Rock Source Music Facts Day by Day


May 26 1960	Johnny Gentle plays at The Town Hall, Forres, Scotland, supported by The Silver Beetles who will, in due course, re-name themselves The Beatles. (1960)
May 26 1962	The Beatles continue their seven-week residency at The Star Club, Hamburg, Germany, Europe. (1962)
May 26 1962	Colin Vearncombe, leader of UK 80s hitmakers Black, is born in Liverpool, UK. (1962)
May 26 1964	The Beatles single, Please Mister Postman, is released in Germany on Odeon Records. (1964)
May 26 1965	The Beatles record a seven song live session at the Piccadilly Theatre, London for BBC radio, to be transmitted under the title The Beatles (Invite You To Take A Ticket To Ride). (1965)
May 26 1966	Dylan plays at the Royal Albert Hall, London, with John Lennon and George Harrison of The Beatles, plus various Rolling Stones in the audience. (1966)
May 26 1966	Bob Dylan plays at the Royal Albert Hall, London, with John Lennon and George Harrison of The Beatles, plus various Rolling Stones in the audience. (1966)
May 26 1977	Beatlemania! a Broadway stage-show tribute to the music of The Beatles, starring sound- and look-alikes, opens at The Winter Garden Theater, New York City, USA, to rave reviews. (1977)
May 26 2008	Paul McCartney is awarded an honorary Doctorate of Music by Yale University. (2008)
May 26 2011	An attempt to erect a 15ft high statue of Freddie Mercury of Queen in Paradise Street, Liverpool, UK, fails when it is realised that the bolts holding the statue to its plinth had been forgotten. The attempt is abandoned for fear that the statue might topple and injure passers-by. (2011)