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Why did The Beatles cross the road?

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  The most famous photo in the history of pop music was what artists call a 'happy accident'. 

Why did Paul McCartney play bass?

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"Nobody wanted to play bass in those days."

Why did John & Yoko get married in Gibraltar?

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Wedding photo

With a Little Help From My Friends

For a drummer who supposedly could not sing, Ringo was frequently called upon to carry a tune.

Why did Ringo walk out in 1968?

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Who left The Beatles first?

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Who gave John Lennon his first instrument?

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  A special Christmas present

I'll Follow the Sun

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I wrote that in my front parlour in Forthlin Road. I was about 16. 

'The Walrus was Paul'?

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  In Glass Onion John Lennon writes 'Here's another clue for you all/The Walrus was Paul'. What did he mean?

Which Beatle did Frank Sinatra sing for?

Of all the women who married a Beatle, Maureen Starkey came closest to fulfilling the job description as seen my the average fan. Not mildly posh (Cynthia, Patty) or intimidatingly foreign (Linda and Yoko) she seemed to have risen from the ranks of the fans.  While the future Mrs Ono-Lennon claimed to have somehow missed Beatlemania, Maureen had been there from the outset - and had the bruised shins from rivals to prove it. If the dream was to to be serenaded by a Fab -then she was living it. Only that was never the deal Chez Starkey. Though well suited in fundamental respects, their record collections were mutually exclusive. Ringo was rock and roll man - with a long standing sideline in country and western. Maureen was much more old school - a lover of crooners  swept both her homeland and her adopted one. Her story is that she arrived in  It is true that her modernist musical set - John Cage and company - were not believed to be first first in line at Shea Stadium. It'...