Is Yesterday about Paul's mother?
Paul & Mary McCartney Paul McCartney has recently suggested a ‘subconscious’ inspiration for the line I said something wrong/Now I long for yesterday was his regret at once chiding his mother for ‘talking posh’:
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Who were The Beat Brothers?
The name change from the original The Quarry Men to The Beatles went through many stages and spellings. Some ludicrous options were considered or even used on occasion. Johnny and the Moondogs, the Beatals, the Silver Beetles, and the Silver Beats are notorious examples. None of these monikers was as bad as The Beat Brothers. Yet this was the name that appeared on the first records John, Paul, George (and Pete) recorded for Polydor in 1961. Tony Sheridan German Polydor producer (and celebrated musician) Bert Kaempfert wanted to cash in on Tony Sheridan's (modest) fame. Sheridan, very shrewd in most musical matters, had old-school preconceptions about showbiz names. He dropped his own real surname (McGinnity) when first appearing on Ready Steady Go. The Beat Brothers, he argued, would have more market appeal than the weird-sounding The Beatles. Subsequent record sales spectacularly refuted this thesis. Tony Sheridan and the Beat Boys - Beat...
Who was rejected for the Sergeant Pepper album cover?
The collage on the cover of Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band shows a gathering of over 70 famous figures, cultural icons, and waxworks. How were the people chosen? The organising principle is that The Beatles have chosen who will feature. Their choices are engagingly random. English comic Tommy Handley shares the stage with Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, for example. Very much alive, Fred Astaire is next to the long-dead nineteenth-century author, Edgar Allan Poe. Film star Sophia Loren is in the image - but you can't see her. She and fellow Italian Marcello Mastroianni are hidden behind the waxworks of The Beatles. Who missed out? Changes were made right up to the last moment. Some very unlikely options were considered. A cardboard cut-out of Hitler was produced but (wisely) removed from the photoshoot at the last minute. Brian Epstein rejected John Lennon's suggestion of Jesus. He did not wish to reignite the controversy of the p...
Beatles songs written by women?
Three female songwriters have co-credits on songs covered by The Beatles
Women named in Beatles songs?
Lennon and McCartney frequently named women in song titles - some real, some disguised, several invented.
When did The Beatles last play The Cavern?
The Beatles first played the Cavern on February 9, 1961: a lunchtime session for which they were paid £5. Despite lengthy absences in Hamburg, they would do over 290 more gigs there over the next two years. On Good Friday, 12 April, 1963, they gave their penultimate performance there, returning in triumph as national chart toppers. This was widely assumed to be their farewell to the tiny venue. But an obscure contractual obligation to a local promoter brought them back to do one more date down those cellar steps. Final Cavern Gig Their last performance was on Saturday, August 3rd, 1963. It would prove a chaotic swansong. The crowds outside were going mad. By the time John Lennon had got through the cordon of girls, his mohair jacket had lost a sleeve. I grabbed it to stop a girl getting away with a souvenir. John stitched it back on. Read full story Why did The Beatles Stop Performing Live ?
Last time The Beatles were together?
On the 22nd August 1969, The Beatles completed their final official engagement.