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John Lennon was many things to many people. While most famous for his music, he was also a successful author and visual artist. Soon, a giant exhibition of John’s visual artwork will be unleashed in his original hometown, Liverpool.
From 23 May through 2 June, John Lennon: The Complete Collection of Artworks will run at […]
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The Chelsea Flower Show - England’s most famous annual garden show - always draws a slew of celebrities and this year is no exception. Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr showed up to see a garden tribute to fellow Beatle George Harrison. Olivia Harrison, George’s widow, designed the exhibit to tell the story of George’s […]
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Today, Sunday 18 May 2008, is THE day to buy British newspaper The Mail on Sunday. Why? As I reported almost two weeks ago, Paul McCartney’s latest album, Memory Almost Full, is free with your copy. As a teaser, here’s a short video of Paul showing how he came up with one of the tracks.
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John Lennon, and The Beatles in general, are known for using a lot of hollow-bodied electric guitars, especially Rickenbackers. But they did make occasional use of solid-bodied guitars, like the Fender Stratocaster featured in the latest edition of our series on John Lennon’s guitars. See earlier entries here:
Part One: Gallotone Champion Acoustic John Lennon […]
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This is an easy one. Name this Beatles tune. If you know the answer, leave a comment. Oh what joy for every girl and boy.
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Buy This John Lennon New York Poster
May 11 - 1970. The Beatles last US single, The Long and Winding Road / For You Blue, is released.
May 12 - 1965. Last day of filming for the Beatles movie, Help!
May 13 - 1970. World premiere of Beatles documentary film Let It Be, in New York.
May 14 - […]
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Yesterday is often cited as the most covered song in the history of popular music. While that title may be in dispute, some sources claim there are over 3000 recorded versions. Here is just one. Elvis Presley, singing Yesterday in a 1970 rehearsal. What do you think?
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While Paul McCartney was the only member of The Beatles to be heard on the recording of “Yesterday”, the whole band played it in concert. Here’s footage from a Tokyo concert in 1966.
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Yesterday is one of the most enduring, most recognizable, most covered Beatles songs. From its 1965 release it was the most often played song on American radio for 11 years straight. But it didn’t exactly have such an auspicious beginning.
Paul McCartney originally wrote the tune in 1964. According to legend, he woke up from a […]
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If you happen to be in the Baltimore or DC area at the end of the month, you might want to check out a live concert of The Pete Best Band (see sample video of the band above). Pete Best is the drummer that was fired from The Beatles right before they hit it big. […]
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