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Though John Lennon’s mother wasn’t around for much of his childhood, they’d become close in his teen years. He was in a band called the Quarrymen (along with Paul McCartney) at the time of his mother’s death. Just months prior, he had told McCartney: “How can you sit there and act normal with your mother dead? If anything like that happened to me, I’d go off me head.” Then Julia Lennon was hit by a car driven by an off-duty police officer. After that, Lennon did all but lose his head. In 1958, Lennon was still living mostly with his Aunt Mimi, but staying at his mother’s house sometimes as well. One evening when John was out with a friend, Julia came over to her sister’s for dinner. She left to catch the bus around twilight. At the same time, John’s friend Nigel Whalley made his way over to Mimi’s to see if his friend was there. He ran into Julia just outside of Mimi’s and the two chatted for a bit. They said goodbye and Julia started for the bus again. When she was about 200 yards from her sister’s house, she was hit by a car.
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Paul McCartney has taken a trip back to the early days of “Beatlemania,” with his first book of original Beatles photos, titled, 1964: Eyes Of The Storm. The tome, which will be published on June 13th, features 275-shots of long unseen “Macca” photographs spotlighting six city portfolios — Liverpool, London, Paris, New York, Washington, D.C. and Miami — along with McCartney's personal recollections of the photos.
Rolling Stone quoted McCartney talking about the book, which covers November 1963 to February 1964, as saying: “Looking at these photos now, decades after they were taken, I find there’s a sort of innocence about them. Everything was new to us at this point. But I like to think I wouldn’t take them any differently today. They now bring back so many stories, a flood of special memories, which is one of the many reasons I love them all, and know that they will always fire my imagination. The fact that these photographs have been taken by the National Portrait Gallery is humbling yet also astonishing — I’m looking forward to seeing them on the walls, 60 years on.”
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The Beatles’ “Please Please Me” was a collaboration between John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Paul said “Please Please Me” was an example of The Beatles stealing from American artists. “Please Please Me” was a bigger hit in the United Kingdom than it was in the United States.
Paul McCartney said The Beatles‘ “Please Please Me” was inspired by an American rock ‘n’ roll star. Paul said the song was originally slower to mimic that star’s style. Subsequently, The Beatles’ producer had a different vision for the track.In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul revealed “Please Please Me” was inspired by Roy Orbison. “If you imagine it much slower, which is how John wrote it, it’s got everything, the big high notes, all the hallmarks of an Orbison song,” he said. “But in the session, George Martin suggested we lifted the tempo and suddenly there was that fast Beatles spirit.”
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The Beatles are often regarded as the greatest and most influential band in the history of music. They captured the hearts of millions with their incredible talent and creativity. Throughout their iconic discography, they showcased an expansive range of emotions and themes.
While the upbeat, feel-good songs may be the first to come to mind, there exists a poignant collection of melancholic masterpieces.
In this article, we will explore 10 of the saddest Beatles songs of all time. These touching tracks have become pillars of comfort for people throughout the years. And we hope to show you the emotionality and vulnerability embedded in each piece. On that note, let us go right into the list.
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It's been more than 60 years since the Beatles played the Coventry Theatre, their first live show in the city. Gwen Danks was 14 and would wait outside the venue on Sunday afternoons waiting for autographs.
Now 74 and known as Gwen Payne, she remembers waiting outside and suddenly seeing George Harrison in a car. She managed to snap black and white photographs on the 'cheap plastic camera' she had appropriated from brother Graham.
Now, these never-before-seen snapshots and autographs are going under the hammer at a Midlands auction.
Now a grandmother-of-one who has lived her whole life in Coventry, Gwen's autograph book is packed with the signatures of dozens more 1960s stars including Dusty Springfield, Cliff Richard, The Kinks, Helen Shapiro and Cilla Black. That book and the photos are estimated to fetch £3,000 to £4,000 with Richard Winterton Auctioneers on Tuesday, June 6.
1963 was a pivotal year for the Beatles as John, Paul, George and Ringo consolidated their position as the UK’s number one band.
