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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 those four unlikely lads from Liverpool got as famous as

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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 up using Harrison’s “Run So Far,” while the other three

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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 go back more than 25 years for the last time

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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 Shankar’s signature raga scales, an entire creative and personal path

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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

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The song George Harrison wanted 20 million people to sing

    The song George Harrison wanted 20 million people to sing

There’s a good chance that George Harrison could have released anything after The Beatles, and it would have still sold.

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‘Man on the Run’ documents Paul McCartney’s decade of transformation : NPR

    ‘Man on the Run’ documents Paul McCartney’s decade of transformation : NPR

When The Beatles broke up in 1969, Paul McCartney found himself at a crossroads, Oscar-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville says. Newly

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The one band George Harrison said would live on forever

    The one band George Harrison said would live on forever

Nothing that George Harrison ever made was meant to cash in on trends.The Beatles may have started out riding the

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The only song Ringo Starr wanted to play for 100 years

    The only song Ringo Starr wanted to play for 100 years

There was always a slight caveat put on everything Ringo Starr ever released after The Beatles split.He had no problem

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The rare “love” letter Paul McCartney wrote for John Lennon

    The rare “love” letter Paul McCartney wrote for John Lennon

On July 6th, 1957, a 15-year-old Paul McCartney met a 16-year-old John Lennon at a gig where Lennon’s band, The Quarrymen, were performing their rock ‘n’ roll/skiffle renditions.At the time,

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