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Paul McCartney was born in Liverpool on 18 June 1942.
Jim McCartney: "He had one eye open, and he just squawked all the timeโฆ But the next day, he looked more human. He turned out a lovely baby."
Happy birthday Sir Paul!
You say it's your birthday!
Paul McCartney was born in Liverpool on 18 June 1942.
Jim McCartney: "He had one eye open, and he just squawked all the timeโฆ But the next day, he looked more human. He turned out a lovely baby."
Happy birthday Sir Paul!
John Lennon died on 8 December 1980, at the entrance of the Dakota building in Manhattan, New York City. He was 40 years old.
Rest in peace, John. Love you.
John Lennon died on 8 December 1980, after being shot at the entrance of the Dakota building in Manhattan, New York City. He was 40 years old.
Rest in peace, John. Love you.
You say it's your birthday!
Paul McCartney was born in Liverpool on 18 June 1942.
Jim McCartney: "He had one eye open, and he just squawked all the timeโฆ But the next day, he looked more human. He turned out a lovely baby."
Happy birthday Sir Paul!
The Beatles' Abbey Road album was released in the UK on 26 September 1969.
It charted at number one, with advance orders of 190,000. Abbey Road topped the UK albums chart for 11 weeks.
Read all about Abbey Road here:
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released on 1 June 1967.
The Beatles' eighth UK album helped define the 1967 Summer of Love, and was instantly recognised as a major leap forward for modern music.
Read all about this amazing album here:
29 November 2001:
George Harrison dies at the age of 58.
"Death is just where your suit falls off and now you're in your other suit. You can't see it on this level, but it's all right. Don't worry."
Rest in peace, George. Love you.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono launched their 'War Is Over' poster campaign on 15 December 1969.
The posters were shown in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Rome, Athens, Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Helsinki.
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Damn. Years of owning this Bob Dylan album, and only today did I find out that George Harrison was in the full frame. Taken by Barry Feinstein at the Concert for Bangladesh, 1971.
Sir Paul McCartney married Nancy Shevell in a ceremony at Old Marylebone Town Hall, London, on 9 October 2011, the day that would have been John Lennon's 71st birthday.
Happy anniversary, Paul and Nancy!
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Sean Lennon was born on 9 October 1975, his father's 35th birthday.
Happy birthday Sean!
John Lennon: "I feel higher than the Empire State Building!"
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John Lennon died on 8 December 1980, at the entrance of the Dakota building in Manhattan, New York City. He was 40 years old.
Rest in peace, John. Love you.
Paul McCartney, George Harrison and John Lennon recorded the guitar solos for Abbey Road's finale, The End, on 7 August 1969.
Geoff Emerick, engineer: "One take was all we needed. The musical telepathy between them was mind-boggling."
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John Lennon died on 8 December 1980, at the entrance of the Dakota building in Manhattan, New York City. He was 40 years old.
Rest in peace, John. Love you.
30 January 1969:
The Beatles, with Billy Preston, give their final live performance on the Apple building rooftop.
Ringo: "I remember it was cold and windy and damp, but all the people looking out from offices were really enjoying it."
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Paul McCartney, George Harrison and John Lennon recorded the guitar solos for Abbey Road's finale, The End, on 7 August 1969.
Geoff Emerick, engineer: "One take was all we needed. The musical telepathy between them was mind-boggling."
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Ringo Starr was born Richard Starkey on 7 July 1940, at 9 Madryn Street in the Dingle area of Liverpool.
Happy birthday Ringo!
Peace and love, peace and love.
Paul McCartney, George Harrison and John Lennon recorded the guitar solos for Abbey Road's finale, The End, on 7 August 1969.
Geoff Emerick, engineer: "One take was all we needed. The musical telepathy between them was mind-boggling."
Full session info:
On the right, John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to Lovely Rita, with notes by Paul McCartney.
On the left, unused lyrics by Lennon for a mystery 1967 song.
From The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present by Paul McCartney
The Beatles began recording Rubber Soul on 12 October 1965.
They recorded Run For Your Life in five takes plus overdubs, followed by a single take of Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) โ as heard on Anthology 2.
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Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released on 1 June 1967.
