The Beatles
LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 21: Ringo Starr, former drummer with the Beatles, plays on a drum during the opening of the 'Herbert Smith Garden for WaterAid' at the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show on May 21, 2012 in London, England. The prestigious gardening show opens to the general public on May 22, 2012 and features 14 show gardens which range from 'New English' design to modern topiary gardens.
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'Yellow Submarine' is back, even better
423 Park Ave., Huntington INFO $11; for times call 631-423- 7611 or go to cinemaartscentre.org. An e-book that singes and moves Beatles fans who dug the classic 1968 "Yellow Submarine" cartoon can now hop aboard their iPhones and iPads to revisit the adventure.Now Read more »
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I saw The Beatles (but didn't hear them)
readers a chance to relive their concert of a lifetime. I was a high school junior living in Brooklyn and infatuated with The Beatles. A local radio station held a lottery for tickets to the concert at Shea Stadium [August 1965]; mail in a postcard for an Read more »
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A guitar show in Merrick
it was inspiration from The Beatles , Joan Baez or B.B. King , generations of would-be rock stars, folk musicians and blues prodigies picked up a guitar and emulated their idols. Even those who never made it past a G chord and settled for playing "air guitar" Read more »
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Beatles' documentary includes Fab Four's first US concert
discovered footage of the Fab Four's first full-length concert in the United States is the subject of a new documentary, " The Beatles : The Lost Concert."Recorded at Washington Coliseum on February 1964 to an overbooked teenage audience of 8,000 screaming Read more »
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Retro protest at Abercrombie & Fitch's London site
shop on London's storied Savile Row.The planned shop would be at No. 3 Savile Row, once the home of Apple Records, and The Beatles gave their final performance from the rooftop on Jan. 30, 1969.The gentlemen who produce The Chap magazine staged their protest Read more »
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On Music: Beatlemania Week – No. 7
is a unique song not only in The Beatles’ catalog, but as pop songs go in general. The first performance of the song was seen live by 400 million people across 26 countries, via satellite on 25 June 1967. The BBC had commissioned The Beatles to write a song 6/1/12 from Neatorama Read more »
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Sgt. Pepper gets a little help from his Toronto friends
Lonely Hearts Club Band . He told his audience that his chamber ensemble would present the 1967 album “not quite as the Beatles had intended.” What the Beatles had intended, it’s doubtful they even knew themselves – the work was a victory of George Martin, 6/1/12 from Globe and Mail Read more »
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Is Don Draper No Longer The Most Interesting Man in the World?
Paul Vigna AMC Don Draper (Jon Hamm) listens to The Beatles. There are more guys pushing strollers these day than herding cattle. But many men still want to believe they’re “men,” and the show’s that played into that desire more than any other in recent years 6/1/12 from Wall Street Journal Blogs Read more »
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Sir Paul McCartney launches online remix project
Beatles legend has uploaded four tracks - including the title song from his hit 1973 album Band on the Run - to his official website. He's utilised digital technology to allow users to adjust the volume of the drums, guitars, keyboards and vocals - and even 6/1/12 from OK! Magazine Read more »
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Haley Reinhart’s Message to The Beatles – MP3 Listen
Records called Listen Up!. Embedded in the audio of her song “Follow Me (I’m Right Behind You)”, she left a message for The Beatles. This trick has been done over the course of music history, but it is still cool. You have to listen to the track backwards 6/1/12 from Rickey.org Read more »