George Harrison appears in a 10-second Public Service Announcement at the conclusion of the ABC-TV airing of the film “Mr. Holland’s Opus.” Holding an acoustic guitar, George says: “I’m George Harrison. Music can make a world of difference in the life of a child, as it did mine. To find out about the Mr. Holland’s…
If I Fell is a song composed primarily by John Lennon, with a little help from Paul McCartney, and credited to Lennon and McCartney. It was recorded by the Beatles in 15 takes on February 27, 1964 and released as the third track on the album A Hard Day’s Night, on July 10, 1964. It…
is a song about racial harmony, using piano keys as a metaphor. The black keys on a piano are ebony, and the white ones are ivory – the song asks why we all can’t lie together in perfect harmony like the keys. Paul McCartney wrote this song, saying that the message was “that people of…
Peter Sissons, John Lennon and Jimmy Tarbuck all in the same Dovedale Junior School photo on a trip to Douglas on the Isle Of Man in
“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. … Julian was at loose ends,…
“John and I were particular fans of songs with little Cole Porter-era preambles, and we put them into a few of our own. ‘Girl Of My Dreams’, one of John’s favourite songs from early on, had a long preamble before it got into the song. So ‘Here, There And Everywhere’ was going to have a…
The song modulates stylistically between a sweeping piano-and-orchestra ballad similar to McCartney’s “The Long and Winding Road” and upbeat rock sections before ending in a raucous and passionate finale.Paul first presented this composition for The Beatles’ consideration during the Get Back rehearsals on 14 January 1969 at Twickenham Film Studios in London, but the album…
Paul writing, for first time, about the first edges of an affective relationship: Things We Said Today, AHDN album, 1964.The lyrics of the song depict the singer affirming his love for his girl even though they are separated for long periods of time. The singer is comforted by her assurance that she will l⁰ framework…
FEBRUARY 6, 1958 – George Harrison joined the Liverpool skiffle group The Quarry Men. It featured John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Len Garry, Eric Griffiths and John Lowe. Over time, they were to become The Beatles. Formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 1956 with schoolmates, the Quarry Men took their name from a line in the…
JANUARY 17, 1967 – 40-year-old David Mason (April 2, 1926 – April 29, 2011) recorded the piccolo trumpet solo for The Beatles’ “Penny Lane” at Abbey Road Studios in London. The London native landed the gig after Paul McCartney saw him performing Bach’s “Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major” with the New Philharmonia on the…