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10 Things You Might Not Know About The Beatles | KSHE 95

The Beatles were formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act

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Films to Quench Your ’60s Music Nostalgia | Mother Jones

Nostalgic fans of a certain age who like to pontificate about how great music was in the ’60s can cite a couple of new home video releases to back up

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‘Breakfast With the Beatles’ provides the finale as KLOS-FM leaves its home of 47 years – LA Times

A long chapter in Los Angeles rock radio comes to an end today, Dec. 11, when radio station KLOS-FM (95.5) broadcasts its final programs out of the Culver City studio

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Remembering Otis Redding: Live At The Whisky A Go Go In 1966

A plane crash following a concert in Madison, Wisconsin took the life of Otis Redding on this date in 1967. Despite an all-too-short career, the acclaimed 26-year-old soul singer is

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Lennon told: ‘You’ll be shot on an island’ | News | The Times & The Sunday Times

John Lennon was told by an astrologer that he “would be shot on an island”, 11 years before he was

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40 Years Ago: Paul McCartney Marks a Career Milestone With ‘Wings Over America’

Recorded in the summer of 1976, Wings Over America arrived on Dec. 10 of that year feeling like a triumphant

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Weird Jobs of the World: Guarding John Lennon’s Glasses in Cuba | info-europa

Aleeda Rodriguez Pedrasa has one of the most unusual jobs in the world – she gets paid by the Cuban government

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‘Baby you can drive my car’ — John Lennon’s 230SL headed to Worldwide Scottsdale sale | Classic Car News

John Lennon’s 1965 Mercedes-Benz 230SL will be featured in the docket for Worldwide Auctioneers’ inaugural Scottsdale sale, scheduled for January

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Prison letter sent by Mark David Chapman revealed on anniversary of John Lennon’s murder | Daily Mail Online

A never-before-seen prison letter sent by the man who murdered Beatles legend John Lennon has been unearthed by DailyMail.com.Lennon was

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John Lennon’s Irish roots and fierce support of Irish independence | IrishCentral.com

Although three-quarters of The Beatles line up had Irish roots, throughout the years of Beatlemania, John Lennon knew little of his connection to Ireland, other than the DNA link inherited

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