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Today in rock history; MTV is born, George’s concert for Bangladesh and more

    Today in rock history; MTV is born, George’s concert for Bangladesh and more

Today in rock history: on this date in 1980, post-punk giants Siouxsie and the Banshees released its third album, Kaleidoscope. Breaking away from the more jagged punk sound of earlier

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Another Magical Mystery Drum: Ringo’s Golden Snare | Reverb

    Another Magical Mystery Drum: Ringo’s Golden Snare | Reverb

On September 5, 1964, the Ludwig Drum Company presented Ringo Starr with a Super–Sensitive snare, plated in gold. Pictures were taken the moment he received it, and then the gilded

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An Encore for the Native Americans Who Shook Up Rock ’n’ Roll – The New York Times

    An Encore for the Native Americans Who Shook Up Rock ’n’ Roll – The New York Times

Plenty of rock ’n’ roll songs have been banned from the airwaves because of their lyrics, but “Rumble” was the first to be banned because of its very sound. Recorded

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The Beatles win copyright ownership tussle

    The Beatles win copyright ownership tussle

A music company founded by members of The Beatles has won a copyright ownership dispute centering on footage from a music concert.In September last year, The Beatles’ company Apple Corps

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The Story of the ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ | Articles @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com

    The Story of the ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ | Articles @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com

The song entered the local Memphis country charts on February 11 at #2. It later rose to #1, where it

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My ties with The Beatles

    My ties with The Beatles

By Ron Onesti Special to dailyherald.com From time to time, “rock royalty,” at least in my opinion, graces our stage

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Past, Present and Future: Graham Nash on 50 Years of Making Music | Chicago Tonight | WTTW

    Past, Present and Future: Graham Nash on 50 Years of Making Music | Chicago Tonight | WTTW

• Graham Nash turned 75 in February 2017. He was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, and grew up in Manchester, England.•

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Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band movie coming to Blu-ray

    Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band movie coming to Blu-ray

Shout! Factory has announced that it is releasing 1978’s infamous Beatles musical Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on Blu-ray,

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Beatles’ company wins lawsuit over Shea Stadium concert rights

    Beatles’ company wins lawsuit over Shea Stadium concert rights

NEW YORK, July 28 — Apple Corps, the company founded by members of The Beatles, yesterday won the dismissal of a

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Rare poster advertising Beatles concert in Harrogate attracts huge interest at Tennants Auctioneers (From The Northern Echo)

    Rare poster advertising Beatles concert in Harrogate attracts huge interest at Tennants Auctioneers (From The Northern Echo)

A RARE poster advertising a concert staged by The Beatles in North Yorkshire just as they were becoming famous, has attracted a “remarkable” number of bidders at auction.Tennants Auctioneers, in

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