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The Beatles remind us: there’s a place… | Progressive Culture | Scholars & Rogues

T he English composer and musicologist Wilfrid Mellers, in his now classic scholarly study of the Beatles, Twilight of the Gods, calls the early Beatles period, the period of screaming

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‘The policeman near me stuck bullets in his ears’: An oral history of the Beatles’ first U.S. concert – The Washington Post

On Feb. 11, 1964, Beatlemania blasted Washington — all shrieks and Arthur haircuts and songs people couldn’t quite make out. Two nights after their hysteria-inducing welcome-to-America appearance on “The Ed

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America Meets the Beatles: February 9, 1964 – KFVS12 News & Weather Cape Girardeau, Carbondale, Poplar Bluff

(KFVS) -It’s estimated more than 111 million people were tuned into last weekend’s Super Bowl.That’s a big number. But a TV variety show on CBS and KFVS12 also drew quite

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Bardot & the Beatles by Bill Harry

Bardot & the Beatles by Bill Harry When the Beatles filled in their biographical ‘lifelines’ for the New Musical Express in 1963, under ‘Favourite Actresses’ Paul wrote: Brigitte Bardot, George

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Incredible photos show the Beatles’ historic first trip to America…

A COLLECTION of historic photos capture the first time The Beatles set foot on US soil. The fascinating images, from

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What happened when The Beatles came to Cleveland? | cleveland.com

The Beatles only performed in Cleveland twice–at Cleveland Public Hall in 1964 and Cleveland Municipal Stadium in 1966–but they were

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Today in Entertainment History – FederalNewsRadio.com

On February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson were killed in a plane crash

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The Beatles Rooftop Final Performance In 1969

In January 1969 The Beatles were finishing the recording of what would be their last album Let It Be at

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55 Years Ago: The Beatles Sign Their First Contract With Brian Epstein

By late 1961, the Beatles – John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and drummer Pete Best – were one of

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Money can’t buy you love, Sony… so give Paul McCartney his songs back | Alex Clark | Opinion | The Guardian

There’s gold in them thar hills, though precisely how much varies wildly. I’m talking about old music, by which I am currently surrounded. Here is a three-CD compilation of the

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