The Beatles' eighth UK album helped define the 1967 Summer of Love, and was instantly recognised as a major leap forward for modern music.
Read all about this amazing album here:
The Beatles' Strawberry Fields Forever was an edit of two versions, recorded in different keys and tempos!
The edit was made by George Martin and Geoff Emerick on 22 December 1966.
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1 October 1969:
The Beatles' Abbey Road album is released in the USA.
Ringo Starr: "Abbey Road turned out fine. The second side is brilliant. Out of the ashes of all that madness, that last section is for me one of the finest pieces we put together."
The Beatles' final album, Let It Be, was released in the UK on 8 May 1970.
It was recorded in 1969 and early 1970, produced by George Martin, and reworked by Phil Spector.
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The Beatles' final live concert took place on 29 August 1966, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California.
Ringo: "It seemed that this could possibly be the last time, but I never felt 100
After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time.
The Beatles' first Ed Sullivan Show appearance took place on 9 February 1964, seen by a record-breaking 73.7 million people.
George Harrison: "When The Beatles were on Ed Sullivan, even the criminals had a rest for ten minutes."
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John Lennon died on 8 December 1980, at the entrance of the Dakota building in Manhattan, New York City. He was 40 years old.
Rest in peace, John. Love you.
Sean Lennon was born on 9 October 1975, his father's 35th birthday.
Happy birthday Sean!
John Lennon: "I feel higher than the Empire State Building!"
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You say it's your birthday!
Paul McCartney was born in Liverpool on 18 June 1942.
Jim McCartney: "He had one eye open, and he just squawked all the timeโฆ But the next day, he looked more human. He turned out a lovely baby."
Happy birthday Sir Paul!
9 February 1964:
The Beatles' first Ed Sullivan Show appearance, watched by a record-breaking 73.7 million people.
Paul McCartney: "We came out of nowhere with funny hair, looking like marionettes or something. That was very influential."
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Linda Louise Eastman was born in New York City on 24 September 1941.
Linda was a photographer, musician, entrepreneur, and animal rights activist. In March 1969 she married Paul McCartney.
Happy birthday Linda!
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The Beatles' Abbey Road album was released in the UK on 26 September 1969.
It charted at number one, with advance orders of 190,000. Abbey Road topped the UK albums chart for 11 weeks.
Read all about Abbey Road here:
Paul McCartney met Linda Eastman on 15 May 1967 at the Bag O'Nails club in Soho, London.
Paul: "I introduced myself, and said, 'We're going on to another club after this, would you like to join us?' That was my big pulling line!"
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On 19 November 1966, flying from Kenya to England, Paul McCartney has the idea for Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
"Then suddenly on the plane I got this idea. I thought, Let's not be ourselves. Let's develop alter egosโฆ"
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The Beatles recorded three unreleased takes of Strawberry Fields Forever on 28 November 1966.
Paul McCartney played Mellotron and bass guitar, John Lennon and George Harrison were on electric guitars, and Ringo Starr played drums.
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The Beatles' sixth album, Rubber Soul, was released in the UK on 3 December 1965.
Rubber Soul had advance orders of more than 500,000. It spent 42 consecutive weeks in the charts, including nine at number one.
Read all about Rubber Soul here:
John Lennon performed the White Album song Yer Blues on 11 December 1968, at the Rolling Stones' Rock And Roll Circus.
He was part of the temporary supergroup The Dirty Mac, with Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Mitch Mitchell.
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Paul McCartney inducted John Lennon into the the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, on 19 January 1994.
"All these people. Here we are, assembled, to thank you for everything that you mean to all of usโฆ"
Watch the speech here:
George Harrison married Pattie Boyd at Epsom register office, Surrey, on 21 January 1966.
Pattie: "It was not the wedding I had dreamt of โ I would have loved to be married in church, but Brian didn't want a big fuss."
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The Beatles' final live concert took place on 29 August 1966, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California.
Ringo: "It seemed that this could possibly be the last time, but I never felt 100
The Beatles finished recording Rubber Soul on 11 November 1965.
They recorded both You Won't See Me and Girl in two takes plus overdubs, then added more instruments and vocals to Wait, an unused song from Help!
