Chris goes to Liverpool University to study architecture. During 1981 ‑1982 he spends a year gaining practical experience in a London architectural practice, designing a staircase in an industrial development in Milton Keynes. “It’s not a remarkable staircase”, he comments when visiting it in 1988, “It’s just a functional staircase”.
‘Please Please Me’—one of the few songs with the distinction of being mentioned in a PSB lyric (‘Nothing Has Been Proved’)—is released in the U.K. as the Beatles’ second single.
BPI awards a U.K. gold record to Disco and a platinum album to Please.
The Boys begin recording ‘Memory of the Future,’ the first track they’re working on with Andrew Dawson, the co-producer of their next album.
Using a musical idea that Neil had recently sung into his cellphone, the Boys begin work on a new track titled ‘You Are the One’ (soon to be retitled ‘The One I Want,’ though it will eventually revert to its original title), which they will continue to develop over the next few days.