George Martin, the Parlophone chief who produced almost every Beatles album, wanted the album to be much shorter. However, The Beatles’ top songwriters (John and Paul) didn’t seem prepared to cede any ground. So everyone plunged forward, with only one track by George and a wild one by ...
The Beatles (132 weeks) First week at No. 1:Feb. 15, 1964 Most recent week at No. 1:Feb. 3, 2001 Longest-running No. 1:Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band(15 weeks in 1967). Notes:The Fab Four have spent nearly twice as long at No. 1 as any other act.1topped the chart...
“It really pisses me off every year," he said. "I don't begrudge the groups that get in, but ... being in the Guess Who in their peak years, the 'American Woman' years when I wrote the songs, and Bachman-Turner Overdrive during the peak years, when we were selling 30, 40 mil...
By the time The Beatles’ 11th album, Abbey Road, was released in September 1969, the band had been writing songs for almost a decade. Each of the members had worked hard on their own tracks as well as collaborative efforts. One of the stronger songwriters in the band was George Harrison...
The new country album’s track list includesa cover of Dolly Parton’s "Jolene,"a song called"II Most Wanted" featuring Miley Cyrus, anda cover of the Beatles’ "Blackbird"with Tanner Adell, Tiera Kennedy, Brittney Spencer and Reyna Roberts. P ...
The new country album’s track list includesa cover of Dolly Parton’s "Jolene,"a song called"II Most Wanted" featuring Miley Cyrus, anda cover of the Beatles’ "Blackbird"with Tanner Adell, Tiera Kennedy, Brittney Spencer and Reyna Roberts. P ...
The Beatles, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Eric Clapton) TheBeatleswere at the height of their dysfunction and animosity during the making of their self-titled 1968 album, colloquially known as theWhite Album.George Harrison, in particular, was frustrated with his bandmates' apathy toward his...
The new country album’s track list includesa cover of Dolly Parton’s "Jolene,"a song called"II Most Wanted" featuring Miley Cyrus, anda cover of the Beatles’ "Blackbird"with Tanner Adell, Tiera Kennedy, Brittney Spencer and Reyna Roberts. P ...
Ringo Starrhas announced details of a new country album titled ‘Look Up’. Find the full tracklist below, as well as new lead single ‘Time On My Hands’. Read More:The Beatles: Get Backreview: Peter Jackson’s long and winding but utterly unmissable epic ...
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