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The Beatles
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42 Years Ago – The Beatles’ ‘White Album’ Played in Court During Charles Manson Trial
In 1969, terror and paranoia swept through the film and music communities of Los Angeles after actress Sharon Tate, Hollywood hairstylist Jay Sebring, coffee heiress Abigail Folger, aspiring screenwriter Wojciech Frykowski and 18-year-old Steven Parent were brutally murdered in a house on Cielo Drive. In a bizarre twist to an already sensational story, the Beatles' 'White Album' wound up being played in court during the subsequent murder trial of Charles Manson, who claimed to have planned the killing spree because of messages he believed were buried in the music.
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50 Years Ago: The Beatles Release ‘Please Please Me’
"Congratulations, gentlemen. You've just made your first No. 1."
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Whole Lotta Helter Skelter
In case you haven't heard it yet, then you'll want to check out this pretty cool mash-up of The Beatles with Led Zeppelin.
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Beatles, Led Zeppelin Featured in New Mash-Up
Mash-ups - the art of taking elements of two or more songs and creating something new out of them - are a hit-or-miss proposition. Too often the soungs don't match up musically in an attempt to create an interesting or ironic juxtaposition.
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Sir George Martin: To be Honored by the Music Producers Guild
The legendary George Martin celebrates his 87th birthday this week and next month he'll be celebrated himself.
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45 Years Ago: The Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ Premieres
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49 Years Ago: First Beatles Airplay On American Radio
On Dec. 17, 1963, America at large still had no idea what was in store for them. The Beatles had yet to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show where they seemingly overnight changed the landscape of pop music forever. That wouldn't occur until February 1964. However on a mid-De
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Remembering “The Smart Beatle”
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The Quiet Beatle Remembered with a Special Live Stream of the Concert for George
The world lost a great talent and an amazing and compassionate man 11 years ago today.
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What John Said Upon Meeting the Queen
It was October 26, 1965 and the Beatles were given the MBE awards at Buckingham Palace.
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43 Years Ago: The Beatles’ ‘Paul is Dead’ Rumors Hit the Papers
Paul McCartney is alive and well, but a well-placed rumor in 1969 had some thinking otherwise. On September 23, 1969, 43 years ago, the Northern Star newspaper of Northern Illinois University published a story claiming that McCartney had been killed in a car crash a few years earlier and had been replaced by a look-alike. A radio station in Detroit picked up on the story and ran with it. Within a month, the story had gone global and Beatles fans worldwide were collectively scratching their heads.