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The one musician George Harrison “quoted like scripture”

    The one musician George Harrison “quoted like scripture”

The year is 1964. The Beatles have landed in America, they’re busy showing their comedic chops to snap-happy reporters and have a fun gig coming up on The Ed Sullivan

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The one John Lennon song that changed The Beatles forever

    The one John Lennon song that changed The Beatles forever

“So, they sent them down from Liverpool,” George Martin recalled of his first meeting with The Beatles. “And when I listened to what they were doing, it was okay, but

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The George Harrison tour John Lennon hated

    The George Harrison tour John Lennon hated

No one from The Beatles was exactly itching to get back on the road once they fell apart. They had become far too big than any rock band was ready

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The Beatles Make ‘Abbey Road’ A Bestseller In America Again

    The Beatles Make ‘Abbey Road’ A Bestseller In America Again

The Beatles can almost always be found on the Billboard charts in one fashion or another. Usually, one of the group’s biggest compilations, which feature the hits that made them

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Would eating pizza make Ringo Starr a better songwriter?

    Would eating pizza make Ringo Starr a better songwriter?

Despite Ringo Starr originally cementing himself as a pivotal person in music and pop culture, and him being persistently in

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“The greatest rock ‘n’ roll poet,” according to John Lennon

    “The greatest rock ‘n’ roll poet,” according to John Lennon

John Lennon beautifully mixed rock ‘n’ roll with poetry, putting him on the map as a poster boy for an

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The songs that left Paul McCartney in tears

    The songs that left Paul McCartney in tears

“The only way I can describe it, is like this,” said Ozzy Osbourne when he was asked about how much

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John Lennon ‘wasn’t proud of’ helping Paul McCartney on one Beatles song that ‘went nowhere’ – Liverpool Echo

    John Lennon ‘wasn’t proud of’ helping Paul McCartney on one Beatles song that ‘went nowhere’ – Liverpool Echo

The Beatles’ sound changed quite dramatically in the second half of the 1960s as they experimented with new studio techniques.

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The George Harrison album he thought sounded like “rubbish”

    The George Harrison album he thought sounded like “rubbish”

By the time The Beatles split, it was anyone’s guess as to what they were going to come out with.

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The Crass Inspiration That Led to Paul McCartney Writing “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?” – American Songwriter

    The Crass Inspiration That Led to Paul McCartney Writing “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?” – American Songwriter

One of the most ambiguous and cryptically weird songs of The Beatles is Paul McCartney’s “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?” Released in 1968 on The Beatles’ infamous

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