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Chris Whorf Dead: Grammy-Winning Art Director Was 76 | Hollywood Reporter

    Chris Whorf Dead: Grammy-Winning Art Director Was 76 | Hollywood Reporter

He worked for Casablanca music impresario Neil Bogart and helped design album covers for John Lennon, David Bowie, Donna Summer and Cher. Chris Whorf, a Grammy Award-winning art director who

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Incredibly rare guitar, one of only 75 in entire world, has just sold for thousands in this Truro music shop – Cornwall Live

    Incredibly rare guitar, one of only 75 in entire world, has just sold for thousands in this Truro music shop – Cornwall Live

An incredibly rare guitar, one of only 75 ever made, has just been sold off for £9,000 – in Truro city centre.Renowned rock and roll music shop Modern Music, which

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Songs with chord changes light up brain’s reward centre | Daily Mail Online

    Songs with chord changes light up brain’s reward centre | Daily Mail Online

Record bosses have spent millions trying to create the perfect pop song.They find heart-throb singers who will set teenagers’ hearts aflutter, employ teams of lyricists, and demand a tune catchy

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The Beatles lost millions because of manager Brian Epstein’s blunders | Life | Life & Style | Express.co.uk

    The Beatles lost millions because of manager Brian Epstein’s blunders | Life | Life & Style | Express.co.uk

FIFTY years after his death, Brian Epstein is still known as the man who made the Liverpool band a phenomenon but he often fell short when it came to business

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Mull of Kintyre – Looking back on a Scottish mega-hit – BBC News

  Mull of Kintyre – Looking back on a Scottish mega-hit – BBC News

The late summer might seem like a strange time to write and record a Christmas number one but that is

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Lenin becomes Lennon: As US struggles with Confederate legacy Ukraine announces end to communist monuments

  Lenin becomes Lennon: As US struggles with Confederate legacy Ukraine announces end to communist monuments

Statues and busts of Vladimir Lenin, once ubiquitous in Ukraine, have been torn down in every city across the country

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Photos: The Beatles’ first ‘out of control’ world tour – CNN

  Photos: The Beatles’ first ‘out of control’ world tour – CNN

(CNN) It was on their first ever world tour in 1964 that the Beatles were catapulted from England’s national sweethearts

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John Lennon’s “Imagine” Is Now A Children’s Book!

  John Lennon’s “Imagine” Is Now A Children’s Book!

Whether it’s your own children/grandchildren, nieces/nephews or everywhere in between, no kid’s book collection will be complete without this new

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Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n’ Roll ’67: The Bad End of the Summer of Love – By bob-calhoun – August 16, 2017 – SF Weekly

  Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n’ Roll ’67: The Bad End of the Summer of Love – By bob-calhoun – August 16, 2017 – SF Weekly

Paul McCartney visited the Haight in May 1967 to spin a copy of the still-unreleased Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club

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Breaking the Illusion: Hamburg and The Beatles’ Gritty Roots

  Breaking the Illusion: Hamburg and The Beatles’ Gritty Roots

For the longest time, The Beatles Story started with manager Brian Epstein stumbling upon the group in Liverpool’s Cavern Club

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