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Remixing Giles Martin: ‘The Beatles: Love’ producer opens up on life, music and his father

    Remixing Giles Martin: ‘The Beatles: Love’ producer opens up on life, music and his father

On October 9, 1969, seven weeks and a day after The Beatles’ final recording session together at Abbey Road Studios, Giles Martin was born in London. It was John Lennon’s

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The Beatles song John Lennon called “one of my best”

    The Beatles song John Lennon called “one of my best”

From day one, John Lennon always wanted to make songs that sounded weird. The Beatles may have started life as a simple pop group who wrote material for the screaming

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Join the John Lennon Treasure Hunt in Liverpool

    Join the John Lennon Treasure Hunt in Liverpool

John Lennon fans are being invited to take part in a prize-winning treasure hunt around the late Beatle’s Liverpool this weekend.The special event on Saturday, July 6, has been organised

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“John was annoyed because I didn’t say that he had written one line of this song, Taxman… I also didn’t say how I wrote two lines to Come Together or three lines to Eleanor Rigby”: George Harrison and the questions around his Beatles credits | MusicRadar

    “John was annoyed because I didn’t say that he had written one line of this song, Taxman… I also didn’t say how I wrote two lines to Come Together or three lines to Eleanor Rigby”: George Harrison and the questions around his Beatles credits | MusicRadar

George Harrison is sitting in a vast soundstage at Twickenham Film Studios, explaining to Ringo Starr and film director Michael Lindsay-Hogg how a BBC2 sci-fi series called Out Of The

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The Story Behind “Good Day Sunshine” by The Beatles and How It Was Inspired by a Lovin’ Spoonful Hit – American Songwriter

    The Story Behind “Good Day Sunshine” by The Beatles and How It Was Inspired by a Lovin’ Spoonful Hit – American Songwriter

For a song to last and survive the test of time, it must be relatable and relevant over generations. As

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The one lyric George Harrison wanted to change

    The one lyric George Harrison wanted to change

George Harrison never usually had the same kind of time in The Beatles as John Lennon or Paul McCartney had.

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Watch rare John Lennon-directed footage in ‘Aisumasen (I’m Sorry)’ video

    Watch rare John Lennon-directed footage in ‘Aisumasen (I’m Sorry)’ video

A new John Lennon music video for ‘Aisumasen (I’m Sorry)’ has featured intimate home video footage shot by the musician

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The only song Paul McCartney wrote with Ringo Starr

    The only song Paul McCartney wrote with Ringo Starr

While Paul McCartney has demonstrated over the years that he is a master songwriter and musician in his own right,

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The one concert that John Lennon hated performing

    The one concert that John Lennon hated performing

After the hectic tour of 1966, could you blame any of The Beatles if they never wanted to go on

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Who plays the guitar tremolos on ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’?

    Who plays the guitar tremolos on ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’?

For many, George Harrison’s song ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ was his greatest achievement as a songwriter during his career with The Beatles. This paean to guitar-playing as an antidote

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