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The Beatles song that ended Oasis’ career

    The Beatles song that ended Oasis’ career

Oasis’ volatility and self-destructive tendencies were baked into the band’s DNA. Hell, the Gallagher brothers could hardly get through a joint interview during the height of their fame without things

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Central Park’s Strawberry Fields Is A Beautiful Tribute To The Late John Lennon

    Central Park’s Strawberry Fields Is A Beautiful Tribute To The Late John Lennon

Few bands ever get to be as famous as the Beatles. But sometimes with fame comes dangers and in April 1981 the Beatles star John Lennon was murdered by Central

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The Paul McCartney song that was almost a Beatles hit

    The Paul McCartney song that was almost a Beatles hit

On January 14th, 1969, Paul McCartney entered the largely-vacant Twickenham studios to continue working on The Beatles Get Back project. During a conversation with a member of the film crew,

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Enter John Lennon Songwriting Contest | Music Connection Magazine

    Enter John Lennon Songwriting Contest | Music Connection Magazine

  The John Lennon Songwriting Contest SESSION I is closing soon. The JLSC will present over $300,000 in cash awards and prizes to songwriters this year. This is your chance to win cash and

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Why are three Beatles drumming on ‘Back in the U.S.S.R’?

    Why are three Beatles drumming on ‘Back in the U.S.S.R’?

It’s one of the more trivia-friendly facts from The Beatles’ very trivia-friendly career: The Beatles, also known as The White

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A Look Behind the Famous ‘Abbey Road’ Album Cover by The Beatles

    A Look Behind the Famous ‘Abbey Road’ Album Cover by The Beatles

First things first. The photograph emblazoned on The Beatles‘ Abbey Road album cover was indeed taken on a street named

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‘I’m a doctor at last’: Ringo Starr receives honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music

    ‘I’m a doctor at last’: Ringo Starr receives honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music

Ringo Starr, best known for his time as the drummer for The Beatles, received an honorary doctorate from Berklee College

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The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers covers George Harrison

    The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers covers George Harrison

The Beatles have inspired almost every band known to man, and The Killers are no different. In 2014, the group’s

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John Lennon and His Big Mouth – The Good Men Project

    John Lennon and His Big Mouth – The Good Men Project

Sometimes I think differently than the people I am generally like minded with. Perhaps some of it is my personal

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John Lennon’s lawyer turns paperback writer to recount little-known case

    John Lennon’s lawyer turns paperback writer to recount little-known case

In March 1975, Jay Bergen stepped off an elevator on the seventh floor of the Dakota, New York City’s famed luxury co-op on the Upper West Side. He was met

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