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Song of the day
Can't Buy Me Love
Written while The Beatles were in Paris for a 19-date residency at the Olympia Theatre, 'Can't Buy Me Love' was the band's sixth British single.
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Grow Old With Me
Based on a poem by Robert Browning, 'Grow Old With Me' was one of John Lennon's final recordings. It was released on the posthumous 1994 collection Milk And Honey.
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Unfinished Music No 2: Life With The Lions (1969)
The second long player of experimental sounds by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Unfinished Music No 2: Life With The Lions was released on the Zapple label in May 1969.
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Isn't It A Pity (1970)
One of George Harrison's solo masterpieces, 'Isn't It A Pity' was released in two versions on the All Things Must Pass album.
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Electronic Sound (1969)
George Harrison's second solo album was an experimental set made with a Moog IIIp synthesizer, and was released on The Beatles’ Zapple label.
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Handle With Care (1988)
The debut single by The Traveling Wilburys, the supergroup formed in 1988 by George Harrison.
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Album of the month
Abbey Road
The Beatles' last-recorded album was a triumph. Coming after the troubled Let It Be sessions, the group pulled together for a final collection of songs that rank among their all-time best.
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Charles Manson and Helter Skelter
One of the darkest aspects of The Beatles' story was the belief, by the psychopathic murderer Charles Manson and his 'Family' of followers, that the group's songs incited violence and depicted armageddon.
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Allan Williams
Allan Williams played a key part in the early career of The Beatles, as their manager, booking agent, and the man who first took them to Hamburg.
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Band On The Run
The title track of Paul McCartney’s fifth post-Beatles album, 'Band On The Run' was a three-part song inspired in part by a remark about the business meetings at Apple in 1969.
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Ram (1971)
The only album credited to Paul and Linda McCartney, Ram was recorded in New York and Los Angeles with a range of session musicians including future Wings drummer Denny Seiwell.
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Wild Life
Recorded and released quickly towards the end of 1971, Wild Life was the first album released by Paul and Linda McCartney’s new group Wings.
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It Don't Come Easy (1971)
A standalone single, co-written with George Harrison, which topped the Canadian chart.
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Beaucoups Of Blues (1970)
Ringo Starr's country-influenced second solo album was recorded over a three-day period in Nashville, Tennessee, in June 1970.
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Things we said today
Gerry said: "I'm quite sure Paul arranged the call & response sequences of "yeah".."
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on Pattie Harrison models for Ossie Clark
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