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This Day in Music History

Posted: 12:00 a.m. Friday, Feb. 15, 2013

This Day in Music History: February 15th 

By Mike Lapitino

This Day in Music History...

1965: On the day the single of "Eight Days a Week" backed with "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" is released in the US, The Beatles are at Abbey Road studios recording "Ticket to Ride," "Another Girl" and "I Need You" for the soundtrack to Help!

1968: John and Cynthia Lennon and George and Patti Harrison fly to India to study transcendental meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Four days later, Ringo and Maureen Starr, Paul McCartney, Jane Asher, Mia Farrow and Donovan join them.

1974: Mick Jagger, Stevie Wonder, James Taylor and Carly Simon are among the celebs on hand for the opening of The Bottom Line, a new nightclub in Greenwich Village, which stays in business until early 2004.

2005: 3 Doors Down's Seventeen Days debuts at #1 on the album chart.

2006: U2 wins Major Tour of the Year and Most Creative Stage Production at the 17th annual Pollstar Concert Industry Awards in Las Vegas.

2006: Green Day wins the International Group award and the International Album award (for American Idiot) at the Brit Awards in London.

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