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Which Beatle Played the Funky Piano Solo on ‘Good Day Sunshine’?

    Which Beatle Played the Funky Piano Solo on ‘Good Day Sunshine’?

In early June 1966, The Rolling Stones ruled the airwaves on both sides of the Atlantic with “Paint It Black.” That track, which hit No. 1 on the Billboard and

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Paul McCartney Pays Tribute to Beatles Photographer Robert Freeman – Rolling Stone

    Paul McCartney Pays Tribute to Beatles Photographer Robert Freeman – Rolling Stone

Paul McCartney remembered Robert Freeman as “imaginative and a true original thinker” in a tribute to the late photographer who shot some of the Beatles’ most memorable album covers. Freeman’s

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The Beatles’ Spookiest Songs

    The Beatles’ Spookiest Songs

The Beatles produced an iconic mix of cheery pop songs and psychedelic experiments. Although they never wrote as many macabre tunes as Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie, or Marilyn Manson, the

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Best Beatles Song According to Science Isn’t What You Think | Fatherly

    Best Beatles Song According to Science Isn’t What You Think | Fatherly

“Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” is not the perfect Beatles song. Half the band—John and George, specifically—hated the White Album track, and its place in the band’s oeuvre is dwarfed by dozens of

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Robert Freeman dead at 82: Paul McCartney’s tribute to Rubber Soul photographer – Mirror Online

    Robert Freeman dead at 82: Paul McCartney’s tribute to Rubber Soul photographer – Mirror Online

Paul McCartney has paid tribute to photographer Robert Freeman, who has died aged 82. Freeman was responsible for the iconic

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How Eric Clapton Responded to John Lennon Wanting Him in The Beatles

    How Eric Clapton Responded to John Lennon Wanting Him in The Beatles

When Eric Clapton headed into Abbey Road studios to play guitar on a Beatles song in 1968, he didn’t take

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Remembering Pauline Sutcliffe

    Remembering Pauline Sutcliffe

Remembering Pauline Sutcliffe 8th, January 1944 – 13th, October 2019 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing

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Why The Beatles Brought in Billy Preston to Play on This No. 1 Hit

    Why The Beatles Brought in Billy Preston to Play on This No. 1 Hit

Of the many remarkable late releases by The Beatles, the band’s “Get Back” single stands out for many reasons. For

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Remembering The Beatles’ 1963 Royal Variety Performance

    Remembering The Beatles’ 1963 Royal Variety Performance

It’s very hard for one to remember a time before The Beatles were the pop music behemoths they are today.

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What George Harrison Thought Was Wrong with the Beatles’ ‘White Album’

    What George Harrison Thought Was Wrong with the Beatles’ ‘White Album’

On the face of it, The White Album (1968) looked great for George Harrison. Compared to Sgt. Pepper’s, on which George had only one song, The Beatles double-album release the

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