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The Day George Harrison Met Pattie Boyd

    The Day George Harrison Met Pattie Boyd

When George Harrison met his first wife, Pattie Boyd, and asked her to dinner, she was honest with him: She already had a boyfriend. Boyd, a 19-year-old burgeoning model, wasn’t even

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Del Shannon and the Beatles battle for Lennon-McCartney song

    Del Shannon and the Beatles battle for Lennon-McCartney song

Del Shannon beamed into one of rock and roll’s oddest years like a comet with a huge hit. The two-year span between 1959 and ’61 was among the most game-changing in

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Rising from the Ashes: Billy Preston’s Victory – Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

    Rising from the Ashes: Billy Preston’s Victory – Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

Billy Preston played “the most exciting organ ever,” according to the title of his second LP. George Harrison agreed, remembering Preston’s singularity in Ray Charles’s touring ensemble and telling the

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How John Lennon kicked back at The Beatles on solo single

    How John Lennon kicked back at The Beatles on solo single

While being in The Beatles was an exercise that John Lennon largely loved, it had downsides too. Being in a band is a democracy, and Lennon had to make certain

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Hear John Lennon sing ‘Yellow Submarine’, not Ringo Starr | Virgin Radio UK

    Hear John Lennon sing ‘Yellow Submarine’, not Ringo Starr | Virgin Radio UK

It’s a radical reworking of a classic Beatles tune. The Beatles have unveiled a previously unheard demo of ‘Yellow Submarine’, sung

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The song that The Beatles “just couldn’t sing”

    The song that The Beatles “just couldn’t sing”

The Beatles didn’t exactly have the luxury of wasting material. Their recording contract stipulated that they put out roughly two albums

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Ranked: The Beatles albums from worst to best | Culture | The Sunday Times

    Ranked: The Beatles albums from worst to best | Culture | The Sunday Times

They have 13 albums, released 213 songs between 1962 and 1970 and have had 32 number ones. But which Beatles

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The Beatles unearth John Lennon’s solo acoustic demo of “Yellow Submarine” (listen)

    The Beatles unearth John Lennon’s solo acoustic demo of “Yellow Submarine” (listen)

Somehow, The Beatles still have genuine gems to unearth, and today they’ve released a very, very cool one. When they

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The hidden swear word in The Beatles’ ‘Hey Jude’

    The hidden swear word in The Beatles’ ‘Hey Jude’

The Beatles were clever regarding using profanities in their music and never opted to swear overtly in their songs. However,

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Watch: The Beatles ‘Taxman’ Official Music Video

    Watch: The Beatles ‘Taxman’ Official Music Video

To coincide with the release of the special edition of The Beatles seventh studio album Revolver, in preparation for the re-release, a new music video for the song Taxman recently debuted

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