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BEATLES – Day By Day – 8/23/62

Friday, August 24th, 2007

Thursday, 23rd August, 1962 John Lennon spent the morning getting married to his long time, and newly pregnant, girlfriend Cynthia Powell. The ceremony took place at the Mount Pleasant Register Office in central Liverpool with Paul McCartney as the best man. The wedding “reception” is lunch at the nearby crowded Reeces Cafe, where the couple [...]


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John Goes Digital

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

EMI and iTunes have announced that they started offering didgital downloads of John Lennon’s solo albums earlier this week. The digital retailer is offering the eight albums Lennon recorded between 1969 and his murder in 1980 in addition to collections such as “Anthology,” “Milk and Honey” and “Working Class Hero.” For the first 30 days, [...]


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John’s Million Dollar Specs

Friday, July 13th, 2007

According to this article in the UK’s Daily Telegraph, a pair of John Lennon’s trademark “granny” glasses for sale in an online auction could make up to £1million. The gold-rimmed spectacles were given by the former Beatle to his Japanese translator Junishi Yore in 1966 during the band’s tour of Japan. Their dark lenses are missing [...]


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The Queen’s Anniversary Message

Friday, July 13th, 2007

Queen Elizabeth added her voice to those of us celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the first recorded meeting between John and Paul with a message sent to those who had gathered at Woolton Parish Church. According to newspaper reports she noted the anniversary “with much pleasure” and sent “my best wishes to all concerned for [...]


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50th Anniversary Events

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

Over in Liverpool to celebrate the momentous day that John Lennon met Paul McCartney, a number of events will be taking place across the coming weekend. St Peter’s Church in Woolton will be hosting a number of special concerts including. Friday 6th July, Grand Dance hosted by (Whispering) Bob Harris and Colin Hall (Custodian at [...]


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BBC to Mark the Day that John Met Paul

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

On Tuesday, June 26th, BBC Radio 2 will broadcast a special documentry to commemorate the 50th anniversary of “THE DAY THAT JOHN MET PAUL” at a church fate in Liverpool. John was performing with his group The Quarry Men (see photo above) when he was introduced to Paul by thier mutual friend Ivan Vaughan. The [...]


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The Teacher Who Threw Away Lennon’s Art

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

Art teacher Geraldine Brock didn’t get much work out of a tall teenager with glasses. He was polite but not interested. His studies of flowers and foliage usually incomplete because he left the class early. She said: “They were OK, but unfinished and he left them and I used to bin them. I wish now [...]


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Pete Best’s Sgt. Pepper Connection.

Monday, June 4th, 2007

According to an article in the Daily Mail, the row of five medals worn by John Lennon on his Sgt. Pepper uniform (circled below) belonged to the Best family and had been awarded to a major Tom Shaw, erstwhile drummer Pete Best’s, grandfather, during his service in India. Accordiing to the article, Lennon called Best’s mother [...]


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Book People to Host Lennon & McCartney Event

Monday, May 28th, 2007

Friday, July 6th, 2007 will mark the 50th Anniversary of the day that Paul McCartney was introduced to John Lennon and the seeds of the greatest songwriting team in popular music were sown. It could also be argued that this was also the day that the first steps were taken on the road to the [...]


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Julian Sells His Stake in The Beatles

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

The New Musical Express (NME) website is reporting that Julian Lennon (above) has sold a financial stake in his late father John’s legendary compositions for The Beatles.  The deal was made with Primary Wave Music Publishing.  The sell-off relates to the songwriting income generated from The Beatles compositions, as opposed to the publishing rights, which [...]


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