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Why ‘Rain’ is Ringo Starr’s proudest drumming moment

    Why ‘Rain’ is Ringo Starr’s proudest drumming moment

Ringo Starr is a beast of a drummer. Yes, Starr is a beast of a drummer. Without him, The Beatles could never have soared, without his backbeat, the band would

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The Beatles and Queen Elizabeth II: myths and truths of a historic encounter – Zyri

    The Beatles and Queen Elizabeth II: myths and truths of a historic encounter – Zyri

Queen Elizabeth II, who is celebrating her 70-year reign, was the protagonist of different meetings with rockers. Several of them were in protocol events or decorations. One of the first

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The Beatles song that ended Oasis’ career

    The Beatles song that ended Oasis’ career

Oasis’ volatility and self-destructive tendencies were baked into the band’s DNA. Hell, the Gallagher brothers could hardly get through a joint interview during the height of their fame without things

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Central Park’s Strawberry Fields Is A Beautiful Tribute To The Late John Lennon

    Central Park’s Strawberry Fields Is A Beautiful Tribute To The Late John Lennon

Few bands ever get to be as famous as the Beatles. But sometimes with fame comes dangers and in April 1981 the Beatles star John Lennon was murdered by Central

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Why are three Beatles drumming on ‘Back in the U.S.S.R’?

    Why are three Beatles drumming on ‘Back in the U.S.S.R’?

It’s one of the more trivia-friendly facts from The Beatles’ very trivia-friendly career: The Beatles, also known as The White

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A Look Behind the Famous ‘Abbey Road’ Album Cover by The Beatles

    A Look Behind the Famous ‘Abbey Road’ Album Cover by The Beatles

First things first. The photograph emblazoned on The Beatles‘ Abbey Road album cover was indeed taken on a street named

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The 10 Heaviest Beatles Songs

    The 10 Heaviest Beatles Songs

The Beatles never met a genre they didn’t make their own, incorporating everything from raga to chamber pop to vaudeville during their

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Thousands of Monks Chanted on One Song From The Beatles’ “Revolver” John Lennon wanted a song from “Revolver” to be chanted by thousands of monks. – Techno Trenz

    Thousands of Monks Chanted on One Song From The Beatles’ “Revolver” John Lennon wanted a song from “Revolver” to be chanted by thousands of monks. – Techno Trenz

On a song from The Beatles’ Revolver, John Lennon wanted thousands of monks to chant. He later realized that this

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John Lennon on why he got “sick” of Pete Best

    John Lennon on why he got “sick” of Pete Best

A band is a fragile thing. While it might force its members to live like a family and work as

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These songs proved The Beatles “weren’t another rock group”

    These songs proved The Beatles “weren’t another rock group”

Of course everybody knows that The Beatles were literally one of the most important—if not the most important—bands of all time, rock band or otherwise. Even if that wasn’t always

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