What The Beatles, Beach Boys, Billy Joel and Elvis share

In 1967, they recall arriving at three in the early morning to find the airport packed with fans. Apparently, unknown to The Zombies, they already had four or five records in the Philippine Top 10. The group had only expected “they would be playing the occasional gig in the foyer of a hotel,” wrote Claes Johansen in his book The Zombies — Hung Up on a Dream. They ended up with 10 record-breaking shows at the Araneta Coliseum, impressing the audience with their beautiful harmonies, originality and hard-driving beat. Read More - The Philippine Star

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"Wonderwall w/ George Harrison: Lost 1968 Psychedelic Gem Now on DVD" by Big Screen

The music is by George Harrison, whose Wonderwall solo album has some but not all of the music heard in the movie (it was the first Beatles solo album, AND the first Apple album). For the rock songs, Harrison hired Liverpool band the Remo Four, as well as bringing in Ringo Star, Eric Clapton, and Peter Tork (playing one of Paul McCartney’s banjos). Read More - San Diego Reader



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An ‘incredible moment’: Yoko Ono on her new collaboration with Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore

Fast forward two years and Ono, the widow of former Beatle John Lennon, has released an intriguing collaborative EP with the former members of Sonic Youth, combining their experimental rock with her own conceptual vocals. The trio issued a 14-minute track called “Early in the Morning” earlier in the summer as a benefit for the Ashinga Rainbow House, a relief initiative for Japanese tsunami victims. Read More - Something Else!

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A salute to Beatles

THE year 1962 will go down in history for American icon Marilyn Monroe's death and Nelson Mandela's prison sentence. But then a seemingly insignificant event that occurred that year went on to be a precursor for the decade's definitive sensation. Read More - The Times of India

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'Meet the Beatles,' Literally

I had a sense of what to do but I mostly learned as the project unfolded," said the 52-year-old Mr. Swirsky. A torrid fan (his piano is painted to match John Lennon's psychedelic Rolls-Royce), the Los Angeles songwriter has penned tunes for Celine Dion, Al Green, Tina Turner and Mr. Robinson. Read More - WSJ.com

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Back in The (Former) USSR

Yoko Ono showed up in stylish and stylized basement of the Ace Hotel this morning to give an award the LennonOno grant for Peace to Pussy Riot, the imprisoned Russian punk band. Read More - Observer

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Once mistaken for the Beatles, Klaatu's new CD remasters stand on their own

In 1976, an album, "3:47 EST" mysteriously appeared by a new group called Klaatu on the Beatles' label, Capitol Records. The members weren't identified on the album, but the album displayed a lot of Beatle influence. Read More - Examiner.com

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The curious tale of John Lennon's missing £3m banjo

The whereabouts of the much-fabled banjo has been a mystery more than 50 years and tormented the music legend before he died. The last time anybody saw or heard of the banjo was before Lennon's beloved mother Julia was killed in a road accident in Woolton, Merseyside, in 1958. Read More - Express.co.uk

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Yoko Ono has been making interesting music for 50 years

That reductive take is perhaps best captured by The Simpsons episode in which Homer’s barbershop quartet briefly inspires something like Beatlemania, until Barney’s Japanese avant-garde girlfriend starts inspiring the adoption of musique concrète (a la “Revolution No. 9” on The White Album): ...Read More...

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'Hey Jude' a powerful anthem for generation

Others have speculated that the song had more layered meanings. Lennon himself thought the lyrics were directed at him, intended as a subtle blessing of his new relationship with Yoko Ono. While others have suggested McCartney was consoling his own heart, in the wake of his split with longtime girlfriend Jane Asher. Read More - The Commercial Appeal

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The best books on the Beatles

Such is the remarkable pace of a story that has been told by scores of writers, a story about four young musicians but no end of other things: the cities of Liverpool, Hamburg and London; class, and the shaking of English hierarchies; pop's transmutation into a global culture; and the western world's passage from a world still defined by the second world war and its aftermath, to the accelerated modernity we know today. Read More - The Guardian

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Is it time to re-evaluate the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour?

