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How The Beatles rejected John Lennon’s defining anthem

    How The Beatles rejected John Lennon’s defining anthem

In 1968, The Beatles flew out to India to find themselves. While this might have subsequently been scoffed at as a faddish venture, roped in by the manipulative “dirty old

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The private letter John Lennon wrote to Waylon Jennings

    The private letter John Lennon wrote to Waylon Jennings

In 2014, Guernsey’s Auctions sold a letter, only a handful of lines long, for $7,500. It was part of a liquidation of over 2,000 pieces from Waylon Jennings’ estate. The

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Keith Richards thinks George Harrison and John Lennon could have fit in the Rolling Stones – Gold

    Keith Richards thinks George Harrison and John Lennon could have fit in the Rolling Stones – Gold

The Rolling Stones and The Beatles went from pals and collaborators to sworn rivals in the 1960s, and in recent years have exchanged harsh words about one another in the

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The Beatles song George Martin claimed could never be redone

    The Beatles song George Martin claimed could never be redone

Nothing was off the table for The Beatles whenever they entered the studio. While the band may have recorded their debut album, Please Please Me, in a single day, Abbey

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Who Was the Fifth Beatle?

  Who Was the Fifth Beatle?

The notion of a Fifth Beatle emerged when US radio DJ Murray the K joked about giving The Beatles so

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The only John Lennon song George Harrison performed live

  The only John Lennon song George Harrison performed live

The fallout of The Beatles wasn’t exactly cordial. Although the band may have brought so much joy to whoever wanted

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The Beatles song John Lennon claimed “doesn’t say anything”

  The Beatles song John Lennon claimed “doesn’t say anything”

John Lennon and Paul McCartney were an unmatched songwriting duo; that’s a fact. Their enduring partnership is celebrated as the

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George Harrison’s favourite song on The Beatles ‘Abbey Road’

  George Harrison’s favourite song on The Beatles ‘Abbey Road’

When The Beatles finally parted ways in 1970, the media jumped right in to sensationalise palpable tension between the members.

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Why Bob Dylan’s “basic” songs made John Lennon feel better

  Why Bob Dylan’s “basic” songs made John Lennon feel better

Beatlemania may have ruled Britannia in the 1960s, but just across the Atlantic Ocean, the decade was defined by a

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The band John Lennon said The Beatles would “pretend to be”

  The band John Lennon said The Beatles would “pretend to be”

By the end of the 1960s, The Beatles started becoming sick of each other. While the band’s attempts to get

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