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When The Beatles fired Pete Best, Ringo offered to join on Saturday, and George got a black eye

7 September 2024 SB 0

The Beatles went through their share of turmoil in their time. Their first significant upheaval might have been when they fired their first drummer Pete […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Somedays» by Paul McCartney

22 July 2023 SB 0

In the mid-1990s, Paul McCartney was in a Beatles mode. He had been deeply involved in The Bealtes Anthology project, which included a ten-part documentary […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «My Old Friend» by Carl Perkins

27 July 2022 SB 0

It was 1981. Paul McCartney was trying to cope with John Lennon’s recent death the only way he knew how: by making another album. Tug […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Wanderlust» by Paul McCartney

13 April 2020 SB 0

It was the summer of 1982. I was ten years old, and my family was car tripping for our summer holidays. We were actually driving […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Her Majesty» by The Beatles

7 October 2019 SB 0

We just celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the classic album Abbey Road, with a release extravaganza of several formats having just been released. People can […]

THE WIGHT ALBUM – starring John London, Paul McCatnoy, Gnorde Harrison – and Richard Starkey!

17 September 2018 SB 0

OK! It is time for a bit of fun. In writing about a track from The Beatles’ eponymous 1968 album (a.k.a. The White Album) recently, […]

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