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Beatles biography One Two Three Four wins Baillie Gifford prize

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Craig Brown wins prestigious award for nonfiction with book that judges say ‘has reinvented the art of biography’ Craig Brown has won the Baillie Gifford prize, the UK’s top award

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50 Years Ago: The Rise and Fall of George Harrison’s ‘My Sweet Lord’

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“My Sweet Lord” is a roller coaster of a song – and not just because of an arrangement that soars from George Harrison‘s simple acoustic figure to an utterly thunderous chorus.

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November 17th 1964 – The Beatles on ‘Top Gear’

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On November 17th 1964, the Beatles went to the the Playhouse Theatre in London to record a session for BBC Radio’s ‘Top Gear’ programme. It was their first radio show

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November 16th 1957 – Get the 6:5 Special from the 2 Is to the Casbah Club

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Hear more stories about the 2 Is, including on how a chance meeting there led the Beatles to go to Hamburg, on my Rock and Roll London Virtual Tour https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rocknroll-london-virtual-tour-tickets-129016727505

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Paul McCartney’s spectacular return to form: New solo album “McCartney III” sizzles and soars

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Beatles fans especially will be drawn to tracks like “Find My Way” and “Seize the Day” With “McCartney III,” the Cute Beatle makes a spectacular return to form, produces one of his

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MUSICIANS ON MUSICIANS Paul McCartney & Taylor Swift

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On songwriting secrets, making albums at home, and what they’ve learned during the pandemic. The first in a series of new conversations between artists Taylor Swift arrived early to Paul McCartney’s London

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Beatles for Sale: The Fab Four launches the “12 Days of Beatles” holiday merch sale

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It looks like this year’s holiday season will be a fab one for Beatles fans, thanks to a new series of band-themed merchandise that launched today. The “12 Days of Beatles” celebration

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November 9th 1961 – Brian Epstein Meets the Beatles at the Cavern Club.

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On November 9th 1961, Brian Epstein went to the Cavern Club to see the Beatles, initially to ask about where to obtain the record they had made in Hamburg with

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Read Ringo Starr’s Tribute to T. Rex’s Marc Bolan for 2020 Rock Hall of Fame Ceremony

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Former Beatle was good friend of Bolan’s and fan of the band, documenting one of their concerts for the film Born to Boogie Ringo Starr and Marc Bolan became close friends and drinking buddies

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Camilla Duchess of Cornwall confesses she’s a ‘Beatles fan’ and ‘used to go to concerts’

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CAMILLA, DUCHESS OF CORNWALL made a surprising confession during her latest virtual engagement. The Duchess told an elderly fan she was “a great fan of the Beatles.” Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall,

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