Paul McCartney’s music is coming to the Seattle Symphony, September 16-19, 2010. And it promises to be more than just some violins and a sleepy conductor. The Seattle Symphony website announces that “Live and Let Die:the McCartney Experience” combines the power of pop with the beauty of symphonic orchestration to bring an incredible concert experience [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The bidding has passed $10,000 on day two of a seven day auction, for a rare (sealed) Beatles ’Butcher’ Album. The record had never been opened by its original owner and remains still sealed in its factory shrink wrap. The 1966 Beatles ’Butcher’ (album) cover was used in an early release of “Yesterday and Today”. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Here’s an article from Manila Bulletin that, once again, makes me want to buy the whole re-mastered Beatles Boxed set.. If only I have the money.. We’ve been having The Beatles’ albums on CD. This time, EMI is bringing you a brilliant audio collection comprising the magical journey of the Fab Four with The Beatles [...]
Read the rest of this entry »A new Beatles song is to be released. ‘Now And Then’ – which was composed by John Lennon in 1978 and later worked on by Sir Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr when they reunited to work on the Beatles Anthology project in 1995 – never got released, but McCartney has been adding to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Beatles poster sells for $50,000 A Sgt Pepper souvenir poster bearing the signatures of all four Beatles has sold for $52,500 (£31,720) at a pop memorabilia auction in New York. Among an array of 300 musical items that went under the hammer were a set of Bob Dylan’s handwritten lyrics, which made $25,000 (£15,090). A [...]
Read the rest of this entry »This song was written by Johnny Russell and Voni Morrison. Russell was a prolific Country music songwriter, and Morrison was a member of Owens’ backup band. Russell’s lyrics were inspired by what he told his girlfriend when she asked why he went to Los Angeles: “They’re gonna put me in the movies, they’re gonna make [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Los Angeles (E! Online) – The boy genius has given way to the convicted murderer. Phil Spector, the legendary record producer, eccentric and recluse with a reputation for building walls around people as much as his signature music, was found guilty of second-degree murder by Los Angeles jurors today in the 2003 shooting death of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »First of all, this is a remake song of the Beatles.. Originally recorded by Buck Owens, this was a #1 Country and Western song in 1963 written by Johnny Russell and Voni Morrison. Russell was a prolific Country music songwriter, and Morrison was a member of Owens’ backup band. Russell’s lyrics were inspired by what [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Our second song to be posted here with facts and trivia and the meaning of the songs.. including where did the idea of the title song ‘a hard day’s night’ came from. This is great stuff! The last song in the movie soundtrack to be composed, the motion picture was being produced when Ringo made [...]
Read the rest of this entry »There’s a new Beatles treasure found recently that could be worth more than 200,000 pounds, according to news! This was a 1967 interview with the late great Beatles guitarist, George Harrison, about their latest film project then, The Magical Mystery Tour. True blue Beatles fanatic will surely want their hands on this one.. Here’s what [...]
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