Beatles song of the day
The Long And Winding Road
If ever there was a song which summed up the fraught nature of The Beatles' final months together, it was 'The Long And Winding Road'.
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The Beatles - Glass Onion (Take 10 / 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
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Paul McCartney song of the day
New
The title track and sixth song on Paul McCartney's 16th solo studio album, 'New' was released in August 2013.
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Chaos And Creation In The Backyard (2005)
Paul McCartney's 13th solo studio album was produced by Nigel Godrich, and recorded over a two year period in London and Los Angeles.
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Red Rose Speedway
The follow-up to Wings' debut album Wild Life, Red Rose Speedway was released days before the band's 1973 tour of the UK began.
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Dream Away (1982)
Written for the 1981 film Time Bandits, it was the third single released from George Harrison's tenth solo album Gone Troppo.
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Extra Texture (Read All About It) (1975)
George Harrison's sixth solo album was recorded in the wake of his troubled North American tour. It was the final album released by The Beatles' Apple Records label.
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Did you know?
George Harrison met his future wife Pattie Boyd while filming A Hard Day's Night.
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The 'A Hard Day's Night' opening chord
The distinctive clang which opens 'A Hard Day's Night' became one of the most iconic sounds of the 1960s. Instantly recognisable, it was the perfect beginning to the group's third album and debut feature film.
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With The Beatles
The Beatles' second UK album consolidated their position as the country's number one pop act, acting as a bridge between the smash hit singles 'She Loves You' and 'I Want To Hold Your Hand'.
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"I hope we're a nice old couple living off the coast of Ireland or something like that - looking at our scrapbook of madness." - John Lennon
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In the spotlight
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney was a singer and multi-instrumentalist in The Beatles. With John Lennon, he was half of one of the world's most successful songwriting teams in history.
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Watching The Wheels
The final single to be released from Double Fantasy was written by John Lennon about his househusband years away from the music industry.
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Some Time In New York City (1972)
The follow-up to John Lennon's Imagine was inspired by radical left-wing politics of the early 1970s. A critical and commercial failure, it featured two discs containing 10 studio songs and five live performances.
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Early 1970 (1971)
The b-side of 'It Don't Come Easy' was written by Ringo Starr about the break-up of The Beatles, with verses about each of the other members.
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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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Heading For The Light (1988)
Co-written by George Harrison and Jeff Lynne, 'Heading For The Light' was released as a single in West Germany.
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