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The Beatles Song Paul McCartney Wished Had Been Recorded In America | News | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

    The Beatles Song Paul McCartney Wished Had Been Recorded In America | News | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

The Beatles are closely tied to certain times, and certain places. The streets of Liverpool, for example, or the clubs of Hamburg. A trip to India in 1968, or the

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The last epiphany John Lennon had before he died

    The last epiphany John Lennon had before he died

Throughout his tragically short life, John Lennon learned a lot. In the early days, he learned the power of creative expression, which hinged on his internal Liverpudlian rebellious nature, before

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Behind the Meaning of George Harrison’s “When We Was Fab” – American Songwriter

    Behind the Meaning of George Harrison’s “When We Was Fab” – American Songwriter

Towards the end of the Beatles’ career, it would’ve been hard to imagine George Harrison had much good to say about his time with the band. He, like his other

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The one album Paul McCartney recorded without his band

    The one album Paul McCartney recorded without his band

It can be strange to make the transition to solo songwriting after spending so long working within a band, particularly if that band was the biggest in the world. After

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May Pang to come to Chapel Hill to show never-before-seen photos of her ex, John Lennon –

    May Pang to come to Chapel Hill to show never-before-seen photos of her ex, John Lennon –

May Pang, one of rock ‘n roll’s overlooked muses, is coming to Higgins & Myers Custom Framing and Fine Art

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The song that formed The Traveling Wilburys

    The song that formed The Traveling Wilburys

On the October 17th, 1988, the ultimate supergroup emerged. What do you get when you combine the musical power of

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Grammy nominations preview: An album of the year race that’s impossible to predict and more | CNN

    Grammy nominations preview: An album of the year race that’s impossible to predict and more | CNN

Finish up that espresso, grab your pink cowboy hat and buckle up for what’s shaping up to be ladies night

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The Beatles have a ‘new’ single in the charts 61 years after it was recorded – Liverpool Echo

    The Beatles have a ‘new’ single in the charts 61 years after it was recorded – Liverpool Echo

The Beatles have a new entry in the British charts. Though the band split up in 1970, their enduring popularity

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The Beatles song John Lennon claimed wasn’t about his “ego”

    The Beatles song John Lennon claimed wasn’t about his “ego”

Part of the beauty of songwriting is its subjectivity. Although a musician may pen a composition with a specific muse

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The only rock star John Lennon bowed down to

    The only rock star John Lennon bowed down to

It’s 1965, and John Lennon is perusing the entrance hall of Graceland, traipsing his finger through a film of dust on a commemorative ‘The King’ vase, awaiting Elvis Presley. When

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