Moreover, its key element is an apparent drive to send up an England of decaying authority, bad food and anti-climactic entertainment: the country in which the Beatles had grown up, embodied by the hollering sergeant played by their actor friend Victor Spinetti; the dream sequence in which Lennon serves bucketfuls of vomit-like spaghetti; and the very idea of a mystery tour on a coach. Not for nothing, perhaps, did Harrison claim that the one group who later developed the Beatles' essential sensibility was Monty Python. Read More - The Guardian

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Gigwise session: thenewno2 perform 'Make It Home'

Born of rock royalty, Dhani Harrison has followed in the footsteps of his Beatles father George Harrison across a number of music incarnations. Read More - Gigwise

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Rare demo may have influenced Beatles' 'How Do You Do It'

As is well known in Beatles history, the Fab Four had their own chance in 1962 at recording “How Do You Do It,” a song that later was a No. 1 hit for Gerry and the Pacemakers in the UK in 1963. In an interview Saturday on BBC Radio, lead singer Gerry Marsden, who is celebrating his 70th birthday today, heard for the first time a little known cover version that pre-dated both the Beatles' and Pacemakers' versions. Read More - Examiner.com

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McCartney's 'Live Kisses' DVD to include unreleased music and video outtakes

The full details of Paul McCartney's “Live Kisses” DVD and Blu-ray, the expanded version of Paul McCartney's PBS “Live Kisses” special officially announced Monday by the DVD's distributor Eagle Vision, reveal the DVD will include some interesting rarities. Read More - Examiner.com

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Bob Dylan and John Lennon's Weird, One-Sided Relationship

It's easy to see why Lennon would be so infatuated by the folk singer. Dylan came from a world of New York coffee houses and Old Left socialists who demanded some level of intellectual weight from their artists. Read More - The Atlantic

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Lennon Before Wicket: Unseen pictures of The Beatle who thought he was one of The Crickets

The pictures of John Lennon, taken in 1966 and seen here for the first time, show him on the set of the film How I Won The War during a brief break from The Beatles. Directed by Richard Lester, who also made A Hard Day’s Night and Help! with the Fab Four, the film offered Lennon, then 26, a serious acting role. Read More - Mail Online

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For sale: John Lennon's dream island where King of the Hippies reigned

When the boat engine dies, the silence is absolute. The water is still and clear down to the little towers of amber weed on a seabed that slopes up gently to the beach of Dorninish. Known as Beatle Island or Hippie Island, Dorninish has been both the dream island of John Lennon, who owned it until his death, and a colony for idealistic New Agers whose tepees were eventually defeated by the County Mayo winter. Read More - The Observer

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Rock fraud Marino De Silva jailed for up to 8 years

Los Angeles based musician Marino De Silva has been jailed for up to eight years after admitting to a multi-million dollar fraud in which he scammed investors out of money for albums that weren't what he'd promised they would be. Read More - Classic Rock

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Yoko Ono appears in New York's Times Square in honor of International Peace Day

John Lennon's widow, 79-year-old Yoko Ono, made a rare public appearance in the middle of Times Square on Friday September 21 to promote peace Read More - Examiner.com

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Something Else! Reviews – Deep Beatles: “Mr. Moonlight” (1964)

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I stand before you to defend the reputation of the Beatles’ 1964 cover of “Mr. Moonlight.” Since its first appearance on Beatles for Sale, fans and critics have derided the track as corny, cheesy, and overdone, unworthy of the band’s otherwise stellar recordings. ...Read More...

