In the mid-1960s the Beatles were not just a cultural force, they were an economic one. At their peak, their records and ticket sales were generating $650 a second in
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- “Because I don’t read music, I didn’t know what the melody that went with it was”: Paul McCartney explains why his musical limitations and “stealing” benefitted the Abbey Road medley that gave us The Beatles’ true swansong | MusicRadar In the latest episode of iHeartPodcast series McCartney: A Life In Lyrics, The Beatles’ grand finale to the Abbey Road album is under the microscope with the songwriter and host,...
- JOHN LENNON’S 12-STRING FOR SALE A long-lost 12-string acoustic guitar that John Lennon played on “Help” is going to auction and is expected to set a record price.The guitar was also played by George Harrison...
- George Harrison’s brutal judgment of Guns N’ Roses Guns N’ Roses weren’t ones to take shit from anybody. If there was anyone on the Sunset Strip who complained that they made garbage music or said that Axl Rose...
- 94-Year-Old Author Dr. Angie McCartney Releases Limited Edition Coffee Table Book “There Are Faces I Remember” 94-Year-Old Author Dr. Angie McCartney Releases Limited Edition Coffee Table Book “There Are Faces I Remember” This exquisite LIMITED EDITION boxed book is a visual tribute to the iconic faces...
- The simple reason Ringo Starr is such a special drummer The Beatles are indisputably the biggest band of all time. They spent the 1960s revolutionising production and paved the way for the music industry as we know it today, all...
- The Beatles’ members’ least favourite Beatles album There’s no disputing that The Beatles produced some extraordinary music. In fact, it’s fair to say they crafted historic, world-changing music that permanently reshaped the landscape of rock and roll....
- The 5 Best Guest Appearances on Beatles Songs – American Songwriter The Beatles succeeded for countless reasons, but their chemistry as four instrumentalists had a lot to do with it. For the vast majority of their songs, John Lennon, Paul McCartney,...
- The crucial advice Paul McCartney passed on to Ron Howard If you’re looking for advice on how to survive the entertainment industry, few people could provide words with more wisdom and weight than Paul McCartney. Propelled to global success by...
- How did The Beatles split their money? When a young scamp named Paul McCartney joined John Lennon in his Merseyside skiffle band The Quarrymen in 1957, not even in his wildest dreams could comprehend the level of...
- ‘Beatles Love’ by Cirque du Soleil to close at the Mirage on July 7: Travel Weekly “We hope you have enjoyed the show … We’re sorry but it’s time to go.”Those lyrics from “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Repise)” have a special poignancy in Las...
- John Lennon’s Last Interview – CultureSonar Editor’s Note: Former radio executive Laurie Kaye is the author of Confessions of A Rock ‘N Roll Name-Dropper: My Life Leading Up to Lennon’s Last Interview.She was part of the...
- Ranking the 5 Best Album-Opening Songs on Beatles Albums – American Songwriter The Beatles revolutionized music in more ways than we have space to list here. For one: They transformed (accidentally at first, consciously as time passed) the status of the LP...
- 10 Biggest Takeaways From New Beatles Tell-All Book Peter Brown, 87, worked for the Beatles, introduced Paul McCartney to his wife, Linda Eastman, was best man at John and Yoko’s wedding and was immortalized in John Lennon’s lyric,...
- The Beatles Tease Announcement With Disney + There’s movement in the Beatles camp. Less than six months after the Fab Four dropped what was billed as their last song, “Now And Then,” the legendary British band’s website...
- Beatles documentary Let It Be to be released on Disney+ | Bracknell News Beatles film Let It Be will be relaunched exclusively on Disney+ more than 50 years after its premiere, the streaming service has announced.The documentary, originally released amid the band’s break-up,...
- George Harrison’s elaborate prank on Phil Collins may be the funniest joke in rock history – Upworthy Beatle George Harrison was pigeon-holed as the “Quiet Beatle,” but the youngest member of the Fab Four had an acerbic, dry sense of humor that was as sharp as the...
- 4-Time Grammy® Winner Chuck Ainlay on TeaFlix Tuesday The McCartney ladies welcome 4-Time Grammy winner, producer, engineer Chuck Ainlay live from Nashville, TN. In case you missed the live show, you can watch it here… Producer/Engineer, Chuck Ainlay...
- Sir Paul McCartney ‘romped with two female fans for three days at the peak of The Beatles’ fame’ | Entertainment | mtdemocrat.com Sir Paul McCartney is said to have romped with two female fans for three days at the peak of The Beatles’ fame.The 81-year-old ‘Let It Be’ singer, who is now...
- Paul McCartney and John Lennon Sons Release New Song ‘Primrose Hill’ Last year saw the release of the Beatles’ new song: “Now And Then,” which was promoted as the band’s final single — but there’s a new McCartney/Lennon pairing. Paul and...
- The Beatles song that George Harrison said was “PR for God” When it was announced that there would be four different movies made about each member of The Beatles, a lot of people laughed. They decided it was overkill; why should...
Released on this day in 1965, Rubber Soul is the sixth studio album by the Beatles. Just like previous Beatles albums, this one topped the record charts in Britain and
Paul McCartney’s Aston Martin DB5 and Ringo Starr’s hatchback Mini will be offered by Bonhams in the New Bond Street auction.Ringo Starr drove a garishly-sprayed Mini, John Lennon drove a
What do Miles Davis, Andy Warhol, John F Kennedy, Mahatma Gandhi, Alfred Hitchcock, Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci and, now, the Beatles have in common? Quite apart from the enormous
The thing is when you go to a Paul McCartney show and hear Beatles songs you are mostly hearing Beatles
A NORTH INDIAN state will mark the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ visit to the country in the spring next
The director of a wildly popular 1960’s cartoon is in the Tri-State.Ron Campbell, director of The Beatles’ Saturday morning cartoon
Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band may have bene less than 100 tickets short of selling out the Fox
Legendary French singer Johnny Hallyday – known as the ‘French Elvis’ – has died aged 74 after a battle against
Songs that were arrows aimed at the collective heart of nations. Songs that captured the tempo and temper of a