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Ringo Starr is back touring and he wouldn’t have it any other wayRingo Starr is feeling 'ready to rock' ahead of his U.S. tour with his All-Starr BandThe two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee recently spoke to CNN about his current tour with his All-Starr Band.“We all have a lot of fun. I mean, I love to play, you know, as a drummer it’s pretty awkward to go out just on your stage on your own. You need a few guitars and I call up friends … I had to stop calling people, otherwise, we’d been like an orchestra.”The band is considered a rock supergroup, with a rotating lineup of Starr’s musician buddies that has featured everyone from its current members like Colin Hay to former members Joe Walsh and Billy Preston.Last year, Starr had to pause his North American tour after testing positive for COVID-19. The tour, which is primarily taking part on the West Coast with dates in states like California, Arizona and Nevada, will wrap up on June 17.
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We’ve seen lots of Beatlemania photos over the last six decades, from the minute the Fab Four landed at JFK airport in New York City to their pool party in Miami. But we’ve never seen Beatlemania from the inside — until now. The new book Eyes of the Storm, out June 14 (with an accompanying exhibit at London’s National Portrait Gallery), features more than 250 photographs that Paul McCartney took back then, capturing the chaos from the band’s perspective. The rare images range from November 1963 to February 1954, just as the Beatles achieved global superstardom.
“Looking at these photos now, decades after they were taken, I find there’s a sort of innocence about them,” McCartney writes. “Everything was new to us at this point. But I like to think I wouldn’t take them any differently today. They now bring back so many stories, a flood of special memories, which is one of the many reasons I love them all, and know that they will always fire my imagination. The fact that these photographs have been taken by the National Portrait Gallery is humbling yet also astonishing — I’m looking forward to seeing them on the walls, 60 years on.”
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George Harrison's son, Dhani, appears to have inherited more than his love of music as he stepped out at the Chelsea Flower Show looking almost identical to the late star
The son of George Harrison looks almost identical to The Beatles legend almost 22 years after he passed away.
Dhani Harrison has followed in the footsteps of his famous dad and works as a musician, but appeared to put his job on hold for the day as he appeared at the Chelsea Flower Show.
Attending the event which also saw Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla as well as Princess Alexandra in attendance, Dhani, 44, could have easily been mistaken for his late father.
The Úlfur Resurrection hitmaker was joined by his girlfriend, Mereki Beach, who he has been in a relationship with following the breakdown of his marriage in 2016.
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Chas Newby, a former bassist for The Beatles, has passed away, as confirmed by the Cavern Club Liverpool music venue. The club expressed their sorrow in a Facebook post, stating that Chas Newby had briefly filled in for The Beatles during a few dates when Stuart Sutcliffe remained in Hamburg.
Additionally, he played with The Quarrymen and was notable for being the first left-handed bass guitarist in The Beatles. The Cavern Club extended their condolences and well wishes to Newby's family.
At the age of 81, Chas Newby, hailing from Blackpool, passed away earlier this week. Often referred to as the "fifth Beatle," he played with the band for a short period in the 1960s while Stuart Sutcliffe focused on his art career.
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- Paul McCartney played the guitar solo on a song from The Beatles’ Revolver that he didn’t write.
- He said he played his favorite guitar on that track and The Beatles’ smash hit “Paperback Writer.”
- Revolver was a No. 1 hit in the United States and the United Kingdom for several weeks.
Paul McCartney was asked to name the best guitar solo he ever played. He praised a solo on a track from The Beatles’ Revolver as well as a song from one of his more recent albums. In addition, Paul discussed his favorite guitar.
During a 2020 interview with GQ, Paul was asked to name his best guitar solo. “What immediately comes to mind is the ‘Taxman’ solo,” he said. “I think that’s pretty good.”
That’s an incredible understatement! The solo from “Taxman” helps open up Revolver on an energetic note. It also makes “Taxman” one of The Beatles’ most fun album tracks. While Paul played the solo on “Taxman,” George Harrison is the only credited writer of the song.
Paul also praised one of his more recent songs. “And then I actually did something on my Egypt Station album, which was a whole track of me playing guitar and that was pretty good,” he said. Paul did not name the song in question from his album Egypt Station.
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