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Paul McCartney revealed Chuck Berry was a huge influence on The Beatles’ songs.
Berry commented on The Beatles as a whole and their cover of “Rock and Roll Music” in particular.
The Beatles’ “Rock and Roll Music” appeared on a hit album.
During their early career, The Beatles covered Chuck Berry‘s “Rock and Roll Music.” Berry revealed what he thought of The Beatles as artists. He also explained what he thought about the cover.
Paul McCartney posted an article on his website describing Berry’s impact on The Beatles’ songs. “From the first minute we heard the great guitar intro to ‘Sweet Little Sixteen’ we became fans of the great Chuck Berry,” he revealed. “His stories were more like poems than lyrics — the likes of ‘Johnny B. Goode’ or ‘Maybellene.'”
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Sir Paul McCartney is being considered for a peerage to mark his 80th birthday this summer.
The Beatles legend, 79, could be made a Lord in recognition of his lifetime of musical achievements and service to British culture.
The Sun reports that sources are saying the prestigious honour is in the pipeline, 25 years after he was first knighted by The Queen.
Lord McCartney! Sir Paul McCartney is reportedly being secretly considered for a peerage to mark his 80th birthday this summer
If he is awarded with the title, he will join a very select group of musicians, including theatre mogul Andrew Lloyd Webber, 73, composer the late Benjamin Britten and late violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin.
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Pattie Boyd initially turned down a date with Beatles star George Harrison, but fate brought them back together.
The 77-year-old model was married to the The Fab Four guitarist for 11 years from 1966 to 1977, but when they first met in March 1964 she was in a relationship with photographer Eric Swayne and spurned George's romantic overtures, almost missing on a relationship with the 'Something' singer.
Speaking on the ‘Tea with Twiggy’ podcast, Pattie revealed the events that led to her eventual first date with George who asked her out after spending a day shooting The Beatles’ first film ‘A Hard Day’s Night' with her.
She said: “I had a one day shoot. The train went down to Cornwall and back, so it took like eight hours all together. And then at the end when we got near Waterloo station, George asked me out. He asked me if I’d go out with him that night. And I said no. I couldn’t, because I was seeing my boyfriend.
Source: femalefirst.co.uk
Famed producer and songwriter Mark Hudson believes The Beatles: Get Back documentary series zeroed in on something extremely important about The Beatles: their humanity.
Hudson, who's best known for his work with Ringo Starr, Aerosmith and Ozzy Osbourne, addressed the series on the latest episode of Ken Dashow's Beatles Revolution podcast.
He complimented director Peter Jackson for showing The Beatles as the multi-faceted people they truly were. Whether they were happy, surly, high, depressed, bored or elated, it's all plain to see onscreen.
"I think that we need to be able to see that," Hudson said, "because it also made The Beatles human in a complete different way. ...I want to see gods that are human. That's really what they were to me."
Hudson, who worked with Ringo live and in the studio for close to 10 years, then pivoted to one of the doc's more subtle revelations: how Ringo's professionalism anchored The Beatles through all of their highs and lows.
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Out of humble experiences, great things are born. That’s the history of the Beatles, four lads who came out of nowhere and changed the world. But histories written about the Beatles can also have humble origins, such as when Christine Feldman-Barrett, at 5 years old, clapped joyfully along to a 45 record of “Eight Days a Week” 12 years after the single’s release in February 1965. Feldman-Barrett is the author of “A Women’s History of the Beatles,” a groundbreaking addition to the band’s endless bibliography that documents how female fans created, cultivated and continue to ensure the band’s legacy. In this exhaustive work she explores the impact of fan clubs, magazines, word-of-mouth publicity, and the way mothers, wives, girlfriends and friendships influenced the four Beatles, as well as zeroing in on decades of homages from female singers and bands.
Source: Sibbie O’Sullivan/washingtonpost.com
A massive mural of Ringo Starr has been unveiled on the side of his old local pub in Toxteth, The Empress.
Liverpool artist John Culshaw is the man behind the colourful artwork, which towers from the pavement to the roof.
The artist said: “Initially, it was going to be a Beatles themed mural; it wasn’t going to be just Ringo, but with his connection to the area, we went with him.
“However, we still wanted to be as bright and as vibrant as possible, so I researched what we could put in there. We decided to go with a cartoon of the yellow submarine and the octopus as well.”
Ringo Starr on the side of The Empress pub Toxteth. Photo: Peter Byrne/PA Wire
A painter decorator by trade, John had done work on the inside of the pub before he spoke to the owner about creating a mural on the external wall of the property.
Source: liverpoolworld.uk
George Harrison‘s favorite movie is Mel Brooks’ 1967 comedy classic, The Producers. The former Beatle loved comedies. In fact, he loved them so much that he formed his own film production company, Handmade Films, with the intent of financing Monty Python films.
In 1973, George hired Denis O’Brien to help him get his financial affairs in order after The Beatles split. However, O’Brien had an even bigger impact on George’s life and career.
It was O’Brien who suggested George get into the film-making business. According to the New York Times, George’s friend and Monty Python comedian Eric Idle confronted him about a problem with the comedy troupe.
EMI had pulled out of financing Monty Python’s Life of Brian, and Idle went to George to see if he’d help. After George consulted O’Brien, they agreed to help by founding their own production company, Handmade Films, in 1978.
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In his brief but prolific career as rock ‘n’ roll’s preeminent photographer, Ethan Russell toured with the Rolling Stones, shot album covers for the Who and captured iconic images of everyone from Linda Ronstadt to Jim Morrison of the Doors. And, yes, that was him clicking away in the background of Peter Jackson’s Beatles documentary “Get Back” on Disney+.
Russell, who grew up in San Francisco and lives in Marin County, will revisit these incredible experiences as part of his upcoming appearance at Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga on Saturday, March 19. The show is called — what else? — “The Best Seat in the House.” The 76-year-old photographer says it will be one of his last public outings of its kind, a contractual obligation from before the coronavirus pandemic.
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George Harrison had a lot to deal with in the last year of his life. He traveled around the world, stopping at some of the best hospitals to see what they had to offer in cancer treatment. First, George underwent surgery for lung cancer. Then doctors in Switzerland treated him for a brain tumor.
Later, he received radiotherapy at Staten Island University Hospital in New York City. On top of that, tabloids published fabricated interviews saying George was bracing for the end.
Despite it all, George, his family, and friends remained optimistic. He never lost his wit, even as his illness took over, and he slowly started making peace with the material world. George even had time to visit his ex-wife one last time.
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John Lennon‘s son, Julian, followed in his father’s footsteps, but it wasn’t easy. Julian had some pretty big shoes to fill, and the music industry and fans expected another John Lennon.
As far as singing went, Julian sounds eerily like his father. However, that’s as similar as father and son get. Julian wanted his own career, and it was hard when the music industry wouldn’t see him as anything more than John Lennon’s son.
Julian doesn’t know if he was born to make music like his famous father. He told Larry King that he fell in love with acting in school, not music. But he picked up a guitar, and “the rest is history,” he said.
His debut album, Valotte, came in 1984. Four other albums followed, but Julian dropped his music career after Photograph Smile in 1998.
At the time of his interview on Larry King Live, it had been 15 years since Julian had entered the recording studio. King asked him about the long hiatus. Julian said it was mostly because he’d never had a great relationship with the music industry.
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