Here are some of the biggest stories in Beatles history that happened this week in previous years. Click each thumbnail for a larger image.
February 24, 1964. US magazine Newsweek runs with The Beatles on the cover.
February 25, 1963. “Please Please Me” / “Ask Me Why” single released in the US, on George Harrison’s 20th birthday.
February […]
This is the third part of a series on John Lennon’s Guitars. See also:
Part One: Gallotone Champion Acoustic John Lennon Guitar here
Part Two: Hofner Club 40 Electric John Lennon Guitar here.
Click thumbnails below for larger images:
John Lennon’s most famous guitar was his 1958 Rickenbacker 325 electric. On the Beatles’ first trip to Hamburg in […]
To be a successful band, you have to play a lot of shows. To become huge, you have to tour the world. And The Beatles did indeed do some major tours in the first half of the 1960s. But it all started in Liverpool. Here are some photos of he Beatles in Liverpool. Click each […]
It’s that time of week again. Time for another question. Look at last week’s Beatles Blog Quiz question here if you missed it before checking the answer below.
Here’s the new clue:
Martha Stewart meets Howard Stern. I wonder if he asked her what prison was like when she was in the thick of it.
Last week’s clues […]
Last week I posted an interview with Lauren Katulka of Oz Music Scene. This week I bring you Mike’s interview of Deborah Ng, another of my fellow B5 Music bloggers. Deborah’s not just a hobbyist like myself; she’s a professional blogger. Be sure to check out her great blogs and say hi for me.
What blog(s) […]
The second track of the album "Help!" is Paul McCartney’s upbeat bluesy tune "The Night Before". The lyrics deal with a breakup that happened in the last 24 hours, much like another, far more famous Paul track off "Help!", "Yesterday". Stylistically though, the songs are very different.
The instrumentation features a Pianet electric piano and bass […]
Just in case you didn’t have enough songs stuck in your head after my list of 10 One-Hit Wonder Songs I Can’t Get Out of My Rocking Head, here’s what the other kids drew:
Metal Martyr Scott found a way to put the words Barry and Manilow together, on a metal music blog.
Head Bruce’s warning. DON’T […]
Here at B5 Music, we’re doing another list post. These are always fun. This time around the topic is "10 One-Hit Wonder Songs I Can’t Get Out of My Head". You could take this two ways, but I chose to think positively and picked 10 singular hits that I actually like.
Note that the definitions of […]
I can do no better at introducing this than to quote the cute cartoon’s own intro:
On August 30th, 1964, Bob Dylan met the Beatles for the first time at their suite in the Hotel Delmonico in New York City. It was here that Dylan introduced the English pop stars to marijuana cigarettes; an encounter which […]
For those who don’t know, the BRIT Awards are an annual celebration of the best of British pop music, much like the American Grammies. This time around, on Wednesday, Paul McCartney was on hand to receive an award for "Outstanding Contribution to Music".
Now, if you’ve got Paul in your show anyway, you might as well […]
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