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On This Day, December 28, 1968: The Beatles hit #1 with ‘The White Album’ – 100.7 FM – KSLX – Classic Rock

    On This Day, December 28, 1968: The Beatles hit #1 with ‘The White Album’ – 100.7 FM – KSLX – Classic Rock

On This Day, December 28, 1968 …The Beatles landed another #1 album with their self-titled ninth studio release, more commonly referred to as The White Album, due to its plain

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What George Harrison Thought Was Wrong with the Beatles’ ‘White Album’

    What George Harrison Thought Was Wrong with the Beatles’ ‘White Album’

On the face of it, The White Album (1968) looked great for George Harrison. Compared to Sgt. Pepper’s, on which George had only one song, The Beatles double-album release the

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Why John Lennon Gave Ringo ‘Good Night’ to Sing on ‘The White Album’

    Why John Lennon Gave Ringo ‘Good Night’ to Sing on ‘The White Album’

During the Beatles’ epic run, it wasn’t unusual for George Harrison or Ringo to sing a song written by John Lennon and/or Paul McCartney. Early on, you’ll find George singing

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“The White Album isn’t the sound of the band breaking up”: DiS Meets Giles Martin / In Depth // Drowned In Sound

    “The White Album isn’t the sound of the band breaking up”: DiS Meets Giles Martin / In Depth // Drowned In Sound

This November marks the 50th anniversary of one of popular music’s most definitive and enduring landmarks. In a remarkable burst of creativity, The Beatles eponymous 1968 album redefined the boundaries

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“The White Album” Turns 50: Ranking The Beatles’ Behemoth – Stereogum

    “The White Album” Turns 50: Ranking The Beatles’ Behemoth – Stereogum

“The White Album” was a neat little concept. Actually, it was a sprawling mess that defies concept, but still: clever

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The White Album at 50: The Beatles’ Sprawling Masterpiece, by the Numbers

    The White Album at 50: The Beatles’ Sprawling Masterpiece, by the Numbers

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr created what would be the longest Beatles album (around 93 minutes)

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Yer Blues: The Story Behind The Song | uDiscover

    Yer Blues: The Story Behind The Song | uDiscover

“While we were recording ‘The White Album’, we ended up being more of a band again,” Ringo Starr would reflect,

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THE BEATLES WHITE ALBUM: AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM NOVEMBER 8-11 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

    THE BEATLES WHITE ALBUM: AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM NOVEMBER 8-11 MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

  THE BEATLES WHITE ALBUM:AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUMNOVEMBER 8-11MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY KEN WOMACK – A guest author at our FEST in Chicago

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The Beatles White Album Concert Performed Live By Australian Rockers – Noise11.com

    The Beatles White Album Concert Performed Live By Australian Rockers – Noise11.com

The imaginatively titled, The Beatles, more commonly referred to as the White Album, will be 50 years old this November.

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One last blast of musical magic – Budapest Times

    One last blast of musical magic – Budapest Times

On August 29, 1966, The Beatles ended a US tour at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California, and then declared there would be more concerts. In future they would only

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