The Beatles Today in Beatles History

APRIL 14, 1969 – The recording of “The Ballad Of John and Yoko” took place, with just two Beatles, Paul McCartney and John Lennon. Paul played bass, drums and piano with John on guitars and lead vocals. The song was banned from many radio stations as being blasphemous. On some …

APRIL 11, 1991 – Ringo Starr guest starred as himself on Fox-TV’s “The Simpsons”. In the plot of the episode titled “Brush With Greatness”, Bart stumbles upon several old paintings of Ringo Starr that Marge made as a student in high school, when she had a crush on Starr. Marge …

APRIL 11, 1967 – While flying back to England after participating in the Beach Boys’ aborted “Smile” sessions, Paul McCartney came up with the idea for the Beatles film and album “Magical Mystery Tour.” Inspired by the tradition of London’s “Mystery Tours” of the city for tourists, and an LSD-drenched …

APRIL 13, 2007 – Julian Lennon sold a significant stake of his share of the publishing royalties in the songs his father John wrote for The Beatles to the US music publishing company Primary Wave in exchange for an undisclosed sum with an agreement that the purchasing company would market …

APRIL 14, 2009 – Former Beatle George Harrison was honored with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. Sir Paul McCartney attended the unveiling outside the landmark Capitol Records building, joining Harrison’s widow Olivia and son Dhani. Former Monty Python comic and actor Eric Idle, …

John Lennon was born on October 9, 1940 in Liverpool, England’s port city. Her mother, Julia, was a worker, and her father, Alfred, was a sailor Julia’s trail in her son, in her songs John saw his father only twice until he was 20 years old. He recognized his mother …

FEBRUARY 28, 1972 – George and Pattie Harrison were injured in a car crash that almost proved fatal for Pattie. She broke several ribs, suffered a concussion, was unconscious for several hours, and spent weeks in the hospital.In the late evening the couple left their Henley home (Friar Park) in …

It’s hard to explain what makes the Beatles so wonderful because I Don’t completely understand why I think they are. Anti-Beatleites simply cannot understand why other people are crazy about the Beatles, who arrived here from London Friday. “Good heavens!” they exlaim. “They’re not even good looking” As if that …

The Beatles who have strummed, sung and shaken their distinctive hair-cuts, to game in the world of ‘pop’ during the last year, pictured this morning at London Airport before flying out for series of engagements in Sweden

The Telephone Never Stops Singing For The Beatles even in the remote areas such as this one where they filmed a portion of “HELP!”. Paul doesn’t seem a bit surprised to find a ringing phone hidden in the tall undergrowth but he was a little peeved to discover the call …