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How Paul McCartney stepped up for John Lennon’s son Julian

    How Paul McCartney stepped up for John Lennon’s son Julian

“Hey Jude, don’t make it bad, Take a sad song and make it better”: Paul McCartney wrote those words in 1968, and quickly, they became the opening lines to one

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How John Lennon became a journalist before The Beatles formed

    How John Lennon became a journalist before The Beatles formed

When you think about the music world’s biggest and best creative minds, in some respects, it seems as if they simply popped up out of nowhere. But the reality is

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Paul McCartney Wrote This Beatles Classic After Being Inspired By The Beach Boys | News | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

    Paul McCartney Wrote This Beatles Classic After Being Inspired By The Beach Boys | News | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

The Beach Boys and The Beatles helped to re-shape pop culture, dominating international charts during the 60s. The two groups had a friendly rivalry – each would listen to the

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Joey Ramone names the most important Beatles album

    Joey Ramone names the most important Beatles album

There’s an entire wave of musicians who each had an epiphany from the exact same source: The Ed Sullivan Show. The Beatles in 1964 was it for most people, but

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The best modern introduction to The Beatles

    The best modern introduction to The Beatles

The biggest hurdle any legacy act has to face is trying to stay relevant. Anyone can try to wear the

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The band who killed “the new art” pioneered by The Beatles

    The band who killed “the new art” pioneered by The Beatles

For pretty much the entirety of human existence, live music was all there was. If music history was the Eiffel

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The one artist who turned down playing with George Harrison

    The one artist who turned down playing with George Harrison

Every group of musicians has their own sense of musical telepathy. It’s never easy trying to find people who you

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Why John Lennon Believed Bob Dylan’s “Basic” Songs Came From the British Isles – American Songwriter

    Why John Lennon Believed Bob Dylan’s “Basic” Songs Came From the British Isles – American Songwriter

No genre of music has one sole creator. Rather, the creation of a genre comes from generations of influence, impact,

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The Beatles’ Vocal What-Ifs: Songs That Beg for a Different Frontman – American Songwriter

    The Beatles’ Vocal What-Ifs: Songs That Beg for a Different Frontman – American Songwriter

For the most part, the Beatles had a keen sense of which member should take on lead vocals. Most of

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The Beatles fans praise John Lennon’s ‘Instant Karma’ performance – but point out one ‘annoying’ part | Cult Following

    The Beatles fans praise John Lennon’s ‘Instant Karma’ performance – but point out one ‘annoying’ part | Cult Following

A performance of Instant Karma delivered by John Lennon on Top of the Pops has one “annoying” part according to fans.The Beatles‘ songwriter went on to enjoy a series of

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