1965, July

Saville Theatre, Shaftesbury Ave. London

Set to perform live on British television on August 1, their first such appearance in more than a year, the Beatles spent part of this day in private rehearsal on stage at the Saville Theatre, a central London venue leased by brian Epstein's NEMS Enterprises from April 1, 1965 until after his death.

While there, the group also gave two inteviews for BBC radio, principally discussing HELP!, premiered in London just the night before, July 29th. The first interview was with Dibbs Mather, a long and witty conversation which was, most unusually, distributed by the BBC's Transcription Service to the British Council which promoted British culture in foreign countries. Along with disc material, it was packaged simply titled The Beatles, sent to the British Council in New York and dispatched from there to specified US radio stations for local broacast.

The second interview was with British entertainer/comic actor Lance Percival, two minutes of which was broadcast the next day, between 12:00 noon and 12:29 pm, in his Light Programme records show Lance A Gogo.

Source: The Complete Beatles Chronicle, Mark Lewisohn

Help!, the group's second movie, a James Bond spoof, premieres in London.

On July 28, 1965, the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership had been previously documented on BBC television's Songwriters program.

The Beatles are taking a break!

In Wales, a clip from "Help!" is shown on TV.

In the UK charts, the Bealtes song "Help!" hits #1. 

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