Looking back The Beatles’ breakthrough songs, there is a ray of semi-permanent sunshine glistening on the instruments of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Their pop tones
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There aren’t many songs in the canon of The Beatles that evaded the wrath of John Lennon. The singer and band’s founder was notoriously difficult to please when it came
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We’re taking a look back at one of The Beatles breakthrough songs, the brilliant ‘Help!’ and we’re doing it by
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On Feb. 23, 1965, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr began filming the second Beatles movie. Originally
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By 1967, the cat was out of the bag as far as The Beatles and drugs were concerned. Before that,
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HELP! by Bill Harry Work on the second Beatles movie ‘Help!’ began on 24 February 1965, with an eleven-week shooting schedule and double the funds of their first film. Initially,