born: 09.10.1940 at 6:30 p.m. in Liverpool-Woolton,died: December 8th, 1980 at 11:07 pm in New York Instruments: rhythm guitar, harmonica, piano Parents:Alfred Lennon (1912-1976) & Julia Stanley (1914-1958) Married: December 3rd, 1938 in Liverpool, separation: 1945 Brothers and sisters: Victoria Elizabeth, born on June 19, 1945 in Liverpool Julia was born on March 5th, 1947…
A lost song has emerged in an attic in Birmingham, which was recorded by Beatles musicians George Harrison and Ringo Starr in the late 1960s. According to the Beatles Museum in Liverpool, the piece of music has the title “Radge Shaam” and was written by the journalist Suresh Joshi. He introduced the Beatles to the…
Paul McCartney, 79, ex-Beatle, rejects any guilt. The musician again contradicted rumors that he was responsible for the band’s breakup in 1970. “I didn’t initiate the break. That was our Johnny,” said McCartney, referring to his co-songwriter John Lennon. If Lennon hadn’t left the band, their career could have lasted even longer. The group had…
OCTOBER 10, 1939 – Eleanor Rigby died in her sleep of unknown causes at the age of 44. But according to songwriter Paul McCartney, the 1966 Beatles’ song that featured her name wasn’t written about her. In fact, McCartney’s first draft of the song’s melody came to him as he experimented with his piano, and he…
OCTOBER 14, 1971 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared on ABC-TV’s “The Dick Cavett Show” to promote John’s new album “Imagine”, Yoko’s new book, and their art exhibition that opened on John’s 31st birthday (October 9th) at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York, and ran until October 27th.”This Is Not Here”…
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…