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On This Day in 1967, The Beatles Scored Their 13th No. 1 Hit in the US With a Song Based on a Real-Life Place From Their Childhood – American Songwriter

    On This Day in 1967, The Beatles Scored Their 13th No. 1 Hit in the US With a Song Based on a Real-Life Place From Their Childhood – American Songwriter

In the 1960s, The Beatles were enjoying No. 1 hits like candy. And on this day in 1967, they scored yet another No. 1 in the United States with a

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George Harrison on the true mastermind of the Concert for Bangladesh

    George Harrison on the true mastermind of the Concert for Bangladesh

George Harrison‘s trip to India might just be one of the most impactful adventures in all of music.Because when Harrison travelled East in search of spiritual enlightenment, he didn’t just

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The one Beatle John Lennon said had a better career than him

    The one Beatle John Lennon said had a better career than him

The entire fallout of The Beatles’ breakup was only a good thing in the eyes of John Lennon.He didn’t want to fight among his best friends by any stretch, but

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Revisiting John Lennon and Frank Zappa’s Hilarious Exchange That Disproved Their Assumptions About Each Other – American Songwriter

    Revisiting John Lennon and Frank Zappa’s Hilarious Exchange That Disproved Their Assumptions About Each Other – American Songwriter

No one is as acutely aware of how fame can create wild, true rumors about someone quite like a fellow rock star. Yet, even these iconic musicians sometimes buy into

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The one song George Harrison never wanted to release

    The one song George Harrison never wanted to release

There are plenty of people who would kill to have nearly anything that George Harrison touched when he was still

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The surprising musician Ringo Starr called his last best friend

    The surprising musician Ringo Starr called his last best friend

In all the years people have spent trying to understand the power of The Beatles and how it happened that

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George Harrison Originally Offered This Song to Eric Clapton Before Giving it to Guitarist, and Traveling Wilburys Collaborator, Gary Moore – American Songwriter

    George Harrison Originally Offered This Song to Eric Clapton Before Giving it to Guitarist, and Traveling Wilburys Collaborator, Gary Moore – American Songwriter

In 1989, George Harrison offered four songs he had written to Eric Clapton for his eleventh album, Journeyman. Clapton ended

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4 Classic Rock Legends Who Had No. 1 Hits in 1971 That Have Stood the Test of Time – American Songwriter

    4 Classic Rock Legends Who Had No. 1 Hits in 1971 That Have Stood the Test of Time – American Songwriter

Rock music certainly doesn’t have the impact it once did on the Billboard Hot 100. In fact, you’d have to

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The exact moment George Harrison discovered Ravi Shankar

    The exact moment George Harrison discovered Ravi Shankar

It can’t be overstated how life-changing the work of sitarist Ravi Shankar was to a young George Harrison.Once exposed to

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“It was awful”: The Elvis Presley song John Lennon hated

    “It was awful”: The Elvis Presley song John Lennon hated

The entire construct of rock and roll would look completely different were it not for Elvis Presley.Although Chuck Berry and Little Richard may have started the trend of having loud

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