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The Beatles’ song that Paul McCartney ‘wrote in two hours’ and called a ‘work job’ – Liverpool Echo

    The Beatles’ song that Paul McCartney ‘wrote in two hours’ and called a ‘work job’ – Liverpool Echo

The Beatles were prolific in the eight years that Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon and George Harrison were together as a band. Between 1962 and 1970, they released 12

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The hypocrite who inspired John Lennon to write a diss track

    The hypocrite who inspired John Lennon to write a diss track

John Lennon was no stranger to a biting song. Sure, he could write about love and hope, urging people to imagine a better and kinder world, but he was just

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When George Harrison’s idea was killed by The Traveling Wilbury’s

    When George Harrison’s idea was killed by The Traveling Wilbury’s

The word supergroup does enough to send a shiver down my spine these days. Laced with commerciality and usually a self-professed title, the idea of music’s titans forming rarely works

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The Beatles song George Martin said was created by the gods

    The Beatles song George Martin said was created by the gods

There is no right way to create a classic song every time an artist walks into the studio. As much as people like the idea of everything going right in

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George Harrison on the secret weapon of the Traveling Wilburys

    George Harrison on the secret weapon of the Traveling Wilburys

A band is always much more than the people out front half the time. The frontman and the lead guitarist

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Beatles special co-produced by Long Island studio airs on PBS Thirteen | Long Island Business News

    Beatles special co-produced by Long Island studio airs on PBS Thirteen | Long Island Business News

A Beatles special that was co-produced by a Long Island studio is now airing on PBS Thirteen.“Deconstructing the Beatles,” is

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The song John Lennon could’ve sung better than Paul McCartney

    The song John Lennon could’ve sung better than Paul McCartney

John Lennon and Paul McCartney have shared the writing credits on countless songs for The Beatles. But, in truth, the

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The George Harrison song The Beatles didn’t take seriously

    The George Harrison song The Beatles didn’t take seriously

We tend to paint the picture of The Beatles as one of glorious technicolour psychedelic mania, sunshine and roses –

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Tune In: Deconstructing the Beatles on PBS!

    Tune In: Deconstructing the Beatles on PBS!

For over 20 years, Scott has been “deconstructing” the band’s music, first though sold-out live presentations across the country, then

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The Beatles movie John Lennon dismissed as “a drag”

    The Beatles movie John Lennon dismissed as “a drag”

It did not take long for The Beatles to emerge from Liverpool and become the biggest band in the world. Releasing their debut single in 1962, the ‘Mop Tops’ were

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