All About The Beatles: 2009

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Interesting Facts About The Beatles

Interesting Facts About The Beatles You May Not Know.

If you think you know everything about the Beatles then please read this article. There have been thousands of books written about the Beatles. Approximately 8000 in fact.

Not to mention movies, documentaries, mock documentaries and made for TV Beatles movies. And if you think you've heard of everything that's Beatles, Liverpool Hope University is now offering four 12 week courses entitled, "The Beatles, Popular Music and Society" that will earn you a masters degree in... well, the Beatles.

But despite all that's out there, and the fact that I've followed the Beatles career since I was old enough to hold a transistor radio, I'm still fascinated, amused and enlightened when I discover something new about the Beatles. So whether you're a Beatles expert, or just someone who just loves their music, the following are some facts you may or may not know about the Beatles.

In April of 1964, the Beatles held the top five spots on Billboard's Single Chart, something that has never been duplicated to this day.

On the song, "Come Together" the Beatles were sued by Chuck Berry's publisher over the lyric,

"Here comes ol' flat-top. He come groovin' up slowly." In Chuck Berry's song, "You Can't Catch Me", the lyric is, "Here come up flat top. He was groovin' up slowly." The Beatles ended up

settling out of court when John agreed to record three of Berry's songs on his Rock n' Roll album.

Although George Harrison was the Beatles' official lead guitarist, Paul McCartney played lead on a number of Beatles tunes including Drive My Car, Taxman, Michelle, and Good Morning Good Morning. John Lennon also played lead guitar on several songs, and all the Beatles at one time or another swapped instruments on several Beatles tunes as well.

While the Beatles were recording, "Paper Writer, it was Paul McCartney who came up with the idea of having John and George sing the French nursery rhyme, "Frere Jacques" (translated - Father Jacob) as the backing vocals which can be heard on the song if you listen very carefully.

By 1985 the Beatles, according to EMI, had sold over a billion records, which the Guiness Book of World Records claims is the biggest all time sales record for a band.

The first time the Beatles appeared on television was in 1962 for the BBC show called, "Teenager's Turn". The Beatles performed Roy Orbison's song, "Dream Baby" with Pete Best on drums.

In 1964 when the Beatles were about to tour Holland, Scandanavia, the Far East and Australia, Ringo Starr came down with tonsillitis. He was replaced for the Denmark and Holland part of the tour by Jimmy Nicol, a session drummer. During the tour, whenever the Beatles asked Jimmy how he was managing and if he was doing okay, he'd always reply, "It's Getting Better" which inspired the Beatles to write a tune of the same name for the Sgt. Pepper Album.

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Friday, March 27, 2009

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