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The Beatles Only Played San Diego Once, and First-Hand Accounts Describe the Intensity of Beatlemania – American Songwriter

    The Beatles Only Played San Diego Once, and First-Hand Accounts Describe the Intensity of Beatlemania – American Songwriter

The Beatles made their only appearance in San Diego, California, as a last-minute addition to their 1965 U.S. tour, and by all first-hand accounts, they certainly made their time count

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John Lennon’s NYC Period Collected in Box, ‘Power to the People’

    John Lennon’s NYC Period Collected in Box, ‘Power to the People’

A new John Lennon box set focusing on his most political era will be released on Oct. 10, one day after what would have been his 85th birthday.The 12-disc Power

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George Harrison on the Thing That Helped Save Him From the “Depression” of the 1970s – American Songwriter

    George Harrison on the Thing That Helped Save Him From the “Depression” of the 1970s – American Songwriter

The Beatles’ breakup in the tail-end of the 1960s and the earliest part of the 1970s was a shocking blow to the musical community at large, but it was an

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Billy Joel picks the best and the worst of The Beatles

    Billy Joel picks the best and the worst of The Beatles

Despite being the biggest band in music history with a huge legacy and spanning discography, there’s also something about The Beatles that feels oddly personal. Each person has their own

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The Wings album that Paul McCartney said made him proud

    The Wings album that Paul McCartney said made him proud

When it comes to all of the projects that arose after The Beatles broke up, one might want to argue

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The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present

    The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present

The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Washington Post Notable Book Excerpted in The New

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How rejected Beatles songs became John Lennon’s best work

    How rejected Beatles songs became John Lennon’s best work

By the end of The Beatles, none of the Fab Four were happy sharing their tunes. They had reached an

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TeaFlix Tuesday with Jon Kremer (Beatles Author)

    TeaFlix Tuesday with Jon Kremer (Beatles Author)

Tuesday’s guest is pop-culture and #Beatles author Jon Kremer – Born in London, Jon Kremer has lived in the Bournemouth

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60 Years Ago, The Beatles Tackled James Bond With Help! – Paste Magazine

    60 Years Ago, The Beatles Tackled James Bond With Help! – Paste Magazine

The greatest challenge that any biographical film about the Beatles has faced is that the “Fab Four” rose to prominence

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“3 Minutes of Contradiction”: The Only Thing John Lennon Liked About a “Meaningless” Paul McCartney-Penned Beatles Classic – American Songwriter

    “3 Minutes of Contradiction”: The Only Thing John Lennon Liked About a “Meaningless” Paul McCartney-Penned Beatles Classic – American Songwriter

John Lennon wasn’t the most complimentary of Paul McCartney‘s music. He often thought his songwriting leaned on the silly side, calling his unique voice “granny sh**.” That fact might come

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