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Which songs did The Beatles record in German?
The Beatles learned some very basic, functional German while in Hamburg. They were resolutely English in their approach to pronunciation, intonation and attempting to mimic accent.
Biggest crowd at a Beatles Concert?
On July 4th 1966, The Beatles played two concerts in the Philippines as part of what would be their final world tour. These took place over a single afternoon and evening at the Rizal Stadium, Manila.
Which songs did The Beatles cover?
We didn’t sing our own songs in the early days — they weren’t good enough, John Lennon We started as a little covers band, Paul McCartney
John Lennon's middle name?
Julia Lennon (née Stanley) gave birth to her first child, John Winston Lennon, at Liverpool Maternity Hospital during the early hours of 9 October, 1940.
How did George learn guitar?
Slim Whitman with his Gibson - the sound George aspired to. George tried to teach himself [the guitar]. But he wasn’t making much headway. ‘I’ll never learn this,’ he used to say. I said, ‘You will, son, you will. Just keep at it.’ Louise Harrison, the mother of George
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’:
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...