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Ringo Starr issues statement distancing himself from planned book

“There is an unauthorized biography being written by Michael Starr and I want my friends & fans to know it has nothing to do with me. I'm not participating with it at all. Peace & Love, Ringo,” the statement by the former Beatle read. Read More - Examiner.com

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Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner hails John Lennon's lyrics

Speaking about Lennon, Turner said: "I remember when I first started writing songs and writing lyrics, I really wanted to be able to write an 'I Am The Walrus'-type song. And I found it very difficult. You listen to that and it sounds like it's all nonsense, but it's really difficult to write that sort of thing and make it compelling. Lennon definitely had a knack for that.
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Thenewno2, Dingwalls

Here comes the son, indeed. Dhani Harrison, the spitting image of father George, has recently released the best album by any of the Beatles’ musical offspring. Thefearofmissingout, from his equally unpunctuated band thenewno2 (pronounced: the new number two), is a superb collection of trip-hop-inspired rock songs. Read More - Evening Standard

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Paul McCartney, Kid Rock and Berry Gordy Jr. celebrate restored Motown Museum piano

McCartney had encountered the piano in dilapidated condition during a 2011 tour of the museum. The instrument had been used for songwriting and arranging during Motown’s Detroit heyday in the ’60s. Read More - freep.com

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Yoko Ono to give John Lennon peace award to Pussy Riot

The award ceremony will take place in Reykjavik, Iceland on October 9, which would have been John Lennon's 72nd birthday. However, Pussy Riot's grant will be given - with the backing of Amnesty International - on September 21 in New York "in the hope that they will be released as soon as possible". Read More - NME.COM

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Hollywood Hills West home where John Lennon lived sells for $4.2 million

A contemporary house in the Hollywood Hills West "bird streets" area where Beatle John Lennon once landed has sold, again, for $4.2 million. It had previously changed hands in April, also for $4.2 million. Read More - latimes.com

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John Lennon named as NME's Ultimate Icon

The Beatles' co-frontman topped the poll, which began with 60 nominees in March of this year, beating out the likes of David Bowie, Amy Winehouse, Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner, Morrissey, Liam Gallagher and Damon Albarn to take the crown Read More - NME.COM

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New Paul McCartney 'Christmas Song' from unreleased CD leaked

Paul McCartney performs a “Kisses on the Bottom”-type interpretation of the Nat King Cole standard “The Christmas Song” on a forthcoming CD to appear in October, according to a listing on Amazon.com. The song's already been leaked on the internet. Read More - Examiner.com

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Liverpool theatre named after Beatles manager opens to public

A restored city centre theatre, named after the late Beatles manager, will open it's doors to the people of the city this week for a look around the £1 million development. Read More - Click Liverpool

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Landmark 'Beatles at the Beeb' audio series airing on BBC again starting tonight

The historic “The Beatles at the Beeb” audio series, which introduced many Americans to the Beatles' BBC sessions well before the release of the “Live at the BBC” album, is being repeated starting tonight on BBC Radio 6. Read More -| Examiner.com

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Review: George Martin DVD goes deep into record producer's career

“Produced by George Martin” is the perfect name for the DVD documentary that came out in the U.S. on Tuesday. Read More - Examiner.com

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Beatles deserve more credit for Revolution 9

John Lennon, who was almost entirely responsible for the concept and arrangement of “Revolution 9,” despite its attribution to “Lennon-McCartney,” described it as a “painting in sound [of] a picture of revolution.” We can’t be sure if Lennon meant his composition to have a specific political meaning, but what we can say with certainty is that “Revolution 9” takes part in a revolution of artistic expression and broadcasts a particular revolutionary viewpoint to an unwitting consumer audience. Read More- University of Connecticut

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Honouring work of ‘Fifth Beatle’

But in 1960 when the Beatles began their famous Hamburg era, Sutcliffe would often find himself submerged in his art, as Donald Kuspit, professor of Art and Philosophy at New York University would put it. Read More

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Joey Molland of Badfinger to honor John Lennon at Kellish Hill Farm in Manlius

