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By the time The Beatles were at the height of their fame, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr were making more money than they could spend. Despite this, they never carried money with them. There was always an aide or assistant available to pay, so they didn’t bother. On a night out in Wales, though, nobody had enough money to pay for dinner. Luckily Harrison remembered that he had stored cash in an unusual place.In 1967, The Beatles traveled to Bangor, Wales, to attend a seminar on Transcendental Meditation. They took a train from London to Bangor with their wives and Mick Jagger. The band had first met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi after a seminar in London, and they were eager to follow him to Maine. Per The Guardian, Starr said that meeting him was “one of those mind-altering moments of your life.”
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Ringo Starr’s Beatles bandmates often overshadowed the drummer. The timekeeper born as Richard Starkey shined on several occasions, but John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison took the spotlight much of the time. Ringo got it wrong when he said young drummers would never get anywhere listening to his playing. But he always got it right with his Fab Four beats. Ringo also got it right when he praised his drumming on The Beatles’ song “Get Back” while giving John Lennon’s guitar playing a backhanded compliment.
The Beatles were barely holding it together when they convened for the Get Back sessions, songs that surfaced as their final album, Let It Be.
Paul pushed (and pushed and pushed) for a cohesive return to the band’s roots. George, fed up with never having an opportunity to rise above third wheel, got in a fight with John, temporarily quit the band, and went into a shell at home.
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John Lennon didn’t stray away from controversial topics, activism, and noteworthy statements. When it comes to late-night talk shows, the Beatles member said there shouldn’t be “any limits at all” regarding hot topics.
The Beatles’ Lennon didn’t stray away from activism and hot topics. The rock band released “Get Back” as commentary on anti-immigration rhetoric in England. While performing in front of the Royal Family, Lennon joked that instead of cheering, they should “just rattle [their] jewelry.”
As a solo artist, Lennon debuted “Give Peace a Chance” and “Happy Xmas (War is Over.)” He also appeared in his honeymoon “Bed-In for Peace” alongside Yoko Ono.
Lennon appeared in interviews with the Beatles and as a solo artist. In 1966, the songwriter was asked about “hot” conversations on talk shows.
“I don’t think there should be any limits at all,” Lennon said (via Beatles Interviews). “That is why they should put late-night shows on at two o’clock in the morning. That way people wouldn’t have to watch it and say how disgusting so-and-so’s behavior was.”
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Harrison met McCartney on the bus to school, and the two bonded over their love of music. When McCartney joined Lennon’s band, The Quarrymen, he pushed for the group to welcome Harrison as well.
“I know this guy,” McCartney told Lennon, per the book George Harrison: Behind the Locked Door by Graeme Thomson. “He’s a bit young, but he’s good.”
“George was the youngest, and it was obvious,” author Tony Bramwell said. “He looked very young, even younger than his years. John Lennon didn’t particularly like him and didn’t want him in the band. He regarded him as too young, a kid, but Paul was pushing for him.”
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George Harrison is the solo artist behind “My Sweet Lord,” also earning praise for his work with the Beatles. After releasing music (and producing films) for several years, this celebrity earned an impressive net worth — and even elaborated on his relationship with money.
Harrison was a member of the “Fab Four,” performing songs like “Let It Be,” “Strawberry Fields Forever,” and “Here Comes the Sun” with the Beatles. Celebrity Net Worth reported that Harrison had an estimated $400 million at his time of death.
That’s primarily thanks to his role with the Beatles, although he also worked as a film producer. Harrison also released solo music and starred in films like A Hard Day’s Night and Help.
The website explained that at the time of Lennon’s death in 1980, he was worth $200 million, with George worth $100 million, Ringo worth $80 million, and Paul worth $400 million. “Being worth $100 million in 1980 is the same as $300 million in today’s dollars.”
