Releases
- 5 October - Love Me Do (The Beatles first single in the UK)
Events
- 1 January - Decca session; 15 songs recorded.
- 10 March - Hamburg tour starts; Stuart Sutcliffe dies of a brain hemorrhage.
- 4 June - Signing of first recording contract with EMI.
- 16 August - Pete Best is fired from the band by Brian Epstein.
- 23 August - John Lennon marries Cynthia Powell.