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The day John Lennon burnt a priceless Matisse painting at Hugh Hefner’s mansion

    The day John Lennon burnt a priceless Matisse painting at Hugh Hefner’s mansion

John Lennon has passed into history as one of the most creative minds walking on this planet. The former Beatle and icon of rock music had many talents, but apparently,

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George Harrison: Ringo Starr recalls the bittersweet joke Beatles bandmate made on… – Smooth

    George Harrison: Ringo Starr recalls the bittersweet joke Beatles bandmate made on… – Smooth

Ringo Starr revealed the last thing Beatles‘ star George Harrison said to him on his deathbed, and it’s incredibly moving. In footage taken from the Martin Scorsese documentary George Harrison:

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Did the Beatles and Bob Dylan write a song together?

    Did the Beatles and Bob Dylan write a song together?

Did the Beatles and Bob Dylan write a song together? Is there a lost Bob Dylan song about someone named “Maureen”? Why haven’t we heard the Beatles and Bob Dylan

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John Lennon’s song that “sums it all up” for Paul McCartney

    John Lennon’s song that “sums it all up” for Paul McCartney

John Lennon and Paul McCartney formed the most successful songwriting partnership in history in the late 1950s. Joined by George Harrison and Ringo Starr by the dawn of the 1960s,

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The Beatles’ solo careers and who fared the best after split – Liverpool Echo

    The Beatles’ solo careers and who fared the best after split – Liverpool Echo

Following the Beatles split in 1970, the Fab Four went their separate ways and continued making music. Some members had

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The mystery singer in The Beatles’ ‘All You Need Is Love’

    The mystery singer in The Beatles’ ‘All You Need Is Love’

With a little help from some friends, The Beatles changed the face of popular music almost single-handedly throughout the 1960s.

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George Harrison claimed that he and Keith Richards communicated by sending each other T-shirts. – Techno Trenz

    George Harrison claimed that he and Keith Richards communicated by sending each other T-shirts. – Techno Trenz

Keith Richards and George Harrison got along well. They were the only two people in the 1960s who had experienced

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‘The Beatles And India’ Blu-Ray Review – A Look At The Fab Four’s Quest For Enlightenment & Creativity

    ‘The Beatles And India’ Blu-Ray Review – A Look At The Fab Four’s Quest For Enlightenment & Creativity

Rare archival footage, recordings and photographs, eye-witness accounts and expert comments along with location shoots across India, bring alive the

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The first recording of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison

    The first recording of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison

The Beatles have such a solid and far-reaching cultural grasp; are so immortally burned into the public cultural consciousness, that

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The 10 best songs based on real crimes

    The 10 best songs based on real crimes

There seems to have been something of a cultural obsession with serial killers and ‘true crime’ over the past decade or so. Seemingly every week crops up a new documentary

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