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Sussex musician who has played with Paul McCartney, Jimmy Page and Joe Strummer set to perform rare local gig

    Sussex musician who has played with Paul McCartney, Jimmy Page and Joe Strummer set to perform rare local gig

Multi instrumentalist Tymon Dogg has a career spanning several decades after he initially recorded a single at the age of 17 with Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones prior to

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The Beatles song John Lennon felt was misunderstood

    The Beatles song John Lennon felt was misunderstood

It is surely impossible to suggest that The Beatles could be misunderstood in any way, given the incessant attention the band has received over the past 60 years in books,

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Illusionist Uri Geller says he was buyer of John Lennon’s glasses for £40,000 | John Lennon | The Guardian

    Illusionist Uri Geller says he was buyer of John Lennon’s glasses for £40,000 | John Lennon | The Guardian

The spoon-bending magician and mystic Uri Geller has revealed he is the buyer behind a pair of John Lennon’s round glasses at auction, which sold for £40,000 on Wednesday.The blue-tinted

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An Alum’s New Memoir Recounts Six Decades of Beatlemania | Bostonia | Boston University

    An Alum’s New Memoir Recounts Six Decades of Beatlemania | Bostonia | Boston University

When John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr arrived at JFK Airport for their first US tour in February 1964, Debbie Gendler was there. When the lights went

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The one song The Beatles struggled to play live

    The one song The Beatles struggled to play live

No one really questioned The Beatles’ talents as a live act in their early days. They were pretty boys and

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QuickCheck: Did the Beatles know how to read or write music? | The Star

    QuickCheck: Did the Beatles know how to read or write music? | The Star

THE Beatles, who rose to prominence in the 1960s captured the entire world with their brand of music.By far, The

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Surrey: Glasses gifted by John Lennon sell for £40,000 at auction

    Surrey: Glasses gifted by John Lennon sell for £40,000 at auction

A pair of iconic blue-tinted round glasses given by John Lennon to a man from Surrey as a birthday present

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The chord invented by George Harrison

    The chord invented by George Harrison

As the most popular rock band in history, The Beatles are subject to plenty of scrutiny. To this day, people

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Why Ringo Starr “hated” The Beatles song ‘Here Comes the Sun’

    Why Ringo Starr “hated” The Beatles song ‘Here Comes the Sun’

The end of The Beatles is best known for the animosity between its members, particularly the rift between songwriting duo

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Who was the best singer in The Beatles?

    Who was the best singer in The Beatles?

As Bob Dylan’s impressive career demonstrates, one can get by with limited technical vocal ability and virtues in other spheres. In Dylan’s case, songwriting is his most vital strength, but

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