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Paul McCartney always seemed to be able to create a song from thin air. Anyone who watched The Beatles: Get Back saw Macca pull the song “Get Back” out of thin air. He proved his genius as a songwriter when he wrote “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da,” based solely on a slang phrase one of his friends uttered. When inspiration struck, Paul arranged one gentle Sgt. Pepper song without producer George Martin.
Paul once said writing songs with John Lennon was easy because they had a pleasabt back and forth relationship (at least for a while). That allowed them to work quickly. Yet Paul also wrote rapidly on his own. The supposedly wistful Get Back sessions and “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” weren’t the only examples of his songwriting prowess.
Macca wrote Let It Be opener “Two of Us” while on a date with Linda. He pulled a similar trick several years later. Paul wrote the song “Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)” on the spot and put it on a Wings album when Dustin Hoffman asked him to. Paul famously churned out “Wonderful Christmastime” in a few minutes during the sweltering summer heat.
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Los Beatles It was one of the most iconic bands in history. But the group made up of Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr had another name: originally it was called The Quarry Men. Those were times when Harrison had yet to join the biggest musical phenomenon of the 20th century.
On July 6, 1957, Lennon and McCartney had met: they were both 16 years old. A few months later they met Harrison, the youngest of the Liverpool Fabulous Four, who at just 14 years old dazzled the two founding members with his skills as a guitarist.
As part of a trip in a two-seater bus, which took place on February 6, 1958, Harrison made everyone present delirious. The musician was about to turn 15 and was on his way to an audition with the aim of being part of a group that needed a third artist to be able to display his talent in all its splendor. In that vehicle, George played a version of “Raunchy”an instrumental song that had been made popular by Ernie Freeman.
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Ringo Starr’s eldest son, Zak Starkey, followed in his father’s footsteps and became a drummer. Starkey said he admires his father’s talent and is happy to be his son. He didn’t always feel this way, though. Starkey said that as a child and teenager, he resented the fact that Starr was his father. He explained that Starr was rarely around, and he didn’t seem all that interested in his music career.
Starr has three children from his marriage with his first wife, Maureen Starkey. The couple married in 1965 after realizing Starkey was pregnant. Zak Starkey was the couple’s first child, followed by another son Jason, in 1967, and a daughter, Lee, in 1970. Starr said he never felt that the chaos of his life with The Beatles meant he couldn’t have children.
A black and white picture Ringo Starr's children Zak, Lee, and Jason standing outside at their mother's wedding.
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Sir Paul McCartney was all smiles as he cosied up to wife Nancy at Hollywood Palladium on Saturday evening.
The legendary musician looked smart in a navy blazer which he donned over a blue patterned shirt and dark jeans while wrapping an arm around Nancy's waist.
Nancy looked effortlessly chic in a pair of blue jeans which she teamed with a black cardigan and coordinated jacket.
She accessorised with a bold chunky silver pendant necklace and toted her belongings around in a black and silver stud bag.
The couple attended the star studded Interscope x Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace party hosted by Usher.
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George Harrison was called a “brave man” by Paul McCartney and “always serious” by a friend. In a self-interview, this songwriter mentioned his reputation as the “easy-going” Beatle. Here’s what we know about this member of the Beatles.
One half of the Beatles singing group, George Harrison (L) and John Lennon, are shown aboard their plane | Bettmann / Contributor via Getty Images
As one member of the Fab Four, Harrison wrote and recorded music with the Beatles. He was known for being “lovely,” with McCartney even calling him a “brave man.”
“He was a lovely guy and a very brave man and had a wonderful sense of humor,” McCartney said, via ABC News, after Harrison’s death. “He is really just my baby brother. We were school friends together, you know. And we joined the Beatles together and went through all of that together.”
Beatles fans got a behind-the-scenes look at the band’s relationship in Disney+’s The Beatles: Get Back. That includes Harrison’s attitude toward songwriting.
When it comes to Harrison’s instruments and songwriting, this artist had a different approach from the other band members. In a 1964 self-interview (via Beatles Interviews), Harrison commented on his reputation as the “most easy-going Beatle.”
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