on a Jack Bruce session
o 15: Radio Appearance: Paul McCartney is interviewed for BBC Radio Merseyside's Light And Local in Heswall Cheshire
o 16: Ringo Starr sets sail for New York on board the QE2
o 16: Paul and Linda McCartney holiday in Corfu
o 22: Ringo Starr flies from New York to the Bahamas
o 24: John Lennon and Yoko Ono fly to Barbados
o 25: John Lennon and Yoko Ono fly from Barbados to Toronto
o 26: Zapple Records launched in the US
o 26: John and Yoko's second bed-in for peace: Room 1742 Hotel Raine Elizabeth Quebec Montreal
o 27: John and Yoko's second bed-in for peace: Room 1742 Hotel Raine Elizabeth Quebec Montreal
o 28: John and Yoko's second bed-in for peace: Room 1742 Hotel Raine Elizabeth Quebec Montreal
o 28: Mixing, master compilation: “Let It Be”, “Get Back LP” Olympic Sound Studios London
o 29: John and Yoko's second bed-in for peace: Room 1742 Hotel Raine Elizabeth Quebec Montreal
o 30: John and Yoko's second bed-in for peace: Room 1742 Hotel Raine Elizabeth Quebec Montreal
o 30: UK single release: “The Ballad Of John And Yoko”
o 31: John and Yoko's second bed-in for peace: Room 1742 Hotel Raine Elizabeth Quebec Montreal
• June 1969
o 01: George and Pattie Harrison holiday in Sardinia
o 01: John and Yoko's second bed-in for peace: Room 1742 Hotel Raine Elizabeth Quebec Montreal
o 01: John Lennon argues with Al Capp in Montreal
o 01: John Lennon and Yoko Ono record “Give Peace A Chance”
o 02: John and Yoko's second bed-in for peace: Room 1742 Hotel Raine Elizabeth Quebec Montreal
o 04: US single release: “The Ballad Of John And Yoko”
o 14: Television: John Lennon and Yoko Ono on The David Frost Show Stonebridge House Wembley
o 23: John Lennon and Yoko Ono holiday in Wales
o 29: John Lennon and Yoko Ono holiday in Scotland
• July 1969
o 01: John Lennon crashes his car in Scotland
o 01: Recording: “You Never Give Me Your Money” Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 02: Recording: “Her Majesty, Golden Slumbers”, “Carry That Weight” Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 03: Recording, editing: “Golden Slumbers”, “Carry That Weight” Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 04: Recording: “Golden Slumbers”, “Carry That Weight” Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 07: Recording: “Here Comes The Sun” Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 08: Recording, mixing: “Here Comes The Sun” Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 09: Recording: “Maxwell's Silver Hammer” Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 10: Recording, mixing: “Maxwell's Silver Hammer” Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 11: Recording, mixing: “Maxwell's Silver Hammer”, “Something”, “You Never Give Me Your Money “Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 15: Recording, mixing: “You Never Give Me Your Money” Studio Three/ Two EMI Studios London
o 16: Recording: “Here Comes The Sun”, “Something” Studio Three/ Two EMI Studios London
o 17: Recording: “Oh! Darling”, “Octopus's Garden” Studio Three/ Two EMI Studios London
o 18: Recording, mixing: “Oh! Darling” ”Octopus's Garden” Studio Three/ Two EMI Studios London
o 21: Recording: “Come Together” Studio Three/ Two EMI Studios London
o 22: Recording: “Oh! Darling”, “Come Together” Studio Three EMI Studios London
o 23: Recording: “Oh! Darling,” “Come Together”, “The End” Studio Three/ Two EMI Studios London
o 24: Recording, mixing: “Come And Get It”, “Sun King”, “Mean Mr Mustard” Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 25: Recording: “Sun King”, “Mean Mr Mustard”, “Come Together”, “Polythene Pam”, “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window” Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 28: Recording: “Polythene Pam”, “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window” Studio Three/Two EMI Studios London
o 29: Recording: “Come Together”, “Sun King”, “Mean Mr Mustard” Studio Three EMI Studios London
o 30: Recording, mixing: “You Never Give Me Your Money”, “Come Together”,” Polythene Pam”, “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window”, “Golden Slumbers”, “Carry That Weight”, “Sun King”, “Mean Mr Mustard”, “Her Majesty”, “The End” Studio Three/ Two EMI Studios London
o 31: Recording: “You Never Give Me Your Money”, “Golden Slumbers”, “Carry That Weight” Studio Two EMI Studios London
• August 1969
o 01: Recording: “Because” Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 02: Paul McCartney produces The Iveys' “Come And Get It”
o 04: Recording, mixing: “Because”, “Something”, “Here Comes The Sun” Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 05: Recording: “You Never Give Me Your Money”, “Because”, “The End” Studio Two/Three Room 43 EMI Studios London