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The Beatles, with Billy Preston, gave their final live performance on the Apple rooftop on 30 January 1969.
Paul: "We said, 'We're not stopping.' He said, The police are going to arrest you.' 'Good end to the film. Let them do it. Great!"
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On 1 August 1969, all four Beatles began recording a song together for the final time โย Because on the Abbey Road LP.
They recorded 23 takes, with harpsichord, guitar, bass, and hi-hat. Lennon, McCartney and Harrison then added three-part harmonies.
26 September 1969:
The Beatles' album Abbey Road is released in the UK.
It sells four million copies worldwide in the first six weeks, and a further million by the end of 1969 โ making it the best-selling LP of the year.
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"One, two, three, FOUR!"
The Beatles' debut album, Please Please Me, was released in the UK on 22 March 1963, and the world was never the same again.
Shake it up baby, now:
Happy birthday to this beauty. I bought it from
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in 1995 for just ยฃ20, and could barely believe my luck. The box is a bit bashed but the Get Back book seems unread, the vinyl perfect. My best ever Beatles buy. ๐
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Happy Christmas, to all who are celebrating. To paraphrase Billy Preston (via Stephen Stills), if you can't be with the ones you love, love the ones you're with.
And if you're feeling all alone, you're not alone - Beatles Twitter is always here for you x
Let It Be 2021:
1: Remix of original album
2: Apple sessions
3: Rehearsals and Apple jams
4: Get Back LP โย 1969 Glyn Johns mix
5: Let It Be EP (four songs โน๏ธ)
6: Blu-ray audio inc 5.1
29 November 2001:
George Harrison dies at the age of 58.
"Death is just where your suit falls off and now you're in your other suit. You can't see it on this level, but it's all right. Don't worry."
Rest in peace, George. Love you.
6 July 1957 was a pivotal day for the history of modern music.
John Lennon met Paul McCartney for the first time.
Read all about the encounter that changed popular music:
John Winston Lennon, the son of Julia and Alfred Lennon, was born in Liverpool on 9 October 1940.
Happy birthday John!
Read all about the man and his music here:
9 February 1964:
The Beatles' first Ed Sullivan Show appearance, watched by a record-breaking 73.7 million people.
Paul McCartney: "We came out of nowhere with funny hair, looking like marionettes or something. That was very influential."
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The Beatles' final album, Let It Be, was released in the USA on 18 May 1970, with 3,700,000 advance orders placed.
George Martin: "When I heard the final sounds I was shaken."
Read all about Let It Be's troubled recording, remixing and release:
Paul McCartney recorded the White Album song Blackbird in 32 takes on 11 June 1968.
A film crew from Apple, directed by Tony Bramwell, was present during the session, and captured McCartney's rehearsal of the song.
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11 December 1968:
John Lennon performs at the Rolling Stones' Rock And Roll Circus, with Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Mitch Mitchell.
They played a version of Yer Blues from the White Album.
Watch it here:
Sean Lennon was born on 9 October 1975, his father's 35th birthday.
Happy birthday Sean!
John Lennon: "I feel higher than the Empire State Building!"
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Paul McCartney recorded Her Majesty in three takes on 2 July 1969.
McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr then recorded the backing track of Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight, for the Beatles' Abbey Road finale.
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26 December 1963:
The Beatles' smash hit single I Want To Hold Your Hand is released by Capitol Records in the USA, with I Saw Her Standing There on the b-side.
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19 January 1994:
Paul McCartney inducts John Lennon into the the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.
"John Lennon, you've made it. Tonight you are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. God bless you."
Watch the speech here:
Stuart Sutcliffe, artist and early bassist with the Beatles, died of a brain haemorrhage on 10 April 1962 in Hamburg, Germany.
Rest in peace, Stu.
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9 February 1964:
The Beatles' first Ed Sullivan Show appearance, watched by a record-breaking 73.7 million people.
Paul McCartney: "We came out of nowhere with funny hair, looking like marionettes or something. That was very influential."
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George Harrison's third solo album, All Things Must Pass, was released in the USA on 27 November 1970.
All Things Must Pass topped the album charts in Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, UK, and the USA.
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