Beatles song of the day
Your Mother Should Know
Written by Paul McCartney at his London home, 'Your Mother Should Know' took its title from the screenplay of A Taste Of Honey.
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The Beatles - Come Together (2019 Mix / Audio)
Twelve key dates in Beatles history
- 6 July 1957: John Lennon meets Paul McCartney
- 17 August 1960: The Beatles arrive in Hamburg
- 9 February 1961: The Beatles' first Cavern Club show
- 9 November 1961: Brian Epstein meets The Beatles
- 1 January 1962: The Beatles' Decca audition
- 6 June 1962: The first Abbey Road session
- 11 February 1963: Recording the Please Please Me LP
- 7 February 1964: The Beatles' US invasion begins
- 29 August 1966: Live in Candlestick Park, San Francisco - The Beatles' final concert
- 25 June 1967: The Beatles on Our World – All You Need Is Love
- 30 January 1969: The Beatles' rooftop show
- 10 April 1970: Paul McCartney announces the split
Things we said today
- TONY Maxwell said: "I have noticed that I rarely see a 'Lennon/McCartney/Starkey' on the sin.." on What Goes On
- Kathleen Mary Brennan said: "I STAND CORRECTED If, THE INTERNET IS RIGHT - I should have looked up 1s.." on The Beatles live: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada
- Kathleen Mary Brennan said: "I was at the concert that day for the 4pm show. The Beatles, as i rememb.." on The Beatles live: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada
- Pullchord said: "The total difference in feel and performance on the final take convinced.." on I Feel Fine
- Brian Ringrose said: "According To A More Recent Publication Paul Played His Hofner 500/1 On '.." on My Bonnie
Paul McCartney song of the day
Let ’Em In
The opening song on Wings At The Speed Of Sound, 'Let ’Em In' was a top five hit in the USA and UK.
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Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest (1993)
The first in a series of collaborations with producer Youth, Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest was an ambient techno album by Paul McCartney, credited to The Fireman.
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Band On The Run
Paul McCartney's fifth post-Beatles album, Band On The Run was critically acclaimed and became Wings' most commercially-successful album.
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It's What You Value (1976)
The fourth and final single released form George Harrison's seventh solo album Thirty Three & ⅓.
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Brainwashed (2002)
The first posthumous George Harrison album, Brainwashed was released a year after his death, and 15 years after his previous studio album, Cloud Nine.
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Did you know?
Paul McCartney announced that The Beatles were no more on 10 April 1970.
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Working titles for Beatles songs, albums and films
From 'Seventeen' to the 'Huge Melody', find out how The Beatles referred to their songs and albums before they were released.
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Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Recorded in 400 hours during a 129-day period, The Beatles' eighth UK album helped define the 1967 Summer of Love, and was instantly recognised as a major leap forward for modern music.
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"I'm not saying we're better or greater, or comparing us with Jesus Christ as a person, or God as a thing, or whatever it is. I just said what I said, and it was wrong, or it was taken wrong. And now it's all this." - John Lennon, 1966
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John Lennon
John Winston Lennon was born in Liverpool on 9 October 1940. He was a founder member of The Beatles, and their singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist.
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Mother
'Mother' was the first song on John Lennon's debut solo album. An edited version was also released as a single in the United States.
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John Lennon Anthology (1998)
A box set containing four compact discs of previously-unreleased studio outtakes, live recordings and home demos made by John Lennon between 1969 and 1980.
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Back Off Boogaloo (1972)
A glam rock single co-written by Ringo Starr and George Harrison, with a title inspired by Marc Bolan.
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Liverpool 8 (2008)
Ringo Starr's fifteenth solo studio album marked his return to EMI/Capitol for the first time since 1975.
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End Of The Line (1990)
The final song on Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, and the band's second single in 1989.
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