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1976 highlights

January

"At The Speed Of Sound" sessions #2
January - February 1976
The Makka Material : Investigation by Adam Block (interview)
1976
Interview for the promotion of "Holly Days" (interview)
1976
Recording "Must Do Something About It"
Jan 05, 1976
Mixing "Must Do Something About It"
Jan 06, 1976
Recording "She's My Baby"
Jan 07, 1976
Recording "Wino Junko"
Jan 13, 1976
Recording "Silly Love Songs"
Jan 16, 1976
Recording "Message To Joe"
Jan 21, 1976
Recording "Beware My Love"
Jan 23, 1976
The Beatles' contract with EMI expires
Jan 26, 1976
Recording "Time To Hide"
Jan 27, 1976
Recording "San Ferry Anne"
Jan 30, 1976
The Beatles Tapes from the David Wigg Interviews
By The Beatles
Jan 30, 1976 • Released globally

February

Recording "Warm And Beautiful"
Feb 02, 1976
Recording "Let 'Em In"
Feb 03, 1976
Recording "Cook Of The House"
Feb 04, 1976

March

Wings Fun Club newsletter March 1976 published
March 1976
The Beatles' singles reissued
March 1976
Hello, Goodbye / I Am The Walrus (UK - 1976)
By The Beatles
Mar 06, 1976 • Released in the UK
Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane (UK - 1976)
By The Beatles
Mar 06, 1976 • Released in the UK
Get Back / Don't Let Me Down (UK - 1976)
By The Beatles
Mar 06, 1976 • Released in the UK
Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby (UK - 1976)
By The Beatles
Mar 06, 1976 • Released in the UK
All You Need Is Love / Baby You're A Rich Man (UK - 1976)
By The Beatles
Mar 06, 1976 • Released in the UK
Something / Come Together (UK - 1976)
By The Beatles
Mar 06, 1976 • Released in the UK
Paperback Writer / Rain (UK - 1976)
By The Beatles
Mar 06, 1976 • Released in the UK
Hey Jude / Revolution (UK - 1976)
By The Beatles
Mar 06, 1976 • Released in the UK
Let It Be / You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) (UK - 1976)
By The Beatles
Mar 06, 1976 • Released in the UK
We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper (UK - 1976)
By The Beatles
Mar 06, 1976 • Released in the UK
Lady Madonna / The Inner Light (UK - 1976)
By The Beatles
Mar 06, 1976 • Released in the UK
The Ballad Of John And Yoko / Old Brown Shoe (UK - 1976)
By The Beatles
Mar 06, 1976 • Released in the UK
Denmark • Copenhagen
Mar 20, 1976
Jimmy McCulloch breaks his finger
Late March 1976
£25 million offered to reform The Beatles
Mar 20, 1976
Denmark • Copenhagen
Mar 21, 1976
Germany • Berlin
Mar 23, 1976
Paul and Linda McCartney visit Neil Young backstage
Mar 24, 1976
Wings At The Speed Of Sound
By Wings
Mar 25, 1976 • Released in the UK
Netherlands • Rotterdam
Mar 25, 1976
France • Paris
Mar 26, 1976
McCartney: pressure cooking (interview)
Mar 27, 1976
Les Rendez-Vous Du Dimanche (interview)
Mar 28, 1976

April

Rock Around The World (interview)
April 1976
Wings tour dates rescheduled
April 1976
Interview for Street Life (interview)
Apr 03, 1976
Linda McCartney: Silly Love Songs (interview)
Apr 03, 1976
"Linda's Pictures" photography book released
April 1976
Silly Love Songs / Cook Of The House
By Paul McCartney
Apr 30, 1976 • Released in the UK

May

The Beatles Monthly Book is relaunched
May 1976
USA • Fort Worth
May 03, 1976
USA • Houston
May 04, 1976
USA • Detroit
May 07, 1976
USA • Detroit
May 08, 1976
Canada • Toronto
May 09, 1976
USA • Cleveland
May 10, 1976
USA • Philadelphia
May 12, 1976
McCartney Productions Ltd becomes MPL Communications Ltd
May 13, 1976
USA • Philadelphia
May 14, 1976
Five Wings & A Prayer in Texas (interview)
May 15, 1976
USA • Landover
May 15, 1976
USA • Landover
May 16, 1976
USA • Atlanta
May 18, 1976
USA • Atlanta
May 19, 1976
USA • Uniondale
May 21, 1976
It took guts to go on road, McCartney says (interview)
May 22, 1976
USA • Boston
May 22, 1976
USA • New York
May 24, 1976
USA • New York
May 25, 1976
USA • Cincinnati
May 27, 1976
USA • Kansas City
May 29, 1976
McCartney Comes Back (interview)
May 31, 1976
Got To Get You Into My Life / Helter Skelter
By The Beatles
May 31, 1976 • Released in the US
USA • Chicago
May 31, 1976

June

USA • Chicago
Jun 01, 1976
USA • Chicago
Jun 02, 1976
USA • St. Paul
Jun 04, 1976
Rock 'n' Roll Music
By The Beatles
Jun 07, 1976 • Released in the US
Daddy McCartney (interview)
Jun 07, 1976
USA • Denver
Jun 07, 1976
Rock 'n' Roll Music
By The Beatles
Jun 10, 1976 • Released in the UK
USA • Seattle
Jun 10, 1976
USA • San Francisco
Jun 13, 1976
USA • San Francisco
Jun 14, 1976
USA • San Diego
Jun 16, 1976
Yesterday, Today and Paul (interview)
Jun 17, 1976
USA • Tucson
Jun 18, 1976
Paul and Linda celebrates Brian Wilson's 34th birthday
Jun 20, 1976
USA • Los Angeles
Jun 21, 1976
USA • Los Angeles
Jun 22, 1976
Wings visit Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin
Jun 22, 1976
USA • Los Angeles
Jun 23, 1976
Party in Beverly Hills
Jun 24, 1976
A pilgrimage to see St Paul (interview)
Jun 26, 1976

July

Home recordings
July 1976
"Holly Days" sessions
Summer 1976

August

Wings Fun Club newsletter August 1976 published
August 1976
Paul McCartney acquires Low Park Farm in Scotland
Aug 16, 1976

September

1st Buddy Holly Week
September 7th-14th, 1976
Ringo's Rotogravure
By Ringo Starr
Sep 17, 1976 • Released in the UK
Austria • Vienna
Sep 19, 1976
The Beatles receive a $230 million reunion offer
Sep 19, 1976
Yugoslavia • Zagreb
Sep 21, 1976
It's So Easy / Listen To Me
By Denny Laine
Sep 24, 1976 • Released in the UK
Italy • Venice
Sep 25, 1976
Ringo's Rotogravure
By Ringo Starr
Sep 26, 1976 • Released in the US
Germany • Munich
Sep 27, 1976

October

Paul McCartney revives the "Thrillington" project
October 1976
UK • London
Oct 19, 1976
UK • London
Oct 20, 1976
UK • London
Oct 21, 1976

November

Photo session with Clive Arrowsmith
November 1976
1976 Beatles reunion
Nov 02, 1976
Paul and Linda attend the premiere of "‘The Song Remains The Same"
Nov 04, 1976
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da / Julia
By The Beatles
Nov 08, 1976 • Released in the US

December

Wings Fun Club newsletter December 1976 published
December 1976
Gene Roddenbury is reportedly working on a Wings film
December 1976
Wings Over America
By Wings
Dec 10, 1976 • Released in the UK
Paul and Linda McCartney attend Rod Steward's concert in London
Dec 21, 1976

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