The singer landed up in Kosuge Prison in downtown Tokyo after a customs officer at Narita Airport found a large wodge of marijuana in his suitcase on Jan 16, 1980.
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- Quote of the day by John Lennon: ‘If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace,’ a powerful life lesson explaining that harmony comes from within, not from materialistic gains | English Movie News – The Times of India It is easy to say that everyone wants peace. The harder question is what people are willing to do for it. Read more, click link below… Source: Quote of the...
- The 1969 bass line Paul McCartney had to ‘sell’ George Harrison Time for a brutal reality: sometimes, it’s impossible to believe that The Beatles could even work in a band together.That’s obviously not to say that their sound was somehow disjointed...
- The 1970s band John Lennon lamented being compared to The Beatles The Beatles haven’t existed for over half a century, yet the fascination with finding their ‘successor’ still hasn’t really died down. There was a particular period, however, the late 1960s...
- What was the worst song George Harrison wrote for The Beatles? It’s funny that on Abbey Road, the album that many would consider The Beatles’ greatest ever, the very best songs came from the musician long overshadowed as a songwriter. With...
- Peter Max, Psychedelic Pop-Art Visionary and Friend of The Beatles, Dies at 88 Peter Max, Psychedelic Pop-Art Visionary and Friend of The Beatles, Dies at 88 Peter Max, the artist whose exploding rainbows, cosmic landscapes, stars, flowers and Day-Glo colors helped create the...
- The Kinks’ Dave Davies claims “George Harrison was the only one” of The Beatles… – Gold Radio The rivalry rumbles on…. The Kinks’ guitarist Dave Davies has never been one to turn his nose up at the opportunity to make a headline. Even still, the music legends...
- The Beatles song inspired by a 1960s rival and a “wild experience” Eric Burdon has always held a peculiar place in the history of pop culture. He was just a humble layabout from Newcastle whose voice suited the sound of a revolution....
- The Best and Worst Song From Every Beatles Album of the Beatlemania Era – American Songwriter There’s a best and worst song on virtually every album out there. But picking the best and worst from a band like The Beatles is no easy task. If you...
- John Lennon paid another artist royalties on favourite song John Lennon had many heroes and, in truth, quite a few more enemies in the music industry thanks to his inability to keep his tongue from sharing his innermost thoughts....
- THE BEATLES RELEASE NEW RECORDING ‘NORWEGIAN WOOD (THIS BIRD HAS FLOWN) (SECOND VERSION – TAKE 2)’ | The Beatles ALTERNATE VERSION OF ‘NORWEGIAN WOOD (THIS BIRD HAS FLOWN)’ CAPTURES AN EARLY ARRANGEMENT OF THE SONG AND GEORGE HARRISON’S PIONEERING USE OF THE SITARTAKEN FROM NEW RUBBER SOUL SPECIAL EDITION...
- The “beautiful” 1950 song Paul McCartney needed to record Paul McCartney didn’t really need to look for any new material whenever he worked on one of his records.He was the living embodiment of what pop music stood for whenever...
- The 1968 album John Lennon called The Beatles’ greatest work The Beatles’ catalogue was always the best and worst thing to talk about when talking to John Lennon.He was already one of the biggest artists in the world, so naturally,...
- The 1965 Beatles song George Harrison and John Lennon couldn’t agree on One of the best things about The Beatles during their early days was how different they all appeared to be from one another. Elvis Presley had been dominating the musical...
- A 1966 Paul McCartney song “came from the first line” and is his best ever It’s fun to listen to the work of Paul McCartney throughout the years and see how much his songwriting style has changed.Whether you’re listening to his work within The Beatles,...
- The 1950s Beatles song Paul McCartney admits is “not great” Neither Paul McCartney nor John Lennon stepped out of the womb with the ability to write ‘Let It Be’, and it even took years of dedication before they penned ‘I...
- On This Day in 1962, The Beatles Recorded the US Version of Their Debut Single—Written by Lennon and McCartney Before the Band Formed – American Songwriter On this day (September 11) in 1962, the Beatles recorded the third version of “Love Me Do.” It was their debut single in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at...
- Remember When George Harrison Flourished as a Songwriter on a New Beatles Album in 1965? – American Songwriter The album Help! doesn’t receive the same kind of attention as some of the other albums in The Beatles’ catalog. Most people think of it as a transitional LP, caught...
- The lost Paul McCartney song Marianne Faithfull rejected In 1968, or even 2008 for that matter, the idea of an artist turning down a song written by Paul McCartney seems utterly ludicrous. After all, he’s a Beatle responsible...
- The Beatles song Graham Nash taught John Lennon to sing in 1963 The fact that The Beatles succeeded at all in their early days feels like a success story for any aspiring musicians. Since none of them had any formal training and...
- These 4 Songs Were Written by The Beatles and Recorded by Their Musical Idols – American Songwriter We know that The Beatles had many admirers among other musicians. They were also huge music fans themselves. Once they secured their clout in the industry, some of those folks...
In 1963, The Beatles came to Southport to play a six-day run at the Odeon Cinema on Lord Street.The shows featured a setlist including She Loves You, I Saw You
Paul Peabody, a violinist with the New York City Ballet, played the violin solo in “My Heart Will Go On” from the movie sountrack. He will auction off a violin
AS the driving force behind sixties icons The Moody Blues, Justin Hayward penned classics like Nights in White Satin, New Horizons, Question, The Voice and Your Wildest Dreams, before his
By Andrew Mearns Prior to the construction of AT&T Park in 2000, Candlestick Park served as the home of the
A new National Library exhibition breathes life into old relics from popular culture. A tramways timetable and drivers’ license wouldn’t
The deeds for Eleanor Rigby’s grave-space will go under the hammer at a Beatles memorabilia auction in Warrington next month.
Record bosses have spent millions trying to create the perfect pop song.They find heart-throb singers who will set teenagers’ hearts
FIFTY years after his death, Brian Epstein is still known as the man who made the Liverpool band a phenomenon
Statues and busts of Vladimir Lenin, once ubiquitous in Ukraine, have been torn down in every city across the country
