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- 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...
- The only song Ringo Starr wanted to play for 100 years There was always a slight caveat put on everything Ringo Starr ever released after The Beatles split.He had no problem being considered one of the least adventurous songwriters out of...
- The rare “love” letter Paul McCartney wrote for John Lennon On July 6th, 1957, a 15-year-old Paul McCartney met a 16-year-old John Lennon at a gig where Lennon’s band, The Quarrymen, were performing their rock ‘n’ roll/skiffle renditions.At the time,...
- The one song John Lennon wanted to walk out on From the minute that The Beatles called it a day, John Lennon was going to be doing whatever the hell he wanted.He didn’t want to spend the rest of his...
- The moment George Harrison first believed in Ringo Starr Ringo Starr was the final piece of the puzzle that turned The Beatles from a highly promising Merseybeat band into the Fab Four. As their drummer, Starr was understated in...
- Man on the Run – Paul McCartney – Amazon Prime Video Man on the Run is an intimate portrait of Paul McCartney’s journey after The Beatles, as he and wife Linda form Wings. Directed by Oscar-winner Morgan Neville, the film explores...
- Happy Birthday, George Harrison! George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter and music and film producer who achieved international fame as the lead...
- The 1971 Paul McCartney Solo Debut That Was Likened to “‘Eleanor Rigby’ in New York City” – American Songwriter For a young Paul McCartney fresh off the heels of The Beatles’ breakup, the world was practically bursting at the seams with equal parts opportunity and pressure. The entire planet...
- The album Liam Gallagher compared to “Lennon and Elvis” combined Liam Gallagher pays few higher compliments than referring to something as being akin to The Beatles. His love of the Fab Four is well publicised, and that’s outside of his...
- TeaFlix Tuesday with Jude Southerland Kessler TeaFlix Tuesday with Jude Southerland Kessler Hosted by Dr. Angie McCartney & Ruth McCartney Jude Southerland Kessler is an American author and widely recognized authority on John Lennon’s life and...
- 4 Beatles Songs With Extremely Trippy Lyrics – American Songwriter The Beatles sang a lot of songs about love and delivered many songs with the word “you” in the title in their early days. But as the 60s progressed, they...
- The singer who scared John Lennon into getting clean John Lennon was never the kind to scare easily. If anything, during The Beatles’ first major tours, there was a good chance that most people knew to stay away from...
The four-week countdown is now on until audiences in Liverpool can experience a brand new stage comedy telling the fascinating story of John Lennon‘s missing childhood banjo. An intriguing mix
Steven Tyler is celebrating the big 7-0. The Aerosmith frontman, who was born on March 26, 1948, in Manhattan, New York, is now a septuagenarian. After living what seems like
A musician has told how he was paid just £40 for his work turning The Beatles’ The Long and Winding Road into a number one hit. Richard Hewson, 74, who
He’s the man who first brought the Beatles’ music to Canada – a year before America embraced Beatlemania. He then
One of the last people alive to have worked with legendary English rock band, The Beatles, has lifted the lid
Despite being one of just six people ever able to call themselves a ‘Beatle’, Pete Best is probably best known
“Whenever you say ‘Beatles’ – that’s the magic word,” said Springfield-based filmmaker and super-Beatle fan Robert Bartel. He would know.
For a 90s kid, being a fan of ‘The Beatles’ after hearing their music well beyond their chartbusters makes you
From the fall of 1966 through to spring of 1967, The Beatles were in the studio recording what would become their eighth
