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- The one artist George Harrison was always thankful for No one will ever be able to gauge the kind of impact that George Harrison made upon the world.Every detail of The Beatles’ career has pretty much been etched in...
- The disturbing song Ringo Starr needed to stop playing live There are plenty of songs that were hits back in their day that absolutely wouldn’t fly in the modern world due to how attitudes have changed, and while you might...
- John Lennon said seven words that changed David Bowie’s life On paper, there’s arguably never been a finer collaboration than when John Lennon and David Bowie combined their talents on ‘Fame’.Of course, both men had enjoyed successfully working with other...
- What Are John Lennon’s 5 Biggest US Hits? – American Songwriter We can only speculate where John Lennon might have gone with his music had he not been taken so soon. But we can say for sure that his solo career,...
- The Ringo Starr album that America refused to release For being in one of the biggest bands in the world, Ringo Starr seemed to be the only person who didn’t have the same sheen as the rest of The...
- On This Day in 1967, The Beatles Scored Their 13th No. 1 Hit in the US With a Song Based on a Real-Life Place From Their Childhood – American Songwriter In the 1960s, The Beatles were enjoying No. 1 hits like candy. And on this day in 1967, they scored yet another No. 1 in the United States with a...
- George Harrison on the true mastermind of the Concert for Bangladesh George Harrison‘s trip to India might just be one of the most impactful adventures in all of music.Because when Harrison travelled East in search of spiritual enlightenment, he didn’t just...
- Jimmy Mac RIP 50 years ago today R.I.P. #JimmyMac 3/18/1976 💔💔🌹#JimMcCartney #forevermissed #itwas50yearsagotoday...
- The one Beatle John Lennon said had a better career than him The entire fallout of The Beatles’ breakup was only a good thing in the eyes of John Lennon.He didn’t want to fight among his best friends by any stretch, but...
- Revisiting John Lennon and Frank Zappa’s Hilarious Exchange That Disproved Their Assumptions About Each Other – American Songwriter No one is as acutely aware of how fame can create wild, true rumors about someone quite like a fellow rock star. Yet, even these iconic musicians sometimes buy into...
- The one song George Harrison never wanted to release There are plenty of people who would kill to have nearly anything that George Harrison touched when he was still with us. Every member of The Beatles doesn’t even feel...
- George Harrison Originally Offered This Song to Eric Clapton Before Giving it to Guitarist, and Traveling Wilburys Collaborator, Gary Moore – American Songwriter In 1989, George Harrison offered four songs he had written to Eric Clapton for his eleventh album, Journeyman. Clapton ended up using Harrison’s “Run So Far,” while the other three...
- 4 Classic Rock Legends Who Had No. 1 Hits in 1971 That Have Stood the Test of Time – American Songwriter Rock music certainly doesn’t have the impact it once did on the Billboard Hot 100. In fact, you’d have to go back more than 25 years for the last time...
- TeaFlix Tuesday with David Spindel TeaFlix Tuesday with David Spindel Hosted by Dr. Angie McCartney & Ruth McCartney Born on August 31, 1941, David M. Spindel grew up in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn...
- The exact moment George Harrison discovered Ravi Shankar It can’t be overstated how life-changing the work of sitarist Ravi Shankar was to a young George Harrison.Once exposed to Shankar’s signature raga scales, an entire creative and personal path...
- “It was awful”: The Elvis Presley song John Lennon hated The entire construct of rock and roll would look completely different were it not for Elvis Presley.Although Chuck Berry and Little Richard may have started the trend of having loud...
- The song George Harrison wanted 20 million people to sing There’s a good chance that George Harrison could have released anything after The Beatles, and it would have still sold. Even if everyone was heartbroken about the band breaking up,...
- ‘Man on the Run’ documents Paul McCartney’s decade of transformation : NPR When The Beatles broke up in 1969, Paul McCartney found himself at a crossroads, Oscar-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville says. Newly married to photographer Linda McCartney, the 27-year-old rock star was...
- The one band George Harrison said would live on forever Nothing that George Harrison ever made was meant to cash in on trends.The Beatles may have started out riding the wave of rock and roll, but by the time they...
- Mike McCartney leads tributes as Quarrymen legend Len Garry dies aged 84 – Liverpool Echo Mike McCartney has led tributes to Merseybeat pioneer Len Garry, who has died aged 84. Garry, a member of The Quarrymen – the band that would later evolve into The...
Sometimes the best ideas arise out of listlessness rather than hard-graft. Popular opinion states that masterpieces must be quietly honed to perfection. Though some of The Beatles’ best works were
The extensive back-catalogue of The Beatles is the envy of any musician worth their weight in gold. The band have delivered reams of countless songs but it was arguably their
The documentary series “The Beatles: Get Back” has viewers buzzing from the level of intimate access the footage provides, and if you’re wondering what other documentaries are out there that
A new book examining the middle years of The Beatles’ recorded output is being published this fall. The Beatles Rubber Soul
Ringo Starr’s childhood was full of challenges that the budding drummer was forced to overcome. The young Liverpudlian learnt early
As The Beatles moved out of their pop megastardom of the early 1960s, new styles and approaches called for a
Sparks immediately flew between George Harrison and Pattie Boyd, but their romance didn’t have much chance of lasting. Boyd claimed
The Beatles’ Abbey Road album has one of the most iconic covers in music history, with fans regularly flocking to the
Rocky remains one of George’s most distinctive and beloved guitars. To honor the Day-Glo icon, Fender has lovingly replicated the
