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Month: January 2021

Phil Spector: Pop producer jailed for murder dies at 81

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US music producer Phil Spector has died at the age of 81, while serving a prison sentence for murder. Spector, who transformed pop with his “wall of sound” recordings, worked

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Yoko Ono reaches new settlement deal with John Lennon’s former assistant

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Yoko Ono has told a New York court that she has reached a settlement deal with Frederic Seaman, a former personal assistant of John Lennon who was accused of breaching

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The mindblowing day that The Beatles witnessed Jimi Hendrix perform live

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There aren’t many musicians and bands that come close to what The Beatles were doing during the 1960s. At the height of their success and songwriting capabilities, they had focused

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Apple Electronics: Inside the Beatles’ eccentric 1960s tech subsidiary that spawned color-changing paint, the robotic housewife and the ‘memory phone’

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Apple Electronics was the tech division of the Beatles-owned record label which was founded in 1968 Greek engineer Alexis Mardas was a Beatles associate and was hired in to invent

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Renowned UK Beatles Historians and Tour Guides Team Up to Offer Virtual Tours

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LIVERPOOL, England – Renowned Beatles historian and author David Bedford – a Liverpool native and lifelong resident of the city – and established London-based author and tour guide Richard Porter

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The Making of the Sgt Pepper Album Cover

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On 30 March 1967, The Beatles gathered at Chelsea Manor Studios, in Flood Street Chelsea, to be photographed for one of the most iconic album covers of all time. Sgt

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Mary McCartney at Abbey Road Studios

Mercury Studios Announce ‘If These Walls Could Sing’ – The First Feature Length Documentary on Abbey Road Studios Directed by Mary McCartney

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If These Walls Could Sing is produced by multi award-winner John Battsek (One Day In September, Searching For Sugar Man, Eric Clapton: Life In 12 Bars) as Mercury inks new development

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Olivia Harrison in Hospital With Covid-19

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Olivia Harrison has revealed that she is hospitalized with Covid-19 but is on the mend. In a post today (Jan. 10, 2021) to her Instagram, the 72-year-old widow of George Harrison

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George Harrisons diary entry for the day he left The Beatles

10th January 1969 – George Harrison Leave the Beatles!

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On January 10th 1969, George Harrison left the Beatles – at least temporarily. The Beatles were in the middle of their new musical project at Twickenham film studios. The idea

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Heartbreaking photo shows famous Mersey Ferry Royal Iris almost completely sunk in Thames

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The neglect of MV Royal Iris, the famous Mersey Ferry as it rots and sinks beneath the Thames can be seen in new photos. In the same week the city lost Gerry Marsden – whose voice

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