1- “Ringo is right down the center, never overplays.” Paul McCartney 2- “It is fascinating to trace the drummer’s stylistic development from rock-steady club veteran to studio innovator … Ringo’s command of an exhaustive list of arrangements and new originals is matched only by his versitility. (review for Modern Drummer …
Read More »Cynthia wrote in her 2005 book about John Lennon
“John’s death hit me and Julian hard. I was grieving for the man I had loved as a husband and partner, Julian for the father he never really knew and needed so badly. For some months he appeared to be spiralling out of control and I worried about him. … …
Read More »November 17, 1963 Surrey Grammar School Banned Beatle haircuts
NOVEMBER 17, 1963 – John Weightman, the UK Headmaster of a Surrey Grammar School, banned all pupils from having Beatle haircuts saying, “this ridiculous style brings out the worst in boys physically. It makes them look like morons.”
Read More »November 19, 2006 A guitar played by George Harrison sold for $485,000 at a London auction.
In 1958, Bill May, Australian guitar builder and founder of Maton guitars, introduced the MS500 Mastersound series. The MS500 is a 6-string solid body guitar with two pickups, two volume and two tone controls and a three-way pick up selector switch. The original 1950’s MS500 models feature a 24.5” scale …
Read More »The photo of John Lennon with his murderer is released for the first time.
The last photo of John Lennon, the legendary member of The Beatles and his murdered Mark David Chapman is released. On 08 December 1980, John Lennon was stopped by 25-year-old ex-security officer Mark David Chapman with no previous criminal records when he was about to leave his house in Central …
Read More »Erkin Koray and John Lennon: A Meeting in Cannes
Did you know that Erkin Koray, one of the legends of Anatolian Rock and famous John Lennon met in the 70s? The meeting of Erkin Koray who is an important figure for psychedelic rock movement that will spread to Anatolia and Lennon happened in the hotel Lennon started and it …
Read More »Why Was John Lennon Killed?
He saw them. The got from behind. He shot for five times; four bullets hit the target. The legendary singer who said “Imagine” to the whole world was on the ground. His wife was holding her head in this hand. The shooter would say, “someone in my head said, “do it, do …
Read More »Dreams That We Make with John Lennon: Imagine
John Lennon was born on 9 September in Liverpool. He wanted to be famous but he had no idea how it was to be famous. He didn’t have any special efforts to be a “good person”. Imagine all the people, living for today Paul McCartney says that when people whom …
Read More »John Lennon and Depression: Songs That No One Understood
John Lennon spends most of his life by asking for help. “Help!” song released in the 60s is one of the best examples. “Help Me to Help Myself” that he made in the last period of his life was another Lennon song with the same theme. The most striking, idealist and inspiring …
Read More »Unknown political views of John Lennon
Various people know that John Lennon has anti-system views. Just like in “Give Peace a Chance” and “Imagine” songs, Lennon especially used his social status to raise awareness for war and discrimination rather than hiding his thoughts. John Lennon was a humble Liverpool boy and despite being at the center of attention with the …
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