George co-wrote the song with Jeff Lynne, who also co-produced the album that eventually led the two of them to form The Traveling Wilburys with Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, and Roy Orbison.“When We Was Fab” is a musical nod to the psychedelic sound that the Beatles had made their own in...
for the first time in their history, it was determined that there was nothing for the other three Beatles to contribute. Instead, producerGeorge Martinsuggested a string section, which McCartney originally rejected, arguing that the Beatles were a rock ’n’ roll band. McCartney eventually agreed ...
country to be beamed into other countries. Hence, it was decided the first-ever worldwide satellite program, entitledOur World, would take place on June 25, 1967, with 25 countries involved. The BBC asked The Beatles to be Great Britain’s representative on the show,...
Something was in the water on March 8, 1994 as Soundgarden and Nine Inch Nails each released groundbreaking albums on the same day. Both groups had started to slowly infiltrate the mainstream years earlier. Soundgarden was one of the first grunge acts to sign with a major label, taking their...
Something was in the water on March 8, 1994 as Soundgarden and Nine Inch Nails each released groundbreaking albums on the same day. Both groups had started to slowly infiltrate the mainstream years earlier. Soundgarden was one of the first grunge acts to sign with a major label, taking their...
"When We Was Fab" is a song written by George Harrison and Jeff Lynne about the days of Beatlemania, when The Beatles were first referred to as the "Fab Four". The song appears as the sixth track on Harrison's 1987 album Clo...
Korn: Harry was unique in a lot of different ways, and if this was a story about another music artist that focused on their vices and the destruction of their lives, we would not have been interested in making the film. What interests us about Harry is his prolific creativity and ...
“And I got so upset, I was crying, and I didn’t know how to make myself go on, make myself feel like it was all going to be OK.” But she did go on, by pushing back against her public image with blunt self-analysis. Released on November 9, 1999, When the Pawn isn’t a...
The fact that we will never know comes down to the Beatles' star being on vacation at the time, and therefore unable to reply. This was the year Davis releasedIn A Silent Way– his first great electro-jazz-rock album, and several months before the trumpeter's incendiaryBitches Brew, a ...
Queen's best selling single, "Another One Bites The Dust," came out on this day in 1980. Which Queen album sold the most? In 1992, the US version of the album Classic Queen was released following the band's rekindled popularity in the nation. Greatest Hits is the band's best-selling...