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17 January, 1964 – I Want To Hold Your Hand Reaches No.1 in the USA Cashbox chart | The Beatles

    17 January, 1964 – I Want To Hold Your Hand Reaches No.1 in the USA Cashbox chart | The Beatles

When I Want To Hold Your Hand went to No.1 in the USA Cashbox chart – the band’s first No.1 in the States – The Beatles were doing a run

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How many solo concerts did John Lennon perform?

    How many solo concerts did John Lennon perform?

By the time of their 1966 live show halt, The Beatles had clocked an exhaustive number of sets under their belts. Back when Pete Best was behind the drum kit

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The first song John Lennon and Paul McCartney bonded over

    The first song John Lennon and Paul McCartney bonded over

The meeting of John Lennon and Paul McCartney changed music forever. After fate directed a run-in at a summer fair, where Lennon was on stage, and a young McCartney was

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Why John Lennon felt betrayed by Bob Dylan

    Why John Lennon felt betrayed by Bob Dylan

John Lennon was a big Bob Dylan fan. At one point in the early 1960s, The Beatles would even go so far as to call the folk star their “idol”,

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The Beatles favourite John Lennon deemed meaningless

    The Beatles favourite John Lennon deemed meaningless

When embarking on the musical odyssey through The Beatles‘ extensive back catalogue it is difficult to find yourself agreeing with

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Paul McCartney’s best lyricism, according to John Lennon

    Paul McCartney’s best lyricism, according to John Lennon

At the start, John Lennon and Paul McCartney were one and the same, or two halves of the same coin.

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“I’m Not Interested”: The Beatles Song That Highlighted John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s Differing Songwriting Approaches – American Songwriter

    “I’m Not Interested”: The Beatles Song That Highlighted John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s Differing Songwriting Approaches – American Songwriter

John Lennon and Paul McCartney had one of the most prolific and influential songwriting partnerships of modern musical history, but

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The person John Lennon thought gave new life to his music

    The person John Lennon thought gave new life to his music

The years before and after The Beatles started might as well be considered BC and AD for modern pop music.

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Every solo song John Lennon wrote for The Beatles

    Every solo song John Lennon wrote for The Beatles

Being a songwriter doesn’t necessarily stop when an artist walks out of the studio. For any creative artist, a song

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The Beatles hit John Lennon wrote in his “fat Elvis period”

    The Beatles hit John Lennon wrote in his “fat Elvis period”

Despite being adored by millions, John Lennon was crippled with prangs of self-doubt. Everything he touched with The Beatles was celebrated by music lovers and critics alike, which could have

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