OCTOBER 15, 1995 – Paul and Linda McCartney were the guest voices on Fox-TV’s The Simpsons in an episode called “Lisa the Vegetarian.” McCartney’s only stipulation for appearing was that Lisa’s decision to become a vegetarian would be a permanent character change, to which producer David Mirkin agreed. Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer Simpson, is…
OCTOBER 15, 1960 – The Beatles (minus Pete Best) and two members of Rory Storm’s Hurricanes (Ringo Starr and Lu Walters) recorded a version of George Gershwin’s “Summertime” in a Hamburg, Germany recording studio backing Walters. The track which was cut onto a 78-rpm disc marked the first session that included John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George…
The composer of numerous memorable songs, George Harrison is a Beatles member rather on the background just like Ringo Starr compared to John Lennon and Paul McCartney. George Harrison started to play in The Beatles when he was 16 years old and the other band members saw him as a child. George Harrison was officially…
Yoko Ono and John Lennon were preparing an album called Double Fantasy to symbolize their come back 5 years later. John Lennon said, “I wouldn’t be surprised if people say, there is nothing these two will not do for promotion when people listen to this album.” But the things happened on 08 December 1980 changed…
Imagine which is the most famous John Lennon song was recently selected as “the most loved song ever in the UK”. Imagine was an idealist song about wishing a peaceful and better world. Imagine all the people, living life in peace The song was a hit in 1971. It was also a hit when John…
1 The poshest member is John Lennon. He even had a pony when he was a child. 2 Paul McCartney is the only Beatle who was born in a private hospital. Because his mother Mary was a nurse in Walton Hospital in Liverpool. 3 McCartney’s mother died in 1956 when Paul was 14 years old. His…
After the troubles and problems in Japan, The Beatles started their journey to Manila, the capital of The Philippines for two shows. On 03 June 1966, The Beatles arrived to The Philippines for the first and last time. The 2-nights in Manila was a disaster from the beginning until the end. After arriving to the…
On 29 August 1966, The Beatles gave its last concert for 33-minutes in Candlestick Park, San Francisco. They played 11 songs including Chuck Berry’s “Rock and Roll Music”, “She’s A Woman,” “If I Needed Someone,” “Day Tripper,” “Baby’s in Black,” “I Feel Fine,” “Yesterday,” “I Wanna Be Your Man,” “Nowhere Man,” “Paperback Writer,” and Little…
While Beatles was not well-known in the US on October 1963, Ed Sullivan discovered Beatlemania phenomenon. Ed Sullivan’s flight from London, Heathrow Airport was late. This was because Beatles was welcomed by a lot of fans from their overseas concert. When the reason for delay was explained, Ed Sullivan said: “Who is The Beatles?” This…
Before BeatlesSutcliffe as the son of a marine father and teacher mother was born in 1940 in Scotland. The family moved to England and his father was not around since he was at sea. Sutcliffe sang songs in the choir during his school years. He met John Lennon when he was in the art school…