Joey Molland is bringing a special show to Central New York in honor of what would have been the 72nd birthday of John Lennon. Read More - syracuse.com

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Beatles friend Tony Sheridan set for rare U.S. concert appearance

Tony Sheridan, who sang with the Beatles on “My Bonnie (Lies Over the Ocean)” and other songs as part of their early Polydor Hamburg recordings and whose early work with them was a cornerstone in the Beatles' history, will make an exceptionally rare U.S. appearance as the headliner for the first San Diego Beatlefair in eight years that will take place next month. Read More - Examiner.com

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Ringo Starr answers whether he's on the Rory Storm 1960 Jive Hive recordings

Since news of the Rory Storm and the Hurricanes CD recorded at the Jive Hive in 1960 first surfaced recently, there have been questions of whether Ringo Starr is actually on the CD, even though his picture is on the front cover. In comments from Starr sent through his publicist, the former Beatle says he's not on the recordings. Read More - Beatles Examiner

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The Beatles at EMI, September 1962

Fifty years ago, the Beatles entered EMI’s recording studios on Abbey Road for their first official recording session. Their June visit had gained them a recording contract, but had cost Pete Best his position when artist-and-repertoire manager George Martin winced at the drummer’s timing. With little ceremony, Lennon, McCartney, and especially Harrison recruited the best drummer in Liverpool Read More - OUPblog

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The Perks Of Being In 'Perks'? Meeting Paul McCartney!

Speaking to the early buzz and enthusiastic fans, Logan Lerman was recently rendered speechless upon meeting one of the film's supporters: music legend Sir Paul McCartney. Read More - MTV.com

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George Martin Had You Hooked on the Beatles

Moments after greeting this writer outside his 260-year-old summer home here, two hours west of London, Sir George Martin suggested we sit in a gazebo at the high end of a manicured lawn. "I used to do the mowing, but now I'm not allowed to operate heavy machinery," he said, grinning. Tall and more youthful than his 86 years, Mr. Martin strides with long, measured steps, his cobalt eyes alert with purpose. The problem is his ears. Mr. Martin no longer can hear music and he must rely on two hearing aids and lip-reading for conversations. Read More - WSJ.com

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Paul McCartney announces four North American concert dates

Paul McCartney is to bring his 'On the Run' tour back to North America this autumn for four special shows. The ex-Beatle has confirmed that he will kick off the limited tour on November 11 at the Scottrade Center in St Louis. Read More - Digital Spy

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Paul McCartney Joins John Paul Jones, Keith Richards for London Show

Zep bassist John Paul Jones was on hand early and often, appearing with the band for the first song and reappearing throughout the night. For the 15th song of the set, with Jones on mandolin, Paul McCartney came out to add bass to a performance of Rokia Traore’s ‘Dounia.’ Read More

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Paul McCartney makes guest appearance at Africa Express finale concert

Paul McCartney was a guest performer onstage at tonight's Africa Express show at Granary Square in Kings Cross, London. Read More - Examiner.com

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Mystery of Beatles chord 'solved'

The clanging, opening chord at the start of the 1964 Beatles hit A Hard Day's Night is instantly recognisable. Yet, as many musicians have discovered, every attempt to reproduce it seems to sound wrong. A British mathematician now claims to have got closer than anyone else to solving the decades old musical mystery. Read More - Yahoo! News UK

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Proposals to save Ringo's Madryn Street neighborhood shown to public

The company redeveloping the area where Ringo Starr's Madryn Street childhood home will be refurbished will hold the second of two public meetings Saturday to discuss their blueprints for the neighborhood, according to the Welch Streets Home Group which is campaigning to save the area. Read More - Examiner.com

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The Day Freddie Starr nearly became a Beatle

IN THE early Sixties a young singer was at the forefront of the Merseybeat revolution. Charismatic, good-looking and with a great voice, he regularly topped the bill at venues such as the Cavern Club. Read More - Express.co.uk

