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Top 10 Beatles Animal Songs

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It would take a zoologist to catalog all of the Beatles Animal Songs; whether in the air, on the ground or under the sea, the Fab Four have name checked many kinds of critters. They often chose species whose names have double meani

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Beatles Guitar Sells for Over $400,000

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A custom-built VOX prototype guitar that was played by both John Lennon and George Harrison during the the Beatles' 'Magical Mystery Tour' era was sold for $408,000 at auction.

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The Beatles’ ‘Help!’ Coming to Blu-ray

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The Beatles' 1965 movie 'Help!' is finally coming to Blu-ray. The remastered disc will be available on June 25 with a beefed-up soundtrack and more than an hour's worth of bonus material.

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Yoko Ono Says Being a Beatle’s Wife is a ‘Difficult’ Life

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As part of Yoko Ono's UK press blitz for her efforts as curator of the 2013 Meltdown Festival in London, the 80-year-old artist/activist acknowledged the pressures inherent in her marriage to the late John Lennon, describing being married to a Beatle as "the most difficult thing to be."

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45 Years Ago: John Lennon and Paul McCartney Appear on ‘The Tonight Show’

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After their February 1968 trip to Rishikesh, India failed to provide the spiritual enlightenment they sought, the Beatles turned in the opposite direction, towards business matters. A few months later, the company they decided to form in the wake of manager Brian Epstein's death was ready to launch. In mid-May, John Lennon and Paul McCartney flew to New York to promote Apple Corps.

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John Lennon Says the Beatles Are ‘More Popular Than Jesus’ – Moments That Nearly Destroyed Rock

Moments That Nearly Destroyed Rock
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In 1966, John Lennon, in an interview with the London Evening Standard, spoke about his belief that Christianity was dying out, saying of the Beatles, "We’re more popular than Jesus now."

The quote was taken out of context in the US, prompting an enormous backlash that centered -- surprise! -- in Alabama, where two disc joc

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Beatles-Focused Show Coming to Broadway

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Chris Ware, Hulton Archive, Getty Images

The Beatles anthology production 'Let It Be' is making the leap from London's West End to the St. James Theatre on Broadway. Rather than focus on the Fab's bitter-end finale, however, the show includes songs from throughout their career.

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43 Years Ago: The Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’ Album Released

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‘Let It Be’ was supposed to be the album that would bring the Beatles back together. After an increasingly fractious couple of years that culminated in 1968’s self-titled (‘White’) album, which was basically four solo records for the price of a double LP, the four Beatles holed themselves up in London’s Twickenham Film Studios, and then at Apple Studios, during the first month of 1969 to re-spark their dying flame. No outside visitors, no BS -- just four guys hanging around playing music. Just like the old days. They called it ‘Get Back.’

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Paul McCartney Debuts Five Beatles Songs in Concert

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If there's any rocker who can rest on his laurels onstage, it's Paul McCartney. After all, with such a huge catalog, he can simply fill up a setlist with dozens of his hits, play them night after night without changing, and nobody complains that they didn't get to hear their favorites.

Except he doesn't. Consequence of Sound noted that, at the op

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The Beatles, ‘From Me to You’ – Lyrics Uncovered

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In Feb. 1963, John Lennon and Paul McCartney were sitting in the back of a tour bus, seeing if they could rise to the occasion. With ‘Please Please Me’ riding high on the British charts, producer George Martin had issued the Beatles’ budding songwriters a challenge: bring a new composition of equal quality to their next studio session.

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