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The Beatles song when Paul McCartney rejected John Lennon

    The Beatles song when Paul McCartney rejected John Lennon

There is no greater story of success in the music industry than The Beatles. The group broke into the collective consciousness in the earliest moments of the 1960s and would

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The one project George Harrison despised making

    The one project George Harrison despised making

George Harrison was never one to get into the music business to make a quick buck. It may have been nice to have some of the most lucrative things that

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A Hard Day’s Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song

    A Hard Day’s Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song

A Hard Day’s Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song A lavishly illustrated, rollicking account of the real people and events that inspired the Beatles’ lyrics. Who was “just seventeen”

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The Beatles – Bass Tab Anthology: 30 Must-Know Hits in Standard Notation and Tab with Lyrics (Bass Recorded Versions)

    The Beatles – Bass Tab Anthology: 30 Must-Know Hits in Standard Notation and Tab with Lyrics (Bass Recorded Versions)

The Beatles – Bass Tab Anthology: 30 Must-Know Hits in Standard Notation and Tab with Lyrics (Bass Recorded Versions) (Bass Recorded Versions Persona). 30 must-know Beatles bass classics transcribed note-for-note

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The song John Lennon would have given anything to have written

    The song John Lennon would have given anything to have written

The world of music is now full of seemingly unattainable stars with legacies that stretch out of the public stratosphere

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George Harrison’s “most depressing” period in The Beatles

    George Harrison’s “most depressing” period in The Beatles

Even though 2021’s phenomenal Get Back documentary helped recontextualise some of the infamous ego battles seen in the original 1970’s

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Paul McCartney’s best guitar solo for The Beatles

    Paul McCartney’s best guitar solo for The Beatles

One of the things that made The Beatles so powerful was the multi-talented nature of the group. It wasn’t just

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The Beatles song John Lennon wrote to “confuse” his audience

    The Beatles song John Lennon wrote to “confuse” his audience

‘John Lennon was a true artist and put a lot of faith in taking his soul, stretching it out into

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Why didn’t The Beatles play Woodstock?

    Why didn’t The Beatles play Woodstock?

Let’s imagine it together: The Beatles did their rooftop concert. The challenging Get Back sessions ended with that iconic moment,

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George Harrison names the best and worst Beatles albums

    George Harrison names the best and worst Beatles albums

I put forward an argument recently that I don’t think The Beatles would ever have reunited even if George Harrison and John Lennon had survived. Without going into too much

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