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5 Questions with Artist and (New) Jewelry Designer Yoko Ono

It just made sense. I like the fact that you have a key, and it is an abstract key that you can use to open little doors or open the planet or really anything. Once you have the key, you feel strong about it. It’s a very strong key. Read More - TIME.com

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James McCartney: The Beatles are quite a hard act to follow

James McCartney, son of Beatles star Paul McCartney, talks to Metro about the worst job he's ever had, going into the music business and what it's like working with his famous father. Read More - Metro.co.uk

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Exclusive interview: Freddie Mercury's mother on her 'dear boy'

Freddie Mercury’s mother was watching the Olympic closing ceremony when her adored son’s image suddenly appeared on a vast screen. “I cried out: 'Oh my dear boy, where are you?’” she tells me. “I miss him so much.” A cheeky smile then spreads across her face. “They showed John Lennon too, but there was much more applause for my Freddie.” Read More - Telegraph

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Paul McCartney Gets French Legion Of Honor

France's Elysee Palace says former Beatle Paul McCartney has been decorated with the legion of honor for services to music. Read More

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The Spirituality of the Beatles

The Beatles, whether one admits it or not were catalysts in changing the course of spirituality. In a time when people were hardened by traditions, politics, racism and the fear of nuclear obliteration, the four young men from Liverpool transported us out of ourselves for a moment. Through it all they touched our souls, moved us and changed us in ways we never thought possible. Read More - The Rapidian

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Deep Beatles: “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey” (1968)

Regardless of various opinions on the album’s consistency and overall quality, most listeners agree that The Beatles contains some deeply spiritual and self-reflective moments, and at times rocks hard. A perfect example of the playful and sometimes rougher sound of some tracks is “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey.” Its meaning remains vague — does “monkey” refer to drug addiction, or a term used by their spiritual guru the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi? No matter the interpretation, the track soars with John Lennon’s screaming vocals and piercing lead guitar as well as McCartney’s furious bass playing. ...Read More...

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Bob Dylan's new tribute song to John Lennon full of power and emotion

The lyrics are typically Dylanesque. “Doctor, doctor tell me the time of day,
Another bar is empty, another penny spent, He turned around and he slowly walked away, They shot him in the back and down he went,” goes the opening verse, which then moves into the chorus. “Shine your light, Movin' on, You burned so bright, Roll on, John.” Read More - Examiner.com

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Paul McCartney visits DeWitt trucking company

Former Beatle, Sir Paul McCartney paid a brief visit to Central New York Wednesday according to an official at a trucking company and a local radio station. Read More - syracuse.com

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George Harrison jacket from early Beatles years up for sale

A black leather jacket worn on stage by George Harrison in the early Beatles years will go on sale in December with an estimate of between 90,000 and 120,000 pounds ($143,000 and $190,700), auction house Bonhams said on Tuesday. Read More - Reuters

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Tapes by Ringo Starr's first band found

Recordings by Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Ringo Starr's first band and one of the most popular groups of the early Merseybeat era, have been unearthed after more than 50 years.Read More - BBC News

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France to award Paul McCartney Legion of Honour

In the ceremony scheduled for September 8, McCartney will be made an officer of the Legion of Honour, France's highest public distinction which has been awarded to the likes of actor Clint Eastwood and singer Liza Minnelli. Read More - Reuters

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Stella McCartney reveals her cancer fears after death of mum Linda

Stella was named after both of her mum’s grandmothers. At her birth, Paul prayed that she would be born “on the wings of an angel” and he and Linda would later call their group Wings in her honour. Her mum’s glam rock wardrobe inspired Stella’s love of fashion Read More - The Sun

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Liverpool Residents Overwhelmed By Beatles Tourists

The former Liverpool residences of the members of the Beatles are must-see destinations for Fab Four fans, a fact which has become a problem for those who permanently reside in the neighborhood. ...Read More...

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