o 06: Recording, mixing: “Here Comes The Sun”, “Maxwell's Silver Hammer” Studio Two/ Three Room 43 EMI Studios London
o 07: Recording, mixing: “Come Together”, “The End” Studio Two/ Three Room 43 EMI Studios London
o 08: The Abbey Road cover photography session
o 08: Recording: “The End”, “I Want You (She's So Heavy)”, “Oh! Darling” Studio Two/ Three Room 43 EMI Studios London
o 11: John Lennon and Yoko Ono move into Tittenhurst Park
o 11: Recording, editing: “I Want You (She's So Heavy)”, “Oh! Darling”,” Here Comes The Sun” Studio Two/ Three Room 43 EMI Studios London
o 12: Mixing: “Oh! Darling”, “Because”, “Maxwell's Silver Hammer” Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 13: Mixing: “You Never Give Me Your Money” Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 14: Mixing, editing: “Sun King”, “Mean Mr Mustard”, “Maxwell's Silver Hammer”, “Polythene Pam”, “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window”, “You Never Give Me Your Money” Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 14: Radio Appearance: Everett Is Here Control room Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 15: Recording: “Golden Slumbers”, “Carry That Weight”, “The End”, “Something”, “Here Comes The Sun” Studio Two/ One EMI Studios London
o 17: Paul McCartney produces Mary Hopkin's “Que Sera, Sera”
o 18: Recording, mixing: “Golden Slumbers”, “Carry That Weight”, “The End” Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 19: Recording, mixing: “The End”, “Golden Slumbers”, “Carry That Weight”, “Something”, “Here Comes The Sun” Studio Two/ Room 43 EMI Studios London
o 20: Mixing, editing: “I Want You (She's So Heavy)” Studio Two/ One EMI Studios London
o 21: Mixing, editing: “The End”, “You Never Give Me Your Money” “Sun King”, “Mean Mr Mustard” Room Four, Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 22: The Beatles' final photo session
o 25: Recording, editing: “Maxwell's Silver Hammer”, “The End” Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 26: George Harrison meets Bob Dylan in Portsmouth
o 28: Mary McCartney is born
o 28: Apple holds a launch party for the Radha Krsna Temple album
o 28: George and Pattie Harrison travel to the Isle of Wight to see Bob Dylan
o 30: John Lennon and Ringo Starr travel to the Isle of Wight to see Bob Dylan
o 31: Lennon, Harrison and Starr watch Bob Dylan perform at the Isle of Wight Festival
• September 1969
o 01: Bob Dylan visits John Lennon at Tittenhurst Park
o 10: Self-Portrait and Mr & Mrs Lennon's Honeymoon by John Lennon and Yoko Ono are premièred in London
o 11: Mixing: “What's The New Mary Jane” Studio Three EMI Studios London
o 12: John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed for various publications
o 12: John Lennon decides to leave The Beatles
o 13: The Plastic Ono Band performs at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival Varsity Stadium, University of Toronto, Canada
o 16: Maclen (Music) Limited begins legal proceedings against Northern Songs
o 20: John Lennon reveals he is leaving The Beatles
o 25: Plastic Ono Band recording sessions Studio Three EMI Studios London
o 26: UK LP release: Abbey Road
o 28: Remake “Cold Turkey” Trident studios, London
• October 1969
o 01: US LP release: Abbey Road
o 02: Mixing: “Across The Universe” Abbey Road London
o 03: : Plastic Ono Band recording “Don’t worry Kyoko” Studio A Lansdowne Studios London
o 05: Plastic Ono Band remake “Cold Turkey” Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 06: US single release: “Something/ Come Together “
o 08: Interview George Harrison Scene and Heard Apple Corps London
o 05: Yoko Ono is taken to hospital in London
o 06: Yoko Ono in hospital in London
o 07: Yoko Ono in hospital in London
o 08: Yoko Ono in hospital in London
o 09: Yoko Ono in hospital in London
o 20: Plastic Ono Band New mix “Don’t worry Kyoko” Studio Three EMI Studios London
o 24: Interview Paul McCartney and Chris Drake to stop rumours of his death held at Campbeltown, Argylshire
o 27: Ringo Starr begins recording first Solo Album Sentimental Journey Studio Three EMI Studios London
o 31: UK single release: “Something/Come Together”
• November 1969
o 25: John Lennon returns his MBE to the Queen
o 26: Recording, mixing, editing: “You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)”, “What's The New Mary Jane” Studio Two EMI Studios London
• December 1969
o 01: The final Beatles Book Monthly magazine is published
o 02: Mixing: “Lady Madonna”, “Rain”, “Octopus's Garden” Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 02 : Recording Documentary Man of the Decade for ATV
o 05: Mixing: “Hey Jude”, “Revolution”
o 08: Recording: “Octopus's Garden” Studio Two EMI Studios London
o 21: Mixing, editing: Get Back LP