George Harrison would have turned 80 tomorrow. Which is reason enough to nominate the Beatles’ 20 best songs, both as a band and as solo artists. Here they are, by year of release. Yesterday From Help!, 1965 Paul McCartney’s song (the most covered in pop history), which came to him in a dream, was initially […]
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When Ringo Starr joined The Beatles in 1962 – something magical happened – as the Fab Four brandished a line up that would go on to hail an iconic legacy in the history of rock music. John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison, along with their new drummer, went on to become one the most […]
While everyone else was left devastated by John Lennon’s murder, his The Beatles bandmate George Harrison felt something different about the incident. Forty-two years ago, Lennon tragically died after an obsessed fan killed him by shooting him at a close range. The musician eventually passed away while the responders tried reviving him on their way […]
George Harrison wrote a song for The Beatles after quitting the band, and it targeted John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Fifty-three years ago, Harrison temporarily quit The Beatles amid the band’s filming of the “Let It Be” movie. The members created tension while they were preparing the new material for their supposed concert stage return. Harrison […]
George Harrison‘s widow has applied to build a yoga studio in the grounds of the mansion he loved which could prove a lasting legacy to the ex-Beatle. Olivia Harrison, 74, has submitted plans for the contemporary glass structure to be built in the gardens at Friar Park – the magnificent neo-gothic mansion Harrison bought in […]
This article originally appeared on 4.10.20 via The Conversation Fifty years ago, when Paul McCartney announced he had left the Beatles, the news dashed the hopes of millions of fans, while fueling false reunion rumors that persisted well into the new decade. In a press release on April 10, 1970 for his first solo album, […]
During those early days of when waves of American and British rock bands were arriving on the airwaves in a seemingly inexhaustible supply of musicians, it seemed there must have been an unwritten law in effect. Every band had a different guy assigned to play lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar and drums — and […]
George Harrison, despite The Beatles’ success, hated one of the band’s songs. Throughout its decade-old of career, The Beatles released a total of 12 albums and sold millions of copies of it. The albums contained the band’s hit songs that swooned in people’s hearts all over the globe. However, one track did not impress Harrison. […]
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Beatles Tribute Band to Perform
The Beatles tribute band Mania! will play the Bankhead Theater in Livermore on Friday, Nov. 25. The band includes Aaron Linkin in the role of Paul McCartney, Jeremy Dawson as George Harrison, David Vanderbout as John Lennon, and Chris Ernst as Ringo. Dubbed the “Live Beatles Experience,” the show includes three sets, beginning with the […]
NEW YORK — Geoff Wonfor, a Grammy-winning British filmmaker who directed the Beatles’ acclaimed “Anthology” documentary series and worked on the 1980s music program “The Tube” as well as several projects with Paul McCartney, has died at age 73. His death was confirmed Tuesday by daughter Sam Wonfor, who said he died in Newcastle, where […]