Bits and Pieces about our favorite band
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It Was 50 Years Ago Today: “Rubber Soul!!!”
When I was a wee lad, my family liked to go on “vacations.” It was an annual thing, like what a lot of people did by automobile. Since we didn’t have video games and I wasn’t into drawing, I was curious about the papers with the squiggly lines. Probably, to shut me up, someone took…
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today: “Help!” Premiere at The Warren Theater, Detroit, MI
https://youtu.be/1PWk3i9WT-8 I’m almost positive that this event didn’t happen fifty years ago today, but I know it was sometime in September. I was hanging around with a friend of mine who was several years older and lived in the Herman Gardens, a low income housing project on the west side of Detroit. I don’t remember…
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today: The Last Ed Sullivan Show
Last Sunday night would have marked the anniversary of the last appearance that The Beatles made on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” While I can remember almost every detail of their first visit, I can’t remember very much about the last one.
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today: The Shea Stadium Concert, August 15, 1965!!!
https://youtu.be/Bt2d8JKtwiE Historically, The Beatles put together an unprecedented number of “firsts.” Many of which may never be duplicated again: The first appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” the activity on the record charts in April 1964, the audience for the first performance of “All You Need Is Love,” and so on. In August 1965,…
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The Beatles’ “Help,” Cartoon Style!!!
Remember those weekly Beatle cartoons? The ones that MTV and Disney used to show, too? Well here is the Cartoon version of “Help!” It’s corny but enjoyable!:
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Steven Tyler, WOWO, and “Help!”
One of the triggers for the memory I recounted in yesterday’s column, was reading Steven Tyler’s Rolling Stone Interview in RS1237. Lead singer of Aerosmith and a well known Bostonian, Steven recounted how he would rig a wire on his radio so he could pick up radio stations from far away and he specifically mentioned…
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today: Help!–The Beatles New Single!!!
I don’t remember the exact dates, because my memory may be for a weekend that took place earlier in the month. One of my older brothers had a habit of taking me out of town when I was able to go. I had been able to read maps since I was four or five, so…
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Paul Is Dead…Again??!!
There is an article on the internet that references Beatle drummer and soon to be Rock and Roll Hall of Fame solo artist Ringo Starr as having stated that the band actually did replace Paul McCartney with Billy Shears—a McCartney look-alike, after Paul died in a car crash. Since I have had some of my…
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It Was Fifty Years Ago Today: Beatles ’65
As 1964 was coming to a close, I was well aware that The Beatles had a new album coming out on December 15th. AM radio was already crowded with airplay of “I Feel Fine” that was going to be included on “Beatles ’65.” I couldn’t wait! This was a time when things were changing for…
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“Blue Moon of Kentucky” by Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr!!!
I was looking for “Blue Moon of Kentucky” by a different artist when I stumbled upon this little gem featuring three of The Beatles around the time of their Anthology sessions. Pretty cool!