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The Beatles: How a schoolboy made the band’s earliest known UK concert recording

    The Beatles: How a schoolboy made the band’s earliest known UK concert recording

The earliest known full recording of The Beatles playing a live concert in the UK, at the point they were becoming the biggest band in the nation, has been revealed

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John Lennon was Actually an Awful Role Model – Foundation for Economic Education

    John Lennon was Actually an Awful Role Model – Foundation for Economic Education

Sixty years ago, Beatlemania was rocking the world of music. Writing in the Atlantic, Colin Fleming refers to 1963 as “that magical and formative year for the band,” “the year

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Royston Ellis, Bridge Between Beat Poets and the Beatles, Dies at 82 – The New York Times

    Royston Ellis, Bridge Between Beat Poets and the Beatles, Dies at 82 – The New York Times

Royston Ellis, a British Beat poet who rose to fame with spoken-word performances to a rock ’n’ roll accompaniment, including gigs with the Beatles and Jimmy Page before they were

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May Pang was set up with ex-Beatle John Lennon by Yoko Ono

    May Pang was set up with ex-Beatle John Lennon by Yoko Ono

May Pang was almost the Yoko Ono of Yoko Ono’s marriage.The then-22-year-old was working as an assistant to Ono and John Lennon when, at Ono’s own request, she reluctantly became

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John Lennon Refused To Reunite With The Beatles Before His Death: ‘No Way!’ | Music Times

    John Lennon Refused To Reunite With The Beatles Before His Death: ‘No Way!’ | Music Times

The Beatles reunited three years after its split in 1970 – but for a different reason.In the years after The

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John Lennon New York ‘Imagine’ mosaic to be replicated in Liverpool – Liverpool Echo

    John Lennon New York ‘Imagine’ mosaic to be replicated in Liverpool – Liverpool Echo

A new mosaic dedicated to the late Beatle John Lennon will soon be open to the public.The Salvation Army’s Strawberry

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The L.A. Mansion That The Beatles Stayed At During North American Tour Is for Rent for $42,000 a Month

    The L.A. Mansion That The Beatles Stayed At During North American Tour Is for Rent for $42,000 a Month

This L.A. rental is sure to spark up some present-day Beatlemania! While The Beatles were embarking on their first North

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The Ladders: The Beatles reunion without Paul McCartney

    The Ladders: The Beatles reunion without Paul McCartney

In 1973, The Beatles all appeared on the same album for the first time since their breakup in 1970. It

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Beatles photos shot by Paul McCartney unveiled ahead of exhibition

    Beatles photos shot by Paul McCartney unveiled ahead of exhibition

The National Portrait Gallery unveiled the five photos from an archive of more than 250 images shot by McCartney between

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The Beatles: Unseen photos of US tour sell for £5,000 – BBC News

    The Beatles: Unseen photos of US tour sell for £5,000 – BBC News

An archive of unseen photographs of The Beatles on tour at the height of Beatlemania have sold at auction for a hammer price of £5,000.The behind-the-scenes pictures were taken during

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