1962

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.