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Thursday, Jan 1
Another year and no Beatles under the Christmas tree.
Other long-anticipated Apple projects, such as DVD versions of the Beatles’ Shea Stadium concert and the Let It Be film, also failed to turn up for the holidays. If you put any faith in Paul McCartney’s passing mention, in November, that the 1967 avant-garde track “Carnival of Light” migh...
Sir Paul McCartney: sort out Beatles iTunes deal
APPLE CORP There were many divisions to Apple, including Apple Films and Apple Records, as well as Zapple, a spoken word arm. Its biggest signing apart from the Beatles were the group Badfinger, who scored a hit with the McCartney-penned Come and Get It in 1969. APPLE INC
Sunday, Dec 14
12 Days of Beatle Christmas: First Day - Beatles Monopoly
The Beatles Collector’s Edition of Monopoly celebrates the music that revolutionized rock-n-roll in the 20th century. This Completely customized game features Apple and Abbey Road Studios along with every album released by the Beatles allowing fans to create their own private music...
Thursday, Oct 30
It’s official: The Beatles inspire new music video game.
The article went something like this, “Hey there kiddies. The New Kids on The Block, you know that up and coming group? The ones that are as big as The Beatles? They have something coming out soon that The Beatles never had. Their own video game…”
Sunday, Oct 26
Beatles’ legacy makes journalists eat their words.
Much of the press took a smirky, “What’s all the fuss?” attitude initially, some ridiculing the British foursome even as Paul McCartney, 21, George Harrison, 21, Ringo Starr, 23, and John Lennon, 23, raked in money by the millions.
Monday, Sep 22
BOOK: “Hey Jude” and the Death of Sixties British Pop
Gordon Thompson is Professor of Music at Skidmore College. His book, Please Please Me: Sixties British Pop, Inside Out, offers an insider’s view of the British pop-music recording industry. In the post below he looks at the end of 60’s Brit-Pop.
Thursday, Sep 11
The Beatles Top The “All-Time Hot 100 Artists” Chart.
The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Songs The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Artists It’s Only Rock & Roll: Top Billboard Hot 100 Rock Songs Gone Country: Top Billboard Hot 100 Country Songs Hits Don’t Lie: Top Billboard Hot 100 Latin Songs Hot 100 Songs of the Year: 1958-2007
Monday, Sep 8
Beatles hits reveal how music helps recall vivid memories.
The Beatles song that generated the most memory associations was ‘She Loves You’, the biggest selling single of the 1960s. Colleague Professor Martin Conway said it was possible that happy memories of the Beatles could be used therapeutically to help people suffering from depression.
Thursday, Dec 20
Re-Thinking The Beatles
In 1967 the film historian Gene Youngblood argued that, 'The allure, the excitement, the glory of Beatle music is the suspicion that the Beatles might just succeed where magicians of the past have failed,'" points out the author, Steve Turner. "Two years later rock critic Dave Marsh, wri...
Yoko Ono says she still might write a memoir
I want to one day do that probably but still don't have the time," Ono, the widow of slain former Beatle John Lennon, said at a forum in New York. She fears a possible backlash from Beatles fans who blame her for breaking up the band, despite what she said were statements from Ringo Starr, Paul M...
New Lennon book disputes Beatles' star childhood.
The Beatles experienced it all, and the most iconic and inventive of them, John Lennon, paid the ultimate price when he was gunned down by a deranged fan in New York in 1980. But when The Beatles hit the big time in America, Julia stopped hearing from her big brother.
Looking again at The Beatles
Something else happened when John Lennon died, and like the Beatles, the second thing was bigger than we could ever imagine. What happened was we ended up with a hero that we didn't want. We didn't want John Lennon to be our hero. We didn't want him to be a martyr for our cause. We just wanted John Le...
A Book Publisher, Beatlemaniacs? Why Don’t You Do It on Your Own?
“I think it’s a marvelous book; in fact it embarrasses my ‘Recording Sessions’ book,” said Mark Lewisohn, the British author whose 1988 book, “The Beatles Recording Sessions” (Harmony Books), was the first detailed examination of the group’s recording process, and whose other books...
REVIEW: The Beatles in Cleveland
The Beatles In Cleveland brings to life two of the wildest, out-of-control concerts in Beatle - and rock - history. Follow behind the scenes dealings by Cleveland's rival Top 40 radio stations to bring John, Paul, George and Ringo to the city, then grab a front row seat for back stage and on s...
