Why The Beatles’ 1966 Tour Turned Out to Be Their Last
While every Beatles show after 1963 was something of a circus, nothing compared to the band’s ’66 tour. By then, the Fab Four were so popular they were traveling around […]
The Day George Harrison Decided to Quit the Beatles
How tense were things during the last two years The Beatles were together? Put it this way: Every member of the band either threatened to quit or actually walked out […]
Who Is John Lennon’s Killer Mark David Chapman?
The music world lost a legend on the night John Lennon was gunned down outside his apartment building in New York City. And, 38 years later, the man who pulled […]
The George Harrison Song That Jeff Lynne Called ‘Magical’
George Harrison and Jeff Lynne of the Electric Light Orchestra became friends through their many collaborations. Lynne assisted Harrison with a few projects, like his album Cloud Nine, and both […]
What was George Harrison’s best song for The Beatles?
The so-called ‘Quiet Beatle’, George Harrison, gave the impression of being silenced rather than naturally reticent, especially towards the end of the 1960s. As the youngest Beatle, a hierarchy was […]
Listen to a rare alternative version of The Beatles’ ‘She’s a Woman’
It was time for The Beatles to turn a corner in 1965. The onslaught of Beatlemania had isolated the quartet from the outside world while on tour, while their recording […]
The Beatles song John Lennon called “a bit of a joke”
They might have been the most influential band of all time, but The Beatles were nothing if not jokers. Famed for poking fun at a plethora of subjects, from themselves […]
The “crumb” John Lennon left for Paul McCartney in a song by The Beatles
John Lennon and Paul McCartney demonstrated within the first few years of The Beatles’ existence that they were two of the best songwriters the world had ever seen. Pushing the […]
The Beatles lyric that Paul McCartney considered “legendary”
Towards the end of 1966, John Lennon and Paul McCartney had already become one of the greatest songwriting teams in history. Having conquered the world when The Beatles first landed […]
John Lennon’s Son’s 1st Musical Memory Has Nothing to Do With The Beatles
John Lennon‘s son, Julian Lennon, was asked to name the first music he remembered hearing. Shockingly, the tune in question was not a Beatles song. However, Julian compared the track […]