Thursday, May 22, 1969
Last updated on November 23, 2024
Previous article May 15 - June 17, 1969 • Paul and Linda McCartney on holiday in Provence and Corfu
Interview May 16, 1969 • Interview for BBC Radio Merseyside
Single May 19, 1969 • "New Day / Thumbin' A Ride" by Jackie Lomax released in the US
Article May 22, 1969 • “Hey Jude” gets an Ivor Novello award
Session May 28, 1969 • Mixing the "Get Back" album (3rd compilation)
Next article June - July 1969 • The "Get Back" LP rumours – June to July 1969
By The Beatles • 7" Single
Officially appears on Hey Jude / Revolution
The 14th Ivor Novello Awards were sponsored by the BBC and presented by the Songwriters Guild of Great Britain on this day.
“Hey Jude” won the award for “THE ‘A’ SIDE OF THE RECORD ISSUED IN 1968 WHICH ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST CERTIFIED BRITISH SALES”
The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years
"With greatly expanded text, this is the most revealing and frank personal 30-year chronicle of the group ever written. Insider Barry Miles covers the Beatles story from childhood to the break-up of the group."
We owe a lot to Barry Miles for the creation of those pages, but you really have to buy this book to get all the details - a day to day chronology of what happened to the four Beatles during the Beatles years!
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